skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Having been through many secondary inspections at the US border (don't ask) I kind of agree with you. Essentially they're doing an interrogation, and they deliberately browbeat you in the hopes that you'll actually reveal something incriminating. Anything that will give them a shred of leverage they will use to try and intimidate you (none of the things in the article are actually incriminating, but they're "leverage").

EDIT (sober second thought): The phone tap (if true) does seem a little beyond the pale.
Yeah, that's a good point. I was thinking more along the lines of an X-ray machine (see, I don't even know enough about security processes to know if that's the right terminology) where they reveal outlines of denser objects, rather than the pass-through metal detector itself.
I read the OP a little differently than I read some of the comments.

Imagine you are brought into a messed up development culture with some authority to make changes. You can't build the product from source, you can only patch it. You can't build a test database from migrations, fixtures, or whatever, there are "magic" development databases. And so on and so forth.

You think about things, remember this old post, and institute the following goal:

"We must be able to take a workstation from email and appropriate access to checking in a change in one business day. Document the steps, re-organize development, everything so that we can sit down with any new hire and get them to set everything up and commit a change on their first day."

It might be empowering for the developer. It might also be a forcing function for fixing issues with your development environment.
I'd love to see someone using that, for now it feels like it feels slow and doesn't exploit two fingers.
yes, people use dvorak. there's good reason to use it. but to say it has "caught on" (aka popular) is questionable.
Google bug bounties: $500-$3133.7 for security flaws in *.google.com
Couldn't they ask for "compatible with Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite" in that case? Or something similar.
But I haven't heard Apple say a peep in this case. And Apple is not shy about saying their being bent over. Also if anything Apple seems enthusiastic about what they're doing. When they announced the new Apple TV Jobs had no reservations that they were making this their only streaming model.

Apple could fix this easy... support Amazon VOD. That would be the best thing for the customer. It would be super easy. Heck, if you're reading Steve, I'll implement it for you, for 1/2 my standard consulting fee.
Python is your get-shit-done language. You will probably see it used a lot playing a support role in places where the code base is, officially and nominally, in C++, Java, or another language. Running automated test servers, munging data out of CSV files, etc. Heck, a lot of shops are using scons and that's written in Python.

In short: Learn Python. But don't do it to get a job. Do it to get better at the job you have.
Apparently it actually goes to mid-2009.
He actually says "bullet", I would interpret that literally - just the bullet, not a full shell and definitely not any gunpowder.
Customs agents' job is to prevent contraband and unauthorized individuals from entering the country.

It is not their job to berate American citizens returning from trips abroad.

It is not their job to engage in emotionally charged interrogation regarding a person's religious views.

It is not their job to intimidate, harass, or jump to unsupported conclusions.
Who else immediately looked up their birth-month issue?
Texting on a number pad never looked hard to get used to, it just looked slow (and still is). They wouldn't hold speed competitions for it if it was fast.
Just an idea, but you'll probably find your time better spent building and submitting a doc, than complaining to your potential future employer.
"Amazon - Leads you to other peoples goods"

I think most people go to Amazon to buy from Amazon, not "other people." As opposed to eBay and Craigslist, where the above description is accurate.
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This is one of the better bounty programs; $500 for an XSRF is a good price, they have a large attack surface, they're OK'ing testing against production assets, you can publish your findings after they fix, and the people doing the judging work are top caliber.

Might I also add that if you're interested in doing this kind of thing, and getting seriously good at it, we'd be happy to pay you to do that:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1857212

We're always hiring security researchers. I think it's one of the better gigs in information security: we work with a wide variety of interesting tech, from trading protocols to chipsets, and we have an sharp and diverse team.

(This appeal is gratuitous, but, hey, happy hiring-thread day).
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I wonder if it's was a bullet or indeed a cartridge? It's kind of hard to find "unused bullet" without it being in a cartridge.
I could swear there was a test of opensource vs. closed source bugs over time comparison and what they concluded was were equal in the amount of bugs produced. Open source doesn't create magical code without bugs. What it does seem to create is zealots with a soapbox.
Ha, good catch. I seem to make similar mistakes fairly often, mostly leaving suffixes off of words: s, ly, etc. It makes proofreading a requirement for anything important. I never seem to do it while speaking though.

Maybe it has something to do with typing, like I've memorized the patterns of keypresses associated with certain words and attaching a suffix requires intervention at some level.
I have vmWare on my Mac desktop, running XP. If you look in the Windows folder you'll see everything you'd expect to see in a Windows installation. It is a Windows installation. That's the sense that I meant to raise the question for thinking purposes about which is the compatibility box. I meant to say you could see it either way. And my guess is that the strategic thinking at Apple is that the box is contianing the Mac software not the IOS software.

That's based on watching Apple evolve stuff, very slowly and carefully, since 1997. There was even some of this kind of thinking in the move from the Apple II to the Apple III, back in 1981!

I'm not looking at this one year at a time, nor are the people at Apple. They're thinking of a transition that might go for ten or fifteen years.
I switched to Goo.gl for the time-being, but I like Bit.ly's ability to easily copy URLs quickly.
GrubHub (venture-funded Chicago startup for food delivery) advertises heavily in the subway. One of the founders Mike told me that it works very well for them. A few years ago the Chicago rapid transit system was sloppy in replacing the ads, so they got a lot of days of free advertising.
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Related discussions:

* "I Am Detained By The Feds For Not Answering Questions" - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1681721

* "Writer Peter Watts Guilty Verdict in Border Incident" - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1204737
That's possible; if so, the word "unused" threw me off. But your interpretation could also be right too.
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No. No no no no. iOS was created in the first place because a touch-oriented direct-manipulation user interface demands entirely different solutions and paradigms than mouse/pointer-driven user interfaces do.

Apple is not going to lead any initiative in trying to pretend that these fundamental differences in user experience don't exist. User experience is something they tend to take seriously.

Apple may provide tools to make it easier for developers to port apps and games between the platforms, but absolutely no way are they going to suggest that developers should gloss over the differences in user experience offered by OS X and iOS.

Having iOS apps run directly on OS X would be to do precisely that. Apps wouldn't be optimized for neither touch/direct manipulation, nor mouse/pointer interfaces.

User interface elements, widgets and paradigms would be general purpose, rather than tailored specifically to the strengths and weaknesses of a particular device.

Just look at the differences between made-for-iPad apps and made-for-iPhone apps. The difference in UI can be astounding when you take the properties of each device into account when designing the app.

OS X isn't just a little bit different than iOS, the way iPad is "just" a big iPod touch. It's fundamentally different — which is why iOS exists at all.
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You can always force a literal insertion via ctrl-v. So,

asc<C-v>i<C-v>i

in insert mode.
I'm working on an iPhone app called 'Escape the Submarine'. It's a room escape game similar to the ones on http://www.jayisgames.com.

I'm using the Lua bindings provided by iPhone Wax to do the level design, and it's going quite well.
If I were to deduce a startup strategy from a statistic showing that most people had 7 +/- 2 regularly visited sites, I'd probably take a different approach and reach almost the opposite conclusion.

I'd start by thinking of my typical target audience and why my site would become important enough to be one of the first ten or fewer sites they headed for when they opened their browser. Surely the most logical way to do that is to start up with some firm (but testable) assumptions about something that particular group of people want to do that isn't done well elsewhere. An incipient platform largely devoid of content is about the last place that would make my top ten websites to visit; something that solved a problem well would do even in beta. Being a platform works after people come. Building on the shoulders of platforms is good advice though.
This is a bit silly in my opinion. On my first day at the past two companies I've worked at I spent most of it setting up my computer and development environment to adhere to the necessary things I needed for my role.

I don't think I actually started any real development for a few weeks to be honest, those first few weeks were spent getting up to speed with the software platform and framework I'd be working on, plus meeting a bunch of folks from different departments etc.
An employer that only accepts word and PDF documents for my 'resume' isn't one I want to work for. You'd think that'd be clear from my displeasure with their rather factory-oriented submission process.

I'm not in need of a job right now, I am poking around because I'd like to have some side work for when I leave the country. Not mandatory by any means.

Just an idea, but you may want to get off your high horse and go do something useful other than criticizing people trying to discuss something.
Dear Lars, next time don’t stop doing that weird drug
He's too young to get tenure. So, unfortunately for him, he is SOL in that regard
I cannot believe that you actually think this was warranted. How does having a burqa indicate that you are a possible terrorist. Points of view like this one is what lets custom agents and TSA high school dropouts drive this security theatre every single day.

I travel all the time, and our security system does not protect anything but our peace of mind.
Thank you. I was hoping someone would bring attention to this. Complete misuse of "GTD."
I would be unsurprised to see a third architecture added to "Universal" iOS apps to allow them to be run on Lion desktops

Disclaimer: I haven't read the post; I can't because the site isn't loading for me. Instead, I'm replying to the OP.

I would be very surprised to see this. I contribute to Colloquy — An IRC client available for Mac OS X and iOS (iPhone and iPad). Having three separate UIs aside, the shared code between the projects doesn't go through the same build steps. It cant, because iOS doesn't allow third party dynamic frameworks to be loaded; they have to use a static library instead.

In the case of Angry Birds, if you take the .ipa from iTunes and unzip it and then run otool -l on the binary, you can look at the frameworks it uses.

The iOS-specific frameworks it uses are: UIKit, OpenGLES, MediaPlayer and GameKit. GameKit could likely be ported fairly easily. MediaPlayer with a bit of work, could be mapped to QTKit. OpenGL to OpenGLES, I can't say; I don't know anything about either. And UIKit? Mac OS X has to run on Mac Pro's and iMac's as well. Which may or may not have a multitouch device attached. UIKit would be a kludge with multitouch trackpads, and downright useless without one all together.
An interesting read about how Facebook engages users on every level of participation (from lurkers to collaborators). Facebook strives to upgrade users from passive users to the higher levels of engagement.
This sort of treatment is difficult and unpleasant, but imagine how it would feel to be a young Muslim on the receiving end of such a grilling. Imagine what might have transpired if this chap had answered "Yes, I do believe in the words of the Prophet Muhammad". Imagine how this might affect someone who has grown up with the suspicion and abuse that Muslims living in the west have increasingly had to endure.

A considerable proportion of Islamist terrorists and terrorist would-bes are western-born Muslims who feel that they are defending Islam. They have been told that the West, America in particular, considers them to be the enemy simply by merit of their religion. Young men and women are tracing modern Islamophobia back to the crusades and perceiving themselves to be fighting for survival. These beliefs have been made quite clear, perhaps most explicitly in the "martyrdom" videos released by the 7/7 London bombers.

Here we have one of many incidents where a uniformed representative of the United States government is giving the clear impression that they perceive Islamic beliefs is inherently suspect. This man was not being interrogated to reveal what he had done or who he had consorted with, he was being asked what he thought and believed. Let that sink in for a minute.

During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the IRA pursued an explicit policy of "the worse, the better", knowing that by provoking the British army and the RUC into heavy-handed reaction, they could rally support for their cause and rouse antipathy towards the British government. The British army and the RUC were often referred to as "the IRA's recruiting sergeant".
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> How does having a burqa indicate that you are a possible terrorist.

By itself? It'd be a stretch. When found with a bullet, Osama Bin Laden merchandise, a journal detailing how you can revoke your US citizenship, and trips to Pakistan and Afghanistan...
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Am I the only one experiencing an "Error establishing a database connection" exception when trying to open the link?
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Absolutely - but they they should have stated that.

There is a big difference between "should be compatible with" and "must be".
BTW, it's not common to use "bullet" to refer to a cartridge. While nobody usually uses "cartridge", most common term is "round".
We'll launch http://printify.de, a startup around social media printing.
They're quite a productive little team.
This is so true, especially when you aren't in the Valley.
Thanks, I edited the title to reflect that.
It would be great if the site was even a little useful without javascript enabled.
Virtually everyone I know would call a "cartridge" a "bullet", just as they might confuse "clip" and "magazine".
this is a good idea, but it makes it attractive to buy larger amounts of a known safe pill... which makes you much more vulnerable to a dealer rap if you get caught. Just another example of the insanity of our current policy.
A bullet does not signal any form of terrorism. What can you possibly do with one bullet without any form of firing it. Also, he hardly detailed how to revoke your citizenship; it was just one sentence. I guess I can understand how these agents would not understand the intellectual curiosity of a trip to this part of the world.
I don't find this credible. The lack of temporal context is one reason - you don't find out that the whole episode is meant to have taken place several years in the past until the end. 'and then it all went away' - just in case anyone who's traveled with Earl in recent years disputes the idea that he has difficulty clearing customs.

I mean, you're an experienced globetrotter returning from the world's hottest war zone with live ammunition in your pants, but are just astonished at the idea that such a thing should be considered suspicious? I call bullshit. This is just filler for marketing purposes.
This doesn't take topography into account. I suspect that would be fairly important for some cities like San Francisco.
The French have adopted Ubuntu as their primary systems. Stock markets now run on Linux. So does whitehouse.gov. Obama's campaign servers ran on FreeBSD.

It's not entirely unreasonable to see it changing. Plus, as you said, it would save the government plenty of money in licensing and support.
I think he was unlucky (or was flying through an airport that sucks, or just met the wrong people, or failed an attitude check?).

I've done stuff which almost exactly matches this profile (flown from India after visiting Afghanistan, with Afghan clothing in my bag, with no US government connected paperwork beyond a passport, with lots of random electronics in my bag, etc.) -- I was there to help set up medical clinic equipment.

In IAD, SFO, and JFK, the Customs people were nothing but polite, speedy, and friendly.
It wasn't the TSA, it was US Customs and Border Protection.
What I have learned from building out the @Grooveshark infrastructure:

Their pricing on bandwidth is still 3x to 4x more than what it costs to buy transit above the 10Gbps level and still noticeably more expensive at the 1Gbps level. A 3 to 4 times increase in bandwidth means millions of extra dollars a year to run on AWS.
I am interested in the content of your site, but the performance is not tolerable. The load time for the first page will cause some people to go away and never come back, but that isn't the problem. The problem is that once it loads, it’s not usable. I have no idea what you are doing in the JavaScript, but it churns my CPU for about a minute as it consumes more and more memory, eventually topping out at about 300 meg. Scrolling through the list of books is too slow and jerky to tolerate.

I would suggest avoiding JavaScript altogether until you get to the root of the problem. Also, test your site on a run of the mill platform like a five year old Dell PC running Windows XP and IE7. You can probably find one of these at your office or your parents’ house. If the site isn’t quick on that platform, then half the world isn’t going come back after the first visit.
My Mother "Your web site is doing really good. You should go work for IBM or Microsoft. They could use your talents."

or the ever popular.

"Your cousin just finished school and he's going to be working on Wall Street. You should call him. Maybe you can help consult with his company since you know computers so well."
It's quite common amongst folks who don't use guns.
I launched http://rejose.com

Some kind of technology trend tool and job aggregator.
I may not be an exact fit into group of people launching an app by end of november. But I'm learning Django and Python now and I pledge to build an app (public or private) before this month.
That reminds me of a quip I heard from one drug policy researcher (paraphrased because I can't find the original)

"Evidence-based policymaking would be ideal, but I would be happy with just a lack of policy-based evidence making."
I sometimes will go to which ever site automatically pops up first when I type the first letter.

Eg.

a -> apple.com

b -> my blog's wp-admin login

c -> google.com

and so on.
I wouldn't look at this as binary. You have more options here.

You need to target bloggers, who look like they might be up and coming. I'd even target a specific niche. Basically, go to them, and say, "If I can get six of you signed up, I can then get awesome rates from people interested in your niche." Now the hard part: deliver! Once you got all six on board, I'd spend everyday on the phone, e-mail reaching out to the major and minor players about how they've got to advertise with these up and coming trusted players in the niche.
Remember, with all of the smaller nukes, you're suppose to get smothered by like 8 warheads at the minimum. Well, says the Cold War anyways.
In the 80s when only yuppies had cell phones and coverage was limited to a few square miles of financial districts could you have predicted 100% GSM coverage in Africa?
It's intermittently down for me, here's a google cache:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SECcYsQ...
Since people have been complaining about unfair downvoting lately, I'll give an explanation of why I downvoted your comment:

The article itself says that the customs agent "suggested that I had used the burqa in order to move undetected throughout the tribal regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan". Seeing as he is not a Muslim and wouldn't have one for religious reasons, that does seem like it might be a fair question.
You're confusing the Four-Thirds format with the Micro-Four-Thirds (to be fair, they have the same sensor area).

The Four Thirds format - i.e. traditional SLRs with smaller sensors was a failure until they pivoted into Micro Four Thirds (EVIL cameras, "electronic viewfinder interchangeable lens"). The cost advantages of four thirds sensors never materialized, and the smaller sensor size is only a marginal advantage when it comes to integrating into smaller devices.

This is evidenced by the fact that a mere year after the launch of the first Micro Four Thirds cameras, Sony has already hit the market with the same concept, but they're doing it with a larger APS-C sensor (and also no bigger than the E-PX and GF-X series of Micro Four Thirds cameras).

Olympus and Panasonic rightly deserve the credit for inventing the entire concept of EVIL and bringing it to market, but IMHO it has little to do with the Four Thirds format. That whole thing was a bad idea to begin with. APS-C sensors are widely available and commoditized, so there are no cost advantages, and there is not necessarily a significant technical advantage either.
If I can get the Facebook platform to play nicely with me I'll be launching a universal wishlist with a twist, hopefully just in time for the Christmas present buying rush...
Honestly speaking, if you are getting hung up on a problem as simple as this and can't seem to find a creative solution, YC may not be the best place to look for jobs.

I know this sounds harsh, but I really feel compelled to type it.
plus they bugged his phone and put him on a list for private screening
This seems to be a topic that comes up a lot on HN: the lone hacker working without a formal education is "better" than his/her college educated peers sometimes. I think the author here makes some good points about the role of the university changing more than traditional education going away.

With projects like OpenCourseWare and Kahn Academy, there is a lot of room for innovation in and around the university concept.
I would love to have a first day like this. I know that it took me several frustrating days to get a hello world up and running on my last project. Getting the existing code base to compile and go on the first day is very nice.
It appears that it was in the pants, which were in the bag. Bag could be checked in and go though different check entirely.
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