skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Something you have"- the computer that you are on. You would only store your authentication information on one machine running the virtualized camera auth system, just as it would be stored on your otherwise-separate smartphone. An attacker would not just have to get access to "a computer"- they'd have to get access to the computer that can authenticate as you. This is little different from requiring an attacker to get access to the smartphone that can authenticate as you.
> You scanned an article and made a judgement? [emphasis added]

No, I scanned the article and made a judgment. If you don't want to be judged on your use of English, improve it. What works for computer languages should work for English too.

However unfair you believe it to be, people are going to judge you based on your use and misuse of English, and they will often do it in a flash. Complaining about it won't work -- all you can do is adapt and overcome, which I am sure is within your power.

> I've worked on a variety of projects, small and huge. Lead the redesign of a major website among other things.

I believe you "led" the redesign of a major Website.

> I never criticised people's grammar ...

Under the circumstances, that's a wise choice.

> ... purely where they come from.

I believe you mean "where they're coming from", as in "what their attitudes are", rather than their place of origin or residence. But I could be mistaken -- the above might be an Americanism with no British corollary.

I find it very funny that people will unsentimentally dissect a piece of computer code (computer "language") with the aim of extracting a 10% improvement in its running speed, or readability, or maintainability, but will bristle at the suggestion that the same high standards could be applied to written language.
Didn't see this till late, good response. I agree with your point on hiring a jack-of-all-trades; only problem is that they are really hard to find!
About design and usability:
Most of the people accessing the web from India don't focus on design as much as they do on content and or the purpose. This is changing though as more and more consumers and developers are paying attention to UX and other such aspects.

About mobile based access:
I don't have the specific numbers at this point, but most of the mobile access is through 'dumbphones'. So not having a mobile site is not exactly an issue.
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Or you could just use conky
Lots of people are saying that this is not evidence that copyright is evil; only overreaching enforcement is.

I'd submit that, increasingly, these two ideas are indistinguishable.

I'm very much in favor of copyright (after all, I make a living by creating protected works) but as automated and over-reaching enforcement like this becomes the norm, it is increasingly difficult for me to defend this position.

Unfortunately, I don't know what the "next best alternative" to copyright protection is. That is, what kind of system would one need to protect us from these kinds of incidents?
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Yeah, that is true. And it is really, really weird because it is so out of character for Japan to have those criminal gangs.

Japan is so orderly, so safe. It just makes no sense.
I remember when they promised it would be out by 2009 [1]. I guess it's to be expected when you're working on Valve time. I was starting to wonder if the project would get released before Valve either dumped or completely renovated the Source engine.

[1] http://forums.blackmesasource.com/showthread.php?t=2416
That was completely uncalled for, especially from someone who has shown healthy concern over signal/noise.
Yea, please post an interesting love story next time as well, AmazingIdiot.
Meanwhile, read the title again. It's "Hacker News", not "Random News".
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How much is the hacker ethic about disruption? In order to disrupt an industry, it is important to understand how the established entities become established. in this case, the Yakuza, manage to retain power even though they have a reputation of criminality. According to the OP, it's through a mix of well hidden criminality and the implication of criminality, among other things, but not through outright gang warfare and ninja executions, as pop culture would have you believe.

Now as a hacker/entrepreneur, you attempt to start a competitor against what seems like a backwards thinking, complacent established company. You think your product and strategy is so obviously going to win because you think you know why your established competitor succeeds, and you believe youve one-upped them.

And yet you fail. Do you sit around doubting your skill? Do you accuse the competitor of doing something outright illegal and evil? Or do you accept that there might be things under the surface that you hadn't considered (some of which may be illegal but not to the point where it would cause actual, game changing prosecution)?

To say that the abstracted takeaways from here don't apply to anything a hacker does, even a pure coder, is an extremely narrow mindset, and is probably the kind of mind that thinks Steve Woz would be a billionaire if he never met Steve Jobs (and even Woz knows that isn't the case).

Hacking is more about literal code and computers. If HN encompasses entrepernurial strategy, then not everything about being a successful hacker can be found on github.
You can run atop without root, it just won't use process accounting so you may miss some processes (but so would htop and glances).

I'm not sure what being on a VM has to do with anything.

It would be nice if there was a way (e.g. a command-line argument or atoprc setting) to disable the ability to kill processes from within atop; then it would be safer for an admin to make it executable as root by regular users.
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No monopoly protection at all, and all culture would be funded by kickstarter (or clones).
I am not concerned whether my comment was well received or not. I am not here to win a popularity contest. But what I am concerned about is your appalingly manipulative tactics that you used to respond to my commment by insinuating that I had some political agenda. That does not sit well with me at all and that's because I truly dislike manipulative people. Discrediting someone's point of view through insinuations (and, potentially, affecting his karma) does not make you right, but merely pandering to the crowd.

Incidentally, saying "your comments" instead of "your comment" (and a brief one at that) is yet another example of how you make things up to portray people more negatively than they deserve it, quite like a skilled political operative. I am not surprised that what Mr. Ryan said was merely a "gaffe" to you. You seem to thrive on "gaffes" like that in this thread.

I should probably note that I am a technical type by nature, training and occupation, and so to me as to many other technical types, "gaffes" like that are a sign of mental sloppinnes, at the very best, and that simply does not inspire confidence in people who make them and makes me wonder about their real motives. The technical fields are defined by high precision (or any precision at all) that simply does not exist in non-technical fields.

I have been using the Internet for over 20 years, so I happen to have some perspective on things, and must say, regretfully, that it is the rise of the manipulative crowd that I find the greatest threat to the Internet future usefulness, including the usefulness of HN. But I doubt you care about it, so let me finish right here.
Exactly. Go on ebay and search for "3g base station" or "cdma test" and so on ... low to mid 5-digit price tags for old equipment. Even the iden bases (nextel, etc.) are still fairly expensive...
Yet another ZDnet article listening to middle-manager De Icaza. Wasting the community time.

I bet Linus has a g+ bot to reply to those. I would.
A start-up changes a person in the same way a war does - trauma, triumph, battle, and blood. If you aren't changed after you start up, it probably wasn't your first time.
Oh, you're making me cry. I'm leaving HN anyway, since it's already in a downward spiral.
Sayonara.
Good luck! Doing contract work as a web/app developer brings in good money (depending on what your expenses are), and also leaves free time (depending on what you charge hourly).

I'm trying the same since July. One of the important lessons I learnt on the way - be super-serious about organising your time. July & half of August flew away in a jiffy as I was trying to do/learn too many (mostly new) things at the same time. I'm trying to form habits around the way I spend time, not letting new ideas distract me on a daily basis.

You've been working in a jungle of roles for 8 years, bet that bit wont be hard. Good luck again :)
I made two typos of my own: 'corect' should be 'correct' and 'Signmaster' (obviously an improvement on the original) should be 'Singmaster'. In general it is difficult to write even one page of correct mathematics, and this is a preview. I don't know how well soliciting content will work, given the copyright.
The real problem is evident in every single one of their replies: Logistics. The common user is simply not going to go out of their way to install linux -- if they've even heard of it. Microsoft and Apple ship their OSes to retailers pre-installed on machines. A linux box would be $300 - $400 cheaper than the same machine running Windows, but how do people get linux on their machines? They buy a windows machine, then put linux on it. I know a few manufacturers are selling machines with linux pre-installed, but I don't see them at my local Best Buy and I even have to go out of my way to find them online because the selection is simply limited and not widely distributed. And that's why the problem is evident in each and every one of their answers: These aren't business guys. They didn't even consider that they might have a business problem. It doesn't occur to them. That's why linux has a popularity problem.
Site's down atm but here's the Google Cache
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
The vim that ships with 10.8 (and IIRC 10.7, maybe 10.6) has ruby and python linked out of the box, and straight-up

./configure --enable-rubyinterp && make

works just fine on my machine.

Or if yours isn't for whatever reason, you could cheat and grab MacVim[0] then symlink `/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim` to `/usr/local/bin/vim` (editing paths as necessary)

[0] https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim
Why would you use something like this, and not just a SD card?
It's not that clearcut: https://torrentfreak.com/rapidshare-not-guilty-of-copyright-...
hmm I resigned one month ago but what's the point to write a blog about that?
"Unlike an SD card which sticks out about 1cm from the body of the computer, the MiniDrive sits flush against the body of the MacBook, becoming a semi-permanent feature of the computer."
That's some impressive marketing for a MicroSD to SD adapter, something that comes for free with almost every MicroSD card.
Expanding on the examples you give at the end. I'm not familiar with the AirBnB ads and I'm not entirely sure what Facebook has purposely done to polarise people for growth.
I'm reasonably confident it won't take much to beat the standards set by having copyright enforcement bots taking the thing offline.
There's an update posted by the campaign here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102022.0

tl;dr: They're returned the anonymous donations, and are now only accepting donations of up to $100 USD with your name and address, or up to $1,000 USD with your name, address and employment information.

Edited to reflect that the actions mentioned took place last month, and everything is settled now.
Looking at older images of reactor #4, there should be a hole in the wall were the altered area of the photo is. In older images, there is what looks like a truck entrance, that extended out from the reactor building, and this has since been removed. Perhaps Tepco did not want people to see a gaping hole in the side of building.... you can see the truck bay that is no longer there in this photo.. http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp/pict12.jpg
So, it's a microSD card adapter that's a bit smaller that normal. That 35$ price is ridiculous.
This is essentially a duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4467653 from one day before.
I've got a photography web & iOS app idea that I've sketched out, it's currently un-named and Bluffr would fit quite well.

The app would be to bookmark GPS locations that I would like to go back and photograph some other time.

E.g I'm travelling on the train and I whiz by a cathedral, old ruin, or landscape I'd like to photograph, I can save & tag it for later. When I'm able to go out snapping next, I can find it again. Plus the locations can be shared & geofencing enabled so others can find or be alerted when they enter popular locations.

Bluff is another name for a hill/mountain so it would fit quite well with the landscape theme.

It's not quite as obvious as the poker theme but I think the name could be appropriated for this use. It's also a similar mispelling to flickr which keeps it photo related.

In terms of timescales it would be over the next 3 months. I'm currently learning iOS and I would love this to be my first web & iOS app. Obviously if anyone wanted to jump in on this project with me, then it probably could be done a lot quicker. My e-mail is in my profile.

I'd also be documenting the process. I think it would be fun to do a series of blog posts right from sketches through to launch. I think going in depth on struggles & successes could be quite interesting for HN to follow.
but I find it gets in the way a lot... both literally by overlapping the code around the code I'm typing, and figuratively by trying to insert text while I type

I sometimes forget that this is the default, since my first step when installing VS.NET is to turn off all the automatic popping up and getting your way functionality. I think it's analogous to that "Torch Mode" setting that new TVs are on when they're in the showroom, demonstrating every feature they have at once so you see it all and are impressed. The VS.NET that I know doesn't do that. But I guess it would prefer to if you didn't reel it in.

Keep all the good stuff, but leave it behind CTRL+Space. You're four checkboxes away from having your cake and eating it too. And not having it leap up in between you and what you're trying to accomplish.
I have question regarding BufferApp: how does new Twitter rules (and general direction for these social API places) influence Buffer?

For example, if you become very very popular, Twitter might say that automated posting is not ok with them (since it does not help conversation - conversation is not real time which I guess Twitter wants).
Java as a CESK machine
Bruce Willis to fight Apple over ownership of his iTunes Library
This is a good technique. It was recommended to me, too, a while ago, and has proved useful ever since.

Eyes can get RSIs too!
Why not just use a Gist?
You've summarized my entire past year in these nifty points my friend... and I'm not even in the computers/IT industry (and I'm not married). But seriously, I only wish someone had told this before. I'd have tried to be better prepared for it (and I also know that you're never 'better prepared' ever).
I haven't really noticed a difference. I wasn't much trolling before. I would just end up participating in more discussions that were a) about things that didn't matter, or 2) about social topics that were more controversial than I would normally discuss when the conversation could so easily be tracked back to me.
So you can get that same feature (smaller size) for cheaper elsewhere? If so than it is ridiculous, but if not than it is only overpriced if people are not willing to pay for it. As with all startups, to get customers start by solving an actual problem (I use the SD slot all the time, but hate having it stick out)
Setting aside the price, requiring a tool to remove it is a design fail. What I'd like is for it to have a removal prong that tilts out when pressed on one side (perhaps with a pen). I guarantee that I'd lose the butt ugly gizmo.

So it's ugly I'm going to lose the thingy. Oh and it's $35.
I guess it's not specifically or business and unfortunately doesn't attract a ton of content but I think
http://ideeeas.com is great.
but this single word was a very valid reply to the parents question. without needing any explanation.
It's almost as though those millions of Japanese people aren't a clone robot army.
Organized crime is actually not very complicated or creative, which I think most good hacks are. It tends to run like this (but is obviously not limited to this line of business):

"You have a nice family/business. I'll hurt or kill them if you don't pay me money."

It's pretty easy because parents, wives, children or businesses are fairly soft targets. You can't always be looking over your shoulder.

Organized crime is less than a zero-sum game, it's a negative sum game: the more prevalent it is, the more resources it sucks out of society, and the more resources society must dedicate to defending itself from parasites.

In my mind, creative hacks are the polar opposite of that: they make something from nothing, or are a clever way to eliminate a lot of dreary work.
OK, so it's an adapter that's designed to be flush wit the case. I get it. For some this could be of value.

From a design standpoint, I would have been far more impressed had they taken the time to engineer a removal approach that does not require a special tool. The first thing it's going to happen is that you'll be on a trip or out of the office without the "key". There are tons of ways to make tool-less removal possible. This device is very simple as it has no real circuitry inside. It's an exercise in mechanical design, and they chose to not go the extra step and give it tool-less removal.
It doesn't matter whether you broke the law if you go broke defending yourself. And good luck raising money with a lawsuit hanging over your head.
It's not out of character at all. Yakuza is an ancient tradition going back centuries. Remember that Japan has only been the democratic, peaceful society we know since WWII. They have a civilization that is very, very old and customs that go back very far. Their governmental forms have changed over the many years, but at heart they've always maintained their core of being Japanese. They may be a democracy in 50 years, or an empire in 200, but they will always be Japanese.

The Yakuza have a special place in Japanese society. While they certainly can be classified as a criminal element, they are not wonton criminals. In times of crisis, they do help where they can. When I was in Tokyo a few years back, I always felt safe anywhere I went, even when visiting some shady areas of the city. I would never want to get on their bad side, but I never felt threatened by them.
This sounds a bit like hyperbole. People don't die from startups.
Unfortunately a fake. I fell for the same thing earlier.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/03/bruce-willis-itunes-music-l...
I completely agree, but people lapped it up when it was on kickstarter. Know your market, I guess.
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That's a great question. To be quite honest, we weren't sure where we stood when we saw the changes come out. Fortunately, Twitter have been amazing to us and we have great communication with them. We've learned that we fit into the area of Tweet production and optimization tools, which are highly favored by Twitter.
Installing command-t is fairly easy on windows. Just compile as instructed with latest ruby 1.9 + devkit and replace gvim.exe with the one specified in this page https://wincent.com/comments/6544.
Chrome "Back" bug breaks HTTP content negotiation; marked WontFix for 1+ years
It's random; there's some misogynistic jokes as well.
I run a recipe site. Maybe I can get some free traffic. lol. It's karma whoring 101. But as I said, it was a good article!
"Because nuclear power, done right and engineered well, is the one of the safest and best sources of energy."

Here's the thing: most human endeavors are going to be done wrong and engineered poorly at some point. If I run a slipshod coal-fired plant I can give cancer to a bunch of people and blow up a town, but I'm not going to threaten the food production of an entire country and possibly an ocean.

Warren Buffett has famously said (I paraphrase) that he only invests in companies that will do OK even if managed by complete idiots for ten years because most companies will be managed by idiots for extended periods of time.

Basically, you want to move to Theory, because that's where nuclear power plants are a great way to generate power.
This would be really neat if the sd slot on my macbook even worked. Has anyone else had this problem?
You sound just fine. Practice more, get rid of the "uh"s and "um"s, and you'll sound great.
How can you live with having to search everything?

(Disclosure: satisfied Unity user here)

If you interact with the machine primarily through the keyboard, "search everything" is a plus, not a minus. It means you can easily launch new applications without having to take your hand off the KB and move it over to the mouse. Launching applications is much faster for me in Unity than it was in GNOME 2.x, simply because typing ALT plus the first three characters of the application name (or a generally descriptive word: ALT + "music" finds Rhythmbox, for instance) is faster than rooting around a multi-level menu.

After grudgingly Googling how to use Unity, I found the steps to list applications and it's absolutely horrible

This is because "listing applications" in Unity is a failure case. Users don't want to list applications; they want to launch the one application they were looking for. The point of Unity's launcher is to make digging through a long list of apps to find the one you wanted obsolete.
That's a red herring. You can remove it with an un-bent paperclip or a bit of string. You could knot the string or loop the paperclip around itself to make it easier to remove frequently, if you wanted to, but the device is intended to be removed rarely.

A tilting removal handle could break off, making it IMPOSSIBLE to remove.
Congratulations and good luck!! There's nothing better than to be working on something you can call your own, and to be building a company of your dreams.

It will be a tough journey ahead, but the courage to resign is a first step. There's a tonne of work that needs to be done so remember to stay FOCUSED. :)
Great little post and totally true. Related, the Airplay implementation is a good example of restraint in interaction design. Airfoil does much more, but it isn't as natural or easy to grok as Apple's implementation.
That's just insane. People working on start-ups do not, as a matter of course, risk their lives in the same way soldiers in a war do. I'd challenge you to point to anyone doing a tech startup who has lost a limb due to an IED.

A start-up may very well change a person more than spending the same time at a job would, but to compare it to going through war shows an incredible amount of naivety about how horrible war actually is.
About 200 - 300 a day...
I had a similar idea, for an "auth box" that would could be hosted by a third party or ran at home on the end of a consumer connection.

Whenver you log in or sign up to a site, a request is made to this device which can authenticate the user and return the result to the site.

A big drawback to this scheme is that stealing the box could become profitable. It would also require a more mature network than we have now.

Passwords are crap and key management is hard, who really wants to do 2 factor auth every time they want to log into gmail?.