skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Indeed, the concept of who a person wants to date should change from person to person. --- (1)

But a case of harassment/flirting is not black and white because (1).
The Squids story reached some notoriety and is much more interesting: http://thegamebakers.com/money-and-the-app-store-a-few-figur...

Not exactly a failure story (their strategy eventually paid off I think), but certainly far from the big hits.
Because whether he is charged or not, found innocent our guilty if charged or let go, it's certain that he will then be extradited to the USA where he has already been found guilty of crimes that actually aren't crimes due to his nationality and status as a journalist.

Sounds like pretty extenuating circumstances for a Swedish investigator to go to Britain to me, unless there's an actual law that says he MUST be questioned in Sweden

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For one reason the definition of rape in Sweden is rather interesting. There is no concept of consent rather the accusation is apparently based on the amount of violence. All a woman has to do is resist for there to be a rape case and prove so. The result is that generally it seems to be all the court needs to do is believe the woman. Hence you could have the case of there being what happens a lot in other countries, a boozy night out, consensual sex, followed by remorse the next day. However you can then charge the man with rape. It's this fuzzy line that usually throws out rape cases (In Australia at least, and this is not necessarily a good thing) where alcohol was shown to be involved.

I am not a lawyer, and not that familiar with Swedish law, but I would be Assange or his lawyer is, and is also aware that if the women are really working on behalf of some other agency there is a high likely hood of Swedish law working against him. If that's the case he is unlikely to get a fair hearing.

NB if someone more familiar with Swedish law could speak up about this that would be excellent. I would love some corrections about the above with supported documentation.

BTW as an Aussie I am horrified that our PM Julia Gillard condemned him without any proof, and even more furious over their lack of involvement to help an Australian national. Convicted Drug Traffickers seem to get more help from the Australian government then people only accused of a crime.
This seems to be a promo for their academic licenses:
"Enter academic emails only."
South American countries tend to lurch from right to left and back. Currently Ecuador has elected to be governed by their anti-American leftist party. I would be shocked if they didn't grant Assange asylum just for the sake of pretending to save Assange from the US, if for no better reason.
It would be more to the point to say that they are harboring him from espionage charges. We don't have an international incident every time somebody refuses to wear a condom.
> The folks behind this project are a 501(c) non-profit organization and they've spent the past 15 years trying to find a way to save this property. This IndieGoGo account is linked directly to their bank and all the funds will go directly to them.

Does anyone know if this means our donations are tax deductible?
From my perspective, it comes from being used to parentheses in English. Specifically, you have a man thought, then you have some other modifiers that may expand on that concept which you enclose in parentheses. This fits well with C style functions, for example. But with Lisp, the main thought (the function name) is also enclosed in parentheses along with all its modifiers, which makes it a bit harder to follow the code.

However, I do like the overall elegance that this brings to the code, where code and data are the same. Which is why I also like Postscript -- it does the same thing but in an RPN style (a function is actually an executable array).
I'm gonna Grunt this. Hopefully I will get a lot of Regrunts.
No "visible" quality loss. We know what that means.
In Utah the year is the only one that changes color, all of the months are white. That's why I was looking at his plates, to see if I could see even the letters on his plate. Granted I'm not a trained observer of registration violations and maybe it was observable to someone who is. Given the distance and the visibility during the night I'm pretty skeptical. It's just a sneaking suspicion I've had - because I know I'd want to use those license plate readers in exactly that why if I was in their place.
Sweden is part of the EU and any extradition from Sweden to the US would have to permissible under EU Human Rights laws, which specifically deny extradition if the extradited person could be subject to the death penalty if found guilty of the accusations they're being extradited for.

Given that the US has filled no charges against him, made no extradition requests to Sweden or the UK, and that there seems to be a fair degree of legal consensus that the European Court of Human Rights would deny extradition for the sort of charges that the US could plausibly file against him it seems to me that to believe that Assange has credible reasons to try and avoid obeying the request that he attend questioning in Sweden for what would be considered fairly serious accusations in most western countries is to buy into a conspiracy theory.
Yes but if the US want him they can get a US judge to decide he has a case to answer and then seek his extradition from the UK, they don't need to go through Sweden.
This changes EVERYTHING.
awolf, thanks for chiming in based on your experience. I'm really pleased to hear you've had success with your apps.

I'm sorry about my hyperbolic tones earlier. It's just that there's so much blind hype about the app stores, that it upsets me to see indie devs getting lured in and going bust. I don't hate Apple. I think they are brilliant.

I haven't done huge amounts of research on the distribution of outcomes for developers in the app store, but the typical prices are so low that you'd have to sell to a hell of a lot of people to make any decent money. Moreover, most devs only charge a small one-time upfront fee or IAP, which means you need to keep finding more customers or churning out apps.

I know how hard it is to make a good business even with a SaaS recurring revenue product. A life-time value of $2 sounds horrifying.

There is no doubt in my mind that some people are making good money on the app store. My point is that they could be doing a lot better in another market, with lower risks.

You mention one of your apps is making you enough money to live on. Do you expect that to carry on for a while? Or will you need to make more products? If you're willing to share, I'm curious to know more about your business, but I'll understand if you don't want to share too much.
Alternatively, we as a society will pay more attention to what we are doing and stop doing things that we used to get away with. Sure I speed. Nearly everyone does. But just because there was no cop to see me and ticket me doesn't automagically make it legal. It just means I got away with it. If the stretch of highway I regularly commute on had speed cameras installed... it would not take too many tickets before that stretch of highway started to flow at the posted speed. People get pissed when a law that is largely unenforced starts to get enforced more strictly. So naturally they will want to strike down any new tech that assists in that stricter enforcement. I'm not sure how cops gave out speeding tickets before radar guns but I'll bet that tech dramatically increased their ability to enforce it. Not many people are up in arms about those these days.
Yes, I'm talking to you. For all the flag-waving about freedom and rights, you still haven't mastered sexism. Another thing I find funny is that when called on it, the excuse is always 'lazy typing' or 'that's just a term' or 'you know what I mean' or similar, never 'mea culpa', which shows a profound lack of understanding of issues of sexism.

Thing is, if you don't include women when talking about your ideology, it shows that there are some pretty fundamental issues about rights that you're not accounting for, so why should the rest of your commentary not be doubted?
Like you actually need to have readability for single word menu options. Stop nitpicking y tratando de buscarle cinco pies al gato.
So it appears that both the UK government and the Swedish government have lost moral authority due to their behavior on this issue. And if they violate the Ecuadoran embassy that could be considered an act of war. At the least a cause to cease diplomatic and trade relations.

If Sweden truly just wanted to question Assange, they could do it via mail, email, phone, video chat or of course an in person meeting in the UK. All of which I believe Assange has already offered to do. But they've declined. Which means that Sweden/UK/USA's actual goal is something other than simply questioning him. It's a fact that he's neither been convicted or even charged with any crime (IIRC), especially not with respect to the supposed sexual "assault" incidents, which look like he-said/she-said instances at best, and a frame-up at worst.
Why can't it be both? What's wrong with using his Internet Fame for something like this?
And the world tends to have different views on requesting asylum due to political persecution vs requesting it to avoid accusations that you've committed a fairly serious criminal act.
December 1st, 1969
Can you lose your license for stealing other people's registration stickers? I know some states will take your license if you steal gas from a gas station.
The 1987 Act was a response to the Libyan embassy siege.

Let's face it if Assange does go to Ecuador then the ambassador is going with him.
It's not clever, it's a kludge. The map can pass start and end coordinates to a third party app that can't even show the route _on_ the map that called it? If Apple is not able to get transit data (which it's not, Google has been at this for years now and started with only a couple cities), then the right solution would be to still leave it to third-party apps, but have some better integration. The apps should be able to draw the route on the Apple map, add stop/route information, etc. Right now, it's barely better than just searching the App Store for "[Your city] transit directions".
The difference is that Assange did not simply ask for asylum. He agreed to go through the British Court system including posting bail under the solemn promise to obey the court.

Only when he lost did he go for asylum. Sincere asylum is not "Plan B."
what programming languages do you teach? I ask because, I remember now back to when I first really started trying to program, and I think it would have been great to get introduced to interesting code bases back then. So guess, I'm just looking back now and will recommend what I wish I had had, maybe some of it help:)

As a teen, I fumbled around for a while before discovering linux and open source and that good feeling you get when you download the src and start perusing and firing up your debugger. Having said that if you teach js, I'd highly recommend dojo, underscore, I guess most c /c++ might be too advanced but if not Webkit, Redis, and glib are clean fun code bases and dissecting Lisp / Emacs was a blast. As far as answering you actual question goes, I really liked Gödel, Escher, Bach back then, also thinking recursively by Roberts. The only "technical" book I enjoyed reading was Modern Operating Systems by Tanenbaum ( don't know what current editions are like, the roughly 2000-2001 version was great though). Its was simple, very clear, humorous, and a gives a great overview of how the os works.
> you wouldn't go for fabricating a rape charge in Sweden

If you want to go after someone's reputation, a rape charge is perfect -- repugnant and requires no hard evidence, especially in Sweden. The only thing better would be an allegation without a formal charge... Though sure, there are more plausible explanations.
It is interesting tech and to be sure, but when the target market is "people too cool to be seen wearing helmets" it loses some of the punch for me.

I'd be much more interested if the system was a fully body airbag that provides additional protection above and beyond a standard helmet.
> Armin Ronacher has long been grumpy about Python 3 so don't count on a Flask port any time soon

There are different reasons for why I am grumpy though. The things that stop me from porting stuff to Python 3 from the side of Python are largely resolved. In that regard I am just a lazy person and nobody cares about Python 3 YET. As far as the general development of the language goes there is still a lot missing in Python 3 that worked in Python 2 so I am not excited yet.

Port will happen though, just have to decide when I will break the API to make it possible. As it stands right now a port won't be possible without breaking Werkzeug's API because it's just one level too low.
> Under the guidance of the FSF, GCC has intentionally tangled the front end with the back end. The purpose of this was to make it hard to modularize GCC, because if GCC were modular, then you could write a proprietary component for it (like you can write proprietary Linux modules).

Surely you must be joking... do you have a reference for this? Sure, I sometimes the motives of the FSF but this would be quite outrageous from a software engineering perspective.
Nice one. That's a bug I guess.
Hey, there're some bingo lovers among us :-)
I've downloaded and used the RC and ran it on Windows 8 and I'm lovin' it. Great interface, the solutions explorer has a lot more built in options.

The CSS features are superb, and MVC support is great. I'm really looking forward to it.
Done and done. Thanks for the response.
I'm not sure if it's Pythonic as I've never written Python. It's a habit I carried over from the .NET world, actually.
Should have worn a mouthguard too ;)
sbm13 (Another Flyertalker) maintains a version on that mashed up on Google Maps: http://www.wandr.me/RTW_Fares.aspx/
Absolutely, go for it.

I'm a software engineer, so I work online too, irrelevant of the country I happen to be in.

If you seriously think about driving (you should!), you'll find http://wikioverland.org very helpful.
Public forums for the discussion of philosophy are flourishing everywhere
As long as the content is authentic and high quality it seems like a win for marketers, publishers, and consumers. However, if the videos end up just being straight up commercials that the user has to sit through it's going super annoying. Is Virool vetting the quality of the content? What prevents marketers from just using commercials?

Concerns aside, I love the idea. Organic content distribution is super hard. For every video that goes viral, hundreds of thousands of videos of similar quality flop. Even ad agencies struggle with getting distribution for content, so this seems like a really useful tool that I would have loved to have had when I was working in the interactive agency world.
When I clicked on the linkbait title I expected an article by someone who has been programming for 23 years to share their wisdom. If that's what you expected and were disappointed by the content, I can't offer an alternative for 23 years, but I can offer 10: Norvig's "Teach Yourself to Program in 10 Years" http://norvig.com/21-days.html
Maybe they are misguided. But the publicity of this whole thing makes their (possible?) overreaction completely explainable without any conspiracy theories.
Many CS undergrads have a compilers class or section of a class for a single semester in either the freshman or sophomore year. Compilers for simple languages like C (simple in an objective sense, mind you) are easy once you understand a few basic concepts. Compilers in general are fairly easy, what's hard is optimization. See for instance this division optimization: http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/labor-of-division-episo... That's just one clever trick, imagine going through a similar amount of work for dozens of different tricks.
We built video links with the assumption that they'd be shared to people who knew that they'd be getting linked to a video. We'll include a tag next time we link to a video on TapIn.tv
there are no rape charges. rape != sexual assault. and one could argue that "sex without a condom" with a naked woman already in bed with you by her own will is not rape, certainly. also there are no charges. merely an accusation. and they merely want to "question" him, which of course they could do easily without forcing him to go to Sweden. The whole thing is a pretty blatant sham, a masquerade for some other goal of theirs.
Interesting current versions of the following on windows fail

- Firefox
- Chrome
- Internet Explorer 9

Opera shows the expected result though.
If the US wanted him, why would Sweden be more amenable to passing him along than the US's closest ally?
Man, I'm not trying to take a side here -- history is pretty complicated -- but that writing style is seriously aggravating. In general, if you ever find yourself in the position of saying, "I'm a comedian, you shouldn't take what I say seriously," you should probably take a step back and ask yourself if you ought really to be participating in long-form debate.
Have to second this. Really enjoyed my visit to the Tesla Museum in Belgrade (and the rest of the former Yugoslavia in general-- jewel of Europe.)
Since when has the 'accused' had the right to tell law enforcement agencies when and where they may be questioned?
Well, it has already happened at least once for Git [1]. I seem to remember someone else suggesting to move the Linux Kernel to C++ ending up with a similar rant (someone can feel free to dig that up if they have the time).

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/57643
/focus=57918
I tend not to swallow propaganda - I generally just dislike his behavior from the stories I've heard, from both friend and foe alike. He basically talked Manning into putting himself in the brig so he can go be the hero. I'm sure Manning was rotting in a cell while Assange was off having the sex (consensual or otherwise) that put the whole operation in jeopardy. I don't like him. Maybe that's all propaganda, and correct me if I'm wrong, but that's my take on it. His work is necessary but I don't like him.

Besides, look at that smug face. It's seriously in the running for a 'most punchable face alive' award.
It's not that they "should react the same", it's that - ideally - they shouldn't have to act differently to be treated equally.

I'll concede that imperfect but effective solutions are probably necessary to help foster this sort of equality in the long run, though, and the more people who step up and take responsibility for pushing the change (regardless of gender), the better.
CareerHoot interview: From consultant -- startup founder: Kevin Yang, EAT Club
> and one could argue that "sex without a condom" with a naked woman already in bed with you by her own will is not rape, certainly

If one was a misogynist who thought women lost their basic human rights as soon as their clothes were off, one could certainly argue that.
I suspect that's because electrocution was rare at the time, more so than animal cruelty being rare.
Here's the surprisingly thorough Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognit...
Rereading the conversation chain I admit to misunderstanding the context of this thread. Reading through a bunch of comments I'm sure context bled between threads in my head (HN's pythonesque block comment structure doesn't help matters). Although I qualified my statements very specifically as I anticipated possibly misreading or missing something along the way.
> We don't have an international incident every time somebody refuses to wear a condom.

bingo. that's why, in part, this is clearly about something other than the alleged sex incidents. it's pretty obviously about Wikileaks, trying to impede/stop/punish it and him.
For your sake, I hope this wasn't an actual bug you ran into :)
DEF CON is not a professional conference. It's hacker spring break.
You're making a lot of assumptions that may not be correct in your reading, because they certainly weren't explicitly stated: in particular, that agpen is a woman (not a given from the comment in question), and two, that "men are the root of women's problems in tech."

agpen is criticizing boys' clubs, a term that encapsulates a certain culture, behaviors, and set of beliefs. The gender of those participating in that culture is typically male, but women can and do perpetuate boys' club cultures on their own, often because that's the only way they can gain admission. It's fairer to see criticism of boys' clubs as a criticism of that culture and set of behaviors, and the idea that one must participate in those behaviors in order to be accepted, not of men in particular.

How is tech an exceptionally hostile environment towards women? http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_incidents - Schneier links to this in the OP. If your response to that is "sexism happens everywhere," well, I'd like it to stop happening everywhere, and I'll start with my home turf.
Currently 73k/850k. Is there any way to see when this campaign was created?
IMHO the most important feature any service that I trust my most previous assets, my photos with, is the ease of which I can take my photos off.

I currently have around 60 gigs of photos that I am in desperate need for an easy solution for sharing and storage for. Even keeping it in the iPhoto folder format right now makes me dizzy for the future, but I havent found one service yet that meet me criteria. Most are great for sharing, but most of them depend on a certain lock-in effect. There is, as far as I can see, no easy way to move your photos very quickly from one host to another.

With snapjoy, it seems you are only able to download the images one by one.
There's some nice WPF features in the 4.5 release, it's a shame it seems to have been replaced with WinRT as the UI language of choice in Windows 8.
Sounds like App.net, only simpler. Amazing.
I guess the algorithm for specificity in all modern browsers involves a base-256 number. Why? I believe there are 4 slots for specificity - class, id, !important, and styles defined in the tag. 256^4 = 2^32, the size of an integer. Unfortunately we get this is as a side effect.
If Ecuador did that, the British would simply leave peaceably. I'm not understanding the risk you refer to -- would not Ecuadorians be equally hindered by the lack of a British Embassy as the British?
I undertood that because the event (shooting + aftermatch) happened, the "Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987" was created. Which is now used by Brittish government.
Part of the trouble is that the victims often aren't local. Police departments, humanly enough, care more about solving local crimes that hurt local people, rather than crimes that hurt people "somewhere else." I agree that the FBI and other such agencies would be interested, but it's still a non-violent crime, and their resources might be better spent elsewhere.
That's kind of what I'm getting at with the line "I guess good can come of anything", but I suppose I'm instinctively wary of 'good causes' with a media spearhead.

e: I just read more closely - The Oatmeal is apparently raising funds for an existing organisation, and the IndieGoGo funds go directly to them. In this case I fold, this is definitely a good use of his fame.
They "just want to have a chat."
Uber cleared to continue operations in Boston
That's some good propaganda there. BTW, I don't know if it's healthy to fantasize about punching people just based on how they look.
I just finished reading "In the Plex", about Google, where the author pretty frequently refers to Sergey and Larry consciously making decisions early on not to get "Tesla'd". Seems that Tesla's legacy of being an unsung genius (presumably for not taking commercial credit for your efforts) had some lasting impact after all.
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