skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well, I live in the UK, so maybe things were different? I was under the impression we were pretty backward round here, though. I was 18 in 1995, so I (think I) remember it fairly well.

It's true that my dad was always a bit of an early adopter. We had a VCR in 1983, and a CD player in 1986, and a home computer in 1982 - now all that WAS unusual.

But that was then. By 1995, all par for the course. Almost everybody I knew had a VCR, pretty much everybody had a CD player, and basically everybody had a computer (and it was always a PC - very different from even 2-3 years previously). I wasn't even the only person I knew to have a computer small enough to fit in my pocket (and I think my Psion was old hat by 1995 anyway).

Mobile phones weren't terribly common in 1995, but nor were they particularly rare, and people were certainly familiar with the notion. (I vaguely remember mobile phones being used in the early series of the X-Files, and that this was noted in the press at the time.) By late 1998 (if I remember correctly?) pretty much everybody had one, so even if 1995 is too early for mobile phones to truly count as common technology it is not a stretch to class them as being common "around that sort of time".

I stand by my statement: you have to start further back than 1995, if 2011 is to seem like science fiction! Even if you're going to call me on my privileged upbringing (I blame the parents...), and perhaps suggest that this was not the case for the majority of the population (you tell me...), the technologies were common enough and well-known enough, that there's not enough difference between 2011 and 1995 to count!

Go back ten more years, maybe.

(But then, maybe not. Perhaps if I had been 18 in 1985, today would seem like a smooth transition? Hard to say. But I'll stand by my statements, from my perspective, which I'm afraid is the only one I've got ;)
KeePassX + Dropbox bro. It's only an alt-tab and a right-click -> log in to site on whatever you want to get into, once you enter your master password and/or present your password file.
That's completely irrelevant to the point of the article. Simply put, building sewer systems and roads far distances for few people is expensive.
If you choose not to use webmail (or run it at just about any URL that deviates from the default) you will be a lot less vulnerable to a whole host of XSS and CSRF attacks.

Every site you visit in a browser can attack every site you're logged into, but they have to know the URL scheme of those logged in sites.
And yet, somehow, posts still wind up on the front page. :)
Yea, the mixed content warning in IE has been there since at least IE6 (likely earlier), but for IE8 they flipped the Yes and No choices probably because of exactly this, and as mentioned in another comment, in IE9 it is no longer a modal dialog at all.
The damming problem is that not very many Americans are aware that there are other ways to live besides suburbs where all work-commutes require driving, every trip to the grocery store-- driving, everytime you take your kid to school-- driving, soccer practice-- driving, shopping/sports/gym/entertainment/socializing-- driving, civic participation (if you even have time left)-- driving.

All these different destinations have been spread-out, miles apart, often because of zoning requirements. This has been going on for so long that people have forgotten that in the past, many families didn't even have cars and all these destinations were within WALKING DISTANCE (or a street-car trip away). And yet, people had lives that were just as fulfilling, perhaps more so than they are today.

As the "New Urbanist" movement has been painstakingly re-discovering, communities do need to have "a center" to them. In America, these were called "main street" in Europe it is "the square". Whatever it is called, the idea is to have worthwhile destinations that are short distances away from where many people actually live. This creates environments that people care about and grow to love and that serve their needs much better than forgettable box stores surrounded by oceans of asphalt parking lots,
Appstats is used to capture all the RPC timing and call stacks, but unlike ordinary setups you don't have to configure AppStats or unleash on a minority of real users to avoid perf overhead.
Previous Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1690001
LulzSec calls it quits, claims 50 days of mayhem was all it wanted
Thanks Tyler, thrilled to hear it might help. Always comforting to know it didn't explode the first early adopter's project ;)
If I had to guess... I bet he's playing a significant role in their mobile strategy. Maybe related, a story broke last week with MG that they want to deploy a platform, via the browser.

Project Spartan - http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/15/facebook-project-spartan
I see this all the time. It doesn't make any sense. It's like how people say 'I could care less'.
Just because you pay for a service does not automatically ensure that it's safe and secure. At best you're able to get ahold of 'real people' when shit gets down, but that is also possible with Googles paid solution, Google Apps.

I personally trust Google more than I trust some random E-mail hosting company. I KNOW that Google enforce very strict user control, I have no idea how Fastmail or any other enforce.
For those who want the short version:

GS' bonus system has a screwy bonus system that isn't very predictable, and most people live well above their salary, relying on the bonus.

So instead he thinks you should earn nothing, and that way you ... Wait, no, you'd still be living above your means.

Sheesh.
JavaScript (the programming language) is dead. Long live JavaScript (the compilation target)!
> Every site you visit in a browser can attack every site you're logged into, but they have to know the URL scheme of those logged in sites.

That's assuming nobody uses anti-CSRF measures, right? If I've got an anti-CSRF token on a form, how are you going to attack it? Or what about pages (e.g., change password pages) that require you to enter your password? Certainly you'd need to know more than the URL scheme.
Tradehill is the new MtGox. They even copied the site design pretty much exactly.
I grew up in the UK. Perhaps the humour doesn't translate.

Anyway I have always got the distinct impression that car-buying trends in America traditionally favour larger-engined saloon cars. In the UK and Europe, on the other hand, smaller-engined hatchbacks are popular.

It was my belief that this belief was shared by most Americans too, and so to state that "Americans don't drive hatchbacks" would be relatively uncontroversial, even though as a statement it is demonstrably false.

We're merely envious...
If you liked that comment, you'll love this TED Talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_subu...
Yeah dude, mine was on the bigger list. It's a 10chr semi-random password (all lower case tho).

I pick passwords based on easy things to type and the memorize the pattern / commit it to muscle memory. I also try to use obscure but pronounceable patterns somewhere in the pass.
What I'd like is one-factor for my typical "log in and check mail, write back to a few people" use case, and two-factor or a second password that kicks in when I (or a bad guy) tries to:

* Log in from a computer that's never used this account before

* Set up a forward

* Make a mass mailing

* Change the password

* Do extensive searching or searching for suspicious terms ("password", "credit card", etc)

* Export a large amount of mail

...and other such things. That way, I don't have to be inconvenienced by constantly having to use the second factor, but would still survive a stolen laptop, keylogged passord, or sniffed cookie with a contained amount of damage.
Reminds me of this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/07/13/66444...
Back in April 2006, the great Al Kossow of Bitsavers uncovered some unknown papers and documented his findings on The Unix Heritage Society mailing list:

"Preliminary Relase of UNIX Implentation Document" -> http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2006-April/001367.html

The files -> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bellLabs/unix/

For as strange as it may sound, this amazing finding went unnoticed for 2 years. Nobody paid any attention to this precious paper...until April 2008. That's when the whole restoration process really started:

"Whence 1st Edition Unix Kernel Assembly?" -> http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2008-April/001695.html

There was a mailing list specially dedicated to the whole restauration process:

"The Unix-jun72 Archives" -> http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/unix-jun72/

It was really an impressive effort for bringing back to life the first edition of the operating system that forever changed the computer world.
This is turning out to be a really awesome list; here are a few others I feel should be mentioned:

- Dear Zachery: one of my all time favorite documentaries. Amazingly tragic, depressing, and infuriating, but extremely well made. (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Dear_Zachary_A_Letter_to_a...)

- The Great Happiness Space: an interesting look into the lives of japanese male 'escorts'; the unfolding of the moral dilemmas they face in doing their job is quite fascinating. (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Great_Happiness_Space/...)

- Heavy Metal In Baghdad: If you think running a startup is hard, multiply that difficulty a couple times just to get an idea of what these guys had to go through just to be able to play the music they enjoy. Don't have to be a metalhead to enjoy this one, but it helps \m/ (http://www.vbs.tv/watch/acrassicauda--2/heavy-metal-in-baghd...), Also, be sure to checkout their follow-up, 'Heavy Metal in Istanbul' (http://www.vbs.tv/watch/acrassicauda--2/dvd-extra-heavy-meta...)

- Metal A Headbanger's Journey: Another one of my favorites, definitely a must watch if you're at all into metal; it basically traces the roots of metal, and explores all the different sub-genres and cultures it has spawned (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/metal-headbangers-journey/)

- Standing In The Shadows Of Motown: Great doc about the greatest band no one has heard of; "This unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers." (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=7&v...)

- This Film Is Not Yet Rated: about the craziness that happens behind the film rating process (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&v...)

- E=mc2 - Einstein and the World's Most Famous Equation: A look into the history behind all the scientific descoveries that led to Einstein's famous equation (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4144497206440839046#)

- Maxed out: Great look into the american credit card situation (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Maxed-Out/70058892?trkid=4...)

- Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?: A really cool, unique ride through the business of art (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Who-the-Is-Jackson-Pollock...)

- Mr. Death - The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter Jr.: About the fascinating life of an expert executioner (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=654178281151939378#)

- American Drug War: a look into what the war against drugs has done to the U.S. (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/american-drug-war/)

- Between The Folds: A surprisingly interesting oragami documentary (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Between-the-Folds/70120179...)

I'm sure I know of plenty more great ones, but these are all that came to mind at the moment...
Enforcing PIN style password for bank is not that bad, as long as they use other factor to identify you.
If you take the term "put simply" and then add the term "Laplace transform" you're doing something wrong.
True, anecdotes aren't proof. But how can you counter that making something more pleasant won't affect its popularity? Your original concern was that this wouldn't "be enough to deal with the massive transportation problems that suburbs (and more so exurbs) create." I agree that the sprawl of population over vast distances creates a dependency on individual motor vehicles that simply isn't going to disappear as the commute lengthens. But certainly, some relief is offered wherever consideration is given to pedestrians and cyclists. Consider how much worse your example of Santa Cruz would be if cycling were impossible.

Also note, I'm not only talking about commuting to work or shopping. I live in an area where every single structured activity my children are involved in (school, sports, entertainment, etc.) requires them to be chauffeured. That's one more car on the road that could have been avoided with better residential planning, urban or suburban.
Type 2 diabetes cure, extreme diet
Ask HN: What do you think of Portlets?
I've been stuck on doing Java Portlet development for a month, which is my first real run through with this specific piece of tech. And I'm not growing especially fond of it.

The specification seems solid enough, but direly lacking in key areas which seem to be commonly requested in portal development, I usually find myself longing to re-implement the 15 or so Portlets in another web framework - which I'm currently convinced would be both faster and more cost efficient.

I'm wondering what your impressions are about Portlets, and if anyone have some good or bad experience they would like to share about it.

EDIT: The question is related to Java Portlets (or JSR-168/286)
What made you choose Amsterdam instead of Berlin, Barcelona, Paris or other European city?
A specific brand/blend of Portlet?
What fields do you feel are stagnant?
Big Company Inertia
I'm beginning to think that the term "Ponzi scheme" is a semantic Ponzi scheme.
in some languages and cultures (especially yiddish), certain expressions are understood to be sarcastic. I think 'I could care less' was originally used in this sarcastic tone (akin to 'Tell me about it' in US circles)
Unfortunately you do sound like a Chrome dev or promoter.

Chrome's way ain't bad. Firefox way ain't bad, and it's their first iteration of their new development and release strategy.

Firefox's extension incompatibility comes from something that is important to understand:

Firefox can be 100.00% modified using extensions, including the start-up mechanism, everything. Chrome cannot do that. Most Firefox extensions are written that way, mostly because of Firefox's history (extensions were only doable that way for a long time). The drawback is such control require browser restart and compatibility check and there is NO possible way around that.

Firefox also supports on-the-fly extensions which do not require restart or anything like that - like Chrome. However, like Chrome they also allow lesser control and thus these are not very widely used, at least, yet.

Firefox nighties, Aurora, and beta are also far from unstable. It's rare for nighties to ever break, and I've been using them for a decade. It never happened to any other channel.

In fact, that's one strong point of Firefox vs Chrome. Chrome is not actually very stable. It usually doesn't matter too much as tabs are per process and can be easily reloaded or reopened when Chrome crashes so I find it mostly ok. But the bottom line is that Chrome annoys me by crashing every now and then. Firefox nearly NEVER crashes (once a year?).

I would however agree that Firefox is a lot faster and slicker on Windows than any other platform, that said, it's not so bad on OSX and Linux. In comparison Chrome is mostly identically good on these 3 platforms.
use gikoneko if you dare assume everyone has UTF8 supporting terminals! (or S-JIS)
I'm not assuming that nobody uses CSRF protection, but there have been a few high profile driveby attacks against gmail over the years. Presumably future gmail attackers will do the same thing that past gmail attackers did: find a bug.
No offense, but Santa Cruz is hardly a bicycling mecca. It's actually kind of bad for cycling - downtown is too congested, Pacifc Avenue is a one way, the east side is too spread out, once you go up the hills on the west side it's also too spread out, there are a lot of small and winding busy roads with no shoulder that you need to use to get from one part of the city to another, and the cops are hostile to cyclists. Even in California, you don't need to imagine a more bike friendly city, you can just visit Sacramento.

The parent is right - studies have shown that if you improve bicycling infrastructure, you increase the number of bicycle commuters. However, you are also correct... even in the American city with the most bicycle commuters (Minneapolis) the total percentage of commuters using bicycles is less than 3%. Unfortunately, the density of American cities does not lend itself to bike commuting. Even though it's not even ranked in the "best places to bike" articles, I thought Manhattan was the easiest place in the USA to get around on a bike.
Garwk. I've helped write whole operating systems that boot in less time. [Atari ST. Check. Newton OS. Check. Other stuff I can't talk about: tens of milliseconds, mostly waiting for external crap like USB to initialize and settle down.]
Many people actually like to blame Firefox for imaginary problems since it's not the new kid on the block anymore.

Likewise, IE9 ain't bad.

This explains that ;-)
I thought this was going to be a piece about X the windowing system.
Because lulzsec is comprised of teenagers, it's O.K. for Arizona law enforcement officers to be racist?
I didn't remember that, so I looked it up. Maybe you are thinking of a different passage, but here's what I found:
"... cul-de-sacs are very bad from a social standpoint --- they force interaction and they feel claustrophobic, because there is only one entrance" [p262]. I found other places where cul-de-sacs are acknowledged, but none where they are endorsed.
Just out of curiosity, are you a tax lawyer/whatever-lawyer-is-entitled-to-make-this-claim?
Microsoft May Add Eavesdropping To Skype
Sorry, I should have been clearer; I wasn't referring to cul de sacs, so much as street grids intentionally designed to frustrate through- traffic.
‘Osthi’ - Shruti in, Kajal Agarwal out?
I'm on Archlinux using an old and dusty Nvidia card and I have never had any problems with WebGL so far. In fact, when I often share WebGL links with others they complain about it bringing their computers to a crawl, and they're generally using a non linux OS. Mind you, things are probably drastically different for the poor souls who have to deal with ATI on linux. But in those cases, I'd say the problem is with ATI and not WebGL.
To my knowledge, the original phrase was intended to make the new king throned immediately after the discovery of the death of the previous king. Unfortunately there's no real atomicity in spoken language ...

As far as the idiom is concerned, it makes perfect sense if you think about the second usage as the set of problems for which the language is commonly used to solve. Take for example JavaScript:

Javascript (the original language) is dead. Long live Javascript (the successor language for the problem of client-side scripting).

This would be a great title for an article about a scripting language like coffeescript
Voxilate/HeyTell was built on the road; inside the US, though, as we've a pretty important server component and we've learned that if we are both offline, bad things happen.

I.e., if we have to fly somewhere, we don't fly together. Phones on multiple networks capable of tethering, a wireless broadband card and a router that'll use it are a must-have (our Cradlepoint's been a champ...the Mifi's cool, but the ability to plug a card or Ethernet or both into the CP rocks).

We've had a blast and we're still going gangbusters after almost two years on the road - so it's totally doable.

My advice would be not to be too disappointed if your zero-work aim is never achieved (maybe you could get away with this if you didn't have users or a server component...hah!); we pretty much work around the clock, but we love it.

We have an old blog post from our first month mobile about reducing burn rates while doing this sort of thing if you're interested - http://voxilate.blogspot.com/2010/01/reduce-your-micro-start... - it could stand some updating, but still pretty much applies (plus, the user comment was spot-on).
Very few people I knew in 1995 had a computer. We got our first one Christmas 1998 and a 56k modem in January 2000. Everyone had a VCR, we were pretty much the exception so that doesn’t really count. But the mobile phones of 1995 really are a far cry from the mobile phones of 2011. It’s ridiculous to even compare. The concept of calling everywhere might have been possible in 1995, the concept of using a smartphone? Our family, by the way, got their first mobile phone in 2001. A cheap Nokia 3410 that could do nothing.
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I've been puzzled for years about why Chrome ever allowed this. IE always blocked such scripts. It makes no sense to block a whole page that has an invalid cert with a warning but display no warning at all to a user (other than losing the green on the URL) when a valid HTTPS site loads an insecure script in the background.
I am a believer in the CL, but I want to point out what "faster" can mean in these GUI vs CLI debates: On one hand, GUIs are probably faster if one is discovering a command in an interactive environment, but command lines and key oriented interfaces are probably faster for pure execution once one knows what one is doing in the same interactive environment.

sed, awk, xargs, friends aren't used interactively like either of the above, but are rather super powerful ingredients of non-interactive environments.
Just Because You Are Goliath Today...
slick, do you like any character strings of gikoneko in particular?
One of the most important reasons I choose to live in the suburbs is because it's scaled to the automobile. Owning and driving a fun sports car is one of the great joys in life, and making it part of my daily routine is not something that can be replaced by biking or walking. I get to own my own property for a relatively low price, which in the long run has significantly lowered my cost of living. I'm close enough to drive into the city anytime I want, yet I don't have to deal with the overcrowding when I don't feel like it. With the internet, I get to work from home. And I'd much rather go jogging through a quiet neighborhood than a city greenway any day.

My point isn't that cities or suburbs are better, just that there's a place for both. Having lived in both and now getting to enjoy the best of both has allowed me a life I couldn't possibly have if I was stuck in one or the other. Scaling for automobiles works out really well for people who enjoy automobiles and the communities they create, which are not only livable, but enjoyable, for the people who want that kind of life.
What role did the separate XP machine play? After changing the password and dropping all active sessions, what else is there to allow someone in?
I think his point was that it's better to work for yourself, than be some nameless peon at GS.
Diet can be used as a form of cure for nearly every disease that exist. So why not use it more often? Oh right, there is no money to be made...
Ubuntu, yes.
A friend of mine got his domain stolen recently. He believes his gmail was brute-forced through a known vulnerability/feature when POP is enabled http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Jul/254 . He did a write up http://secretgeek.net/sg_hijack_1.asp and here http://secretgeek.net/sg_hijack_2.asp . As soon as this happened to him I turned on 2-factor auth and it works very well.
Huh, well I never. Still a UNIX though, so let's say NT was the first one they designed, perhaps.