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The big problem with writing a piece of software like SQLite in C++ is that there is generally no easy way to expose a C++ interface to other languages. C++ has too much complexity for other languages to be able to easily construct the data structures it would need to make a function call or handle the results.

The normal solution to this is for C++ libraries to expose an interface in plain C, which is much easier for other languages to call. However, this either restricts what you can do in your implementation (because you're stuck with the C "subset" of C++ for anything near the API), or you have to maintain wrapper code mapping C function calls to your actual C++ interface. Neither is great, so plain C ends up making a lot of sense for a library that is expected to be called from different languages.
My first-glance reaction was "eh, they cleaned it up, looks fine". I'd like a slightly wider text column, but it's not a big deal.

But the page interactivity is poisonously bad.

- There's a share bar at the bottom which collapses distractingly on first scroll.

- The share bar is hover-sensitive, and 'expands' by changing what's under your cursor from a menu icon to a Facebook share link. I'd call "change under cursor" a dark pattern, especially for a social share link.

- The share menu icon looks like a "go to top of page" button, which lead me to click it accidentally. Even if you notice the hover event and scroll over to its new location, it animates as a button but does nothing!

- There's an in-page 'X' to close back to the TechCrunch homepage, which is odd. And it's an overlay that scrolls downpage with you, which is annoying - especially since it sits on top of images.

- It's got an animation on the X to show how far you've read, which is distracting and pointless. When you hit the article bottom, it does a dramatic and annoying transition to a checkmark.

- If you scroll down too far, the page closes. It takes you back to the homepage. Scrolling moves within a page, and should always be reversible by scrolling back. Instead, they put a damn redirect on a scroll event!

- And in 'dark patterns' territory, there's content below the bottom of the scroll event! You're actively baited into triggering a terrible mechanic I've never seen anywhere else.
That's exactly what it boils down to. The justice system makes you get on your knees.
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Agreed, but that's not what Chuck was talking about which is the "fake it till you make it" attitude/messaging.
The best way to reduce emissions is to reduce consumption. Let's help the process by buying less stuff to reduce the number of ships.

We'll produce less litter and pollution too.
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Is there any kind of requirement (or general process) that says that Justice typically defers until the SEC has issues findings and sanctions before beginning (or stepping up) criminal proceedings?
I doubt Holmes can afford much of anything anymore.
But that costs money. Why on earth should I have to pay to ensure that these corporate leeches will actually protect my data?
Thank you for sharing your experience. I can totally relate to that. Cheers
call me back when the ex board members get hit for this..

IMHO the fraud wasn't the investors getting fleeced, it was the US public through obamacare payments made for pharmacy blood screening..

and given the players this will never, ever, ever see the light of day..

for now, it sounds like they are taking the fall to cover the higher ups to me..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos

Since its incorporation in 2003, Holmes has been the company's chief executive officer. She recruited Channing Robertson, a chemical-engineering professor at Stanford, to be a technical advisor and the company's first board member during its early years. Sunny Balwani, a software engineer Holmes had met during high school, joined the company as its president and chief operating officer in 2009.[54] In July 2011, Holmes was introduced to former Secretary of State George Shultz, who joined the Theranos board of directors that same month.[55] Over the next three years, Shultz helped to introduce almost all the outside directors on the "all-star board," which included William Perry (former Secretary of Defense), Henry Kissinger (former Secretary of State), Sam Nunn (former U.S. Senator), Bill Frist (former U.S. Senator and heart-transplant surgeon), Gary Roughead (Admiral, USN, retired), James Mattis (General, USMC), Richard Kovacevich (former Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO) and Riley Bechtel (chairman of the board and former CEO at Bechtel Group).[55][56][57] The board was criticized for consisting "mainly of directors with diplomatic or military backgrounds."[11]

As of May 2016, the Theranos board of directors were:[64]

Elizabeth Holmes, Founder and CEO
Riley Bechtel, former Bechtel Group CEO
David Boies, a founder and the chairman of Boies Schiller & Flexner
William Foege, former director U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard Kovacevich, former Wells Fargo CEO and chairman
James Mattis, retired USMC General
Fabrizio Bonanni, former executive vice president of Amgen
Hey, I've no idea how to PM you, but you flagged my submission about the SEC charging another company... Equifax. This story is about Theranos.

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16586011

> "on the front page, please check for duplicates before submitting"
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This is going to get really insanely knotty, and the fall-out is only just beginning.

There are very many, very influential Brits in the pay of Russian oligarchs/Putin cronies. Either directly, through consulting fees, or indirectly through business investments or house purchases. The reality is that Putin gambled that the British establishment's venality and greed would be its downfall - and watch - nothing will come of the fact that the British public have been exposed at home to state-sponsored aggression. I mean, for Pete's sake, a Russian oligarch was considered a fit and proper owner for a newspaper that went on to back Brexit.

We'll start hearing in coming weeks who has taken Putin's pieces of silver. And it's going to get very uncomfortable.
SEC Charges Theranos and CEO Elizabeth Holmes with ‘massive Fraud’
good thing you told us it was heavily upvoted before, now i know to upvote it this time too
Not necessarily, with an in-memory database or callback hooks for reading/writing
Except paranoid dorks are not the ones scamming. It's a completely different group of people who created the space, and completely different one that twisted it into a farce, created thousands of scam ICOs and altcoins that make no sense. Well, some overlap actually might be there, but not that much.
A lot of these products don't have "competitors" in the conventional sense. Their competition is an objectively inferior last-generation treatment, or in some cases no treatment at all. In other cases, there are many "competing" drugs, but they're not all efficacious on every patient, and doctors need to try different things to see which works.

Obviously there are abusive cases where pharma companies are spending marketing dollars to promote products that aren't even marginally better than the alternatives. But it seems to me like there are broad cases in the industry where --- whatever other criticism you might want to level about marketing spending --- marketing simply isn't ever zero-sum.
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When you know of something like the revealing of a huge breach, it is.
It's about time. Blatantly lying to investors is fraud and should be prosecuted as such. People who defraud others should face consequences for doing so.
To his credit that's a true scientist.
As far as evidence goes other people's opinions are low on the totem poll of acceptable evidence, but faced with overwhelming evidence he was forced to reexamine the anecdotal for correlation which he found and through his new lens was forced to accept. His response in writing his book and presenting his findings is the final step. I can only imagine given his condition how hard it was to accept the truth, but accept he did and the world is better place because of it.
top of the frontpage https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16585892
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The thing I love most about π is that its nature comparable to that of circles: circles have infinitely many corners (technically extreme points), just like π has infinitely many digits.
Tyson doesn't have the academic credentials that Hawking or someone like Richard Feynman does. The power of Hawking and Feynman is that they both were at the top of their fields, but took the time to make the foundations of their science accessible to the common man. Tyson has done great things, but he's not quite there.
- dropping out is a positive thing (the implication being that education is either a scam or for dumb people, not smart people like us)
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And it could be used in a smart grid environment to provide a stabilization power... after all, it's known when a ship will be needing the power (divide the distance by the top speed and the ship physically cannot arrive earlier), and so as long as it is ensured that the battery is topped up when the ship arrives for a recharge, the capacity can be used for grid stabilization.
I have seen this idea from time to time. I don't think it's right. The problem is they are stealing from people with abilities, smarts, and resources. Of course, there are going to be backlashes.
This is the first time I've ever been upset that a page loaded too fast, because a slow redirect at least would have showed me what happened. Instead, I spent several seconds absolutely baffled and unsure how to get to the article. Since no sane person would ever put a page redirect on a scroll event, I figured it had to be some kind of overlay!
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I still see sites displaying the current time and date on the header, footer or as ticker. What's the purpose? Is the current time not ready available for anyone browsing the internet?

I think this is something inherited from 90's sites that used to have java applets and other gimmicky animations to make your website look cool.
In Germany (one of the countries with long standing football tradition) it is called "Fußball" which splits into "Fuß" (foot) and "Ball" (ball). It makes much more sense than calling "American Football" Football, as in "American Football" the feet are less dominant than in "soccer" (where hand usage is actually a foul).
None of them run in a browser (though some tried). And now that WebAssembly is the standard, they probably won't get another chance.

And the reason running in a browser matters is that it guarantees a lot of teams will put effort into improving it.
Nathan doesn't want to be approached by tech writers because he knows he'll get bludgeoned by them.

He was on ABC's "Nightline" eight years ago, and he sharply pivoted when his "slice of life" story turned into a softball question about the nature of his real business: Patent trolling. I'll see if I can't find a video of it.
> A few, but the vast majority have latched onto it because they think it will make them rich

Self-interested value creation has generated the vast majority of great achievements in the world. I don't see what wrong with that being a primary motivation to invest time and resources into something?

Why else should people do it? Only for fun or altruistic reasons?

If that was the case then cryptocurrencies would still be novelty on the internet only known to nerds. That may be safer and harmless and idealistic but it would be entirely insignificant.

Nearly all big developments requires risk, experimentation, and early failures until it matures into a stable and well understood technology.

Every time I hear about Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies on mainstream radio/media they always mention it's volatility and risk. Google results are full of stories about it. The association between risk and cryptocurrencies are essentially common-sense these days, as it rightfully should be. I'm not sure why everyone's acting like it's some big secret we need to protect people from.

If it's an explicit scam or ponzi scheme then yes that's a problem worth worrying about, and we already have plenty of laws, regulations, and agencies to deal with that already. But I don't quite agree with automatically lumping all paid mentions of cryptocurrencies and blockchains into that category.
My (limited) understanding is that they've demonstrated a level of wireless power transmission, but nothing approaching some of the early hype that had things like mobile phones recharging in people's pockets whilst they were in a coffee shop.

The controversy there isn't whether you can transfer wireless power or not, but whether you can transfer enough in an easy enough way to make a practical consumer product.

If you want (alot) more detail this is a good thread to read http://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/the-ubeam-faq/1175/
Yeah, or so I heard. What's the cause and effect order for galaxies and their corresponding supermassive black holes?
In the world of altered carbon, it's pretty trivial to boot someone's mind up in a vr, even poor people at home can do it.
Do you guys also do payroll bookkeeping and processing? What about customers who want project/job cost accounting for payroll and other expenses?
Clojure is a programming language. it's not a DSL by any mean. I don't have much experience with it but it does not look like a DSL to me. maybe you know something that I don't.
> Had she been male my comment would be exactly the same except it would say 'dude' in place of 'chick'.

Dude is gender neutral.

Chick comes from "chica", which by itself comes from the Latin "ciccum" as in pea.

By calling a woman a chick, you are called her a "chick-pea".

There's even some association with "chick bird", as in a bird you hunt.

Modern usage associates the use of "chick" with the beauty of the individual. Calling a woman a "chick" is using her physical appearance to describe her, disregarding her actual skills and achievements.

By calling a woman a chick, you are either:

A) Calling her a young girl (women are not children)

B) Calling her a young bird (women are not prey)

C) Calling her a young plant (women are more than brainless beautiful things)

All of those can offend.

The equivalent would be calling a men "boy toy" or some such slang. Not something you can do without earning a punch in the face.

Derogate:
–verb (used with object) 3. to disparage or belittle.
While what IV has done/is doing is detestable, I think its kind of cool that an individual inventor can simply sell them an idea for money. This may have been the original idea behind IV, but they probably failed to generate any sales revenue without resorting to lawsuits. I do believe that once you hire lawyers, their focus will be to keep themselves employed and find somebody to sue.
> http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

try this book out. if you don't hate JVM then Clojure could be a good idea.
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> Most founders

Often does not imply most nor does it mean that there must be massive levels of fraud such that the SEC has to be involved.
All 143 millions are due 10-years of credit monitoring, which at today's rates is roughly $3,600.
She is too intelligent to have believed even half of these things, so I'm going with wilful deception.
> Nobody else would say that.

calibrate your sarcasm detector, it's broken.

I know what a dumpster fire is in the broadest sense, a shit show, a farce, perhaps a tire fire that is toxic and impossible to extinguish.

The rhyme on dumb I think is certainly effective. Sure, it's my own observation.

> you've already managed to convince yourself it's the real definition

I prefer to speak with authority and leave my guesswork implicit. Mistakes I make then are problematic. I'm not above mistakes, so the assumption that I might be wrong is implicit as well. That's only fair, in fact it seems the only way to speak with conviction if the other site asserts authority in the same way. I call it ''objective'', when I can avoid making ad-hominem arguments -- like you do. Rhetorical question: Are you enjoying that?
Anecdotally, I have never had an issue flying spirit and have done so on many occasions. They have a couple cheap direct flights from KC - Detroit/Chicago (family is right in between) and seasonally Portland - Detroit that are mega cheap
Love the idea and I definitely see the problem and need. If you are able to answer, I have a few questions:

1) You say that you will track every data point to hold yourselves accountable. What metrics do you intend on tracking to prove the value of your service to potential customers?

2) Do you screen the customers prior to accepting them into your program? If so, what kind of characteristics are you looking for in an applicant?

3) What experience/skills/connections, etc does the company bring to the table for the customers?
You can have all of those listed beliefs and still be honest about the actual state of your company, progress towards goals, etc. Doing so will probably beat those beliefs out of you, and you can come to an honest understanding of your limits.

Arrogant, presumptive behavior is annoying -- but I think it's important to keep a bright line between that and dishonesty, because one self corrects and the other doesn't. And, a pinch of presumption is necessary for exploration.
The accusations (at least the ones I made) were never about her guilt or innocence.

From what I remember, HN and similar just had dozens and dozens articles each week on this case, far more than for other, comparable cases. MtGox was around the same time, I believe.

My subjective impression was also that Holmes featured far more prominently in the articles and discussions than male CEOs in other cases.

Here is one commentator in this thread comitting all sorts of crimes against grammar to accentuate her gender: “The FBI should recommend charges for this Holmes lady.”

Edit: I just noticed the comment I cited was by the same user I was replying to :) I guess my sexism-radar is well-tuned today.
Hoo boy, you are right, the world sure is hard for us white males. Discrimination lurks around every corner. I can't believe nobody realizes that ol Martin wasn't punished because he made a public ass of himself and openly mocked the justice department. It was because he was a white male.
Your questions are answered in great detail in the link at the bottom of the BLS page: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/12/art1full.pdf
Over what period and how far have you back-tested?
There was a post a while back about submitting your information and some company would file the paperwork for you. I, foolishly, submitted my information. I believe others did as well and I never heard anything of it.

Anyone recall the link?
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The person in question here also didn't have their identity stolen and still managed to get money awarded, so it'd be interesting to see how courts would decide in more cases like that. Could have been lucky, could be a strategy that works - and since they are financing additional cases, I guess we'll get that data at some point.

To quote the original post:
Here is a breakdown of the damages I was awarded:

- Cost of Credit monitoring (120 months at $30 per month) $3,600

- Ongoing emotional distress, anxiety, concerns, and harassment $1,800

- Punitive damages under 15 USC 1681 Section 616 for willful non-compliance with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act $2,500

- Court costs $90

--------------

- Total judgment: $7,990.
I'm pretty sure no law restricted it, and that the SEC's powers were set when it was established in the 1930s during the New Deal. So the answer to "why" appears to be, "because that's how it was set up".
That part of the article was frankly outright disgusting. Laughing and mocking people for trying to save people's lives is cartoon bad guy. Making deluded strawman argument in order to discourage life-saving measures is horrifically unethical.

Dying is not something to be paraded around as a virtue. I only hope people figure it out sooner rather than later.
Seconding Xero from the US for payroll and accounting. Their pricing is excellent.
I don't disagree, but recognize that an investor can feel defrauded even when one can show precisely what was said and what was not actually said. Most CEOs I've heard pitch are creating a narrative and they leave out facts that would disagree with that narrative. And sometimes they state the 'facts' in a way that imply more than they actually say.

For example, you can say "We are building a tester that can run tests using only a drop of blood." and "We have test results from blood showing markers" and never mention that the "test results" came from an industry tester and not the "tester you are building". The implication is that your tester did that but you didn't actually say that. What I read from the press release was that this sort of messaging was going to be actionable. If you look at various full disclosure rules the SEC has for public companies, this felt like a shot across the bow to startups that they would do well to think about that instead of glossing over bad news.
Really? Everyone I know calls the sport football. The second F in FIFA is football.

I know Americans call it soccer, but that is I assume because of American football, a sport no other country seems to play, or care about.
> that HN mentality

Is that the HN mentality? It might lean more that way now, I suppose, but I've always felt it was more in the "scratch your own itch" territory and less in the "complete industry outsider disrupts XYZ industry with revolutionary ideas" area
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I'm sure she must have sold some part of her shares when Theranos got funding in the early days.
Well, you could deliberately enter false credentials to your old email addresses, checking if you were connected to the real world, mixed in with some correct creds. And see if it works as expected. But this is pretty hard to remember. Suppose you just wanted to do this with a variety of gmail addresses just using memory. Would they still be even working? I probably have about 10-15 passwords I use frequently enough that I could use them to verify if I was connected to the real thing. I could enter a few fakes. It's an interesting question, how can you tell if you are in a vr or not via credential checking with deliberate fakes.
Curiously, the turning effect we observe is not coming from stars moving in an orbit around the centre of the galaxy. When we plot the movement of the light coming from the spiral arms (or bar) of a galaxy, given their size and speed of movement it would require the stars to be moving faster than the speed of light. Also if the spiral arms were made up of orbiting stars, the ones closer to the center would move faster than the outer stars causing a winding effect, which we do no observe.

One theory suggests that we are observing a density wave sweep through material, which causes compression and heat, increasing the likelihood of new stars to be born, these stars burn bright and white. As this wave passes through, it leaves behind those stars in its wake, which over time burn less brightly than before.

One analogy that comes to mind an electronic circuit, although electricity travels at the speed of light, the actually charge carriers are moving relatively slowly, know as the drift velocity.