skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Given that the knowledge about correct parts of a password based on known sources (pi, peace and war, song lyrics etc) drastically reduces the amount of possible solutions. But how would an attacker figure out the first part of such a password? What comes to mind are timing attacks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack
What other possibilities did I miss?

EDIT: I get that having a long streak of my pass in a dictionary would reduce overall security but it's still unclear how a partial match in the dictionary would be detected.
The problem is you need to monitor traffic to be able to find out what's being communicated - and someone has to decide what constitutes illegal communication; which is a grey area in itself.

More often than not, any laws that are put into place involve the acquisition of new technology that can be appropriated by those in power to censor more forms of 'illegal' communication, further down the line.

It's a slippery slope, potentially leading to a repression of the population and almost absolute state control.
Last night about 40 of us (cyclists) went to a pizza parlour in Ealing that had been smashed and looted.

The hooligans smashed windows, stole an empty cash register, stole alcohol and the pizza toppings (!?).

We couldn't think of a better way to help out than to give them enough trade to fill their coffers to the point that they could fix the broken windows, replace things, and far more importantly feel the goodwill of the community.

The level of help being given is wonderful, and it's really small and personal stuff. That barber is an extreme example, but there is a real sense of people rallying around to protect their local small businesses and the people who run them.

The pizza place (if you're curious): http://www.santamariapizzeria.com/

The footage from their CCTV (if you're extremely curious):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLMAmlomQU
I should clarify... 5/second, during battles. Battles don't happen the entire two hours. More realistic is 6000 slims a WoE. Also, things have changed. Wiz no longer pot slims because they're too heavy.
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Sorry let me clarify. What I consider interesting is to ponder how another country (Norway in this case) would handle a situation that arises in another country. Naturally there are many variables to consider, however in general it allows me to look at the situation from a different perspective, or through a different lens. I find that to be a valuable exercise and one I feel isn't exercised often enough.

Does this make more sense? Again I don't agree with the comparison of the two acts.
Are there any examples around to take a look at? I can't seem to find any.
Google doesn't get social... that's all. They demand everyone that applies for a job knows algorithms, but they fail to understand that to nail social, they need to hire people with a different type of intelligence: emotional and psychological. People who know what makes other people tick. We human beings crave attention, impressing others, and thinking we're special. We don't give a damn about placing people in Circles - that's a problem you solve once you give what people crave, not a problem that convinces people to join your social network.

Google does need computer scientists but the company has enough of them. This isn't a knock against Google employees, but the vast majority of their employees know how to scale search engines, or write efficient code, or write the next generation NLP parser, but to get social right, those things are unimportant.

To create a great social network requires less technical expertise, and more getting the little things right. Think about LinkedIn: You can't help but tweak with your skills and experience so it looks impressive to you, and to others (even if they aren't recruiters). Think about how much people care about filling in their Facebook profile, and making it look good. Now look at Google+. It's TOO clean. It's TOO private. That's a great recipe for a search engine. A horrible recipe for a social network.
I see it more suitable for techies than normals. For instance I can't imagine explaining to my wife or sister that their files won't sync and they can lose something if the other machine went offline but when it came back they have already switched off the first one :(
logrotate will work with any text file.
From what I can tell, it's neither: it's just a directory (and subdirectories) on the existing filesystem; like Dropbox.

"(...) a Library is realy just a folder on your computer!"
http://support.aerofs.com/customer/portal/articles/25637-wha...
Sorry let me clarify -- again I'm not focusing on the comparison of the two acts. What I consider interesting is to ponder how another country (Norway in this case) would handle a situation that arises in another country. Naturally there are many variables to consider, however in general it allows me to look at the situation from a different perspective, or through a different lens. I find that to be a valuable exercise and one I feel isn't exercised often enough.

Does this make more sense?

In addition, clearly "looking deeper" won't resolve anything on its own as I feel you are suggesting -- what counts rather are the actions that could result from gaining better understanding through the act of looking deeper.
I am using it as well ... really fast & light weight :)
- If you are in work environment, updates happen almost real time across your team.

Only if they had option to have different path for each libraries.
I think more, parents don't want to admit that their child has a problem. How do you know your child has ADHD, or if he/she is just being lazy, or not concentrating hard enough?

A lot of Asian parents find the two synonymous.
On a related topic, why is google going after the "like" game anyway? They have better data than the stupid likes they can use to direct advertising. And +1 is a "meh" name. It would be more intuitive if they used a star, like gmail does, instead. Star it, save it in your bookmarks and tell your friends.
It's a pretty old book that I'm not sure people should still be reading, let alone pay for. But, if you want promotion, you could always read The Little MongoDB Book (http://openmymind.net/2011/3/28/The-Little-MongoDB-Book) it's also free though....(and I'm constantly keeping an eye on Amazon for it now).
If you couldn't figure out RVM, you probably shouldn't be playing with Ruby.
The "remove an object" image transformation reminds me of the Photoshop new feature "content-aware fill" featured here: http://youtu.be/NH0aEp1oDOI?t=3m33s
We all love RVM!
Let's give Wayne a big hug! C'mon he deserves the recognition.
Google+ makes it easy to share some items with some circles, and other items with other circles.
I was lucky enough to do some work with Tony when I was at Microsoft Research. As well as being brilliant, he's a gentleman in the best sense of the word -- and continues to remain open to new ideas. I sure hope I'm like him when I grow up!
At least in NYC, you can easily, easily, easily live on 60k yearly, quite comfortably (your own one bedroom, eating out often, etc.) You can't live in Manhattan, but that is a pretty small sacrifice. I can't imagine SF is so much more expensive.
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Unfortunately, the oil companies are too powerful to allow something like this to succeed. I would be very surprised if anything ever came of this.
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To be fair, Wayne has always said that RVM was made for production first and development second. Not sure if it is fair to say it is not production ready since it has always been geared toward just that.
if the explanations are either incompetence or malevolence, i'll usually believe incompetence
Thanks!!! After 3 years it is a great place to call our own. And Omaha is a great city. We are so happy to be apart of all the exciting startup activity in Omaha.

Where in the world are you located? If you are around Omaha, will you be at the Silicon Prairie News Birthday Party today.
Finally found this from last month, but I don't think people will understand in 20 minutes:

An Algebra for Program Designs http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/events/sssev2...
This is just a opinion rant - there is very little factual information.
from what I understand, yes. The cloud part is the "upsell" I think.
Try http://thomashawk.com.nyud.net/2011/08/flickr-is-dead.html
Excellent point. Very well put.
I've got one of these NAS devices at home that is always on: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=167

I'd love to see installers made for a few of the NAS devices on the market for this. It would solve the "must have another computer on" thing really well.
I am currently a web developer but doing my Mechanical Engineering.
Flickr is beyond irritating at times.

I uploaded duplicate photos by mistake on Flickr and had to go through hundreds of photos one by one deleting them. There's no option to delete duplicates based on file name or file name/creation date etc. because Flickr has basically been dormant from a development standpoint for years.
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I signed up for this ages ago. I tried it for a while, and then ditched it. IIRC it didn't have support for one of my operating systems at the time. My requirements have changed now, and it's been a while, so I just went to the website to download the app again, and I can't find it anywhere. The download link just goes to an invite page. I still have my credentials, but I can't log in with them, because there is no login form. Or at least it is hidden...
I disagree, in part. Automation has another huge benefit - avoiding human error.

Any time you do math, automate. There are great business-focused tools out there ranging from spreadsheets to CLI stuff like bc, ledger, or R.

Also, automating forces you think through the business process in an analytical way. This will be very helpful if you need to refactor your process in the future.

What I'd argue for is writing a few small tools that do the mechanical, easy to screw up portions of the job (the math, any complex manipulations) and then reevaluate automation as needed.
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Ohhh...don't event get me started with Reader. Sharing articles in Reader deserves its own blog post. It looks like the entire UX for sharing is designed to make the user feel helpless. I cannot imagine a non tech user being able to share anything with anyone in that UI. We literally had to involve several software engineers the first time we tried to set the sharing settings among each other.
It's not a text file and it's not the point. The specific task doesn't matter. And even if someone spent 6 hours only because he/she didn't know of some tool that might accomplish the task faster it's still 6 hours :)
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I am not talking about Google+ though. I am talking about +1.
If I recall correctly, they both use the same inpainting algorithm.
I really wish Apple would review the app store review process -- too many times I see reviews that look like spam, or ratings of "5 Stars" but say "this app sucks" as the text. Then there is the emoji, sometimes filling almost the entire review. It makes seeing if an app is actually good more of a headache than it should be.
Look, guys, you have to realize that even though many frown upon the social games market, it's a niche market that's here to stay. After all, social networks are mostly entertainment media and people have been playing games even before they learned to write. Social games are dumb most of the time, a mindless way to interact with friends, but people like them. The "games" tab certainly seems compelling, however they need to be aggressive on removing spam apps. That's exactly what facebook didn't do and what zynga took advantage of to the maximum possible degree. Social app developers are almost always aggressive about exploiting user behavior and communication channels to funnel growth. If google is not vigilant about enforcing their rules correctly and tuning their algorithms to be fair to all developers, it's going to be the facebook nightmare all over again.
How can you possibly take 20,000 photos in a week? The math just doesn't work out, if you spent only 10 seconds composing a shot (and I'd argue it takes longer than that if you are a "photographer" and not a drive-by "snapshotter") that amounts to 8 hours per day of JUST picture taking, leaving no time to even move from location to location.

Also, the average DSLR has a shutter life expectancy of around 100000-150000 cycles. I doubt you're replacing your camera body every 5 trips.
It's ripe for multiple disruptors. Photos are a communication medium that serves multiple purposes, just as words do. Some photos are your portfolio. Others are your memories. They call for different interactions.

Flickr, Smugmug and 500px are very portfolio-oriented. Snapjoy and my site (OurDoings) are very memory-oriented.

Facebook and Google+ are social-oriented. They're great for sharing what you did yesterday, but awkward for nostalgia. I anticipate both the portfolio- and memory-oriented sites acting as home base, but feeding out to the Facebook and Google+ for social interaction.
The benefit is that it (allegedly) improves your search results. If someone in your social circle +1'd something, it affects your search results.
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That's what he calls the first attempt 13 years ago.
If indeed it comes down to the lifetime value of a subscriber, assessing the viability of Groupon is difficult when the company is so young and growing so fast.

Given that difficulty, the key metric I would want to know is:

Acqusition Cost - (Conversion Rate to Buying a Groupon x Avg Groupon Cost x Avg Groupon % Split)

(eg, $5 - (25% x $20 x 50%) = +$2.50

If the end result is a negative, it means, on an overall average, Acquisitions pay for themselves with the first Groupon they buy. Get that outcome, and any further lifetime purchases are cream.

If (as I assume it currently is) the answer to that is a positive number (like my example) then they need repeat purchases. You need to add % Repeat to the formula - not an easy number to know, given (as noted above) how young the company is and how fast they're growing.

Groupon are obviously optimistic, hence the ACSOI figure which is predicated on the assumption that subscribers will stay loyal, make repeat purchases, and so marketing costs will significantly drop in the future.

And obviously lowering subscriber acquisition costs is also important - the figures in the OP showed these were down by almost 10%, which takes the result of my metric closer to the desirable $0 and below.
"On a LAN, I don't really see the advantages over something like FreeFileSync, which is GPL'd."

AeroFS is not a 'copy diffs' tool, it's like dropbox - changes are propagated instantly and automatically, in all directions. Yes you can run a cron job syncing every 2 minutes or whatever but that still doesn't do syncs to many machines, it means you need to keep the machine with the cron job always on etc. So no, AeroFS/Dropbox are not like FreeFileSync or Cobian Backup or rsync or SyncToy or anything like that.
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They wanna be Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo (just to be on the safe side). Is there a line of business in software that they have not dived into?
I received my invite awhile back but was disappointed to find out they didn't have support for my 64bit Linux box. Since I primarily run Linux, I was a bit disappointed. I'm fully understanding, though, as I know my demographic by no means has any kind of market share. Still, it would be a very nice additional and would be the pre-cursor to me giving AeroFS a shot at home.
Or a Linux or Windows based NAS.
I see they have a Linux version. Is it Open Source?
This is how great empires come to a standstil, entitlement junkies!!
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I understand your point and I think for most people that works. Not all people are the same, though.
That's a difference of degree, and not even that relevant. Either you have freedom of speech, or you don't.

Let's take your arguments and rephrase them as coming from Libya (or any "less democratic" country):

- Protesting is legal in XXX and happens regularly. You only have to get a permit to insure the safety of the people involved (same as in UK, I'd guess)

- The protesters are clearly destroying public and private property. There have been multiple instances of protesters attacking public buildings, and a (very well filmed) instance of protesters attacking innocent bystanders.

- Of course the internet will not be completely shut down. Only specific vectors, as needed. The police will decide what they are and how many to shut down

- The police only protects public property, and will always use violence as a last resort, and only as a response to violence - and we have clearly documented cases of violence from protesters.

So what's the difference? When it comes to laws meant to limit the power of the government, you can't count on the government applying them "in spirit" or reporting things truthfully and completely. It kindof defeats the purpose, doesn't it? If the people currently in charge would be trustworthy, you wouldn't really need any such laws...
I sure wish I'd had this tool 10 years ago when I was actually working on large websites.
TLDR; Google+ has infinite scrolling, and Flickr does not, therefore Flickr is passe and not supported by developers or the photo sharing community.
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I like to hear about how others are organizing stuff like this, because parts of my internet life are anything but organized. I've got the 'stuff to check later' links strewn over a dozen places, including a wiki, pastebin, tumblr and a bunch of other sites I don't remember.

I am pretty happy with my 'regularly used sites' organization though. I don't like having that in the cloud, since the cloud can sometimes be not accessible. I just have as my homepage a hand coded, nicely formatted link page with an embedded Google search box. I always have the source for that page open in Notepad++, so it's real quick to add new stuff there. I also have a script which copies it into my Dropbox dir, so I just run that and my changes are available on all my other computers.
I will. See - it works!
Unfortunately, I've seen the same thing on my end. I've enjoyed using G+ far more than Facebook, but I think that it's going to be tough to pry enough people away from Facebook to make G+ work. Folks don't seem to want to maintain more than one Facebook-type account.
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Sensationalist title aside, I think Google+ and Flickr fill two different niches: the former is for the social sharing of images, whereas Flickr appeals more to a professional/enthusiast group. One thing is that Flickr puts control of image copyrights into the user's hand, whereas G+ doesn't really have that at all. To that end, someone looking to protect their images would seem to prefer Flickr, I should think.
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I totally agree with you but instead of giving Police better tools they want to monitor social media which is just absurd and can be used against their political enemies which does suggest malice.

I fail to understand how social media monitoring will prevent riots next time if Police chooses to be an spectator.
The Patent system isn't that bad, it's just a little broken; the issue is the application. If the main requirements were more thoroughly followed and processed (the idea of inventing something new, useful, etc) there wouldn't be a problem.

Abolishing the system would in my opinion do a lot of harm--as right now it is not beyond repair.

Just spit-balling here but I'd like to see (and I encourage others to do the same because that's how answers are found, so even if they are a bit dumb (just look at mine haha) share them because maybe they'll lead to something):

- Tech specialists/historians should be more entrenched within the patent office

- Shorter patent terms

- Jury/Panel of peers? Haha, sounds dumb but maybe in the process everyday people are put through a short explanation of the product and if at the end of the explanation someone goes, "that kind of sounds like such and such" the process is stopped and investigated.

Mark Cuban had some interesting ideas on blogmaverick too,
http://blogmaverick.com/2011/08/07/my-suggestion-on-patent-l...

I guess the good thing about this situation is that it has people talking.
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Interesting analogy to rapping. This reminds me of a study I read a few years ago finding that urban birdsong is faster and more staccato than rural/pastoral birdsong.
The 'beautify a face' transformation should be renamed 'normalize a face' or something slightly less subjective then beauty. Although, I suppose 'normalize' isn't any less subjective. Suggestions? Perhaps 'standardize' or 'anglicize' or 'fashionize'?
I love the simplicity of Rbenv. I also love the "it's never good enough" mentality. I have not had any issues with RVM, but that doesn't mean people like Sam shouldn't try to build something better.
Thomas Hawk is a well-known Flickr hater. He keeps bashing Flickr at every chance he gets. And then he continues to use Flickr. I've been reading his "Flickr is dead" and "I hate Flickr" rants for years and years. He tried to start a competing service, but it failed miserably; so he continues to bash Flickr instead.

Dude: if you don't like Flickr, don't use it. Plain and simple. And if you think you can build a better product, go ahead and build it.

The world would be a much better place with fewer whiners and more doers.
I've never had any problems with RVM, however with that said I will absolutely check out the code on github and may try this out.
Exactly, I am at a loss to explain why so many people continue to fanboy this blowhard.

He has expressed on multiple occasions his dissatisfaction but fail to disclose his conflict of interest as well as the fact that if he really really hates the service so much he can take it elsewhere or try to start his own (oh wait, that didnt work out).
Does Google+ have to be a sucess? Everbody is a user, it just sits there up in the top of your gmail, reader, docs. There is no effort to start using it, so Google can just sit and wait for it to become a natural part of the Google apps exerience.
Yeah, I also think that I'd produce a lot more value if allowed to work in different conditions...

Also, I often find myself in a free conference room with a whiteboard, or in a park outside with paper and pencil, and do my thinking there. I'm having a hard time thinking near computers, and it's three orders of magnitude more difficult if there are co-workers nearby.
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I'm glad to hear this as well, and even more glad to hear it today. Despite being medicated, I still struggle to focus on activities which are not intrinsically interesting to me. Even though I want to focus, paying attention to work that is not intrinsically interesting to me requires extreme levels of self-control and leaves me feeling mentally and emotionally drained. And just yesterday, when I was unable to access my medication for 24 hours, I had what can really only be described as a nervous breakdown at work from trying to make myself focus. I don't want to use this as an excuse for not achieving, but having scientific evidence that this is a "real" thing--and not just a set of bad habits and lack of concer--helps reduce the stigma that only compounds my problems. I don't want to be held to a lower standard, but I do want to be afforded the grace given to people with other mental health issues.
I'd guess that the fact that Facebook has hundreds of times more users at the moment has something to do with it as well.