skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
But there are also people who are at a major genetic advantage. For example, Armstrong uses EPO, but there are people with genetically higher amounts of EPO in their body naturally, without synthetic EPO injection, no matter how hard Armstrong trained he never would've beaten them, how is that fair?
The web browsers already support this API. Where are the ad networks serving DRM ads claiming that blocking ads is illegal? On what basis does blocking ads constitute copyright infringement in order to justify prosecution under DMCA?
FACT. before you get down voted for no references:
http://www.espn.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/8860572/form...

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/01/th...

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/20/sport/lance-armstrong-reha...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lemond-armstrong-has-been-tr...
And that is exactly what is playing out with Bitcoin becoming a speculative investment vehicle rather than a currency.
> not-universally-accepted Scheme specs

What do you mean by that? That implementers extend the language?

> Being a Lisp-1 & lacking real macros

Scheme has defmacro just like CL.

You can modify the reader and change the AST.

What does Scheme lack in macro-land?

> but without a standard package system

R7RS includes one. Currently implemented by Chez and Guile, to my knowledge
Clash of clan
Ho exited gems plss
And not just recreational drugs. All drugs.

We trust people to manage their own life, this includes medicine. Maybe insurance won't pay for it without a Dr, but if someone wants to self pay, that's their choice.
> The Skimmer Scanner is a free, open source app that detects common bluetooth based credit card skimmers predominantly found in gas pumps. The app scans for available bluetooth connections looking for a device with title HC-05. If found, the app will attempt to connect using the default password of 1234. Once connected, the letter ‘P’ will be sent. If a response of ’M' then there is a very high likelihood there is a skimmer in the bluetooth range of your phone (5 to 15 feet).

Why isn't this just a part of the gas pump itself? (Or the payment station or whatever.) Is there a market for someone to make skimmer detector addons for gas stations? (If not, why not?)
Why does the Pomodoro Technique work so well
That seems unlikely, but I'm curious. Do you have an example of a general principle that you think he hasn't grasped and why?
From those I have seen people are really good at getting out of the way from emergency drivers, so they mostly don't.
How ironic, the founder of Telegram - Telegram! - calling into question Signal's crypto.

Telegram's crypto is a complete question mark. I wouldn't be surprised if it's backdoored by Russian intelligence.
I give to coc game the gems now
In German we have „dabei sein ist alles“: „taking part is everything“
If what the above says is true (Though Im not sure it is possible), and Mozilla can provide a way to display DRM content without adopting DRM standard, I would think that would increase its marketshare.
Resources to get better at theoretical CS?
I was wondering if the HN community could suggest resources that might be helpful for getting over the hump on understanding theoretical CS.

To provide perspective, I'm a first year master's student in CS with a focus on cybersecurity. We are all required to take what is basically an advanced automata course. Undergrad automata was a while ago, and while I'm getting my feet again with DFAs and NFAs and regular expressions, I'm getting more and more lost as we move to more advanced material that either wasn't covered in undergrad or was only touched upon.

Thanks!
Interesting how work can bea meaningful distraction after a crisis. Something meaningful to think about other than adjusting to life in a wheelchair, in this case.
Counterpoint: out is insane that we don't teach, young children not to run out in front of the car.
That's a good sign. I'm sure the alternative is getting a quote from some contracter who would want to reinvent the wheel for millions of dollars, and probably a worse result. Microsoft already did the legwork of development. More consumer products ( as long as there are sufficient fallbacks / quality control ), in military operations, is a-ok in my book.
A pile of trash in the ocean has grown to the size of France
I just find it sad that the world's biggest browser is afraid of extra features, because it might require extra work.
Barcodes on the Blockchain
Disclosure: Jon works on virtualization for Compute Engine :). (and I work adjacent-ish)
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Is it possible to compile Signal from source and run it on Android yet? If not, Moxie needs a bit of "logic" for himself.
Thank you for a comprehensive answer to my question and your correction to my massive conflation of the TARP assets and QE.

Is it fair to say that you disagree with the original poster's pessimism (that appears to be quite popular at the moment with the HN crowd)?
From the write-up, it sounds like these were just grabbing the card data. Where I live most pumps do ask for zip code but a non-negligble number don't.

Why haven't gas pumps converted to chip cards?
Last time I looked Telegram wasn't recommended by Moxie and a few other people. That was 2-3 years ago. What's the status now?

They came up with their own encryption protocol and they are not trained or known as cryptographers, that's a warning sign.

> [Durov] The encryption of Signal (=WhatsApp, FB) was funded by the US Government. I predict a backdoor will be found there within 5 years from now...

That's another red flag, needing to spread fud and lies about Signal. Another reason not to trust Telegram. Indicates that maybe their ethics and integrity are a bit too flexible.

> During our team's 1-week visit to the US last year we had two attempts to bribe our devs by US agencies + pressure on me from the FBI.

Some people might read it as "these guys are so good, FBI is begging to backdoor them". But it can also be read as FBI suspects they are ethically compromised and they have a chance of succeeding.
Friction, gravity and collisions
I don't believe the most common skimmer has access to this, but the prevalence of required zip code with other transactions is so low it doesn't matter.

Most frequently required:
1. Card no.
2. Expiration
3. CVV
4. Full name
5. Zip code (or address)

But plenty of transactions will be fulfilled with just #1 and #2.
Teens Beating Homeless Old Man
Both, and when I bill by the hour I only bill the hours I work. Billing for my breaks would quickly lead to a loss of clients when they saw how much time I spent (and if discovered, I could be disbarred).

But if I had made sure to explain that my hourly rate included breaks, as some do, it actually wouldn't be illegal.
if you were using something like Angular or React to manage your full page, then by all means run with it! RSJS is an alternative to that that's more suited for "traditional" sites rendered on the server (eg, traditional Rails and Rails-like setups).
Mercy James Centre Opens
The HTTP response code for fresh.flatassembler.net assets is "200 She'll be apples", I didn't know 200s could be customised like that :)
This should be fun for a while, but don't expect it to last. If the persons producing these haven't seen this article yet, they will soon. Surely next batch will use a different ID and password, but additionally they could set the HC-05/1234 combo to do something nefarious when attempted. (Probably just put the skimmer to sleep for a while, so it won't be detected. The things they could potentially program it to do will be somewhat limited by the cost of additional components.)
Nice writeup. But in the article they write:

> Are you angry that your card has been stolen, again? Contact your local congress person or senator and ask them to pass legislation that fines gas stations $100 for every card that is discovered on a skimmer in one of their pumps. It’s ultimately up to the gas stations and pump manufacturers to secure their pumps.

Suggesting a solution like it's an easy fix always bugs me a bit. Would a 100USD fine actually work here? The issue seems more with the fact that the US hasn't upgraded to a chip&pin style system. You might end up just costing the gas stations more money, when they don't actually have the power to do much about the problem.

It feels a bit like victim blaming, when in this case the victim has little choice but to work with the system as they find it.
I imagine that gas pumps are much more costly to retrofit or replace. If such detection capability was built-in, it's much easier for the skimmers to adopt a different format to avoid detection by naive gas station operators who want something they can set-it-and-forget-it.
I love how the new arrow syntax makes curried functions incredibly simple.

const fn = a => b => c => {
return a + b + c;
};
Also, the texture doesn't make the keyboard cleaner, it just makes it feel less greasy when dirty. That isn't considered a good thing to many people who are more likely to fit into Apple user demographics.
JavaScript has a number formatter, and it's part of the Internationalization API
Fixing the ‘Brain Damage’ Caused by the I.P.O. Process
One problem is that people used to die from doping. The other bigger problem in my view is that if you allow doping on the pro level then younger athletes who will be forced to take drugs too if they want to make it to the top. I don't think that's desirable.
Responsibility is not a magic switch you can turn on and off.

You can't 'exit a system' if you have responsibilities, in a situation wherein that machine could break down in your absence.

If 'reading a few e-mails' is 'stressful' - then the person has issues working in a professional environment. 'Checking in' should not be stressful. It's just that - popping your head in to see what's up.

In reality - there is absolutely no escaping this for those who have responsibility unless there is a lot of planning, especially the further 'up the chain' you get.
> Delivered without sugar-coating and designed to manage expectations, the prognosis from doctors wasn’t good. The aim of surgery was to straighten Takeuchi’s spine and fix his posture, not to enable him to walk again. If during the procedure the doctors saw additional work that could be done, they would do it, but he shouldn’t allow himself to think that he would wake up and be walking.

Wow. We are a community of people who enjoy the ability to dream and ask, "what if?" It's very difficult to turn that off and accept that the impossible is, in fact, impossible. That kind of realization can be, and almost would certainly be to me, defeating.

Not for Hiroki - this guy is just wired differently.

I wish him the best.
This is definitely a good example of how with the right conditions a quality journal can be run incredibly cheaply (on the order of < $10 per published article). And it looks like JMLR has a better impact factor (in the 2.4 range) than the Springer journal (IF ~1.8) that the editorial board resigned from [1]. So they're obviously doing it incredibly cheaper, with good results. I don't think you can extrapolate from this that the same model can be applied to every field (as the author acknowledges), but it's certainly a good example to try to emulate. Another would be Discrete Analysis [2] for an example in Mathematics (also a field well-suited for efficient publishing).

I know this submission comes on the heels of the discussion of scholarly publishing on HN a day or two ago [3]. It's certainly a good counterpoint to my previous argument that you can't run a journal super cheaply, although I'd argue that one or two cases in one or two fields don't prove you can scale such a system to work for all of academia. But it certainly shows that it's possible to do at a small scale, and maybe there's someone clever enough to figure out how to scale it up.

[1] http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/10994
[2] http://discreteanalysisjournal.com/
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15265507
It's not the gas stations that are committing the crime. Why should they be fined? It's the people breaking into the pumps and installing the skimmers.

Most stations do what they can with security seals, frequent inspections, I've even seen some that install hardware-store hasps and padlocks on the pumps.

I do wonder why they have not converted to chip cards though. Almost all other retailers have.
Bacteria may enable cancer resistance to chemotherapy
Skeeto/Chris Wellons [0] did a great write up on a basic Reference Counting Garbage Collector. I've done an initial translation [1][2] into a reusable library. Bob Nystrom also wrote a great tutorial on implementing a basic GC for a simple dynamic language [3].

[0] http://nullprogram.com/blog/2015/02/17/

[1] https://github.com/lpsantil/vgc/blob/master/original/t/t0000...

[2] https://github.com/lpsantil/vgc/blob/master/original/include...

[3] http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/12/08/babys-first-gar...
If your genetics aren't up to snuff you just have to accept that you won't make it to the top.
Today's NYT article on "feminist philosophy" could actually be quite relevant. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/opinion/feminist-philosop...
I know the fasm forum is powered by rwasa, perhaps fresh. is too.

https://2ton.com.au/rwasa/ is based on https://2ton.com.au/HeavyThing/, a library written for fasm that handles a bunch of cool things including enough crypto to do TLS and enough network code to make a webserver.
Yes.

https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/blob/master...
Equities are currently inflated by cheap and accessible debt alongside a low expected yield. Id say unwinding is more likely to bring a reverse in equity pricing. Reasonable odds of a sharp one.

And why point 3? Is this from expected currency devaluation?
That caught my eye as well.

It would not be a bad strategy at all to leak the names of as many potential scapegoats as possible if one were avoiding accountability.
Who usually makes those arguments, analytic philosophers or continental?
As a European I never understood why Armstrong had it so rough, almost every top tour contestant from the era and going back almost 50 years have been doped, many of them have even admitted it.

Yet Armstrong got completely fucked by it. I used to think it was because America handles liars and cheats different than us, but looking at your bankers and wallstreeters go free as well as Trump winning and remaining in the White House, it seems that you're not rougher on liars and cheats than we are.

So what was it? Was Armstrong really that much of an asshole?
>>Customers just use them as a free showroom

And that free showroom is now gone.

All the best buying something on Amazon, and realizing that you didn't like it after it was delivered at your home. The cost of treating it as a free showroom will now cost customers buying a lot of products they don't like.
> Is there a market for someone to make skimmer detector addons for gas stations? (If not, why not?)

It would probably be best sold as a service instead of a device. It's not easy to train staff to operate equipment like this. Also, it's likely to engage a cat-and-mouse escalation which either means a headache-fueled field-updatable device (more complexities for gas station staff) or rapidly-obsolete devices.

But the service might be a hard sell -- the service would have to be more effective than manual pump kiosk inspections. Best to try and sell to an established brand that operates the stations themselves (are there any or are they all franchisees?) 7-11 operates gas stations in urban markets likely to be targeted, they might be a good client.
I'd guess the police don't have the resources/are not interested in this kind of crime. I also doubt it's much of an issue for the gas station itself. The card is skimmed at the gas station, but does that mean the cloned card will be used there?

I mean, sparkfun are great, but they're not pentesters. The fact that the police went to them probably means they didn't have the resources to hire a pentesting firm (or do it internally). I'd also guess they don't have the resources to police these crimes either (which would mean a lot of hanging around at gas stations).
Im assuming these bonds are in $10k amounts.

Edit: I looked it up and T-Bonds start at $1k
How useful is this attitude really? I understand the underlying aspiration of creating a 'known' ecosystem, but passive-aggressive callouts like this doesn't do anyone any good. Signal has done us a lot of good, let's keep that at the front of mind instead of trying to impart weird statements like this. Kinda sick of this internet logic.
America has a very vengeful streak. We don't just get angry when we disagree, we take vengeance and retribution to an entirely new level.
" . . . and then Lance Armstrong reached me. He grabbed my by the shoulder, because he knew that everyone would be watching, and he knew that at that moment, he could show everyone that he was the boss. He stopped me, and he said what I was saying wasn't true, what I was saying was bad for cycling, that I musn't say it, that I had no right to be a professional cyclist, that I should quit cycling, that I should quit the tour, and finished by saying [beep] you. . . . I was depressed for 6 months. I was crying all of the time. I was in a really bad way." - Bassons, from BBC Radio 5, 2012 10 15[9]

Reading about Armstrong lead me to the wikipedia page for Christophe Bassons [1], a professional cyclist that called out Armstrong (and drug use in the profession). It is enraging to read that Bassons had to end his career early as a result of taking a stance against rampant cheating. What's particularly infuriating is that he likely got robbed of the opportunity to (perhaps) win a few titles, due to the unfair competition.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe_Bassons
There are lots of reasons to keep many drugs available as prescription-only.

Misuse of antibiotics affects everyone, not just the person taking them.

Plus, drug interactions are hard even for professionals to manage.

I don't think it's a good idea to let people self-prescribe prescription drugs for themselves and others (like their children).
Great, now China's going to put malware into every Xbox controller on the off-chance it gets inserted into a USN submarine /s
Netflix, the original HTML DRM-pusher, actually does. For a gazillion kinds of platforms and devices and they're doing fine.

In fact it seems they have apps for all platforms out there, except the traditional desktop, something it would cost them almost nothing to provide on top of their existing app-offerings.

Basically Netflix is the best proof you have that you don't need DRM in HTML.

And yet here we are. It's absolutely infuriating.
> Microsoft obviously did a lot of user testing with their controller

Precisely. Remember the "Duke" controller?
And then it casually and silently deletes them after some unspecified time. Which has screwed me before on a long flights.

Now I always pirate media in advance I intend to watch in the air. I don't want to have to babysit my netflix downloads to make sure that they really are downloaded.
I would consider this evidence of massive overreach on the part of law enforcement rather than evidence that it's illegal (which afaict it still is not).
Good idea. Thanks. I've never had a headlamp, but the advantages of your suggestion are strong and obvious.

I just made a note of your suggestion as a TODO indexed for "system maintenance" for my startup!
Works for me in mobile Chrome 63 and in mobile Firefox 55.
Drinking coffee is unhealthy? You sure about that?

> Studies have shown that coffee may have health benefits, including protecting against Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes and liver disease, including liver cancer. Coffee also appears to improve cognitive function and decrease the risk of depression.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-he...
Pre-empting related FUD: Signal has dropped the hard dependency on Google Play Services. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13691050
Lifelock offers to protect you from Equifax breach by selling Equifax services
Oh boy, the memories from all the "IDEs" there were for NASM. In the end, it was just easier to use your favorite editor, because most of them just had a pretty color scheme for assembly. This looks pretty sweet, though.
If you think one side is "strictly anti-DRM", you haven't read the article.
A gas station with a skimmer is like a gas station with a gas spill -- it's a hazard on their property that is open to the public. They have a responsibility to maintain a safe environment, or else close off the property.
A functional web with ASP.NET Core and F#'s Giraffe
I think this can cause interest shift in relevant job sectors.
The article says that

> Essentially, the perpetrator opens a pump using one of a few master keys, unplugs the credit card reader from the main pump controller, plugs the card reader into the skimmer and plugs the skimmer back into the pump controller. This reportedly takes less than 30 seconds.

So I'd say that at least those stations whose pumps can be opened easily with a master key should be liable if their careless handling of customer data leaks credit card details to skimmers. A fine would put additional pressure on the pumps with the worst security and might eventually lead to widespread deployment of something like the alarm system proposed at the end of the article.
In many areas the zip code associated with the cards will likely be one of only 1-3 choices, particularly if the gas station isn't on a through road.
This is something to worry about. USB hosts and devices identify themselves - malicious firmware embedded in the Xbox controller could check if it's connected to a real Xbox, compared to a Windows PC, or a submarine, and act (or misbehave) accordingly.

And what is the plan in 20-30 years' time when the submarines are still in action but the controllers stopped being made? I get the feeling we'll see Navy personnel bidding on "vintage" Xbox controller auctions on eBay the same way prices for original NES and Atari controllers are through the roof right now.
The author of TST is working on a port :)
Not sure where you're getting your data, but:

1) $10k/mo is not even close to enough for most US companies that want to grow quickly. If it were enough, then way fewer founders would want to fundraise.

2) I'm a partner at Susa and I'm technical. And even if I weren't, being technical has little to do with being a good partner to technical founders. Most basketball coaches can't dunk, but they are still good coaches. Furthermore, if a founder is technical, then a non-technical VC/advisor/mentor/friend that can help in other areas can be more useful than someone who is technical. Most technical founders I work with have no problem with building tech, but many struggle with the business side.

3) Our website says we prefer warm intros. We don't require them, we just prefer them. I reply to cold emails frequently and often meet people after they cold email me. But the cold emails should be good/well-targeted, and unfortunately most are not.

4) Traction is not the only thing that matters. For example, I just did a quick calculation, and over half of our investments in the last 12 months had $0 revenue when we invested. Many of those investments hadn't even launched yet.
Humm, if you get everything right I would probably assume you already read about something similar which means that it is evaluating nothing or rather it is just evaluating your ability to remember things which is not that useful when you can just google it.
The zip code is to prevent criminals from stealing gas (via vendor fraud chargeback) via a card stolen elsewhere, not to prevent criminals from stealing cards at the gas station.
It might be the case that enough of the zip codes are the same as where the pump is located or a few adjoining areas that trial and error would work well enough.