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The author's name struck a chord. Turns out that he is likely a great-nephew (and name-sake) of a physics professor of mine many years ago. [0]

[0] http://oleksabilaniuk.blogspot.com/2009/04/oleksa-myron-petr...
No intro to skip in Lost (it's just 5-10 seconds of the show title against a black screen).

That's been the trend for dramas basically ever since-- Lost was among the first to adopt the minimal intro that's popular now. Stargate even made a joke out of it in one of their later episodes.
It's clear from your comment that you read the article, but I'm very confused about how you ended up with the conclusion that the situation is fine and people are overreacting. I don't know what else to say to this, I hope you can elaborate on your thoughts here.
As bad as this sounds, sometimes I have to wonder what the other guy endured. Don't get me wrong, this is a huge no no, but I wonder what the customer said/did to make the employee feel like this was worth the "get back" knowing full well it could result in termination.
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The last 14 days are also the best CPMs for the entire year. In the middle of February, you're looking at closer to a third of this.
Take the blue pill and carry on regardless.
This happens all over the place -- for some reason, the majority of the people won't learn. They'll tell you horror stories about how they lost a lot of work (or even money!) because a provider never gave them support, yet, go back to that same provider.

A group of acquaintances had a Facebook group where they shared research and documents. It got deleted and they lost everything. Thrice. I suggested they used something else for document storage each time, but was just ignored or shooed off.

The root cause of the problem is kinda beyond me -- but it's clear that people are unwilling to learn from experience when it comes to these things, and that these free services will continue to behave as they do because there's no downside to doing so.
This biggest qualm I have about this article is that it attempts to disprove alien tech using human tech. Any sufficiently advanced beings would appear to us to be magical of sorts since they would have mastered elements of the universe we don't even know exists. You cant simply say well since we've seen these combinations of letters in the atomic alphabet we can therefore deduce the meaning of all combinations. What if they discovered a noble gas in the compound? (kryptonium perhaps) It would completely change the way we view chemistry.
Some companies understood and embraced this: Slack and auth0 can send you "login links" via email which log you right in.

Remove that pesky "password" from the entire "password reset" flow. Makes perfect sense (meaning: there's clearly users making use of it).
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$200? What is this ransomware? $10 should suffice.
For those of us for whom email is so important, having a paid provider that has human support staff (that actually responds) should be equally important.

IMHO, free supportless email [like gmail] isn't really an option, given the huge impact that losing it would have.
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I agree, those stats look too good.
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She also did over an hour on econtalk

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/10/cathy_oneil_on_1.ht...
Now ? No.

I wonder what happened when the dollar was 10-20 years old though. Can't seem to find good info anywhere.
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Right, I agree that a useful PoW is possible in theory[1], but the requirements imposed (by needing to work as PoW for a blockchain cryptocurrency) are burdensome:

1) The difficulty must be adjustable so that you can make it harder or easier as computational power joins or leaves the network -- so it can't be some generically hard problem with no free parameter that affects the hardness.

2) The difficulty must be precisely predictable, so you know how much to adjust it for 1). That probably rules out NP-complete problems, where it's hard to generate random instances while ensuring you'll get one of the hard ones.

3) The problem must be capable of being arbitrarily generated from a random string, so that your work is associated with a specific ledger update (block), and so the work must have started after that node became aware of the block. This would require you to optimally "compress" the problem space so that a random string decompresses to a valid instance. But if you could compress the problem space that way, it wouldn't be hard!

Partial hash inversion (used in Bitcoin) satisfies those because:

1) You can adjust how many digits of a match are required.

2) There is no shortcut to guessing all the nonces, and each output is effectively a random number with predictable properties.

3) You can require the nonce to be prefixed by the Merkle root of the new block + previous Merkle root.

Edit: Primecoin was a good start, but it quickly exhausted all of the academically useful primes, and is unable to meet 1) while still being useful.

[1] At least, I don't know of a rigorous impossibility proof.
That's an implementation detail, not the way people in Open Source think of it day-to-day.
But not consistent with what he said after the limit was put in place (see the quotes I provided). The motivation I suggested is consistent with all of his actions and statements.
> The average child watches 2.68 hours of television a day, or almost 980 hours a year

That’s unusual. And it just reminds me of how different other people’s lives could be. When I grew up, no one in the family liked watching television. I still remember buying DVDs and watching those, but just not regular television programming.
It sounds like you’re equivocating on the term “victimless crime.” The term is very commonly used to refer to crimes where no people who are directly involved in the crime are harmed. It doesn’t mean that the act has literally zero social costs.

Externalities are a completely separate argument. Externalities can apply to actions regardless of their legality, and are completely orthogonal to whether an action is a victimless crime.
The wording is confusing at best, flat out incorrect at worst if that’s what they meant there.
I hate that attitude. Stalking is a problem that can only be solved by both genders working together. You're not going to get any men on your side by acting like it doesn't matter that men are stalked as well.
Euhm, almost every single country on the planet ? (granted, one or two exceptions)

Even the value of the dollar is significantly in the social contract with Saudi Arabia (not sure if "social" is the right word, but it's definitely not legal, as both sides are sovereign and thus free to change any law or contract between them)

Seems to work well, for the most part. Granted, on occasion disasters happen.
Docker is primarily a packaging framework + a runtime mechanism.

It's like VM + hypervisor in one box.

Thinking this way, it's easy to understand why it's popular. It did things that no other have done.
See also Volkswagen.
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> making it easy to use for every day development

Can you elaborate here? I've started using Docker for development recently (pretty much just to avoid local mySQL troubles in a Rails project) - we use a docker-compose file to start an official mySQL image and the local rails repo.

Seemed easy enough, until I realized I have to restart my container every time my code changed. Then I had to integrate docker-sync, which is a great library but not official. I'm still surprised code sync is not included out of the box from Docker yet - am I missing something?
... 10 million units have been sold worldwide[0] so the total units sold in the US will undoubtedly be lower than that figure.

[0] https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2017/12/12/16766332/nin...
agreed that in general Europe has better drivers (license is just harder to get) but that doesn't change that it's still very unsafe and not secure :)
The dimensions involved in modern hard drives are staggeringly small; the bit cells have dimensions in the tens of nanometers -- about as big as couple-year-old semiconductor feature sizes.

It's not shocking that strong external vibration that induces resonances in the mechanical components causes dysfunction: the miracle is that hard drives function at all, even in the face of mild mechanical maltreatment.
Really? I've found iocage to work very well and combined with Ansible's jail support creating new jails is pretty darn easy. In terms of networking I created another loopback interface and assign each jail its own IP at creation time. It's not particularly elegant but it simplifies ipfw rules.

I've automated doing some updates with jenkins+ansiblee+git, but overall maintaining them is a bit tough because ansible's pkgng support is lacking.
Whoops, yeah, I guess it depends on how many years back it was. I guess it's better advice for what to do when it happens. That said, I know at least bank's website allows disputing transactions over a year old but I'm not sure if they allow over 2 years or not (you may have to call).
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Well I would be very happy indeed if I ever make a business for myself 10x as bad as twitter.

Wouldn't you ?
I often see articles about a tech company delivering an egregiously bad customer experience on HN. I'm sure we all agree that the scenario as presented was a screwup, but I would like to question its relevance. We seem to be passing around such stories as a form of folklore. Why? As a warning to others?

Amazon's a huge company with surely millions of customer interactions a month. Let's assume by now they have adopted a mature supervision process for their CSR interactions. Is this mostly just a random event caused by an unexpected 'bad apple' CSR?

If so, it would suggest the 'error rate' in this type of interaction is really quite low. A customer service cosmic ray, if you will.
http://cssgridgarden.com/ is a gentle intro to grid in the form of a game.

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Well, inflation makes the money you have in the bank loose value over time. In extreme examples you have countries like Venezuela and results are bad: people struggle to keep their buying power, companies are leaving the country, imports become way more expensive, etc.

I don't think there is a real world example of a country with deflation, so I don't know if the opposite would be true or what real consequences would be, but you can expect the opposite to happen.
More that there's approximately 5 seconds of ad per hour of video, and they're fairly simple to filter out.
Exactly my thought. While Amazon will not release the specific mitives if any, what was going on in this guy’s brain? Was he mentally ill, like depressed? Although the popular culture took call center into a comedy plot [1], the psychologies of these workers remain depressing I guess.

[1]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaBf3EYYIw
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I guess that applies for those who got a degree. But would be more interested on how a self taught developer would go about it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15989146
It's not necessary for a company that stores personal data to expose that data to individual employees. Is there ever a need for a customer service agent to send a manual book recommendation? Does Amazon Customer Service discuss books with customers?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15986500
My kids are netflix babies and when I gave them a toys r us catalog to look through to pick Christmas gifts out of they looked at it for 2 minutes, threw it aside and didn't ask for anything. Without commercials, they have no sense that they should even want the crap in a toy catalog. Big difference from when I was growing up.
Everyone keeps mentioning Windows support, but - and someone please correct me if I’m remembering wrong here - wasn’t it the new Microsoft with Nadella’s open source friendliness that went the extra mile to get Docker on Windows to happen?
From the perspective of the customer, what is the difference?
I totally agree with that, I'm not trying to claim that the community as a whole currently likes or supports the name BCash, just that it wasn't "the other side" that originally came up with it like so many people claim.
Living in NYC, I haven't driven a car in 3 years and haven't even renewed my driver license for 2. I still manage to go hiking during summer weekends and skiing during the winter. Accessibility really isn't the issue.

I think it's optics more than anything. NYC residents pay a ton in taxes and get little back. Our state taxes get moved upstate and our federal taxes go to poor states. I really think it's just trying to put pressure on our representatives to be a bit more "selfish" as to what happens with our taxes.
You have to update your email address with every person, service, mailing list, etc.. you use.
Sites like that is why I JS whitelist sites on mobile and blacklist on desktop. I'm glad that most sites still work well because the day I'm forced to spin up my fan to read a news article is the day I'll have to reconsider using the web.
Your premise is fatally objective and missing crucial nuance. There is by no means a consensus that Docker containers are “technologically superior” to virtual machines.. just lighter.
I have a slightly different theory, which is that being constantly online (and especially on social media, which is how all kids in high school seem to interact at all hours of the day) causes tons of anxiety and stress.

It's not necessarily that social media is 'bad' per se, as it is very unbalanced -- it triggers that dopamine rush in that part of the brain that says 'be social, your life depends on it', but then the brain never gets back the true feedback that it needs (eye contact, body language, tone, facial expressions). It's like the equivalent of eating empty carbs.

Imagine a vicious cycle where parents see kids are stressed -> parents become more protective and keep them inside -> kids spend even more time on technology.

We know from research that exercise, getting into nature, spending time with people in person all lower stress levels and are good for you, but it seems like the trend is to go the opposite way.
Armchair preaching? Who is this "we" in "we are to do anything"? Unless you're contributing to a replacement, your proclamation simply doesn't matter.
It's not the same thing, product placement is paid for by the brand. And it's upsetting because it's deceitful - designed to appear to be something other than it is, legitimate use.
I'm not sure how copyright and licensing is an implementation detail. Its fairly important to consider.
It's risky, sure. You would have to have a good read on the other contestant, like maybe someone who bid $1001 to get out of contestant's row, so you know they are inclined to use the plus-one-dollar strategy. I probably wouldn't have the guts to try it myself, but if someone did and pulled it off it would be legendary.
I actually added "Next" button to move along the sections. I'll try to combine "Add" and "Next" buttons' functionalities altogether.
Kind of frustrating because of how buggy it is. Sometimes your line doesn't draw filled pieces (there will be holes), the keys don't respond quickly or predictably enough to drive in single-width corridors. Random artifacts or people spawning in the borders and immediately dying. (off by one?!)
Yes. Volumes: https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/volumes/volumes/

Mount a directory from your local filesystem as a volume and file changes within that directory will appear immediately in the container.
Add YouTube red (free with Google play music) for the family, and some NPR presets on the radio, and the worst you'll hear are the terrible underwriting credits...

It's been great!
I'd think they would be accused of engineering the situations where that help is needed, and profiting from it.
It most certainly does not. If you are using Docker containers for security or QoS you're doing it wrong, and I think even Docker the company would concur.

It's a fantastic packaging and deployment format, but it's not a universal solution.
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It's also the pilots who are on the record and have a history of integrity, anyone else who saw those videos before and after edits, the air traffic controllers that day.
My show that I've "solved" is cutthroat kitchen. In this show, you don't need to be the best cook until the final round. Before that the object is to "not lose".

The solution - buy the sabotages. Give the sabotages to the cook with the most money. Taking everything personal and retaliating hurts your chances of winning because it increases your chance of losing the round -- and if your retaliee loses, the remaining contestants have way more money than you. Caring about how much money is in your hand also hurts your chances of winning because you become less likely to buy the sabotage.

Bidding strategy is also interesting.
1. Don't trust google with all your information.

2. Have backups, redundant and different email accounts.

3. Use a thirdparty password manager.

4. Don't give google all your information.

It's a horrible ecosystem which ties convenience, and it's bad.
Sounds like you're jealous.
Code reload in a container has always been pretty painful. I don’t use Docker for the application I’m developing on, relying on virtualenv (in your case RVM) to keep a clean, stable, and contained environment. I use Docker for the dependencies (which is a huge boon) and when I’m done developing, I package the app into a Docker container so I can easily distribute it.
How would that work? I can of course go to their office and prove my identity but since nobody did that when opening the account, they can't necessarily prove that it is my account..
SoundForge and Vegas used to be great software tools in the 1990s and early 2000s. Unfortunately you had to sell them. Thanks anyway for your story.

Recently Sony sold them to Magix from Germany. Unfortunately the software is lagging behind, basically stayed for decades in low maintenance mode, and Magix software is known to be a cobbled together buggy mess. Their other own video software Video Deluxe is still 32bit buggy unstable piece that relies on decade old dlls and can't be installed on up to date Windows 7/8/10 without deactivating security functions, changing registry settings by hand and renaming the Windows cert folder. Nowadays the open source Audacity is a great alternative to SoundForge, and Premiere/etc are better alternatives to Vegas/VideoDeluxe.
You may be right but it doesn't matter who did it. It's still possibly a factor in its success.
The old pre-Match OKC might have, they were proper old-skool data geeks. Match execs won't have understood what any of those words meant.
Regular programming may not be getting dumber, but the commercials most definitely are.

I haven't had a TV in 10 years and when I'm at someones house who does, the difference is immediately apparent, especially during the late night segments.

The average early AM commercial now (at least in my area) is literally so bad that it feels like advertisers just assume that their average viewer is mentally challenged or emotionally unstable in some way. It's almost like watching a SNL skit or a fake commercial within a really bad B-grade movie.
Totally appreciate the reminder that the "power is in my hands" to help make HN better. I flag so much crap, low-effort, buzzwordy articles I come across on HN that I'm surprised the mods haven't revoked my ability to flag. One day I hope to discover new content that someone else didn't already post, so I can submit it here!
They could still be used for quid pro quo and rate limiting situations. I feed you a problem that is useful to my company and I provide you a free service in return. Because you have to have a PoW it’s more difficult for you to spam my service (you have to break other laws to do so), and even if you do I get reimbursed after a fashion anyway.
The monitor and map image (though not the screen contents obviously) are from the opening cutscene of Ultima VII.

https://youtu.be/JfqOZlNxbfI?t=106
I take the L every day from Graham to 6th at 9am. I very rarely have to wait to get on a train and the delays aren't more than just being slower compared to off-hours. I can understand a frustration trying to get on a train if you live on Bedford, I'm sure that's a nightmare. However, I simply don't understand the complaints (comparing it within the city). Maybe it's just because every other commute I've had has gone through Union Square or 42nd. Compared to those, everything is easy.
The username verst is also a giveaway :-)
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That recruiter you were speaking of probably meant that they were looking to hire a diverse set of people, as opposed to primarily just 65-year old white guys (which she probably believes to be the majority demographic that you'll see in a stuffy corporate environment).

She should not have said "65-year old", as that is blatant age discrimination. And she should not have brought in the terms "white guy", as it is racist stereotyping. It seems like that recruiter is really out of touch with what promoting diversity in the workplace is about.

However, despite this, you cannot deny that the majority of people working in the tech sector are white or asian and male. That's just a fact. I feel like you are demonizing diversification efforts in the work place just because of one experience you had.

That old white guy you worked with will not have a problem getting a job in the future, eventually, unless he has some sort of character flaw that renders him absolutely unemployable. Hell, he already has a job right now, though on contract basis. Even just getting your foot in the door is much harder if he was not white and male. You just proved so yourself by saying you would have a job lined up for him and people of his demographic. You are acting like old white men are the victims here. They are victims, but only because of their age. Now you know what discrimination looks and feels like. This is why diversification is important. It's simply a protection measure to help ensure equality and fairness.
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1. Don't trust google with all your information.

2. Have backups, redundant and different email accounts.

3. Use a thirdparty password manager.

4. Don't give google all your information.

It's a horrible ecosystem which ties convenience, and it's bad.

Google isn't your friend.
Facebook isn't your friend.

They've become your gatekeepers.
One of their partners in Toronto handed me one of these at Big Data/AI Toronto this past spring. I like it a lot.
If you feel this way, I encourage you to consider learning a formal verification language like Coq. I've found that reading maths in Coq or the like (quite a lot of maths has already been formalised in some kind of proof assistant) is ultimately easier as although it's more verbose, the writer is forced to specify everything clearly and unambiguously, and checking the exact meaning of any term is only a command away.
> I'd believe the skeptics more if they'd at least seen the objects.

So your standard for proof is that someone said A but provided no proof, yet those who are skeptical about A's truth aren't to be trusted because they... Weren't provided proof to refute?!
That's really sad. Why would you even want to work in Silicon Valley if they treat people like that? There are plenty of jobs elsewhere that are less inclined to discriminate.