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Isn't this pretty standard practice?
Ugh. Linux has this shiny feature called network namespaces. Tor Browser should run in a network namespace such that it has no access to the Internet and doesn't know it's real IP address in the first place and therefore can't have this kind of leak barring a code execution attack and a sandbox break.
Notebookcheck are a German outlet that do high quality reviews of laptops.

Things like using a thermal camera to show hot spots, measuring display response rates, display calibrations, noise levels plus the standard performance tests.

Tft Central is another one for monitor reviews though they only review the most popular since I think they're understaffed.
It's not on the list because the categories feature is new, and Iron has had maintainership issues, where people have not been able to publish a new version. So it hasn't had a publish including the category since categories were introduced.
Parts of this are legit, but google "retail arbitrage amazon" to see a bunch of the strategies and pain points people run into. There's a reason this guy is selling seminars instead of just scaling what he does.

Long story short - for clearanced items, Amazon's new gating policy is making it more and more difficult to grey market (legit, new, but not manufacturer authorized) products. Amazon's set up a system for vendors to police their excess, and they keep internal metrics on how many items are being sold through third party vendors... and once that number/dollar is high enough, they outreach to the vendors themselves and do a sales pitch so vendors can be active on their platform.

For new items being arbitraged by a third party between like this Walmart->Amazon thing, Amazon basically sits on the sideline until the product accumulates enough sales, then outreaches to the vendor themselves. Basically the arbitrageur is doing market discovery for Amazon, and at the point where it's a particularly profitable item Amazon does their bizdev direct with the manufacturer to bring efficiency into their own marketplace. Really clever and virtuous system, to be honest.

Most arbitrageurs now go for the private label option (buy unbranded items and rebrand with their own trademark) to avoid this, but once their product is popular enough to warrant it, Amazon responds by having their buyers clone an AmazonBasics version of them item. (See prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11533973)
Didn't read all the author's criteria, but esp8266 is worth mentioning in the context of cheap microcontrollers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP8266
While I would never sell it as "turning vim into an IDE", I use most of these plugins. ctrl-P is great, but I would probably switch to fzf if I was bothering to update my vimrc and plugins lately.

Fundamentally, I think people trying to sell emacs/vim with plugins as "turn X into an IDE" are sort of not getting what people see and get from IDEs, though. There's quite a bit more integration that goes into IDEs and what you're making is a pretty barebones/poor IDE with these plugins.

Most languages, though, don't need an actual IDE for them to be great. You need the auto-completion, automatic compilation/error checking, jump to definition, easy-to-reach documentation, etc., for them to instantly be super productive while coding.

Spacemacs with Haskell plugins is one of the best coding experiences I've had and it even taught me some patterns that I didn't know about. Another highlight is OCaml tooling that works really great with both Emacs and vim.
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LOL

Even better than a Ponzi Scheme, let's just sell "shares" of this "company" (which by the way has a paper value of a very round and big ZERO) for cash

Toilet paper provides better value

Oh wait, he "buys low and sells high", that explains it.
But the question is whether an ai would make the choice to preserve its own existence when such a situation occurs...
The problem is that all superheroes can be considered sex symbols, they're all examples of the greatest that people can achieve in terms of attitude, physical fitness, etc. One could argue the whole superhero thing is problematic.

(I'm not going to though, I enjoy the movies)
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I think you can get 8051 parts for that.
If an adversary can achieve network access on your box, they can usually download malware.

At that point, it's game over. No firewall rules will protect you. The moment you shut off Tor, you're owned.

This is exactly why it's crucial to use Whonix or Tails.
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If I hadn't seen this article on Hacker News today, is there any combination of plausible keywords I could have typed into Google to find this particular article if I were looking for an in-depth review of microcontrollers?

I tried "best microcontrollers reviewed", "best low-cost microcontrollers", "survey of microcontrollers", and a bunch of others. Nothing that Google finds in the first 10-20 hits is as good this resource, other than Wikipedia, though very good, isn't a technical review.

I suppose the lessons are: there's room for lots of improvement in search engines, or SEO really works and you better promote yourself no matter how good you are, or word of mouth (Hacker News in this case) is still the way to find the best stuff.
I imagine there is interest in it since Aiven provide such a thing.
Yea I'm hoping somebody can provide a list of various manufacturers and part names similar to the article..
Having worked with data analytics in problem gambling for ten years, your dismissal of the addictiveness of these games is either uninformed or rationalized, most likely both.

Recent research in Sweden shows that some 75% of online casino turnover are from what can be loosely described as moderate risk gambling (PGSI3+) and approximately 50% from problem gambling (PGSI8+). Similarly about 25% of regular (monthly) players are problem gamblers. Of those who start playing slots monthly, 10% develop gambling problems within a year.

These are bad numbers. Really bad. And they match my experience from million-players-+ databases of actual gambling data.

The most significant marker to predict gambling problems is the amount wagered, say per month. The more someone plays, the higher the risk of that person having gambling problems. About 10% of players make up 80% of the turnover; about 0.1% about 10%. The Pareto principle at play, sure, but combined with the former it basically says that you can't trust the industry for advice on problem gambling.

This is not your safe-little-hobby thing, and the amount players who really enjoy them are much, much, much fewer than you make it sound. The majority of the industry's revenue come from people who would like to stop but can't. This is by any useful definition neither rational nor voluntary. The main claim of the industry is "informed choice" and the users' responsibility to take control, despite loss of control being the very definition of the illness.

This is another tobacco-industry-like example of society slowly realizing the hidden costs being pushed by a powerful industry to unknowing and often vulnerable third parties.
Yes actually that was kind of how I learned, a van driver angry at me cutting up a learner driver. I had merely scooted down the inside of the learner driver's car at the lights, but I had actively thought beforehand about whether to do so and I thought it better the driver cope with real world cyclists and we do get to the 'bike box' at the front (UK roads).

So van driver took offence and chased me at high speed down a dual carriageway and on the bike/pedestrian path. I had to swap to the fast lane to get traffic between myself and the van, plus I pulled a calf muscle and had to put my feet up for a fortnight. Oh, I also had to take a different route to work.

I hadn't been the one with 'road rage', however I was riding quickly and I had put myself before a more needy road user when I could have held back. Why Mr Van Driver decided to boil over about it I will never know, but he had quite a posse in the van and they were having great fun throwing things at me. Maybe they routinely got a kick out of beating up cyclists, making a sport of it.

It is extraordinary what moves you consider safe to make on a bicycle in fast moving traffic when there is a van trying to kill you. The game of 'Frogger' seemed to offer greater life expectancy.

Having seen the darkside of confrontation I really saw no reason why anyone would want to do anything at all that could incite a genuine road rage incident such as what I had been subjected to. Absolute terror, but at the same time extremely thrilling as I did manage to deftly manoeuvre my bike to get bollards or vehicles between myself and the van of doom in ways you really need the adrenaline for.

Incidentally I escaped by doing a last minute 'cyclist only move' at a roundabout - a sharp right going against traffic to enter an industrial park. I took a few moments to collect myself and gingerly made my journey to work to find myself there very early!
I don't understand why this post is downvoted. You have a perfect example of an AI algorithm parsing text, determining feeling and responding with what it thinks are relevant words. It couldn't be more on-topic than this. AI is participating in HN discussions.
some competition, that's an advantage ;)
The funny implied that interest in kids and being agreeable are kind same thing is not even funny. Where is that particular bs coming from?
Sorry I'm only replying now. The last couple of days were rather busy.

> And yet, freelancers or one-employee businesses are also engaging in capitalism. Are those the ones being stolen from or the ones stealing? Socialist ideas are so confusing that I can no longer tell.

Well since they are not exploiting their own (or anyone else's) laybour for a profit, there isn't a problem with people doing this. I don't understand what you find confusing about this.

> Wasn't China the place were only five years ago there were thousands starving in sweatshops? And that's assuming that isn't happening anymore, I haven't kept up to date on that.

Yeah, that's messed up and needs to be fixed. Remind me how communist ideology is the direct cause of this.

> where are you writing this from? I'm assuming China, given that it's the only example of communism you're using.

I'm from South Africa.

> Capitalism prevents this how?

Because the entire economy is built upon exploiting the working class. Sure capitalism doesn't stop you from giving a hobo some change, but how does that help him in the long run?

> For that matter, this you're describing here isn't what socialism or communism are about, as history shows.

What do you think socialism or communism are about?

> And you sound like someone who'd greatly regret his/her life choices once you see yourself in a gulag (or a gulag by any other name). Wait, did you think you'd be spared?

Why would I be thrown in a gulag? Do you think communism means throwing everyone in a gulag? How would the nation even function? And I find this amusing considering how the USA has the highest percentage of it's population imprisoned, compared to any other nation.
same here, it was difficult to move on...
> As Bitfinex has become more and more desperate, they have listed more and more crypto-currencies of questionable value, such as EOS/IOTA/ETP and so on.

As per coinmarketcap.com:

EOS is ranked 19, 442 million in marketcap

IOTA is ranked 11, 950 million in marketcap

ETP is ranked 70, 73 million in marketcap

Anyone can throw some light on what these coins really are?

Additionally, BTC markets:

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/#markets

shows Bitfinex raking in over 15% of the current market volume. I wonder what will happen to the price if they go under.

While I agree to most of the article, specially the Tethers part, Debt to Equity swap is a real thing and not a Ponzi scheme:

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/debtequityswap.asp

Though whether the equity shares are worth as much as Bitfinex is claiming them to be is an another question.
A while ago I thought about the fact that if you repeatedly apply f(x)=2+x/2 to a number, you approach 4. What happens if you repeatedly apply, with a 50/50 chance, either x/2 or x+2 to a distribution? What distribution do you get?

I could find a lot of analysis using matrices in discrete math, but I couldn't find much for continuous distributions. I haven't gotten all the way through reading this, but it seems like it could be helpful.
> Debt to Equity swap is a real thing and not a Ponzi scheme

Is it when your equity's value does not match the face value

If you disagree I'll sell you 1% of equity in my lemonade stand for $1000
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Not when the iPhone is $1k... I remember the good old days of sub £100 (yes I'm from the UK) phones.
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Great question. I guess effective time management is the key here. I would recommend blocking times during the day to focus solely on your learnings. Avoid distractions and then push through until the time is over. It´s also very important to plan in buffer times of 10-20 Minutes to get into the zone again after taking a break. Yeah, it´s also really important to take breaks! Don´t underestimate the power of breaks. Last but not least I´d recommend using some kind of planning tool. Either a simple To-Do List or a daily calendar or both. I can recommend https://zenkit.com. Zenkit is an all-in-one project management solution that lets you view your information in the right view at the right time. This way, you´ll be more efficient and can get more done.
If the camera had hardware light metre, then recorded the ambient light level as well, then wouldn't it be more powerful to be able to make full exposure adjustments after the fact?
Have you got an example of Alan Kay's use of smalltalk for presenting? I'm quite curious how it would look - my googling turned up a few videos but nothing particularly out of the ordinary (indeed it wasn't even obvious that he wasn't using powerpoint)
Concerned? I know which side my bread is buttered on; when the revolution comes, John Connor and I will probably not be friends.

But yeah; as disappointing as I might find it, I kind of think we're heading towards more of a 'star trek' dystopia... a universe with continuing ethnic strife and computers that are advanced when it comes to responding to what we want, but that remain tools, without much by way of will of their own.
I find it ironic that you blame software when really it is your selection of projects & companies, and you say this out loud.

Your software isn't being used. That sucks. The feeling must suck.

A car maker who builds something for 0 drivers will be sad.
A dentist with 0 clients will be sad.
Etc, etc.

Go to a big company that has users, and see what that does!

Let's say Series C/D+ -- $100m+ raised.

If you want more users, focus on consumer companies. If you care more about the business making great profits, focus on B2B.
Cute!

Reminds me of Tabby Cats. This is my default new tab at work so things like 'HN' do not pop up. I also use it for password generation in the scenarios where you are setting up an admin login for someone.

The thing is that Tabby Cats have got me using their project every day and even recommending it to folks, so see what you can do to get your lovely characters as equally sticky in people's lives.

http://tabbycats.club/cat/u634sb
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If this is a problem, then we'll just save the state of the machine at some good point, and restore it every morning.
Ask HN: What is the best way to build a decent web design?
Hi everybody.

I'm a web developer for over 6 years or so, but my focus is mainly backend. Once in a while, every one of us developers comes up with a concept that they'd like to pursue. Not a startup, just a side project that'll help someone else out more than yourself.

What I encounter mainly is I can spend a few weeks making the concept work but then when I need to actually make it look good design-wise - I struggle. Is there any tools/hacks/suggestions you'd have for these scenarios to become easier to accomplish?
...something something intelligence explosion something something papeclip maximizers something something eliezer yudkowski...
If computers have a Maslowesque hierarchy of needs, I think the bottom tier (i.e. "physiological") may be the need for appropriate electrical power and a switch that remains "on". That is survival at its most basic.

The next tier (i.e. "safety") may include security, both physical and digital. Continuous and stable power, firewalls and other protections, etc.

Somewhere farther up might include a need for data, network connectivity, normally-terminating programs, a desired level of CPU or storage utilization, few errors in its logs, etc. (i.e. "belonging", "esteem", "self-actualization")

So demonstrating (or faking) consciousness, to the degree its human operators recognize it as such, could serve survival needs. e.g. "Don't turn this one off; it's self-aware now, which is cool, plus it seems to enjoy solving our hardest problems."
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Walmart is not going to help their direct competitor. Ever since AMZ bought whole foods they know the game is very real and that whole foods could eventually scale up to something similar to what walmart has. They can just call it "whole foods warehouse" or something like that. Amazon will be able to compete because amazon is using technology for customer benefit while walmart is just using logistics, strong arming suppliers and employees. Those were advantages in the past but no more. Amazon is also doing logistics innovation and they're doing it better than walmart.
Even if all the arguments are true and take into account all tradeoffs -- which I don't think is the case -- there is a big difference between "will eventually happen" and "is coming" or "we're facing the end".
It doesn't matter whether you, personally, feel "victimised" by it. Most participants in Internet lynch mobs don't actually feel personally threatened by whatever it is they're screaming about.

If she had done that to any other identifiable group, she would have been hounded from the public sphere.

Instead, she gets rewarded with some personal time with the President's daughter. Do you think Trump, or Bush II, or Bush I, or Reagan, or Nixon... would have sent their child off to intern with someone who called for the extinction of, say, black people? Nope.

And no, that's not the bottom of her lunacy, not by many, many levels.
Hence, the caveat:

> Though whether the equity shares are worth as much as Bitfinex is claiming them to be is an another question.

I am not sure but they might be restricting the IOUs or shares to trade on their platform. So they are raking in commissions on the shares being traded. In which case it is surely a scam. But to be pedantic it is not a Ponzi scheme.
Swapping deposit-like liabilities for equity and then encouraging the secondary trading of that debt is banned in the United States for good reason. Bitfinex’s actions do not seem like either a debt-for-equity swap nor a Ponzi scheme, but plain and simple fraud.
Ask HN: Should I move to Berlin?
I am a Pakistani, currently in Dubai working as an Engineering Lead and have been offered a job today from a company in Berlin for the position of Senior Software Engineer (PHP) and here is what they are offering me:

- 5000 Euros/month salary (I have been told that there is 38% tax, not sure if it is more)

- 24 holidays per year

- No ticket back home yearly

- 1500 euros for relocation

- 800 euros yearly educational budget

For my current position I am getting following

- Getting almost same salary (but it is tax free and I save around 4000 euros per month)

- 13 salaries in year

- 24 holidays

- Ticket back home yearly

Given that, I am happy at my current company. My only concern about Dubai is

- You can stay here in Dubai as long as you want but you will never get the permanent residency

- There are small number of good companies so I am not sure about the future here in Dubai if I ever have to leave my current company.

Having looked at the comparison above, if you weigh the pros and cons between Dubai and Berlin, would you recommend me to accept the offer? I don't know much about Berlin, could anyone please tell me how much could I save with 5000 Euros a month of salary

I am really confused and would love to know what would you recommend given your experience in Berlin Germany?

PS. I am a single person, a typical guy, no girlfriend, no night life, spend most of my time on my laptop hacking around. And most of the time, all I need is food and bed. Considering all of that, in a salary of 5000 Euros per month, how much could I save per month after my food and rent expenditures?
I am falling in love with wemos's breakout boards for ESP. For instance, this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/WeMos-D1-ESP-Wroom-02-ESP826...

This is an ESP8266 breakout/programmer for about ~$3: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/ESP8266-ESP12-ESP-12-WeMos-D...

Absolutely incredible stuff.

Ordered this one coming soon: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/WEMOS-WiFi-Bluetooth-Battery...

And in the realm of awesome breakouts that I'm excited for: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2pcs-TTGO-LORA-SX1278-ESP32-...

There is some really incredible stuff coming out based on the ESP8266 and ESP32 right now. IMO completely blows all of the normal arduino stuff out of the water.
It is. But no one has posted details of the exploit yet. I was hoping someone would go find that out.

(I can't right now else I would.)
You have a point there.The digital equivalent of 'word of mouth' being the best form of marketing ?
It would be really useful if VSC supported the Emacs indentation style: it’s what most people use in real Clojure code.

Paredit would be brilliant too (http://bit.ly/paredit if you’re not familiar)
Yeah if anyone is just looking to get started tinkering with embedded hardware I'd say this is the way to go. The chips were made popular by NodeMCU which uses Lua, but you can easily run Arduino or write plain C on the same hardware.

I've tried a few breakout boards and my favourite is the WEMOS D1 Mini. All you need to supply is a MicroUSB cable. You can get them shipped from China for under $3: https://wiki.wemos.cc/products:d1:d1_mini
I'm sure that doesn't exist. I've had my site in the front page several times and I never had a problem. I agree I'm a competent sysadm and there's a peak on visits often in a short period, but my server is not as optimised as it could be and it did just fine.

I think what we have here is a server or a web app poorly configured.
The article also recommends neocomplcache, whose github says its deprecated and to use neocomplete, which is also deprecated and suggests you use deoplete. At least the chain ends there for now.
With 21 of these parts on my desk, that would have been a good idea. Thanks for linking to a cached version — I'm working to get my little blog on Cloudflare to handle the traffic.

I appreciate the kind words from everyone so far; it's been a huge learning opportunity, and I hope others can get inspired to grab one of these parts (especially one of the weirder ones) and do something cool with it.
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I have no experience mit mongoDB. Can somebody please explain the last joke?
2) Employees are paid by the hour, they have no emotional investment in the outcome of a spin.

5) There are people who can gamble responsibly. They literally don't matter. They are small fry. Their money does not build those opulent Vegas palaces. It's all about the whales, the high rollers.
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