skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Clean energy technologies? No bubble bursting there...
I really hope the reaction by third party hardware partners is to start partnering with linux distros.

It would be great to have cheaply priced computers as an alternative to the Mac and upcoming MS ecosystems.
Why is MongoDB wildly popular? It’s a data structure thing.
The Opportunity rover is still up and running, which means it has exceeded its planned duration of activity more than thirty times over.
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I'm not understanding how it works. Can someone explain?
Unless I am mistaken, they won't let you do two-factor auth at all unless you put a phone number first.
If you're entering it multiple times a day due to using public machines then you really, really should be using two-factor auth as many systems you use may be compromised in one way or another.
Young people of today do, or young computer geeks do today? I don't think internet memes is the same as the rock and roll or hippie movement.
You pay for incoming SMS? How does that even work?
Is there a way to use a separate hardware device? Using my phone as the second factor is nice, but my phone is vulnerable to theft because of its value for resale.

A sealed gizmo that shows a number just looks like an el-cheapo souvenier. Without knowing my username and password too, it really is worthless.
Research at Ra'anana Israel: http://goo.gl/maps/M7Xcw

It is a great interview! Both the reporter and Hasso were not afraid to be bold.

It is also a common criticism in the local financial newspapers that Israeli startups have a problem with rapid international growth because of language/cultural differences, so it was interesting for me to compare what he said also to the local scene and not just the American one.
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I disagree. What is and isnt wholesome shifts based on politics and social whim.
The hell you say. If I had a penny for "XX decides what board we invade and with what" post on /b/...

And I say this as a regular visitor of /x/. The mods seem downright useless some days.
You're right, I'm not sure how I thought that could work.
You can actually authenticate against the GA product from any system - hook it into PAM for sshd access, use it for another factor in OpenVPN, or even just wire it into Apache:

http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator-apache-module/
You're absolutely right. My parent was talking about giving Google his/her phone number, which I was responding to :)
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I've heard more than one person refer to their Android tablet as a "fake iPad", like it's some sort of designer handbag.
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I think $77k might be overshooting the mark a bit.

I once ran a site that pushed about 40TB a month (about 1% of 4chan) and it cost me $100/month to run. If you extrapolate that figure out (ignoring the fact that bandwidth gets cheaper the more you use), 4chan could cost as little as $10k a month to run.
Let's hope Nasa is not cutting corners like Boeing did (does?) running VxWorks on 747s and using telnet to connect to any 747 aircraft while in flight.
EDIT: Boeing only connected to aircrafts to retrieve flight stats and other data. Or when following a customer request. The point I wanna raise is not the fact Boeing connects to aircrafts, but the fact they do so using non-crypt ol'telnet
Can you be more precise what you're referring to?

Germany's lower school system of deciding at age 10 whether you go to a school (Gymnasium) that allows you go to college later or not is definitely a big issue.

But when I went to college in Germany 10 years ago in my hometown, the cost was minimal (< 300 Euros per semester including unlimited public transport). Also there are regulated student loans (Bafoeg) that less affluent students can take advantage of.
Please Microsoft! If you provide consumers with a high quality first-party experience, they might start to realize that we've been selling them shitware all along! Think Twice about this!!
Is there a company that better epitomizes the problems Microsoft has had over the last five years? Acer consistently puts out inferior quality machines made up of the cheapest components they can find. Then they install bloatware.

Consumers are getting the picture too. Acer's revenues have fallen for six straight quarters.

Acer shouldn't look for alternatives to Windows, (What alternatives!? I can't imagine what Acer would do to a Linux distro.) it should stop making bad products.
1: A very thin layer of powder (plastic) is evenly spread. Then the print head prints a binder on the places where you want to create a slice of your 3D model. Then another layer of powder is layered on top of it and GOTO 1. When all slices are printed your 3D model will be covered in powder which is also the support material for overhanging slices.

It's very hard to make this up from the photos but I think you can see the container for the powder and model with a movable bottom.

-EDIT-
This printer uses a binder, but other models melt the powder with a laser (Selective Laser Sintering).
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That's an entirely different level though. A game console is a far different beast (with arguably a different customer base with wildly different expectations) than a general purpose computer.

As it stands, the only company to have been successful in the consumer sector with that formula has been Apple. It'll be interesting to see if Microsoft can pull it off.
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

import Control.Applicative
import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as P
import qualified Data.Text as T

data Address = Address {start :: Int, end :: Int} deriving Show

address = Address <$> hexDigits <*> (dash *> hexDigits)
where
hexDigits = P.string "0x" *> P.hexadecimal
dash = P.char '-'

parse parser str = P.feed (P.parse parser $ T.pack str) T.empty

Put the above into a file like 'parse.hs'.

~> ghci parse.hs

*Main> parse address "0x1-0x1"
Done "" Address {start = 1, end = 1}

You might need to install attoparsec beforehand:

cabal install attoparsec
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>edit: Hmm actually thought of a possible solution. Looking into how hard it'd be to port the Google Authenticator to a non-mobile platform so I can run it on my laptop.

Just install an android emulator, e.g. YouWave, and use that virtual android device to run GA.
Does the Surface spat open the door for Linux on PCs?
Not everything supports the 2-factor auth. And of course you have to set up specific passwords for those. ONCE! You wont have to do that again. What did you expect? That it magically made everything work? Some people -.-

And I have no clue how you managed to mess up your phone… By entering new passwords??
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For linux's sake, I'd hope they don't partner with Acer.
For the second factor to mean anything, all the apps that don't support it need a password that has less rights.

Hopefully they figure out a nice way to make the rights more granular (so that a chat app can't mess with email or whatever).
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Yeah, this. OEM's whine about Microsoft pushing them out of the game, except they've been busily harming the brand and giving opponents ammo by selling crap hardware with crap software preloaded.

You guys (OEMs) had roughly the better part of a decade to get it right. It should come as a surprise to precisely nobody that you're now being made irrelevant.
You add layer of powder, melt together the parts you want to print, repeat (add another layer of powder, ...).
If the Surface is like the Xbox, Microsoft has a problem. The Xbox did cost billions and took years until it made a profit. When the Surface costs billions for years and at the same time Microsoft pisses off the hardware producers they will focus on Ubuntu/Android/ChromeOS devices. This would hurt the big cash cow Windows licenses and make Microsoft weaker than ever.
Sorry, a bit off-topic, but that reminded me of one fun fact.

In Russia, most social networks these days require that you sign up with a mobile number. You cannot start using your account without receiving an SMS verification code.
It is standard to pay for receiving as well as sending SMS in the US. Everybody knows this is insane.
See above for Matt Cutt's answer: you can also use a yubikey (a tiny USB device that pretends to be a keyboard, and enters the code when you press a tiny button on top).
Fair enough. They would most likely fill it with bloatware. I guess I'm hoping Lenovo and other reputable firms would start selling Linux boxes.
There is a windows version, and various java versions, and still others:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Authenticator#Implementa...
A little late for this to be coming out, don't you think? If I had been the subject of an illegal raid and was physically harmed at the time, that would be the first thing I mention to the media.
Standard American mobile billing is to bill both parties, both caller and callee, for both voice and SMS. Contrary to the European practice where caller/sender pays everything.

Mostly it's a downside for Americans, but one plus is that it means the caller's fee doesn't vary based on callee: unlike in some European countries (or Skype), calling a landline vs. a mobile phone doesn't charge the caller different rates.
Chrome extensions lets you attach large files to emails and send instantly
We created two Chrome extensions. One for Gmail and one for Hotmail (now Outlook.com). With it, users get an extra button in their email service that says "Attach with Ge.tt".

Attach as many files as you want no matter how large. A link to the files is added to the email, and files are being uploaded to our service. BUT you don't have to wait for the files to be uploaded before you can send the email. So you can attach as many and as large files as you want without waiting for them to upload.

Would love some feedback on this if you have any.

The extensions are available here:

For Gmail - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ccbciedilfeajpopddflmkgggjgefcme

For Outlook.com - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ppmjceoiaemcohnikoniifdmoemkegej
I hear a lot of people advising to turn on two factor auth on Google because of this incident, but I haven't heard anyone say that we should be deleting our card details from Amazon. Well, I have, and you should too. Lots of places use the last 4 digits of your card as "authentication", and Amazon happily displays those details in your account.
Agreed that if you spend most of your day most days doing analysis of large datasets you probably need a power tool.

But there's a whole class of overlooked folks who need to do statistical analysis on smaller datasets on more of a weekly or several-consecutive-intense-days-per-month basis. These folks, who split time between Excel and stats tools, make up a surprisingly high proportion of the user base of stats products. And they tell us they're willing to pay for something that makes their analysis and communication more efficient.

Thanks for the comments, and for the kind words RE the idea and execution.

edit: And to be fair to your point, we're sort of comparing apples and oranges insomuch as you're looking at what we have now (not nearly enough) and we're looking at our roadmap for what we'll have in six months, a year, etc.
Go is a lot like C with some extras thrown in.
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Oh cool, thanks; I was only looking at http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/ and didn't think to check Wikipedia.
You should put the hire me call to action further up the page!
This would indeed be super cool. Could definitely see us getting to this eventually.
This is my understanding, as well. There's a Python framework that builds on top of that, too:

http://brubeck.io/
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Microsoft is leaving its options open by developing its own slate hardware. By doing so it will obtain direct feedback from consumers and distribution channels in order to choose between the two general long term strategies - keeping the hardware in house like Xbox or moving to a software ecosystem model like Windows Phone.

When discussing Microsoft strategy, it is hard to over emphasize how long term their view tends to be. They spent a billion or more on Kin just to learn the mobile market. They spent billions on the Red Ring of Death to retain consumers. Its hard to recognize this philosophy because it is so different from the quarter to quarter strategies of the companies to which they are unfavorably compared - Wall Street would have thrown a tantrum if Apple had spent a billion on Ping in order to learn "Social". Just look at the heat Google took for Wave.
It's probably not the same, but it's the closest thing we've got.
I'm wondering if you could ever discover daily commenting user count or even maybe monthly active user count somehow and share with us. That would be awesome.
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Like the second class citizens of the web we are, Nigeria does not have 2 factor authentication.

Ghana, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Russia, all have 2 factor authentication. Why not Nigeria? This is just another example why being Nigerian is kinda hard on the internet.

https://accounts.google.com/b/0/SmsAuthConfig

http://oonwoye.com/2011/01/23/life-as-a-second-class-citizen...
My mother once bought an Acer laptop. I've never seen a computer with more bloatware on it.
For the functional programmers out there: Please critique my article
Counterpoint: the only businesses that force VbV etc. I will deal with are airlines (because they all do), which meant the last time I flew transatlantic I took 800 euro out of my bank account and _walked_ to Air France's bank rather than use it. In _any_ other industry? They've just given my business to a competitor.

It is not in my interest to use a service _designed_ to lessen my protection from fraud.

(see http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2010/01/26/how-online-car...)
Yep. You deserve it !
It seems to work well with Firefox and Safari, but I've found that two-factor auth doesn't work well with Chrome if you've set it to clear cached files (not cookies) on exit. For some reason, that setting causes Chrome to lose the 30-day permission, so every time Chrome crashed or I rebooted my machine, I'd have to go through the SMS dance. Doesn't happen with the similar setting in Firefox.
What would be better for the users? Assuming the iPhone was better than what came before. Which action from incumbents would be best for users?

a) Do not copy the iPhone. Make old ugly phones. (What blackberry did) Now users are stuck with old ugly phones.

b) Make something different, not because it's better, but only for being different's sake. (what windows phone did) Forces users to adapt to something new instead of using what they're already used to.

c) Embrace the innovation. Put all that's good about the iPhone in your product. Then iterate through it and improve upon it. (what samsung did) Now users have the best of both worlds, they have the brand new innovation, in a format they're used to. And taking benefit from next iterations improved from it.

It's obvious that option C is best for users. Might not be the best for the original innovators. But it's the best for consumers.

Sometimes it's easy to forget that intellectual property is first and foremost intended to protect users. Not innovators. Protecting innovators is a means to a greater end. It's the vehicle that we found that would, in theory, lead to greater products for users. But, unfortunately, often there's a conflict of interest between inventors and consumers.

As an innovator, it's in my best interest that everyone in the planet must pay their every last time to me if they ever stare at my invention, and are only allowed to improve upon it if I allow it. But as a consumer, it's in my best interest that inventions are shared and improved upon. So I can have the best of both worlds.

When there's this conflict of interests. Consumers should always take precedence. Because protecting consumers is the only good argument to back up IP in the first place. If that's not the goal, then IP is meaningless. Protecting inventors for protecting inventor's sake has no value. We do so because we believe that will lead to greater products for users.

It's very common to see a confusion between these in these discussions. Even in courts. Every time I hear "apple is being ripped off because they paid so much money into R&D" or "artists are entitled to their music, and not you". It's clear there's a disconnect between what IP should be and what you think it should be. You shouldn't care whether it's protecting the inventor, you should care whether it's protecting the user. Whenever you're in doubt, you should ask yourself if doing something will protect or hurt the user.

And in this case. It's obvious that even tho Samsung did copy a lot from Apple, they're also improving a lot on what existed before. What they're doing is not in the best interest of those they're copying from. But it's in the best interest of users. Punishing Samsung hurts consumers. That's what we should be worried about. If samsung loses this, it sets a terrible precedent for our industry. And it would be a great loss for consumers. Regardless of who copied what for which reason.
The authenticator app might be the game changer for me - in the depths of mordor (aka library), I hardly ever get a cell signal.
I was glad it does when I revoked the password for the chrome install on my old work computer when I changed jobs.
I don't think they need a phone number if you use the Google Authenticator app on your phone. The pin for that is generated based on an initial random seed and the current date/time, not your cell number.
The Apple patent Steve Jobs fought hard to protect...
Questions about the technology is more than welcome as well :)
If you've spent your career with RSA SecurIDs hanging from your keys, this isn't much of a hassle. I didn't realize that LastPass and others can use the Google Authenticator.
Changing the curriculum won't be enough to get kids to code
A guy with nice skills like you shouldn't have '<div id="sorrow">' in his source code. Although it is funny.
Sure I could. Not denying that there are other ways to get access to the files I need, just that this has become a part of my workflow that two-factor auth disrupts.
It's not at all standard on smartphones though. Almost all data plans include at least several hundred texts per month.
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This is the same reason I avoid it. They were insistent about getting my phone number when it was just to verify after a lockout. They've been extremely insistent about it lately regarding 2-factor authentication, which leads me to believe there's a motive here beyond just getting everyone more secure. Until someone can alleviate me of that concern I think I'll have to pass.
The "respect" aspect isn't touched on much in these comments. It's shitty when your boss belittles your team in front of guests and makes you feel like you're all his "peons." No perks can fix that kind of disrespect.
Of course, but there is a limit. Email has attachments, CCs and replies - that doesn't mean it should be used for version control.
> Why not Nigeria?

Can Nigerians use the Google Authenticator app?

If yes, then the answer is probably high SMS costs.
Somebody should set up a website dedicated to listing organisations and what information is required in order to obtain access to an account at that organisation.
OP IS A FAG.

inb4 this is hacker news not 4chan
inb4 be polite
But the only actionable advice you can take away from the criticism is "rewrite it in C++". I don't think that's in any way useful and I don't think it should be made.
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You can use a YubiKey for Google 2-factor along with a helper app like Yubikco's "sidekick" for Windows [1] or my company's OneTime on Mac [2]. A YubiKey costs about $25 but is very portable, fast and convenient option.

[1] http://yubico.com/totp
[2] http://zetetic.net/software-onetime
Hum... very nice info. thank you !
This is wonderful, as it allows me to quickly send executables through Gmail, which has been an issue (small, but annoying) when dealing with clients.

How is the login through Gmail secured, though? Also, just a little complaint: grabbing a file from ge.tt brought up a dialog asking me to install the Chrome extension, which I already have; is it possible to detect that? (Top notch only asking me once, though :)
I will move over my comment from here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4349761:

It is such a joke because gambling addiction is in thesame fold as drug addition:

Title: The neurobiology of pathological gambling and drug addiction: an overview and new findings: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607329/

Before you talk of it being a money spinner, we need to first ask:

a. If Facebook is harming society by this new act of desperation.

B. is Facebook exposing its users to a new habit that could be destructive?
Or the Zune.
I hope you get the money you need to continue your education, you are very talented.
Lately my girlfriend and I have been camping at a lake in a different city. On a paid camping ground of course. No wild camping in Germany.

Sorry, but your post to me seems to be at least a bit of a personal rant.

A lot of neocapitalistic concepts have been implemented during the last decade and have crippled our social security system and eroded workers rights. The dreaded subcontracted labour is on the rise. Welfare/social subsidy levels have been ruled inhumane by our courts. Our highest court has ruled that our voting system is against our contitution. Twice. What an embarrassment.

Well I think it rather depends on your point of view.

The social security system was crippled 5 decades ago, when chancellor Konrad Adenauer, for political gains, transformed it from a capital-backed insurance-system into todays system where ever fewer workers have to pay for more benificiaries.

The workers in Germany till this day enjoy one of the most protective rights in the world. So protective, that it almost proved to be disastrous when Germany was Europes "sick-man" in the late 90s and it's labor market deemed to be inflexible to compete with Eastern-Europe and Asia.

Both, the workers rights and the social security system are examples of what the author might has in mind when writing about "the German model": That the German society is able to reach a consensus were the parties involved agree to pain. Don't forget that it were the unions and the lefties (Social-Democrats and Greens) who worked on and implemented the needed reforms.
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Textbook advertising. Create a need (not being a suspicious mass murderer) and fill that need with your brand (Facebook and its ads) rather than an actual solution (understanding society and one's place in it, and out of it).
I would suggest those who are interested in the literal psychology of employee retention do some reading of the academic research on the subject.

There's an interesting review of the literature about job burnout, for example, that was published in the Annual Review of Psychology in 2001.

http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/fss/2006-1104-200110/mas...

I know that psychology isn't held in as high regard around here as the harder sciences, but as much anecdote about the laws of human behavior as there is on HN and in the startup scene in general, I'd think there would be more interest in what science has to say.
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