skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Passwords are not a part of this... It's the session cookie, which is an entirely different matter. It's unique to the login process, so one compromised account isn't able to lead to compromising other websites. It's also time sensitive (generally) and so that hijacked cookie will expire. If he were collecting all this information, he wouldn't be able to do much with it.
The second page of that article was really disappointing. It's as if the guy never heard of Reddit. Calling Twitter digg's true nemesis is so far out of it is not even funny. Twitter and Digg could coexist for ever. how can I get a real discussion of a link of twitter? It would be really hard for me to see the diverse amount of links that digg and reddit give me just by amassing a ton of friends. Most of the best links I've found on digg/reddit aren't even from people I would have know. They are not usually famous or popular outside those sites. Digg's error was shifting away from this and trying to go towards twitter's way of following a select group of people. That obviously is not what people want. Reddit does it by subjects, that seems to be working great.
Fair enough. Unfortunately, there really isn't a reliably good central place for discovery. Most of the good iOS finds I've made were from blogs, forums, or Twitter.
Are You Copy Pasting Your Life?
well, the phenomena of using bugzilla and other web based bug tracking systems is a fairly recent one. And certainly if they are posting good stuff, it doesn't really matter if they are posting good stuff on a mailing list or on a bugzilla or what have you. I'm just making a historical observation that the people who have been around a while tend to use mailing lists.

but yeah, I do think there is something a little fishy about a SysAdmin who doesn't have any public evidence of collaboration. I mean, sure, they could be really good and just have worked places that don't let you give your changes back, but eh, you can say that about any other metric. You must have added a feature to something at some point. You must have been the first user to find a particular bug at some point.

The biggest problem with this metric is that search kind of sucks for mailing lists. I mean, usenet used to be /the place/ for this sort of thing, but usenet is dead, and as far as I can tell, much of the usenet archives that at one point I could access via dejanews are gone (groups.google does not have some of the posts that I know are there.)
It's ironic that I immediately tried to contextualise your opinion by finding out who you were, but your HN account is new and your pseudonym is anonymous.

Although, if your opinion is correct, it doesn't mean anything that I can't look you up online.

Speaking from my lesser experiences, the best professional *nix programmers I have worked with left some traces of themselves online, but I don't think it correlated that closely with their skills. They definitely don't have web sites proclaiming their Ultimate Hacker Ability - why would they need such a thing?
Excellent suggestion, done. Thanks!
Interesting idea. Congrats on building it. Think about what problem are you trying to solve? Perhaps users don't even know they have this problem until you make some something routine today 10x or 100x easier or more fun...or your service provides an entirely new way for people to communicate/connect.

Why would you yourself use this? Some use cases that might be relevant:

1) Personal notes. Record voice message on your phone and press a button to store online without the friction of dialing a number. Make it trivial to retrieve, organize and share your voice notes online.

2) Group broadcast. Make it faster and easier than group texting, especially for detailed information. Record something e.g., change of plans, post to a URL with one click and broadcast URL to recipients in your contact list.

The latter use case might be really useful for people who don't like to text...granted not your typical HN reader. Think about who might be well served by voice features with SUPER simple user experience.

Also think about non-consumer use cases too...how could companies better disseminate detailed information to employees for example? Which, if any, of these scenarios make more sense with voice features versus simply posting info online?

Solve a real problem first and make customers happy. Then think about how to charge for the value you offer. Have fun, good luck!
It might not be seen this way in general, which goes to the PR problem another poster mentioned, but my perception is that when someone markets something as über-, they mean it transcends or supersedes what they're prefixing. So not "cabs" but "better than cabs".
9k KGS.

Same question as OP, but addressed to kyu players-?
I learned PHP from this book:

Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes
(http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-PHP-Minutes/dp/067...)
You've applied 3 times and your account is 17 days old? What's the story with that?
I believe that it is a file containing debug info, not an actual program, so you can't run it.
Ask HN: How do companies 'work directly' with Google (like Groupon does)?
This TC article got me thinking:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/24/groupon-google/

I'm a complete outsider on this topic, but from what I've read (or convinced myself, sorry, no specific references), you can't just call up The Google and get help.

The statement in the above link is the source of my question:
"we’re working directly with Google."

When a company, like Groupon in this case, says they are 'working directly' with Google what does that mean?
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method is a really good book. It was suggested to me by the best high school prof I ever had.

Other awesome books this teacher suggested were: Infinity Beyond the beyond the beyond, The Education of T.C. Mits and The Einstein Theory of Relativity: A Trip to the Fourth Dimension, all written by Lilian Lieber and illustrated by her husband Hugh Gray Lieber. These books were just reprinted recently go check them out.
I love SSH tunnels, but in regards to this particular problem, it really just pushes the problem off to wherever you ssh tunnel terminates. Do you trust you server operator? ISP? This is addressed in our presentation, here (VPN's are essentially doing the same thing): http://codebutler.github.com/firesheep/tc12/#20
Undoubtedly. He has business sense - a foul mouth sells the records, but it doesn't seal the million-dollar deals. I have no question that he is smart enough to not be a philanderer when talking with other business moguls.You don't get to $500 million net worth without this ability to differentiate.
Link helper:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/24/groupon-google/
If you're comfortable in both, why not offer both languages? You won't have to spend so much time on figuring out what you're trying to say in the second version, and it might even help to improve your arguments to write it again.
How MIT's Media Lab gave birth to Guitar Hero and hyperviolins
Respect because she's a textbook-case of minority oppression?
I don't need your help. However, it takes a big person to offer to help randomly, for nothing other then intangibles, so well done for that.

I hope you get lots of neat stuff to do ^_^
Because of this post I jumped to my spam filter immediately (applied this round).

No updates from YC, but I could have been a millionaire in Hong Kong, Nigeria, and Costa Rica :)
Can I get Instant Instant? Where I want to search for a general topic generally and by typing in something, the instant search instant returns the best instant search engine?
Well, hopefully it will then convince companies to properly secure their websites and actually protect users.
Thiel says:

"Back in 2008, we heard talk of another tech bubble, because people thought Facebook was overvalued at $500 million. Flash forward to today, and it’s clearly worth a lot more than that."

Did this happen? Who in 2008 was talking about Facebook at $500 million, and complaining it was overvalued? People around that time were talking about Facebook at $15 billion being overvalued (e.g. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2007/10/facebook_..., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I).
Debugging DNA
Occam's razor suggest choosing the simplest reason. Sadly I think it's the one where WSJ was told not to print something bad about MySpace. Knowing the record of all other news corp subsidiaries this would not be at all surprising.
The number of posts, certainly, doesn't correlate with skill. But the quality of post, I think, does. I know many people who are obviously better than I am who post a lot less than I do. However, a person with sufficient skill could take a sampling of those posts, and a sampling of my posts and pretty quickly come to a conclusion as to our relative skill levels.
Pretty slick. Would be nice to have a bit more in the way of menus at some point - press 1 to repeat the phrase, 2 to do a new one, etc. Nice job.
Try growing up where he did before preaching from your pedestal.
I typically wouldn't submit a webcomic to HN but found this XKCD particularly pertinent.
Thanks for the info ... I thought just pressing return once would make a new line, but obviously was wrong.

So, for links:

- Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/pioclpoplcdbaefi...

- Window Resizer: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kkelicaakdanhinj...

- Awesome Screenshot: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/alelhddbbhepgpmg...

- GleeBox is another pretty awesome extension for navigating pages via keyboard shortcuts: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/miinkdcjglbkbanp...

And for Safari: Coda Notes - http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/07/coda-notes-for-safari-now-...

Vimium looks nice ... I'll have to give that a try.
Just because the user interface only exposes cookies, doesn't mean that passwords aren't captured and sent somewhere.

It's very possible, given that the extension seemingly captures HTTP requests/responses. If passwords are sent or received in plaintext, then they can be captured.
Good thing GMail has SSL enabled by default ;)
Catching a ride in a car is not a schedule 2 drug, fortunately.
andraw
Do you simply mix cocoa with cold water?
Agreed, but I still think giving someone else full control is a bit too much. It's not the user's fault (most don't even know this is happening) and they're likely to be the victims here.
What makes this NSFW?
I think everyone is missing the point here about using Twitter to form strong ties or cause tangible social change.

Are people working for Greenpeace or some other org on the streets of NYC harassing people actually more effective than tweeting or liking a cause? Tweets for causes definitely aren't as annoying, unlike these people who pester you every time you pass them by. If anything they're making you less inclined to support some kind of cause.
It reminds me of Corel Draw, which was my preferred tool for vector graphics for seven years before I switched to mac. Man! you've made me miss it and remembered me how much I hate Adobe Illfrustrator.

Any intention of growing this into a real full fledged product?
Getting trending Github projects via YQL
I read a lot of books, and many of the PHP books are so-so. "PHP in Action" is the best one I've personally read. http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Action-Objects-Design-Agility/dp/1...

Avoid the "Teach Yourself in X Minutes" books. That's where I learned from too, but feel there are much stronger entry points.
Ask HN: What books or blogs do you suggest to manage a team of techies
I recently took a position of team lead, managing a team of 8 tech people. I managed projects not people before. Could you suggest any books or blogs on how to manage tech teams.
Probably marketing fluff for "we put in an exclusion request for those URLs through the webmaster console." If you have an inside contact, you can get an intro to someone who can quickly fix things that way. If not, hope Matt Cutts takes pity on you.
Goldman Sachs: The Fed Needs To Print $4 Trillion In New Money
Adobe Air 2.5 for TVs, tablets and phones
If you like Butterfingers, try 2-3 scoops vanilla ice-cream some carrot juice, and some peanut butter, it tastes very very similar to the inside layer of a Butterfinger candy bar, but is much healthier. I don't know exactly how much I add of carrot juice or peanut butter, I add to taste and consistency, after you make it 1-2 times it's really easy.
I have to disagree with you on the ergos of a laptop. I personally find a touchpad (or any touch interface) terrible on my wrists. And a laptop monitor is far to slow to be comfortable (you have to bend your neck to look down or have your hands positioned too high).
Thanks for sharing this. While Ed might not have been clear about his goals, he tried stuff and moved on quickly if he didn't like something.
One in three American adults projected to have diabetes by 2050
I can definitely think of several that are industry specific. In the industry I worked in recently, I know of people who if approached correctly would love this (with some new features..)!

Feel free to email me - email address in profile.

I think it would be easier for me to describe it to you via phone.
Dixon's claim that he's made strong ties through Twitter is interesting. I haven't heard that before, even from people who use Twitter frequently (I use it quite frequently too). I definitely believe that people can form strong ties electronically, and I've done so on BBSs, IRC, forums, even mailing lists. I've never thought of Twitter as a place for that, though; its conversations are just too short and disjointed for me to feel much in the way of personal connection.
There's no 'officially supported' binaries from anyone else. Most people I know (on most platforms, not just OSX) use precompiled binaries from somewhere (apt/yum repos, DMG files, etc). Without officially provided binaries for Java from Apple, OSX users are left without any solid direction at this point.

Will some company step up and provide regularly updated binaries tested for various OSX systems? Maybe. But that's not known at this point, so everyone's left wondering.

Sun should never have ceded this degree of control over Java's implementation to Apple (or other companies), and Oracle needs to step up soon to provide peace of mind (or at least clarity) to Java developers.

There's been so much focus the past few days on "Java GUI is dead" etc, and swing/swt/x11 conversations about Apple's desktop Java bindings and such, there's been little attention that most people are using Java for back-end non-GUI stuff. This removal hurts Mac owners who develop Java for non-GUI apps - arguably the largest share of Java/Mac people out there.
Very meta. Maybe I will tackle that for my next project.
A new way to rock: Ars reviews Rock Band 3
until they see destroying you as an opportunity to gain voters. As more media attention gets shun on this type of stuff, it won't be long before some politician sees this as a good opportunity.

I guess, twitpic and about.com are now going on my shit list.
no prob. wasn't trolling. apologies for the pithy comment if it came across as such.

main point was that wikileaks, for me, provides much more insight/info/"bootstrapping-a-new-source-of-news" than most of the stuff i see on hn. hence, i'd rather keep it's presence on here than have it removed. (again, it might only be me that's interested in such things, but judging from some of the comments, it looks like i'm not alone).

whether you agree or disagree with the tone/perspective of wikileaks, they are a resource of information that is "changing the industry" (or whatever hollow cliche is usually spouted up by VCs/investors). hence by either interpretation of "hacker news" (either strictly an entrepreneurial/start-up resource or something akin to 2600), their activities/approaches can be insightful to some of us.
When Gmail switched on SSL for everyone earlier this year they added "no additional machines" (http://unblog.pidster.com/imperialviolet-overclocking-ssl).

Regarding IPs, there's a bigger issue here. People are used to being able to shut their laptop at home and open it back up at work without having to re-authenticate all their browser tabs. If you filter by IP this breaks. SSL requires no changes to user behavior.
And even if some of the regulations they have to face are outdated, stupid, in need of reform.. well, they still can't just break the law. Existing hotels/cabs follow the laws, including the stupid ones. We should fix the laws.
Isn't that exactly why HTTPS sites are supposed to have expensive certificates issued by big companies? Otherwise the browser will display a big red warning message. If you ignore that warning, you deserve to be hacked.

If the request gets redirected to a HTTPS proxy site that the attacker has set up, that's a different story. But again, you should be checking what's in your address bar. No security system can rescue you if you can't tell the difference between "mail.google.com" and "mail.google.haxxor.com". But for those of us who actually read what's in the address bar, HTTPS is pretty good security.
Thanks for the link!

I'm going to be traveling for a while pretty soon and using a lot of internet cafes and other free wi-fi spots so I should probably get this set up - I'm worried someone will be able to grab my password while logging in to check mail.
The script kiddies already have their scripts and already do this. Firesheep will hopefully allow users to see the problem in a way they can clearly understand.
Maybe because the article is so boring and irrelevant to anyone's daily work?

But seriously, is this just a link-bait title because the author gets paid per page impressions?!
This vulnerability (it hurts to even call it such at this point) has been around for years, and the attack has always been easy for a determined attacker to carry out.

How else are we going to convince people to secure their sites and protect their users? People have been presenting on this issue for years (Ferret & Hamster, Blackhat 2007) and companies haven't responded/cared. It's possible to solve this problem (Gmail is all HTTPS, and done correctly, Amazon has a tiered authentication system that properly uses SSL for important things, Wordpress does SSL right for accessing their admin interface) - companies need to step up and address the issue.
Nonsense. It's in the pharmaceutical industry to get people to stop taking cheap vitamins. They more money when people are sick.

I've lost all confidence that people in the pharma industry wouldn't act like that. Those same people have watched a whole lot of people in Africa and the 3rd world die from illnesses that could easily prevented with a few cents of medicine.

They most certainly do act that way.
That's a really good idea. What's the diagnosis and what is your view on it that you want to get across? (If you don't mind me asking.)
So, the point is, it's not Twitter that matters, but the connection of the humans behind Twitter? How is this news? Does anyone argue that a telephone is responsible for major social good?
No. It's just a tag he uses to label his weekend pieces.
Reloading Python modules
Wow. Are women really considered minority?
Not female and also not applying this go round, but congratulations on your launch. This and related spaces desperately need product innovation, while so much of our collective effort goes to creating an iPad-enabled FourSquare for dogs.
Totally agree!

But right now I'm more worried about a co-worker or stranger in a Starbucks taking over my personal Facebook or Gmail account than my server operator trying to spy on me.
I tried this with my Chase account and I can't seem to sign in. I'm guessing you either need to have the OFX api feature enabled for your bank account or you need to be with a bank that allows all users to get their OFX data for free. I think Chase charges something like $15/mon to each user who wants to get their data via OFX.
Me too, I found the link in reddit.

The talk is great.
It seems overly difficult to create a shape or line with bezier curves. Do you have to start with the freeform pen tool?
Chinese aquaculture is different from what you'd expect from a western / european / north american aquaculture operation.

The food pellets that the fish eat contains antibiotics to stop disease, and estrogen/progesterone (via excess birth control pills rejected for human use from the large pharma factories) in order to make the fish grow faster.

The fish grow in a chemical bath - containing both the minimally treated waste water from semiconductor / electronics manufacturing, as well as what's needed to counteract those chemicals.

Don't believe me? If food companies in China can put melamine in baby powder in order to save a few cents, what makes you think they care about what they give to the fish?
Lucky people always love to talk about how easy it is if you just do what they did - though they usually have a hard time explaining exactly what it was that they did.

I just posted an interview with the writer and professional asshole Tucker Max, who said almost the same thing: http://jseliger.com/2010/10/22/tucker-max-interview-assholes... :

Tucker Max: People create all these narratives explaining away why they haven’t had the courage to take their personal path, or explaining away my success, or anyone else. Anyone who succeeds in anything, there’s always going to be people who don’t have the courage to do that. They get upset about it, either explain it away, or dismiss it away.

JS: It sounds like you almost found out by accident. In Assholes Finish First you say that when you and your friends graduated from law school, “We were slowly realizing that the ‘real life’ we’d chosen really fucking sucked. A lot.” Sounds like you’re trying to tell people how not to do that.

TM: As much as I’d like to sit here and be like, “Yeah, I had the courage to do all this stuff, and I had the vision to see where I was gonna go and I knew I would get there.” That’s fuckin’ bullshit. That’s not true. That’s the narrative I might tell when I’m 70, and I can’t remember all this stuff.

JS: Trying to inspire your grandkids?

TM: Right. The true, true story is it’s a combination of some determination and some talent on my part. Some talent, a lot of determination, a lot of luck, and a lot of serendipity. And a lot of failure. I was fired—

JS: There’s a section about failure in the book.

TM: I was fired from the legal profession, basically. I wasn’t just fired from Fenwick and West—you read the first book, the story’s in there. I got fired in such a public way that there was almost no way I was going to get back into law. I would have to go back and be a public defender or something if I wanted to be a lawyer. Seriously.
for those of you without a sense of humor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene
thank you so much for this - right when I needed it !
I think most Paul Carr articles on techcrunch usually start out "NSFW:" mainly because most of the time they are, this just happen to be on the lighter side of things.
1) There's nothing quite like looking at your MapReduce status page and seeing "Estimated completion time: 79 years."
After you get a lawyer, stop stressing out about it. These ordeals may seem like the end of the world the first time you go through them, but they always resolve themselves eventually, and the end result is rarely dire.