skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Devil's advocate: "I care very very little right now, but if you keep bugging me about it, I could care less, if you like."

or:

"I care very very little right now, but there's nothing holding me back from caring even less than that."
Google defends native code Chrome play
Because it's "slightly less money" than working in an office or flipping burgers (which a previous commenter suggested would be more economically sustainable kinds of employment).

Yes, you are still getting some money. But those jobs mentioned above are boring and poorly paid because they require little skill. They don't add a great deal of value to the business, and if someone quits or is promoted to do something more useful, it's easy to find and train another worker to replace them. Mostly what you're paying for is someone who will turn up on time every day and work for the length of a shift. There is not a huge wage differential based on experience because you can teach a completely inexperienced person the basics in a single day. So if you are selling graphic design services but charging the bare minimum required to hire a warm body, then "what you do" is essentially given away free.
You've stripped away all the particulars in order to equate the overthrow of a multi-century monarchy with disruption of a few websites.

Yes, we've got two examples of 'disputes'. But that doesn't get us very far. Can you finish the analogy for me?

You are suggesting that the DDOS activities are indicative of an attempt to overthrow what in favor of what?
My fear for you is that the more you outsource to "get things going", the less likely a capable founder would want to hop on.

Unless you are paying an extreme premium (and you're beyond swimming in investor cash), odds are your system started as a technical nightmare, and is only becoming moreso by the day. As a dev I would be extremely hesitant of hopping on board anything with such a questionable technical past, especially if the product momentum is too high to make a total rework possible.
Feds hint at charges for Julian Assange
Yeah, but that is hard. You probably need some clustering heuristic that autolocates nodes and edges on hosts near their neighbors, a way to distribute that work, and even still, the latency penalty for the cross-node lookups will be significant and require a lot of optimization.

Unless they've thought of some brilliantly simple method that I haven't, which is certainly possible.
A New Hope? Now I'm waiting for the Empire to Strike Back....
I kid but seriously, this is great great news. Patent trolls are anti-innovation, impede creators/entrepreneurs, and drive up costs for consumers.
legitimate != legal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(political)

legitimate protest vs. legal protest are very very different things.
Just wanted to point out - I don't support what Anonymous is doing. These businesses have been given two shitty choices - piss off the online community or piss off Governments that can roll them over 1000x worse.

And remember, businesses are just people - Anonymous is going to hurt mostly innocent people who work for these companies or work with them, not people who did anything to Assange.
The scary thing is that oracle, ms, apple, ibm, or google could still by a compelling level of salesforce shares on yearly revenue alone.
There is a difference between "peaceful assembly" and targeted disruption of private businesses.

You can't just slap the word 'protest' on any activity in order to justify it.
Two developers pull code with migration version 4. Each writes a new feature involving a migration. Both get the number 5, which then collides when they both check in. But it doesn't collide at the source level, so you only find out when the db doesn't work right. This was a big pain in the ass in Rails until they fixed it.
or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(political)
WikiLeaks flash conference in NYC on Saturday
Ask HN: Big company looking to acquire us, I'm terrified
First, sorry for the anonymous account. NDA etc..

We're a small, boot-strapped (though fairly established) company. The major company that rules our industry is looking at acquiring or investing. We're really naive at these business aspects, we're engineers..

How much do you disclose on the early talks? We have a document prepared with vague but accurate graphs showing our growth, various comments about how awesome we are and our plans for product development.

I'm afraid of looking too keen for a sale, where I know we'd give up control but it would allow us other benefits of major growth. I feel completely lost here, I've read everything I can on HN but it's hard not knowing what to expect. Is it always this terrifying?

I'd love to hear any stories and advice, thanks for any input.
USDA Moving 120,000 Workers to Microsoft Cloud Services
Schema version is at 200.

Developer A creates a migration numbered 201. Developer B creates a migration numbered 201. They push their code, pull, and get conflicts.

So instead, they use a timestamp based system. Developer A created his and got 20100604181252. Developer B got 20100604182530. Now, everyone is happy, and no one has to change their migrations.
WikiLeaks' Cash Pledge Hasn’t Reached Bradley Manning’s Support Fund
it has been around for 1.5 weeks now, when average media attention span is 1.5 days at best, so no it is not momentary.
Can be done on 10$ (flow shop, >100k units (?)): ASIC or system on chip including three ADC, memory for one row (e.g. 2048*3 bytes) and a PLL clock generator for matching DVI serial port clock.

Any electronic engineer in the room for PLA prototype cost estimation?
Fundry - An Answer to Opensource Project Funding Woes?
Ask HN: Anyone needs Recruiters for hiring help?
How Anonymous is attacking Mastercard et al.
I had some ?s regarding Context and using it in my app. Could you e-mail me (check my profile).
"So now she's in marketing, and smart."

Only if the people who are talking about it are potential customers and users. No discussion on that yet!
have no advice for you but i'd be very curious to hear what you end up doing. I'm 30 and have 0 idea how to get into a phd program. Drop me a line sometime.
Why are people on HN so anal about how people identify themselves? If I introduce myself as "single beer-loving founder", why is that even an issue? If I view myself and wishes to identify myself in a certain way why can't we just accept that? Besides, this is a personal blog, can't people say what they want on their own blog? The worst part is now there is a whole section of this thread dedicated to this pointless conversation.
Sure, but I'd rather not get bitten when I'm on a system where I don't have that alias defined.
I used to get this wrong all the time too. Mentally, I'd be thinking "ln -s source destination", where source was the link and destination was what it pointed to. Of course, that's completely backwards. 'man ln' on OSX didn't help either, since they use the terminology 'source_file [target_file]' which just re-inforced my incorrect thinking (target sounds like something that is pointed to, does it not?).

As other people have mentioned, thinking of it in terms of the files created (ala cp) has helped to learn the correct behavior. I think this is a case where some minor change in the documentation might help to avoid the whole problem.
PRIVY - it's who you know
I was chuffed to find out about this today after just posting on the topic yesterday (http://distractable.net/business/crowdfunding-opensource-lib...). I am hopeful that tools such as fundry might help to make opensource development more sustainable for smaller software companies.
My point was that the properties of this small scale protest (or tantrum depending on however you look at it) that you deride are actually pretty similar to most other protests.
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I should point out that Visa itself hasn't actually decided to stop payments to WikiLeak- only Visa Europe, its subsidiary. The people that run Visa.com are only responsible for selling Visa Europe the rights to use the name.
That isn't a piano bar song ... Garth Brooks is more likely heard in some little country bar. The kind of place where it's hard to find a decent chardonnay.
How is publishing in any way analogous to a denial of service? If I purchase a copy of the Economist, it does not impair anyone else's economic activity or ability to do business with me. Your suggestion that they promote indebtedness doesn't seem very consistent with the content either.
It has, but only somewhat. Mostly people stick around because it's a nice community, I think. I tend to avoid some of the most groupthinky subreddits, which does make the experience better, but everyone's pretty much concentrated in a few corners of the plaza.
They don't have a brilliantly simple method; just graph-specific heuristics. The example they gave in the paper was that, if they've got a graph corresponding to web pages and the links between them, to group together vertices representing pages from the same domain.

So, yeah, they're going to have a lot of cross-node messaging.
Here are some demos: http://schuyler.github.com/simplegeo-context-demo/ http://schuyler.github.com/simplegeo-places-demo/
SF Alternative Living Spaces
How to By-Pass the TSA No-Fly List
An article I wrote showing the flaws in airport identity checks and the no-fly list.
That's interesting, I'll get that test going on historious and see if the results are worth writing about.
Great resource! Thanks for curating the learnit subreddit!
Yes, it does. On the other edge case, with really large amounts of money, the perceived value of a differences might be hard to grasp. It's hard to see a penny as worth anything, and it's also hard to really grasp the difference in value between a trillion dollars and 1.1 trillion dollars.

Since 5 dollars is a denomination of US bills I think it has a significant psychological weight to considering it's value (for anyone familiar with US currency). You think of $5 and you know what it is,what it's worth to you, what you'd spend it on.

This might be a hold over from handling cash, where that $5 spent on a service might be competing with your lunch or bus ticket. I suppose dealing increasingly with debit/credit cards in place of small cash transactions where it's "just $5 in your entire bank account" will likely lessen this effect.
I learned a great deal at RITs Industrial Design program. Now that i've graduated I feel like I could design/build almost anything. RISD is known as being the mecca of design and I got in, but personally I wanted a school that had sporting events and other things to do, RISDs very "artsy". You can't go wrong with either school
Javascript: Currently the lingua franca of the Web. In the near future, the "bytecode" other languages (existing and new) will compile down to.

D: So far seems like "C++ - the good parts".

Scala: In case I ever have to touch the JVM again.
A Taco Bell I frequent uses a VPN back to the franchisee to aggregate the card payments. Wouldn't surprise me if that's getting messed with as well.
They aren't stupid, there is an agreement that Twitter and Facebook would only attract haters and stop the recruiting process. Been checking their IRC for some time, the OPs aren't stupid.

For those interested, connect to their IRC through the IP, not the hostname as it isn't resolving aparently: 199.19.226.231

Also, the official Twitter accounts are: @Op_Payback and @AnonOpsNet
You make valid points but I don't think they support your conclusion. I'll go down the list.

Cape Town Peace March, The Berlin Wall & Salt Satyagraha: In these cases the Government felt it didn't have a choice but to capitulate lest it be overthrown completely. The Cape Town article makes that point and in the case of the Berlin Wall the Government of East Germany did dissolve. But I'll happily add the caveat "where the government believes it is capable of doubling down on its efforts without being overthrown". Still doesn't change the point though (unless you seriously think Anon is capable of overthrowing the U.S. Government)

The same was true of the Indian independence movement. In the end the British Government didn't so much capitulate as it withdrew (which goes back to my first point of Governments doubling down until they can't anymore)

Rosa Parks : In my post I said it would work if you are willing to let the Government take a pound of flesh and that's exactly what happened in the case of Rosa Parks. Parks was arrested and convicted. People who protested in her name were beaten as well as being arrested and convicted. The very section you point to says that MLK's house was bombed and churches were burnt down.
Although the project is still pretty young, liquibase(http://www.liquibase.org/) is a solid opensource project for not only managing schema revisions, but inserting seed data as well as abstracting schema structure from DBMS.

Nathan also does a good job of applying submitted patches quickly.
I suppose this means I have to put my faithful IBM 13inch green screen on the shelf--- <sigh>
Maybe the article got changed, but the article I read says this:

my “day job” [...] is a co-owner of a marketing project management business
Haskell, ruby, javascript

Just because Haskell has a lot of interesting features. Ruby is too easy but vast and javascript makes cool stuff possible both in and out of the browser.
How can we prevent these sites from ranking well in the first place?
Posit repository A which is at schema state S(A) = N. Developer X branches it to make B and adds a new database migration, increasing S(B) to N+1. Developer Y branches it to make C and adds a new database migration, increasing S(C) to N+1. Now, merge B and C.

It's not necessary that schema versions be that rigid. All you really need is that they be monotonically increasing; a timestamp in UTC is sufficient for those purposes, although technically you could run into a situation where a UUID is necessary.
Ask HN: Recommend a Managed Hosting or Colocation Provider?
Our company has run into performance bottlenecks with our current cloud provider (we're very I/O-centric).

We're primarily interested in Managed Hosting, possibly with a hybrid cloud solution. We're looking at:

Softlayer

ThePlanet

LiquidWeb/Storm

SunGuard

Have any advice about these companies or any others that make compelling Managed Hosting partners?
Shoot me your pitch. Email in the profile.
"... Given the inside knowledge that Stuxnet’s creators required, it seems quite likely that the moment they would want it to kick into action — assuming that Bushehr was the intended target — would be a moment at which a catastrophic system failure could be attributed to a flaw in the facility’s construction, design or operation ..." ~ http://warincontext.org/2010/09/26/iran-confirms-stuxnet-fou...
Yes, it got changed.
Internet fame for your startup mascot, for a good cause
We're sure your startup mascot is better thought out than that "helpful" code your CTO wrote yesterday, and also probably cuter than an eight-tentacled cat.

Instead of chair-jousting while your code compiles, check out http://www.facebook.com/SutherlandGoldGroupand upload a pet or mascot pic for a good cause.

We're a tech PR firm raising money for the SPCA for the holidays by getting people to post a pet or startup mascot. We'll donate $5 per pic to the SF SPCA Mascot is loosely defined here - can be inanimate, can be robotic, or reptilian - maybe its your bottle of Don Julio 1942 reserved for the acquisition...either way we'd love to your company mascots represented.
Psychic powers would be another form of transparency.
Who's Hiring Experienced, Bad-Ass Sales/BD People?
Giant Pandas Are Poorly Designed
the same argument is used by any scab apologist in a labor dispute
Typically the internet has been referred to as 'routing around' things like sites being taken down or things like the AACS encryption key being banned. I don't see it as too far a leap to say its an 'immune response'. But I think perhaps its more than that, because (unlike cells) all the individuals taking part are communicating a detailed intent.
THANK GOD. I was getting really pissed off while trying to meet a pretty hard deadline yet trying to lookup iOS esoterica.
Usually a movement is 99% supporters of the cause and 1% activists. You don't think radical actions for transparency is a widely supported movement or widely known?

I think WikiLeaks may hurt some supporters, but I think amongst those sympathetic to the cause - it can only help them increase in numbers, awareness and influence. Hats off to them.
Ask HN: Who's Hiring Experienced Sales/BD People?
I'm looking for you :)
> Because of this action, Now I can't make money and support my family.

The same can be said about real world strikes which stop services or brick and mortar businesses.
Well, considering how much attention her post has generated that fact that she is a female well may be to her benefit. Her entire story could be valuable for her when pursuing funding, as it's fairly unique.
You suggested that it was similar to the French Revolution. In what way is it similar other than they both involved 'protest'? And if that is the similarity you were trying to make, then why confuse the issue by bringing in the concept of revolutionary war?

Is there a French Revolution version of Godwin's Law?
Yes, absolutely. We've seen this sort of inconsideration time and time again. Think about all the families and businesses affected by the sudden lack of tea on December 16, 1773.
'Lightfoil' idea shows light can provide lift
Internet fame for your startup mascot, for a good cause
We're sure your startup mascot is better thought out than that "helpful" code your CTO wrote yesterday, and also probably cuter than an eight-tentacled cat.

Instead of chair-jousting while your code compiles, check out http://www.facebook.com/SutherlandGoldGroupand upload a pet or mascot pic for a good cause.

We're a tech PR firm raising money for the SPCA for the holidays by getting people to post a pet or startup mascot. We'll donate $5 per pic to the SF SPCA. Mascot is loosely defined here - can be inanimate, can be robotic, or reptilian - maybe its your bottle of Don Julio 1942 reserved for the acquisition...either way we'd love to see your company mascots represented.
I can accept the vague assertion that "the government" is more powerful than a given corporation. However, the government does not ever (not even in the aftermath of 9-11) act as a single unit. Looked at in this way, it's easy to see that there are many corporations that are more powerful than individual politicians. Money and corporate connections are force multipliers with politics, and concerted corporate strategies can effect many changes that affect the public at large, as well as tax revenue deficiencies and other free-rider problems.
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
Graphite definitely does not get enough love. It's an amazing piece of software, though can be a little rough around the edges sometimes -- I imagine it's improved a lot over the last year.

The idea to add markers for code deploys is great. Totally stealing that one.
The WikiLeaks Takedown Fiasco
Just a thought, you can consider teaching design which allows you to meet customers and give back to the community. http://skyara.com shameless self plug :)
But you can grab my attention in a way that doesn't involve an attack.
[Amazon] said Wikileaks violated their terms of service which is no doubt technically true

It's technically wrong since leaked documents, like the Pentagon Papers, are in the public domain, so WikiLeaks does have the right to publish them, contrary to what Amazon said.
Won't happen. Even if you don't like it when groups such as Anonymous force it on you, the State has mechanisms for you to care as well, many of them highly undemocratic.

I'm thankful that there's a balancing agent on the other end of the spectrum. Even if I disagree with it, it helps to distribute power.
Is it a checkbox, or do I write in: WikiLeaks?
Urbanairship in Portland, OR is hiring for an Ops position:
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I also have super curly hair. I only use conditioner, no shampoo unless my scalp needs extra cleaning, which is very rarely. And I use hair products like gel and spray. Conditioner combed through my hair and then rinsed out removes all hair products.
Check out the DevaCurl starter kit - it has "NoPoo" shampoo, which is shampoo without harsh sulfates, conditioner, gel, and spray. Their products are great for curly hair.
> illegal == illegitimate form of protest

I'm having some great laughs at everyone here on HN that has never have read a bit about the history of protest movements and labor unions in the US.
> (and presumably the crime for which his funds
> have been frozen)

Last I checked, they don't freeze your assets when you are accused of rape.
Judging by the permissions, it redirects for a whopping three sites. Why not just not click on the links for those sites?
Why Wikileaks isn't a Twitter trending topic
This sort of pricing is relatively common where I am right now in Lithuania (other side of the world). You pay a daily rate, and then you pay for the cleaning at the end of your stay (or more then once if it's a long stay).
He doesn't say anything about the design being unique. Odds are he'll make 50 templates at a loss and just reuse them.

Eventually, he turns a profit with an automated muse and everyone is happy.
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Expanding the money supply diminishes the value of those holding the current money, such as those with savings and fixed income. We bailed out banks and other big companies, it's not like we started up the printers to enrich the needy and poor. Inflation is rising, jobs are dwindling, credit is unavailable yet dirt cheap.
Don't be naive. Credit card companies have lobbies which operate in their interests and help pass legislation which favors their industry, much like other financial interests.

There doesn't even need to be explicit conversation between government officials and Visa/MasterCard for there to be a conspiracy; it's more of a matter of a gentleman's agreement to cover each other's backs.
How about just trying to unlock all of the git achievements. Do that and you will discover a lot about git.
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Not necessarily. If they are consistently pulling in $X per month, then it is reasonable to state that depriving them of service for a month is depriving them of $X (i.e. a good estimate of what they would have made that month).
> Won't happen.

I don't assume a paradigm of force. Sure it exists, but I don't assume it has to be that way. I'm not naive but I also know that people and organizations often do have the capacity to interact on a higher level; but it takes a lot of insight to see how. I don't assume the low road is the only one available.
Chairman Genachowski’s Next Net Neutrality Proposal: What to Watch For
Actually, Grooveshark has a licensing agreement with EMI and is talking (I'd assume) with the other major labels about licensing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooveshark#Legal_issues
The FBI Arbitrarily Covers Up Evidence of Misconduct
Because, for reasons known to the engineers toiling at Google, and not me, these sites will show in the search results, and the actual StackOverflow answer will not be shown at all.
How do I read academic Computer Science papers?