skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's pretty nasty.
Surely defense against this kind of thing should be built into browsers although you would need to detect an unending loop causing HTTP requests so run into the halting problem I guess.

If they are tricking people into performing what is potentially a criminal act then they lose the limited amount of respect I did have for them.
Paul Graham is my idol! Always looking forward to getting more and more stuff from him.
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I'd be surprised, if I had the funds these organizations do and I knew I would be a likely be a target for this kind of thing I'd at least hire a security consultant to check these things over for me.
It wasn't initially, they corrected that fairly early in the day though.
And how can that S-EXP control structure be usable in all other scripting language beside Lisp?

If you can answer this question then you have already answered your own question.

But if your answer is "I don't have to because I use Lisp and I don't use other languages" then you miss the point of JSON.
It has to do with the initiatives to regulate the Internet and tame the wild wild Net where "anything goes".
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Wikipedia traffic surged during SOPA blackout
How is this different than Microsoft giving away a version of their C++ compiler as part of the Xbox development kit which can only produce executables that can be sold via Microsoft to people having Xboxes? The comparison is favorable to Apple, as they allow free books, unlike the console vendors.

In both cases, the platform vendor is giving away nice dev tools in order to get more content to sale on his platform.

(read Microsoft as "Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo")
Intentionally disabling someone else's computer system (even just their website) is a crime. And LOIC has no anonymity measures, so your IP shows up on every single packet that arrives at the target computer. If you participate in an attack, it will be very easy to find and prosecute you.
Whilst not the same, on my HTC desire z (which has a physical keyboard), the two programmable keys on the keyboard work even when the screen is unlocked (you unlock to find that action has occurred) . Obviously, this is less of an issue, but one nonetheless.
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In my experience the programmer workflow is (mostly):

1. You think about an algorithm
2. You (try to) code it
3. A first time to discover an error: compilation and/or syntax verification.
4. Then you test your code

Depending of the task and the fail, if 3 or 4 fail you go to 2 or 1.

With a standard language (C/C++/Java/Python/Ruby/Javascript...)
The probability of 3 to fail is very small when you are used to your language.
But the probability to fail at step 4 is High.

In haskell this is exactly the opposite, with many advantages:

Compiler error in Haskell gives you a meaningful and informative message. Most of the time, it even gives you a hint on how to solve the problem.

In the end, most of the time, once the compilation phase passed, my program worked as I expected.

Furthermore, with Haskell you can use quickcheck, which most of the time will make better test than yours. I know there is some quickcheck equivalent in other languages but I believe this is not standard.
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Apparently congressmen haven't passed the age of 12.

How is this kind of language acceptable? When they listen to expert opinions from psychiatrists, do they say "let's hear from the head-shrinker"?
Most mature Python projects will have unit tests, and most of those will be incomplete / broken. Reading the tests will help you understand the use-cases of the program, learn some Python along the way, and then contribution by your own additions.
I've been reading PayPal horror stories since I-don't-remember-when. I only recently started bookmarking them under their very own tag in pinboard so that when they get brought up again I can bring a few examples to bear:

Upgrading to PayPal's "virtual terminal" triggers a "rolling reserve" hold on this person's transactions; thread contains numerous other firsthand PayPal complaints: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/l4q2y/please_hel...

Indie game devs bootstrapping development for a new game get their PayPal account locked down for 180 days after accepting preorders: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/07/xenonauts-dumps-paypal-for...

HN's own jacquesm learns his PayPal lesson the hard way: http://www.jacquesmattheij.com/PayPal+robbed+my+bank+account

PayPal shuts down Regretsy's charity efforts: http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/

PayPal destroys an antique violin (and robs the seller of $2500 in the process) out of simple ignorance: http://www.regretsy.com/2012/01/03/from-the-mailbag-27/

PayPal can't seem to figure out what features they do and don't offer: http://christianowens.com/post/15771850658/my-recent-experie...

That's only the stuff I've read recently. So, seriously, I'm happy for you that PayPal is working great so far. Awesome! But, people aren't avoiding PayPal because it's "not cool", they're avoiding PayPal because they've paid attention to its numerous institutional problems and they'd like to do business instead with a company that at least tries to be decent.

Sneering at people making such a measured decision is also "not cool".
> Also, what about Clojure? That runs on the JVM but how
> does it fare on the "correctness" claim of Haskell, i.e.,
> "If it compiles it's close to what the programmer
> intended".

Clojure's a dynamic language, so fairly different in character and strengths. Save for a couple of statically typed Lisp dialects, provability/correctness/etc. is not really what that language family is all about.

If you want JVM and reasonably advanced type systems (given that Haskell's claim to correctness essentially boils down to this), try Scala.
Trust Nerds to deconstruct philosophy to the point it sounds ridiculous. Instead of, for instance, finding some meaning or direction in it, or even trying to 'get it' at all.

So here's the 'Cliffs Notes': Sure, making time for ... whatever, is a goal. But different in kind from all the other indirect, distant goals we often choose. Those seem to give us something to 'aim at' but don't providing the arrow, or the bow, or even a compass to find the target.
Some movies wouldn't be made without large budgets and associated risks but technologies improve and lower the costs. I'm perfectly happy to wait 10 or 20 yeras for a a given movie to be made with desktop class pc instead of hiring 1000 people and sinking a real ship or two.

Big budget movies are expensive only because they can be. They are huge waste of resources enabled by copyright.
So, don't set goals because you won't achieve them, but over-commit to stretch yourself. There's a contradiction in there.
Eloquently put. OS X's move to sandboxed and self-contained apps is a step in the right direction.
Is there any particular reason that Eudora didn't simply get folded into Thunderbird?
As a gentle aside: the graphs in this post are pretty nice, but I can't tell what's what in them because the colors are evil. I'm one of a large number of colorblind men (http://robsheldon.com/colorblind/).
What happens if nobody pays for a copy of Linux? There is new constantly improving Linux in every software niche it can get into.
Goals are important so that you know where you are headed, otherwise I tend to stagnate and not amount to much. I need a direction to go in. But I think it is important to keep in mind that goals are just a direction, they do not define the entire trajectory. Like Leo says, life is too chaotic and unpredictable. I find that it is good to have goals, but at the same time keep an open mind and change as time goes on. Things in life change quickly, e.g., perceptions, environments, opportunities, etc. One needs to learn to adapt those directions/goals, make the journey enjoyable and create enriching life experiences. Of course, all of that is not easy, it comes from deep introspection about what you want and which direction you want to go.

[Edit: I want to add that, it is also important the kinds of goals that you make. More abstract goals like, what kind of person you want to be, what skills you want to develop define a more flexible and enriching trajectory than a fixed goal like "make $X". Individual accomplishments are secondary to growing yourself as as person; then again, I believe that was Leo's point after all].
Canadian link:

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"The joke is on them, however. "Nerds" always win in the end.".

But which ones - the tech nerds or the legal nerds?
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Yes that's what I was implying. (I guess I wasn't clear enough.) If Bob Martin said something like that, and he couldn't list even _one_ case where TDD wasn't the best approach, I'd question whether he had fully thought out the problem.
Whoever does not understand JSON, is doomed to reinvent it.
Actually, that bit brought this entire thing into focus for me.

All those congresspeople were simply regurgitating, verbatim, what lobbyists from the MPAA were whispering in their ears right before any of that televised coverage. "these are just a bunch of angry nerds"...

I now understand that this is what most, if not all congresspeople do on any issue brought before them.

We have to get more involved in the political process, people.

Our country is being run into the ground by self-serving, self-obsessed sociopaths without the humility or brainpower to even do the tiniest bit of their own research on the topics that are guiding this country.
In the tablet world, so far Apple enjoys a near monopoly.
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Technology today teaches us a lot of things than going to school and spending a semester paying expensive tuition fees. It's like everything is possible right now with the use of technology. This is awesome, you can manage your finances by just one click away using innovative applications. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for the head's up... been meaning to watch it as a refresher.
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I said this already above, but they used that word because that's how lobbyists from the MPAA framed the debate for them. All of these politicians are simply repeating the talking points that lobbyists feed them. Extend this to any given issue.

We, as a community, must get more involved in the political process.
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Perhaps it was a bad example, but my point was that the argument that "piracy is not taking anyting away" assumes that IP is created in a vaccuum without consideration of the potential audience. This is rarely the case. Production of movies, music etc. is a risky investment with the expectation that if people enjoy the product they will pay. If nobody enjoys it, fair enough, bad investment. But if people do enjoy it, but still don't pay, clearly this is harming the creators.
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Many people have a very (and I mean very) poor track record at achieving their new years resolutions.

If you know your goals will fail, isn't it better to try to overachieve some other way that may actually work.
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It's seems that the ux31 keyboard and touchpad are really bad,

I trust these guys, my asus ul20ft touchpad and keyboard is also crap,
apple laptops get a lot of bad talk about being expensive but at least they have realiable hardware.

This is my second asus laptop, the screen is average, keyboard is kinda bad touchpad is awful, i have some cracks on the plastic surrounding the screen, it was cheap but now i regret not spending more money on the computer where i do all my work.
Is this a play on "A word to the Bad" - Jermaine Jackson ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88d67-ypsXM&noredirect=1
Google is average, really. Especially if you aren't in Engineering. I would agree that the Bay Area is a good place to be, but to succeed, you need a brand of your own and a high quality network of contacts. The day-to-day struggles of operating a business you can learn from others (ask), or by reading a book. One important thing you will have to worry about is hiring. How are you going to attract the level of talent you will likely need to succeed? You will probably need a good brand of your own, a great business idea, and a good network of contacts to recommend/help you. What position best sets you up to meet these needs?
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I don't believe that for a second.

I'm 45 years old. My parents were born during ww2. I grew up with black and white tv (okay, partly because we couldn't afford color yet...). But my dad, an unskilled immigrant, ran IT companies for most of his life, and my mother, well into her 60's, got an iPad before I did. Hell, she was on Skype when I still had a landline... She even owns a friggin' Wii.

If there are people who don't seem to "get" this new world, it's not because because they are uneducated (both my parents' education ended with highschool) or because they are "old". It's because they don't want it. They've seen more change during their lifetime than you can imagine, some it they supported (or even made happen), some of it they were against. They're perfectly capable of dealing with changing times.

These politicians see a change that erodes their power and gives it to the people, and they simply don't want that to happen. That's why they belittle us by calling us "nerds", because they consider us a threat, not because they don't "get" it.

They get it quite well, thankyouverymuch, which is exactly why they say what they say and do what they do.
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How is that news?
Besides, won't Thunderbird 3.x be EOL'd soon?
for me, in chrome, it takes 8-10 seconds to stabilize. and looks really wonky
I think you have that backwards.
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Not only does Russ Cox write code and English really well, but he's also on HN. Thanks for the article rsc!

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rsc
But the user may not necessarily know it.
Or, how to write a point-less blog post that makes little sense in itself.
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OK sorry, I don't pick up on it some times in written form.
I really, really don't get this. I'm all for making my life more simple and more relaxed. But I just can not agree from the very beginning, so the rest gets lost on me.

Most good things happen without a plan: friendships, falling in love

Okay, that may technically be right. However, if you're operating on a home->work->home schedule, your chances to find love are minimal. Umm, a new hire is an attractive lady, you suddenly find out that you have a lot in common and fall in love. Chances?

In reality, if you're interested in finding a right person, you have to plan. What are the places that increase your chances of meeting a compatible person? How do you approach? What do you talk about? Yes, things might happen without a goal, but with a goal they will happen.

finding a job, and so on.

This is so totally wrong. So here I am, in my job that I don't like, and then - bam - without a plan I just land a new job. Maybe someone from Google just calls you on a whim. Awesome! As someone who starts a new job this Monday: "Does not happen!"

In reality, you get your next performance review, and there's no pay rise. So you think enough is enough and start with a plan. You plan for a position and for salary range. You plan on how many interviews you can have each week without raising too much suspicion. You plan on how to learn about the company and on the questions you'll have and how you'll demonstrate your strengths. And then, in a couple of months, you have a new job. The 'other you', the guy without plans, would still be in the same position he was months before.

I was really interested in zen habits and I'm subscribed to the blog so I read all the new entries. Unfortunately, they all now seem to rehash everything that's been said before - have no goals, reduce clutter, become vegan, have no goal, relax ... some of his advice is really good, but some just does not make sense to me.
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Hackers retaliate over Megaupload website shutdown
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I had a person call me who thought the entire Internet was participating in the protest because of Mozilla blacking out his start page.

I didn't have the heart to tell him it wasn't true.
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Files in your gmail are not public. Likewise, files in your Dropbox are not necessarily public. I don't see the problem with removing public links in response to a DMCA takedown, while still allowing private access for those people who uploaded it.
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> 2008 is when Pro IP Act passed, which now allows ICE to take down all those domains.

And note the pattern. They got the DMCA under the Clinton admin. in order to "fight piracy". But it was not enough. So again in 2008 they get the Pro IP act, in order to "fight piracy". But that was not enough. Now they are back with SOPA/PIPA, in order to "fight piracy". And in 2 years, that won't be enough either and they will be back with something else even worse than SOPA/PIPA today, in order to "fight piracy".
Feds, Please Return My Personal Files Stored at MegaUpload
Ask HN: Best micro transaction company that accepts UK business?
Can anyone recommend a payment processing company that supports micro transactions (down to as low as £0.10 or so) at all? I've looked at numerous companies and they all seem to charge about 2.9% + 0.30c which makes it uneconomical to use them for such small amounts. I also need them to accept UK businesses.

Any help is appreciated :).
> Both UCS-2 and UTF-16 are character encodings for Unicode.

UCS-2 is not an encoding that is generally compatible with Unicode. It's kind of like saying that 7-bit ASCII and UTF-8 are character encodings for Unicode.
Do the startup - the education of the experience is easily worth it. You are 25, the monetary aspect of your career does not matter too much in the immediate, but the direction you set out for yourself does matter. Doing the startup will give you a birds eye view of what will be required to start your own company a couple of years down the road.
> Kim Schmitz has made a lot of money over a five to seven year period doing this.

Probably more famous amongst German hackers but this is also the Kim "kimble" Schmitz of insider-trading letsbuyit.com fame who pulled PR stunts like launching "Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terrorism" (Yihat) to track down Bin Laden and before letsbuyit.com was trolling German coder newsgroups. After all that he tried attracting only "very high wealth individuals" to a company he founded in HongKong that allegedly specialized in automated artificial intelligence trading and that was about the last I remember hearing of him...

On a personal level, this is very, very satisfying to see they got him again on charging people per month for illegal downloads! He gives actual European hackers an extremely bad name.

> I cannot believe that Megaupload is being touted as an anti-SOPA posterchild.

This right here, people. This is not linux torrents we are talking about - this is "I want your money and I take it any way I can and will then post pictures of my extra-ordinary live style online" kim schmitz, a convicted criminal who prides himself on being successful "outside of rules and legislations".
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Yes, there are certainly more problems. I think the reason why the author thought S-expressions are more compact is because the comparison was made between formatted versions of the expressions (how they would appear in code):

["a", "b", "c"]
("a" "b" "c")

Since people generally put spaces after their commas.
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What's clear is that, under current laws, you can generate 18000M+ before current laws can stop you. Again, not saying revamping the SEC is the answer, but let's not ignore that Bernie Madoff operated for years like this. If he had been proven innocent, it would have said one thing. Since he was not, it proves that the burden of proof and the process takes far too long to be effective.

Given the connections between Megaupload and major celebrities affiliated with the recording industry, and between the industry and government officials, it'll be very hard to draw conclusions from any of this until far more facts come out, if ever.
> It's kind of like saying that 7-bit ASCII and UTF-8 are character encodings for Unicode.

They can only encode a subset of Unicode, sure, but they’re still character encodings for Unicode, right?
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There are different textures to pages from different books, and the design of some books to play with the shape of the media. (Douglas Coupland did it in either Microserfs or Jpod, forget which.) Also there is some difference in how you format the pages - Kindle books you can choose your own font and its size/spacing, while in a print book it has been chosen for you. It's small, not everyone cares about it, but you can notice the typography has changed if you compare books from 30 years ago to books printed in the last five.

You could really make the same argument about using a monitor to read books versus holding a physical book, just with the difference of a Kindle being designed around being held versus propped up on a desk.
Without setting a single goal? Is this a play on words? His post sets four goals.