skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The purpose of universal education is to educate, not to provide free day care, much less to serve as a corrective institution for young people with behavior problems. Our education system is a failure because it is overburdened with non-educational mandates. In my very biased opinion, it is the most motivated students who are harmed the most by this. The difficult challenge of improving the behavior and attitude of angry and undisciplined individuals is not a goal the public schools should be given.
If you drop out of school, you simply don't get a degree. If you jump bail, you get more jail time. And you're reaching to consider house arrest the same as home schooling. As for prison education, that's commonly available, but far from the purpose of prison. And boarding schools are private, there is only one public boarding school in the US, and it only has 80 students.

So your analogies don't exactly work. I would suggest reading the work of John Taylor Gatto, A.S. Neil, Francisco Ferrer, and Paulo Freire, though, if you're interested in critiques of education systems and their alternatives.
very familiar pictures - that was depiction of life of working people in the US in the Soviet media when i was a child.
Doing fixed-bid is another interesting angle I didn't cover; thanks for bringing it up!

It's yet another potential source of both great profitability (when you do something THEY think is hard in just 10 hours) or loss (as what you described).

Almost everything here is double-edged...
Tor is decentralised, but not distributed. How would Tor compare to a p2p anonymising service?

Example: https://home.zhaw.ch/~rema/projects/morphmix/
But the doubling every year claim really only makes sense over a short period of history too. Starting from the article's 27 exabytes every 7 days in 2010, tracing back in time (halving each year), you get down to about 1 byte of information being produced in 1940.

Forecasting these kinds of relationships back to the dawn of time seems a bit tricky to me - I would guess we're really seeing something like an S curve.
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Is it really that bad? I'd like to see a study on this, at the moment I'm just a bit freaked out from reading 4HB but I'll definitely try to remember doing this
> However, private-eye type intelligence has no legal protection as property as far as I know.

Why do you assume that it isn't "born copyrighted" like almost everything else? (The big exception is pure data, such as the phone book.) The expression of observations is clearly copyrightable.

And then there's trade secret protection. The fact that they got hacked doesn't necessary void that.
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Tor should raise a fund to host a series of $10-20k prizes for deanonymizing Tor users. That would drive a huge amount of attention to the code and build credibility over the long term as prizes are awarded increasingly rarely.
It very much is part of the purpose of our public education system to "serve as a corrective institution" for the behavioral problems of young people. A key reason we provide education is to ensure that children grow up to be contributors to society. It's folly to think that students that can't contribute despite public education would contribute without it.
I've done that - I'd just like to get at it by dragging and dropping files rather than via a console. Lots of people have USB sticks, not so many know their way around BASH. Almost every PC has a USB connector, but it's not so unusual to encounter older ones that don't have wifi or be in some place without a good signal. In these cases it's hard to transfer data onto the CR-48 for later upload to the cloud.
You may just be a creative who may lack the skills which are needed in combination to get you moving forward such as "Leadership" & "Organization". Thus looking into partners or mentors who have those two will only help you along.

I have found this video helpful as it explains further:
The project plateau http://vimeo.com/13399691

hope this helps.
If Moskovitz has more more than God, why does he need funding?
You could also use DKIM, you can see if message has been DKIM signed in Gmail by clicking "show more info" in webapp interface.

But seeing as this is security company why didn't they at least sign their messages using PKI/PGP certificates? And why would they keep their entire email on their webserver?
Gawker. Gawker happened.
No, but you're implying that DDG either has no plans to make money (which is possible, if rather a short-lived plan) or will remain small enough to be reliant entirely on Gabriel's day job.

DDG is a search engine that's using its search to make money. Just like Google.
I didn't mean to pick on Patrick. This "honored/humbled" thing has been going on in our culture for a while now.
With the commercial airline plant opening in Shanghai, I see this too changing.
Agreed. We'd love to use it at http://letslunch.com, since we pretty much use reputation from similar sites. But we do a little more thorough analysis though.
Some of this could be attributed to having much better opiates for the masses these days. A phone, a game console, or an old Internet-capable computer can all provide a near-limitless, cheap, side-effect-less escape. This wasn't the case in 1990 - the technologies were there but not mature and widespread.
I've read in several places that Rigol has been making Agilent's low-end equipment for quite a while now actually.
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Edit: your quote: "...and when I got to that whole anti-Judiasim bit..."

If you think Nietzsche is anti-Jewish, you're not understanding him.

He thought of the Jews as having a different position to his but also admired them far more than Christians.

He was also a hater of antisemites.
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Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp., died at 84
It also lowers the volume if you pick it up, and if you flip it over during a call, it switches to the speaker. Very handy.
Freed Google executive helped spark Egypt revolt
> The pickle here is that we (the government, the bleeding hearts, those capable of compassion)

Cute - anyone who disagrees with you is incapable of compassion....

It doesn't matter what your intent is or how good a person you are. The system, which is largely driven by folks like you, is largely a disaster, and an expensive one at that.

That's on you.
Like Canada you can tweak the amount of deductions on your paystub but you'll owe the same amount in the end. You'll file both US and Canadian taxes for 2011 which is slightly complex but you won't get double-taxes for the most part.

You'll pay roughly 6% CA state tax, 15% US federal tax plus medicare and a few other small items that I never know how to calculate.

As for places to live, ye olde Craigslist or your university housing service if interns from your school regularly get jobs in the valley.
As long as there's winners, losers, and a rake, it's gambling. I don't see a buy and hold option.
It is crucial to receive proper funding rather then just a few grand my parents can pitch it. The problem is without the funding, there is no-way we can pitch our service to the entertainment industry.
Craigslist suit against eBay will continue, for now
Reunifying Agile and Craftsmanship
Thanks for this. What's the cancellation policy?
Sadly, no.

See, eg, [1] for a chart of teacher salaries vs inflation over time. Quoting the article: "[...] we also find dramatic erosion in relative teacher earnings since 1960." See also figure C, "Real weekly wage trends for teachers and others, 1979 - 2006". In short, teacher's have been taking a hit in the wallet for the privilege of teaching for 30-40 years. In fact, if you're familiar with employment in America, you'll know the quality of teachers has fallen as women have been able to find alternate careers; we used to have a surplus of talented, skilled women who entered teaching because they were unable to pursue alternate careers.

A big part of this is no doubt due to Baumol's cost disease [2], but the trend in wages is real nonetheless.

I'm not sure why people on HN in particular, with an IMO more entrepreneurial mindset than most, are surprised that quality tends to follow wages. In this case, away from education.

[1] http://www.procon.org/sourcefiles/epi-teacher-pay.pdf

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumols_cost_disease
> Linode and prgmr give you pretty much full access unless you are somehow offering something else?

Linode is a good example of how we're different. As per my knowledge, you can have your own kernel, that's true, but you need to make a special request to support & then wait for them to modify your server. It's not included out of the box.

We include this out of the box on every server. I know that prgmr does the same; however, they're the exception in the industry.

prgmr is the exception in many ways. Our hope is to provide the same kind of service for grown-ups while also providing a robust set of features that help make management easy and doing it for a good price. They have a very focused target market, but they don't appeal to all VPS customers (otherwise, everyone would already be a prgrmr customer).

Thanks for your feedback about the website! Very much appreciated.
We're in the W11 batch, and on record as the youngest YC has accepted. I'm 18, and my cofounder is 17 (he hasn't graduated high school yet, which Ron Conway loved!)
US Subscribers:

"RIM led the ranking with 31.6 percent market share of smartphones, while Google Android maintained the #2 position with 28.7 percent, up 7.3 percentage points versus September. Apple accounted for 25.0 percent of smartphone subscribers (up 0.7 percentage points), followed by Microsoft with 8.4 percent and Palm with 3.7 percent."

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-reports-dec...
Though it could be effective, assuming attacker WILL try non-translated version first. Basically run honeypot on default password: if successful login attempt then go into panic mode.

But seriously, the only password in SSH auth procedure should be the one you decode your private key with.
Ask HN: What's up with all the 4chan love?
It seems everyone is supporting Anonymous over there: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2189907. Let's get some facts straight about those guys:

1. They DDoSed PayPal, Swiss bank PostFinance, etc. Probably caused millions of dollars in damage.[1]

2. They illegaly hacked into a company's servers, stole and published confidential data.[2]

3. They are part of a community that mostly hosts child porn, pirated material, etc.[3]

I challenge anyone to give me a single reason (apart from the technical prowess) that would justify any sort of admiration... Seriously.

[1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/4chan-rushes-to-wikileaks-defense-forces-swiss-banking-site-offline.ars

[2] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-to-security-firm-working-with-fbi-youve-angered-the-hive.ars

[3] http://boards.4chan.org/b/
loved the chuck noris mod on the openquake hudson install
Maybe he doesn't want to cash out of Facebook till an IPO.
he's not liquid, of course. It's mostly in Facebook stock, which isn't practical to sell.
While I don't agree with the OP's original premise entirely, removing disruptions in school would almost certainly improve the quality of education for the students that want to be there, and would potentially result in more complete education of a segment of the population in question.
Yup, it sounds like a hosted, web-based Chandler, although they seem to be moving faster.
They clearly stated it was public before they leaked the documents to begin with.
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Unfortunately for myself and everyone else that isn't a premium subscriber, we can't read the article:

"The content you have requested requires a premium subscription."

Maybe I am missing something on how to read the article???
> So if your fellow man isn't starving to death they're doing all right?

Not at all. However, if they're doing pretty well....

> It is completely legitimate for someone in the United States to be upset that Warren Buffett can make his billions while they can't make rent

It may be legitimate to be upset, but that doesn't imply that it is legitmate to claim that poverty in the US is at all comparable to poverty in, say, the Sudan.

If you can't, or won't, distinguish being poor in the US from being poor elsewhere, you're either dishonest or ignorant. Which one is a reason to listen to you?
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Port it to Flash - Flash games can do millions of plays, the larger ones I track do 10s of millions. If it's in Unity then publish a web version of it and get it up on Kongregate.com, and see if you can't get it on some other big arcade portals too.

If you go with Flash or a web version in Unity drop me an email, your game looks awesome and I can introduce you to a lot of the right people.

Another thing you might keep in mind is if you really, really suck at it let someone else handle it for you - I know Addicting Games (MTV / Viacom) have a service for that, and there's sure to be others.
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No, that was Malcolm McDonald. Malcolm Gladwell was on the Cosby Show.

</reddit incorrect correction meme>
I understand that, and a configuration page could take care of that. Do you think that when you're in your webmail, you would not want to see your goal? For me that's one of the places I would want to be reminded, but, again, I understand.
Also, running a kernel built five years ago from the 2.4 series. Haven't there been some serious vulnerabilities in the last five years affecting 2.4?
The tipping point is one of the best books I have ever read.
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Actually, the best time to be a poor, menial worker was the late 1960s. Real minimum wage peaked and there was less competition for the bottom dollar.

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth484/minwage.html
I'd like you to point to someone who does use SyncML (that didn't have a part in creating it).
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We are launching our website in a few weeks. Leave your email address at http://loqly.me and we will notify you when we go live. Or send an email to support@loqly.me with subject "Signup request".

Focused on QnA around local businesses, Loqly allows you to get answers to what "you want to know" instead of being forced to read what "others want you to know" (Foursquare tips + Yelp reviews)

With Loqly you can ask questions about a local business, eg "How is the grilled chicken sandwich?" @ a burger restaurant near you.
"Has anyone tried the new Cafe Machiato?" @Starbucks near you
"Is it a good idea to bring my 3 year old with me here?" @a fancy restaurant where you have been dying to go.

We are now introducing business referrals too. You can now ask questions like
"Can someone suggest me a good dentist in Las Colinas?"
"Can someone tell me where I can get cheap tires for my Nissan Murano"?

and locals will start referring businesses to you.
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With average "hold" times in the same range as spinning a roulette wheel, it's all gambling.
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edit -- First of all, thank you for giving it a spin!

The reasoning to have the form available is that I think you should be able to change your goal as you please.

It could be hidden though and only shown when you opt out of the current one.

For my own experience, I've been using it for about 10 days (usually change goals once or twice a day) and it has been working out for myself.

I would definitely like to hear your progress: Is it just a nice idea or something that actually helps.
That assumes a series of minor improvements equals a major release, but that isn't always the case. Sometimes something might need a year's work because it is a change to the core of the programme(and old features have to be re-added in a different way for the new core and users are never happy about losing features) but with your system that gets completely disincentivised and minor improvements get prioritised. All the incentives point to bloatware, you create an expectation of constant releases that update or add features so you have to fulfil them, but you never have long enough to change the core and get back to where you started feature wise. That or they cheat and don't meet expectations of what version changes are and instead of point releases that are "mostly minor bug fixes" you get version changes that are so and then they need a new way of marketing that "huge release every year or two".

"...the maker hopes will squeeze you into opening your wallet, even if you're mostly happy with the last release."
I don't understand, what is the problem with that? They can hope all they want, if you're happy with the last release you don't need to update in the "old fashioned" system, it's yours forever. In the "new" subscription system you could be perfectly happy with the product as it is but you are forced to keep paying for updates just to use it.
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He writes in a very enjoyable manner, but his logic just doesn't stand up to any sort of scrutiny. It's a series of fascinating tales tied together loosely with some implied cosmic truth.
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Also, there is this extension here that supports more goals: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ocnjckohbfdjdlhf... -- It works a bit differently but could be interesting as well.
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I would be interested to know which browsers it's broken in? IE8 and below don't support the :checked pseudo-class, the fallback is to show the list fully expanded. Otherwise the browser support is quite broad.
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I think it's available via this API:
http://code.google.com/apis/feedburner/awareness_api.html

Not sure if you'd need each user to supply credentials though.
Thanks for a great tool for designers and free-software people (and their nonzero overlap).

One gripe, though: I wish I could decide by myself which font is suitable for a given purpose. Maybe this should be an option, so you offer only "suitable text fonts", but also give a link to toggle the "all fonts" browser.

In any case, sterling job. I hae learnt a lot about web typography by reading your constructed CSS, and your site is already very useful. Thanks!
I'm no 4chan expert, but I've been there (hasn't everyone?) and I've never done anything with anonymous so I'm not really fully aware of their community or what it entails, but I think I know enough to say what I'm going to say, if that makes sense!

I take issue with the use of the word mostly in #3. In fact, I'd remove #3 entirely as it isn't really accurate at all. I've been to 4chan 100s of times, and never once seen child porn or pirated material. I'm absolutely sure that it goes on, and that its even happening right now, but without a doubt, it is not most of the content on /b/

Second, 4chan isn't anonymous and anonymous isn't 4chan. Anonymous isn't even a group, it doesn't have leaders, goals, consensus, or anything else as far as I know. Anonymous is a very loose term and is taken on by diverse groups of people, and individuals too, with rare ties to each other.

Because they're not really a group or an organization its really hard to love or hate them, so I think a lot of times, the actions of "anonymous" get judged on that particular story/event without taking into context a past or a future. This, I believe, is why you're not seeing more people talking about what they have done, there really isn't a "they" and the people responsible for one thing may not even be related to another. Its partly their refusal to be identified and grouped that gives them freedom to do whatever they want, whether others think its good or bad. A lot of the things they do are pretty illegal, but in my view personally not really very immoral.

The love for anonymous right now comes from them making a fool of a company that in my opinion deserved it, by flexing the power of the individual in the face of what many would consider to be an over-reaching state organization, and by showing the world these things in a fun and light hearted way. What "they" have done in the past, for me, doesn't really exist, because I don't know "them" to be the same people that DDOS'ed paypal/swissbank/etc. (who also deserved what they got IMO even though it wasn't legal)
It is completely legitimate for someone in the United States to be upset that Warren Buffett can make his billions while they can't make rent, even though they're willing and able to work.

Yes, it is. What isn't reasonable is pretending that destroying Warren Buffett's wealth (reducing inequality!) would make anyone better off.
Agreed. But we can't deny that if forces us to look at the the world from a different lens, thereby pushing our imagination and creativity to solve problems. At least, that is what I got from it.
He indeed had wide-ranging perspective but I think the one thing you can say is he was anti-Christian.

He even said a few good things about Christ but anything positive was along the lines that the Christians got him wrong.
Rap today is a mashup of old lyrics, over-engineered (and unnecessary) beats and a sad use of Autotune.

Mainstream rap, sure. But I don't think "rap" generally is worse. It's just that it's become popular enough for there to be a crass mainstream that didn't exist in the 80s.

It's common to bemoan the modern state of many things but we should recognize that while the mean quality may have dropped, the median probably hasn't. There's a lot of great rap still out there - it's just not the common definition anymore. (It's like bemoaning the commercialization of blogs or the low quality celeb accounts on Twitter - the good stuff still exists on both.)
Tom Clancy plot generator

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=five_shitty_...

(see #4)
Waffles? Don't you mean carrot? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry. I'll show myself out now.
Google I/O is (a lot) more than just Android though.
The Gladwell-bashing bandwagon is getting a little top-heavy. I think society ought to remind itself once in a while that not all talents and gifts are innate but are mostly products of immense focus, dedication, and even luck. Gladwell has stated that the purpose of his work isn't to get people to agree, but to get people to think. To that end, bravo, Gladwell. This HN'er appreciates your work.
prMac (http://prmac.com/) is a must have for any iOS developer. They do a great job of publishing your press releases and getting them picked up by blogs or newspapers. Their customer service is also the best I've experienced. You can even get them to write a professional press release for you and send it to an extended number of publications, all for a low price.

Technology, hacker, or iPhone blogs are also a great place to notify about your app. Use Got O.A.T.S.? (http://www.gotoats.org/) to find the blogs that have the best ethics and will never do paid-for-reviews. Make sure to send each of the blogs listed on that page a friendly email with photos, video, promo codes, and a description of your app. Only a small percentage will review it, so don't be afraid to write to dozens of blogs.

Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and other social sites are also good marketing tools. Make good use of them.

Hope this information helps! Good luck!
If governments can block top-level domains, is .gay doomed?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2189990
At least we can get the technical content, if Google continues to post the videos:

http://www.google.com/events/io/2010/sessions.html