skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why the downvotes? If you disagree with an element of fact, then say it.

The simple fact is the Cisco conducted a Russian mob-style kidnapping, to send a political message to the victim and his family. It would easily have turned into a full on mob hit if the victim had put a hand in his pocket and it had been "misinterpreted".

And how is Cisco's next victim to seek redress? Certainly not by crossing a border: they own customs and immigration. Certainly not by working with a foreign court: Cisco's armed agents travel freely anywhere and do as they please. Certainly not by making a complaint to the FBI: who will just turn the complaint over to prosecutors who are Cisco's tame lapdogs.

This is not lost on their prospective victims. With cooperation off the table, they know the choice is to submit or strike first. It is a statistical certainty that one of their prospective victims will choose to strike. It is also a certainty that, given the opaque nature of Cisco's management, that the strike will be broadly targeted. This sort of game-theoretic logic is exactly why corporate disputes in Moscow are so often resolved by bombings.

Cisco has sown the wind, and will reap the whirlwind if they do not clean up their act.
Google This: The Internet Is Changing Our Brains – But So What?
The government is the potent omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that the end justifies the means -- to declare that the government may commit crimes -- would bring terrible retribution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
Solaris isn't your only option. Various BSDs support ZFS quite well.
That sounds like a terribly risky move for any investor, much less folks who are probably in or nearing retirement. Diversify!
Good thing that reproducing something, no matter how laborious the process, is not considered a creative act in the US.
The Shuttle is a fairly classic example of "2nd system syndrome". It was designed to replace every single launch vehicle currently in existence and to become the backbone of manned spaceflight, cargo launches, and military spaceflight. Large payloads were to be assembled in orbit in pieces (a la ISS). Comsats and suchlike were to be launched in the cargo bay far cheaper than any expendable rocket could manage. Military missions were to be conducted with very little prep-time from Vandenberg AFB with polar missions that would fly over Western Russia (Moscow, Leningrad, etc.) and then return in one orbit back to the launch site. Since the Earth would have rotated under the Shuttle's orbit this would require an immense cross-range flight capability (about a thousand miles), this requirement forced the orbiters to have exceptionally large wings and thus a stronger airframe to support them and a more extensive re-entry shielding, both of which significantly increased the dry weight of the vehicle as well as the total area of extremely vulnerable thermal protection systems (such as the much larger wing leading edge carbon-carbon shielding, which led to the disintegration of Columbia on re-entry when it was damaged by iced foam during takeoff). That cross-range flight capability was never used in practice as polar military missions from Vandenberg never came about, though the requirement imposed a heavy burden on the Shuttle's capabilities and costs.

The Shuttle was also designed to haul an airlock, rendezvous equipment, and a robotic arm, even though such capabilities are not necessary for every mission, though again the requirements affect the capabilities and cost of every mission. On paper each orbiter was to have flow dozens of times a year, this was a key element of lowering launch costs. In practice the orbiters were not truly reusable and were more refurbishable, the main engines were replaced on each flight, all of the consumables were flushed, the cargo bay liner was removed and replaced, the tile-based thermal shield had to be extensively inspected, etc. in a months long process that steeply limited the flight rate of the orbiters and vastly increased launch costs (ultimately making the Shuttle one of the most expensive launch vehicles of all time).

Overall the Shuttles tried to satisfy too many mission requirements and ultimately did not achieve any of them well. And in the process a hugely compromised system which was vastly more expensive and vastly less capable than previous systems was built.
The level of skill needed to build a company from scratch and have it bought by Google is also not all that common. Apples-to-apples here: if you're going to compare a startup founder to an employee, you should compare them to someone of equal skill.
The win-at-any-cost mindset of modern litigating is here on display at its very worst:

1. Disregard truth when it gets in the way of the advantage you seek to attain with the aid of law.

2. Say whatever it takes to get judges to go your way, even if you not only omit important facts in making your petition but also affirmatively misstate whatever inconvenient fact gets in your way.

3. Disregard your duty as a prosecutor - which ultimately is to ensure that justice is done even as you pursue alleged criminal wrongdoing - and place the formidable powers of your office at the disposal of a private civil litigant with whom you want to cozy up.

4. Don't give a second thought to wasting the legal and judicial resources of two governments to help put on a charade that is wholly unnecessary to any legitimate goal of the legal system but that serves the interest of a private litigant only.

5. And, perhaps worst of all, don't hesitate to misuse the law to try to ruin the life of an innocent man in order to protect the market dominance you once had but now see as slipping to the point where it can be upheld only by resort to vicious legal tactics aimed at crushing potential competitors.

One recoils at the thought of it and can only wonder who within Cisco would have countenanced it all.
Regarding this, since the archives are in the public domain, wouldn't it be possible for any third party (e.g. google books) to ask and obtain permission to photograph the originals ?

Anyway the ethical thing to do here is to lobby jstor (a non-profit organization) to make reprints free.
The other points in the article are similarly anecdotal. She is in a position where she profits directly from taxation. What a surprise that she would want everyone to accept higher and higher levels of taxation!
You are wrong about your ridiculous universal assertions. Ten pushups a day never hurt anybody? What basis do you have for this, other than ignorance?

Even in the case of minimal physical exertion, neglecting muscular balance will lead to injury. Stretching, while good, will not overcome muscular imbalance. How many people do you know who do any back-specific exercise?

As for posture, look at any of the photos that make it up on HN, such as photos of new startup locations. I haven't seen a single person in any of the photos sitting with proper posture. In over a decade of professional work experience, I have only ever seen one person sitting with correct posture, and he was an ex-Olympic athlete.

Are you aware, by the way, that shirts are cut differently now than in the past? The shoulders are rotated forward, because that's how people carry themselves now. People, on average, simply do not maintain proper posture. It requires concerted effort, stretching, and, usually, focused weight training.
See: the congratulations that are invariably offered in threads like these.
Cool, they should link to your page as an example. Don't you think a "Previous step" button would be useful?
I, For One, Welcome Our New Immigrants From Pivotal Tracker
Big thanks to Geckoboard for creating a kick-ass interface that makes our metric tracking a lot easier on the eyes.
As someone who's published in journals that are on JSTOR, I hope that whoever will do this will go to jail and get raped on a daily basis. The law protects my copyrights for a reason, and no Robin Hood wannabe douchebag should be allowed to take them away.
A Partial Retreat From Full-Body Scans at Airports
>(A talent acquisition is sometimes the founders' first choice if it happens early enough. Then it's a better deal because the money is divided by less time.)

I thought acquisitions were one of the last surviving relics of indentured servitude, besides universities. My guess is that it's still a better deal when you adjust for risk, likelihood of large success, and fully look at the expected value matrix. Though I'm skeptical that you can really discuss probability in the context of multiple people's talents, without historical data (the best proxy I see is that you were _chosen_ by pg or other tier 1 VC, and said VC has this historical record, etc.)
We just bought a house within biking range of both of our offices. Yet we both really like spending 1 day a week working from home.

1) getting away from coworkers and the office allows you at times to focus on the actual work you're doing.

2) we have a kid and extended family who live nextdoor, so having family around is good, but they're distracting.

3) change of pace ... nice to be able to do yoga at lunchtime without worrying about changing/etc.
In addition to the other valid points presented, here's one that just hit me:

Anonymous speaks English as their primary language. Of course Anonymous is made up of people from across the globe, but are there enough of them who a) speak/read Korean, b) care about North Korean politics and c) have the abilities to do something about it? Probably not. There are apparently enough English speakers that care about the politics of the English-speaking world that have the ability to do something about it, though.

Maybe this is a function of the distinct cultures involved, maybe it is a function of socioeconomic status, maybe it is a coincidence (doubtful), but no matter what caused it, the lingua franca of Anonymous is English. Their actions primarily affect the English-speaking world because the members of Anonymous who meet the criteria I listed above stand to benefit from it.
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Check out http://LessFilms.com

Here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEojTSxEUfk
The same reason class action lawsuits don't go after mom and pops. You target where the money and power are, and where they are mutually misused to gain the other.

USA has the money:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=GDP+by+country
USA has the guns:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=military+expenditures+b...

Speaking truth to power falls under definition #2 of Patriot:
"a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government. "

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/patriot
Obviously not, but while no state is completely innocent of bad behavior, there are wildly varying degrees to which they are guilty of it.

Comparing specific and often short-lived times in the US's history to the permanent, ongoing status quo of other nations is hardly an equitable comparison.

That said, I agree that the US, by its founding principles as well as its international status (both earned and self-appointed) make it more than deserving of being held to a higher standard than a rogue state. The price of freedom being eternal vigilance and all.
Two completely unnecessary wars, bloated government agencies, ever-growing entitlement programs.
The fact you would wish rape upon anyone is deplorable.
Here's an earlier story, with similar conclusions:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/science/22fish.html

And here's a reference to an even earlier story from 2005, in which farmed salmon are substituted for wild (not DNA-checkable):

http://vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/articlesView.asp?id=95

So, 6 years later, we still don't know what we're eating.
That's a fair way of looking at it, but again, you need to compare equivalent lifestyles. If a startup founder lives on $30K/year because they were constrained to that for the 3 years they were growing their startup, you should compare that to an employee also living on $30K/year. In both cases, their expenses are negligible compared to their income. The employee banks about 7 years for every year he works (modulo taxes, which are not insignificant), while the startup founder banks nothing for the first 3 years and then banks 60-70 years in the final year.
Unfortunately, government action is also incredibly limited in what it can do. Tragedy of the commons - all it takes is a few nations that don't subscribe to whatever sustainable fishing agreement is devised, and fishers can fish unsustainably under their flag.
Raped on a daily basis? Really?

Your opinion would have more weight if you left out the histrionics.
Shut up. The documents should be free. Thank god someone is standing up to these outdated, lazy, and stupid industries.
Not sure about the others but that is the case for GE. They got reamed by the recession and are about done carrying their losses forward.

It may be annoying and look really bad but I would rather have a company be taxed on their net earnings over several years than be punished for having fluctuating earnings. (Especially since start-ups tend to lose money for a few years before making profits)
Yeah, and this is HN. Those sort of sentiments (violence towards others) aren't welcome here.
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Me too. I even tried to share a link to http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5023425/Holy_Bible%28s%29_-_... but it was denied
You're referring to the "boarding group" system American uses. The parent comment is referring to window-middle-aisle boarding used by United.
Pushups most certainly will build significant muscle.

The point, however, isn't the muscle size. It's the imbalance in muscular strength and tightness. Yes, stretching will help, but given that the majority of people do nothing to strengthen their upper back, they will develop a significant muscular imbalance from doing mere pushups.
Yet another startup is chewed by big-co.
Unfortunately, I don't see why any government (including western democracies) would support a system that reduces their ability to censor traffic within its borders.
Really? Did you even read the post- "The portion of the collection included in this archive, ones published
prior to 1923 and therefore obviously in the public domain..."
What about Springer or Nature publishing? Unfortunately, the real evil is rooted in a system that measures excellence based on publishing records and not scientific impact. Until there's a replacement for that, life scientists will keep sheepishly bowing to the publishers. That replacement could be an idea for a startup.
A mirror flips left and right, but not up and down
I agree, and please stop treating us google apps users as second class citizens - I want Google +!
If you are working on an application on the left monitor and need to access a menu item you have to mouse all the way over to the middle monitor and then back.

If you're using it more than 10 times a day you shoud make a custom keyboard shortcut using the "Keyboard" preference pane or one of those custom apps.

I find the menu bar a very interesting part of the Mac. It gives visual identification on which app has focus, it is mechanically easy to access (just throw your mouse arrow up, no aiming), doesn't pollute the document window. I learned to see it more as a "reference" point (what's the shortcut for doing that?) rather than something you should rely on.
You are also assuming that they are flying in cattle class. To me the whole point of frequent flier clubs are to spend as little time in the back of the plane as possible and use your miles to upgrade towards the front.

I totally agree that the best option is to be the last person getting onto the plane and ideally the first one off. Premium, Business, First class cabins tempt you on with their pre flight drinks.
They talked about the best option but abandoned it due to a little bit of confusion:

People without big carry-on items get on first.

I wish they would have stuck with it.
That isn't an argument against what he said.

He said that all those involved should be charged. You're giving an example of vague knowledge without involvement.
Do you support social engineering through the tax code? I don't, but most do. A lot of people want the government to encourage companies to invest in "green" energy etc. This is normally done through the use of tax incentives, then when the companies take up the governments offer everyone screams and yells that they aren't paying their fair share. It can be one way or the other, but we can't have both.
You should note: founders do make a salary which lowers risk. We have to eat and pay the bills somehow. So the opportunity cost you speak of is simply the net loss of potential salary - startup salary. Founders probably take nothing in a year one, something small in year 2 (50-80), and year 2+ is variable.

Another consideration is you learn a lot more than you generally would at a big company. There's a lot of value in knowledge and many (despite it sounding corny) deem that as invaluable--worth forgoing 100K/year in salary.
The posts are mostly from Dec 2010 with one follow-up in Apr 2011. I wonder if there was any follow-up?
There will be no courses at the Relay Graduate School of Education
with the FBI storming into a data centre without warrants and grabbing hardware.

Has it been proven that this is what happened?
While I think it's interesting that you can do this, it doesn't mean you should. Yikes.
13 years old allowed to gamble on poker machines with real money on Facebook
What? The person who works on perhaps seven deals over a five year investment cycle is 'way busier' than the person scratching to bring a new concept implementation to market as quickly as possible?

Did I understand your position correctly?
I created a simple page with a single frame in it containing the TPB page. This did the job.

Didn't want to write any blog posts about it, just point people to the original page.
Ex-Apple designer wants to "kill math" with data viz
From the comments @ that site:

Max Lybbert on July 21st, 2011 9:53 am

"I have no problem with taxes, per se. However, I do get upset when most of the money I pay in tax is spent on things that have nothing to do with governing.

As an example: the city I live in holds several street festivals and parades each year. I’m fine with these, and I’m fine knowing that some of my money is being spent on those.

However, if the city then claimed that it didn’t have enough money to hire police officers, get a new fire truck, fix potholes, clear snow in the winter, or even just to give council members a raise, then I would push for cutting some of those festivals before raising taxes.

When Orange County declared bankruptcy years ago, they managed to simply re-prioritize spending, and emerged from bankruptcy without needing to raise taxes. When the federal government triples spending in a few years, it’s hard to believe that their financial trouble is solely caused by low taxes.

Based on your description of your income taxes, it sounds like you’re in the group that President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senator Reid and others have declared the “super rich.” And although you don’t qualify for most deductions or exemptions, and although people in your income bracket pay a disproportionate share of federal taxes, you’re in the group that Obama, Biden, Reid and others claim “don’t pay their fair share” and need to pay higher taxes.

You’re welcome to do so: http://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1120c/ar01.html#d0e94

...and I’ll willingly join you if I’m convinced the money will go toward governing and not, say, federal studies of party behavior: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/pr_Prj_info_desc_dtls.cfm?aid...
Single People Should Not Do Startups
Most of debt is from war because you don't have to have it funded to start one and once it's rolling well "gotta support the troops". Then the interest starts adding up fast.

Since the WTC demo is reduced to "half trillion floors", that means half of the first floor would be the entire lifetime cost of the NASA shuttle program.

Iraq War(s) would be the next five floors. Doesn't include Afghanistan or Libya or Yemen. Or our troop presence around the world like in Japan for some reason.

Next two floors would be the cost for heath care and benefits for injured/killed troops through 2050.
What Kind of Country Reneges on Its Contracts?
These days they'd be more concerned if people on this site refused to work for them and passed this story around to friends who would avoid it as well.
I did notice that when I upgraded Git was removed, but I can't remember if it came with snow leopard or if I installed it.
I love kbp, it's got such a simple mental model, and there's less room for outdated backlogs. It kinda makes those untenable.
It's related to the article:

Lion's just another big cat name, right? Within seconds, we were on to the next slide, where Jobs was pitching the new release's message: not "king of the jungle" or "the biggest big cat," but the "back to the Mac" theme underlying the entire event.

I don't miss the karma. However, it was interesting to see this petty, gang-like downmodding behaviour from HN. More interesting still was that I provoked it merely by acting upon a desire that any nerd should be able to love-- a desire for correctness.
Why startups need to iterate their UI often (at the beginning)
Isn't it funny how these days we want things to work, and want 'em to be free. I mean, I am still furious, but I am also laughing at myself for it.
"This and..."
Sadly there is no good alternative. I've tried various networks from Chitika to Kontera, none of them cannot beat Adsense in CPM.

In my opinion Yahoo and Bing are the only ones in a position to develop a real alternative to Adsense.
But does it send your view to that space as well? If it doesn't that's slightly less convenient when you're trying to move that window one space, and more inconvenient when you're trying to move multiple spaces.
Sorry, I feel like I missed something. How is this different than Southwest?
I would assume families with young kids are still allowed priority boarding (if that hasn't been deprecated recently).
>I do not believe it is a general descriptor for the majority of incidents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_americans_1942

>it'll just be government 2.0.

Well, obviously. That's the point. Government 1.0 sucks.

>The point I really disagree with is: people are generally swayed by logic. That's not true. People are generally swayed by emotion

These are not mutually exclusive. In general, humans try to be consistent -- hence the rise of philosophy multiple independent times in multiple independent cultures.
For those of you who aren't familiar, there is an intitution that was set up not long ago call the Public Library of Science (PLoS):

http://www.plos.org/

They have free journals in numerous fields, and gradually more big-name authors (in my field, neuroscience, at least) have been publishing in it. Its worth checking out.
Great to hear. Thank you! We're always looking for ways to improve the UX while staying lean. Glad to hear you are enjoying it!