skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I recently found https://svelte.technology and looking forward to trying it out. It has no run-time like React or any other virtual DOM engine, but instead does compile-time static analysis.

It is a Rich Harris project (authored Rollup, Ractive, Bublé) so might be worth paying attention to.
Not to challenge your distaste, but insofar as more among us use it to talk about and organise around public issues, it is a de facto public space and has a public utility.

Just to give a micro example, last month parents at my kids' primary school used a Facebook group to challenge (albeit unsuccessfully) top-down changes in the school's governance. I'm talking about that kind of thing, not holiday photos.
Well, of course. People aren’t educated for happiness, or even to be better humans. They are educated to standards that meet the expectations of the work place, since nearly all members of society will live to sell themselves for wages (unless they join the ranks of capitalists).

Capital requires an always-ready labor pool whose numbers exceed available employment. It helps keep constant downward pressure on wages. It also ensures people who aren’t hired—or are fired—are available the next time capital needs to put them to work to create more capital.

Mass education can’t be effectively sold to the People as the thing that enables them to become a wage slave. However, capital has long convinced the state to take an interest in economic growth at nearly all costs, so the state doesn’t even question the ways in which it is employed by capital to secure new markets, more labor, and more capital.

That said, it obviously isn’t education that creates a more productive workforce alone—but it makes for an effective bludgeon with which certain interests can beat back efforts to teach things that aren’t considered to be job-relevant. Education merely produces the raw human material capital can put to work to create more capital, without having to shoulder the cost/time burden itself. The extent to which capital successfully externalizes costs onto society at large is quite impressive.
The scenario is this: say my wife is a first generation Italian and I am the CEO of a really great new car company. If someone says, "This is a great car, I could never say, seeing an ITALIAN making such a car!"

I would be embarrassed for the person saying this, as they don't know my family history (maybe I don't look Italian, I look like a viking, if one was to guess - which you shouldn't), and to be perfectly honest, it seems like Italians make fine cars (for a def. of, "fine")

Switch "Italian" with a minority with a current history of dealing with racism - and this scenario gets ugly, fast.

No one has a problem with that? If I was the person asking the question - or should I say, the person who looks over that dude's notes, I'd cross that stupid intro out. It bombed, anyways.
>charged on any company doing business in CA

That's not correct. It's not charged to sole proprietorships.
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Marshall Goldsmith offers an excellent framework to self-assess and directly improve your own engagement > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k882gTkCCxY
I don't really see "responsibility" as a useful lens. If you give away information that can be used to reset your passwords, you make it more likely that someone can reset your passwords.

Assigning blame is something people do to make themselves feel better after bad things happen. Making it less likely for bad things to happen in the first place may or may not be worth the time and effort, but whether or not you're morally responsible is a pretty meaningless question.
I've done all but four of them. Not counting the final one. Hope I will though.
Cynical me feels that it's a hell of a coincidence Facebook is acknowledging this data leak just over a month before the GDPR legislation (and fines) drops on 25th May.
Apparently, v1.0 of the Facebook Graph API could access users' private messages via the 'read_mailbox' API request [1]. This was deprecated when v2.0 launched.

"Version 1.0 of the Graph API launched on April 21, 2010. It was deprecated in April 2014 and closed completely to legacy apps (ie, existing apps that used the API before April 2014) on April 30, 2015."

[1] https://medium.com/tow-center/the-graph-api-key-points-in-th...
In the original Smalltalk implementation, the character corresponding to _ in ASCII was a left facing arrow, which Smalltalk used for assignment at the time.
Reading the transcripts there seems to be a lot of grandstanding. While it makes for a nice drama, if these people were serious about protecting privacy (haha), we'd be talking about meaningful privacy laws instead.

This reads like a group of senators begging Mark Zuckerberg to respect privacy.
Shkreli operated as, essentially, a lone wolf on the margins of the financial world. Holmes is completely enmeshed in the ruling political-financial-military nexus.
> it's not like Apple invented the smartphone or the MP3 player

It's not. It's more like they invented the first usable smartphone and the MP3 player everyone would want to have.

There is a parallel with the Apple II here - it was one of the very first personal computers that was approachable, self-contained (with a real keyboard built-in), booted from a ROM with an easy to use programming language, could display color, output sound, and had expansion slots that were usually hidden under a beige cover. Apple didn't invent the personal computer - they only made one of the first ones people would actually want to use.
The downside is that you are going to be left with a California LLC.
Mistake, thought guy replying was talking about Cointracking.info which does have a bad UI
> California C Corp LLC in Delaware

I don’t understand. “C Corp LLC” doesn’t make sense; you can’t be both.
Your state is possibly mismanaged!
I would love to be like Tyler Shultz but my grandfather is not George Shultz...
Much as I dislike Scott Adams' views on many things, he has some smart advice in a lot of areas too. His take on success is to find a few areas where you can be in the top 25% and combine them. It's too hard to be in the top 1% of a specialty without natural talent, but if your specialty is the combination of four areas and you're in the top 25% of each of those areas, you're very likely to be amongst the top of the combined field - or be there by default because there's so few others doing it.
It's nice that the room understood that american exceptionalism is a joke.
Today I learned that California has more of a direct democracy. Is what you described maybe a side-effect of that? Where a tiny minority can out-voice a majority?
I guess it depends on how you define "responsibility". On the one hand, he was the CEO, so he's responsible for everything. On the other hand, it doesn't look like any of this was deliberate - more like negligent. The question is whether or not the lack of attention to privacy crosses the line into _gross_ negligence or not.
What if I change the firmware? What if I change the hardware? Where is the line and why distinguish between a pure hardware product and a combined product that uses both hardware and software? Why should we legislate engineering decisions?
> And most BASICs, though some (most?) required the keyword LET to introduce an assignment, as well.

LET was virtually always optional; an expression by itself on a line (like 'X <> 10') is a syntax error anyway, so removing LET doesn't introduce any ambiguity.
I don't believe Sole Proprietors are charged a franchise fee.

If you intend to be a single member LLC, then from most angles is the only difference vs a sole proprietorship is that you'll pay $800.

IANAL and all that.
The data accessed here was from a smaller unrelated research study. The only thing it has in common with the larger CA leak is that it was done by the same researcher.
A sole proprietorship is not a distinct legal entity from its owner.
One problem with this is social engineering... someone could call the company to recover their password and say that they entered garbage for the security question...

I started to enter passphrases instead
Well, it also adds a space before and after so you're saving one keystroke vs space = space
Social networks are baked in. What more can you invent? Unless another major technology is invented Facebook is here to stay...
This reminds me of a Woody Allen joke:

Two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions."
I think they are forgetting that a lot of languages take que's from old math textbooks where you would see function definitions written as "f(x) = nx + b" or "y = nx + b" and constant assignment with a "c = <number>" notation.

if you want to calculate the output of a function into a data table(which is what early computers were often doing) iterating a variable x over a f(x) = xn + b(with n and b being fixed constants) is exactly how you would do it on paper so it's probably a case of computers emulating applied math rather then simply being pure theory machines.
> And that creates competition between localities.

That's intriguing. Sets up locations as a sort of free market, if I am not mistaken. Prices are controlled by where people want to be instead of artificially enforced.
But why? Why would anyone set up an API access to PRIVATE messages. That's crazy :o
My university randomly gave us all IQ and personality tests as part of an introductory class.
This comment would be more interesting if instead of laughing you would state what your other way of doing it.
The problem with this article is that it is not true, in fact paying someone for login is how you get scummed.
This should be top comment!

I gave up the LLC protection after a couple years of this price gouging.
I've done the same thing multiple times. My current preference is to validate a concept before forming an LLC, and preferably before even looking for a partner.
Florida has no state income tax on individuals. I don't have any data to back it up but it seems that states with lower income tax receipts usually attempt to make up some of the revenue by charging higher rates for various other government services that aren't immediately visible to most of the voting/tax base.
A third party messaging client would need it
In a perfect world, sure. But unfortunately so many companies don't do security right, so if we want to be safe we have to take the initiative. I mean, it doesn't have to be an either/or thing, we can pressure companies to change while adhering to best practices like not publicly posting your first car and name of your first pet.
At less than $2,000,000/year, that's pocket change to FB ($30B in annual profit). Facebook probably spends more money on flavored seltzer water than that.
While not suggesting he is not smart, do keep in mind that senators have substantial staff, to such a degree they have specialties. And they contribute substantially to the preparation of their boss.
I find this comment surprisingly hostile, which is especially surprising given that the subject of UI design is so subjective.

I find the design of Cointracker to be quite good, personally. It seems clean, simple, and easy to understand.

(I have no connection to Cointracker other than as a user.)
“There is zero loyalty.”

In business, even in the US, there is almost never loyalty. Or, perhaps more precisely: In business, you have to buy loyalty.

I guarantee that there is a price at which you could buy a very stable, very competent team in India. But then it wouldn’t be super cheap outsourcing any more, and the benefits aren’t so great.

If you want stability in your workforce, you gotta pay for it. Whether in cash, working conditions, or some other way.

Pay for cheap labor, get cheap labor. And don’t be surprised or disappointed that you got it.
Watching pretty much every hearing for last 8 years, it was shocking to me how nice, friendly and understanding they were. Other than Cruz, they all turned from daily wolves to sheep.

Either it is campaign contribution or perhaps without understanding technology, most are afraid what Mark can learn about them running queries on their personal messengers.

Never ever seen them so nice, including questions if he wants a break now to which crowd laughed; they treated him like he is 8 years old. Incredible! No wonder he shook his head smiling for more questions!
...uhhh, Sketch has had artboards for ages
If you previously had Facebook or Messenger installed on the phone it's possible they saved some user info on the device or in the cloud linked to your device ID.
Iowa has it good, $50 every two years for an LLC. The funny part is that they don't even have a form to fill out. You just have to print the right words on a paper and mail it to the Secretary of State's office with a $50 check...
This. Forming a company in CA is stupid, no other state has this insane tax.
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Why is it surprising or even remotely controversial that an app that people explicitly authorized to access their messages (informed consent) then proceeded to access their messages? The app didn't have access to friends' messages, so I don't see what the issue is here, other than yet another clickbait headline.
That won't always catch the error and even if it did, why is it better?
If Adium, Pigeon, or another collective chat application needed that permission at the time to combine my facebook and AIM lists into a single application, i would have certainly understood it.
If you work for someone that does a bad thing, you are helping them do the bad thing. You are actively making the bad thing happen, and by doing so, you are also doing a bad thing.

I think Uber is a bad thing. If you work for Uber, you have helped create a bad thing. At that point, I do not trust your judgement, and I do not want to work with people whose judgement I do not trust.
That's a pretty significant aspect. I'm sure he stole plenty more data in other unrelated studies
>To modify a front loading single shut gun you do have to modify the chamber.

Muzzle loaders area actually dangerous to the shooter. And outdated inefficient for most modern shooting sports and hunting. You could just as well tell people to use bow and arrow. Actually modern bows and arrows would in that situation be technically superior.

Bit like you would decide that 60 ton trucks are dangerous. Now everybody has to only drive cars manufactured prior to 1920.

My point about the statistics is that if you make magazine change impossible for the hobbyist, you should know how much impact that even can have on crime.

Anyhow, I present you a video of a guy who is first using a firearm that is not automatic or even semiautomatic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYQBgi0TRGU

Then speed loading that weapon with a plastic tube and wooden rod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9emvE1LIEWA

I'm actually for gun control and few other things that would bring gun violence down without controlling guns. I just think your approach to the matter is absurd and would be inefficient. If terrorists would simply switch to bombs, any advantage from strict gun law would just melt away overnight.
I think you may be on to something. I've often heard guys like Goldman would be just on the right side of certain thresholds for penalties, just as new financial legislation is announced. Certainly makes me suspicious that they get fed information early and react to minimise their financial burden.
Most of us are not the ones making the decision to offshore, or the ones choosing the firm to outsource to. Most of us are likely the ones that have to deal with the output.
Because your newly formed LLC will disappear if you don't pay $800 more?

My Ferrari costs only $1! Well, it also costs $2000/mo, but let's just ignore that.
Good point that they're language independent. I hadn't thought of that advantage.
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FLIF is also not limited to lossless mode, http://flif.info/lossy.html
This wasn't a leak, it was a feature that existed on Facebook for several years before being removed.
Just witnessed a Freudian slip https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4722688/freudian-slip
Note that each state handles different aspects of LLC's differently. There is a reason many companies form LLC's in Nevada or Wyoming - those states have tons of legal precedence for different things pertaining to LLC's. So for example, avoiding certain types of litigation, or remaining anonymous are features of LLC's in those states.

Note, I'm not a legal person, but these are things I was told to consider when picking a state to form your LLC.
> can someone recommend resources (books/videos/articles/etc) on holding structures (interested in US and Europe)?

Get a bottle of Scotch, clear a week-end and grab an annotated copy of Delaware’s General Corporation Law [1]. Read it. Book two hours with a top-tier lawyer. Ask them questions. DE law will give you an overview with which to ask the right questions for across the U.S.

Pedantic overkill? Yes. Satisfying if you’re the right personality type? Absolutely. (Caveat: the law is complex and unforgiving. Use this to ask a lawyer good questions versus pretending to be a lawyer yourself.)

[1] https://store.lexisnexis.com/products/delaware-corporation-l...

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. Do not form a legal entity without speaking to a lawyer.
Fish: package manager, bringing the ease of use of Homebrew to Linux and Windows
I'm an extremely reluctant Facebook user (having recently moved countries, my whole family and all my friends are on it). I strongly dislike the company; I don't trust the CEO. My use of the platform is in moderation and occurs within a Firefox container.

> Zuckerberg (opening testimony): I failed. I'm sorry.

All of that being said, that's some serious growth in maturity, and I'd like to see more of it across the tech industry.
I get the distinct impression that Zuckerberg has been briefed to say "I'll get back to you on that", on anything that might be controversial. Probably some wisdom in that as it defuses a lot of emotion that could arise if certain information comes out in this setting. But it's also disingenuous, even if it avoids a lynchmob for now.
Well average IQ of the human population around the world has been increasing in the past decades if not centuries. And it's not because we're evolving within a few generations.
For those that don't have time to read it, the article you linked debunks misconceptions about the CA privacy breach. I think the article goes to show the type of culture that allows for such a privacy breach to occur.

A quote from the article you linked:

> Asked what kind of control Facebook had over the data given to outside developers, he replied: “Zero. Absolutely none. Once the data left Facebook servers there was not any control, and there was no insight into what was going on. Parakilas said he “always assumed there was something of a black market” for Facebook data that had been passed to external developers.
Of course it was deliberate. Him admitting they serve ads based on Messenger content means nothing, we already know that they do.

WhatsApp is sold as an E2E encrypted service, and an admission that WhatsApp message data (or even metadata) is somehow used for advertising as well would be a huge admission.
Ah, the ole "they just can't relate" argument.
Cambridge Analytica didn't pay to access this data. They got users to give it to them for free though Facebook's developer platform.
Simple, programming is like using Old Speech, the language of Dragons. We cannot lie in that language and therefore when we make a statement it becomes true. (In case I'm being too obtuse.. Earthsea)

But really, this is such a pedantic discussion, trying really hard to not get sucked in.
the first thing I checked after this CA debacle was which apps I have connected my FB profile to and are there any fishy apps there. Fortunately, none of such apps are linked. I'd suggest everyone check the apps they've connected and unlink the ones which seem fishy.
I found that CNBC offers some after market data. It's not good as what I had before, but it's better nothing, so I'm streaming again here: https://twitch.tv/tareqak .
> How do two parties mutually verify, authenticate each other online?

We verify the server's identity though it's public certificate that's signed by a certificate authority. The server can verify the client's identity via a public client certificate that's signed by an authority the server trusts. It's already possible to do this over a TLS connection.
We ban accounts that won't post civilly and substantively. Could you please read the guidelines and start following them?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
On the contrary: A couple moderators on a small site have no problem being able to say they don't willfully permit their site to be used for criminal activity. It's only "planet-scale" companies that seem to indicate they can't afford to moderate and review content reasonably.

"AI" is not the answer. AI is not adequate or comparable to human moderators which small businesses employ. AI is a "solution" for providing lip service to accountability without spending the money to actually provide any sort of responsible service.
This article has 0 insight. This was the most strategic answer.
- A: facebook does a lot of things and it's true it competes across many categories

- B: Admitting competition is bad for wall street, legitimizes them, and turns the narrative into whether that is true or not (you don't want that to happen either)

- C: The senator was obviously trying to bait Mark into saying that they have no competition... why? Easy anti-trust/regulation. He avoided that as well.

Mark took the most strategic path. Sure - it could have been delivered better.
True - with that many people there simply has to be talent, the question is how to find it.