skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Have Just A Phone Number? iOS 6 Facebook Integration Can Fill In The Blanks
This article is about government harassment of a cyber systems analyst who dared to "express support for Wikileaks" and attended a pro-Wikileaks demonstration. What is wrong with that?

Pretending people are upset about the existence of classification system is silly. The question is why an organization devoted to promoting government transparency and engaged in supposedly-protected free speech is getting officially classified using language which is used to justify (illegal and criminal) warrantless detention, torture and extra-judicial assassination.

It is entirely possible that the US military could restrict service members from subscribing to the New York Times or the Washington Post, but I don't see Bob Woodward or Tom Friedman getting described as an enemy of the American Republic.
A steady slide into military dictatorship orchestrated by whom? You have to invent a non-partisan conspiracy including both GW Bush and Obama... given the level of partisanship of politics over the last several years, you really expect me to believe that they managed to coordinate a slide into military dictatorship between themselves? Who is going to be the ultimate beneficiary?
I live on the N line and it makes 5 stops in a 7 block stretch near my house. It's insanely slow and frustrating.

Muni needs to reduce the number of stops a bus/train makes.
Great idea, though I hope there reading this and start selling NFC proof wallet holders for them.

What with all these NFC pass's for this and that and now credit cards, you would think somebody would sell proper protective wallets for them to prevent the details being read by passers by and the like (there be kit that can read them from across the street for a while now, its radio based after all).

Still, I'm impressed at the way there testing the market for them and promoting them, genuis.
What does it mean to be simple?
Welcome to Earth. This is a world and existence of limited resources.
Italy? I understand this marvel was built in Canada.
They mean that you don't have to run a server yourself, instead you use their PubNub messaging service (which has a free tier but costs after that).
Yosemite Workers Tested For Hantavirus, Ordered To Keep Quiet
Hmm, yeah, what happens when people ignore the survey? Does it default to 1/n or perhaps weight by some calculation of usage frequency?
That's a nice idea and execution. But I really think about the role of paper business cards today. Is it still a necessity?
The implication of his wording as I see it is that this is fine, and that this is as far as it needs to go.
> No, it doesn't. What this episode tells us is that humans often have frequent false positives, when it comes to pattern matching. This is common in most animal, and is the part how we perceive the world.

Yes but you must put this in context: we're talking about a professional here.

For example, a lot of people don't succeed at diet and exercise: they somehow give up or lose motivation. You can find all sorts of biological roots that explain this behavior, but it's not appropriate to apply this same reasoning to a top professional athlete.

In "Go", assuming that your opponent can see something that you can't see is one of the bad habits that gets beaten out of you as you become stronger (and if it doesn't, you'll continue to be a weak player).

It seems that this doesn't happen for chess players.
The difference is that apps aren't what attract users to Netflix. Movies attract users to Netflix. That lets Netflix build up a base of users, which then makes it an interesting platform for apps.

App.net, on the other hand, is just glue to connect applications together. Outside apps, there is no "there" there. So it suffers from a chicken-and-egg problem that Netflix does not -- they need users to attract developers, but to attract users, there have to be developers building attractive stuff.

Probably the easiest way out of this conundrum would be if they could entice some celebrities or other high-profile figures to ditch Twitter for App.net. They would create streams of content people want to read, which would attract their fans, which would attract developers. This seems a bit contrary to the App.net "we're just an API" philosophy, though.
Cool tech - it would be interesting to see a cost/benefit analysis mapping months to break-even from local $/kWh costs and local wind speeds.

In the article he mentions they don't have grid power, so the payoff will be pretty quick vs. the generator they have. He said they used the generator a lot because their solar panels weren't enough.
An application utilizing a platform and the platform itself are two different things.
Innovation is an Illusion
A much better idea than the original 'virtual gifts'. I could really see this taking off although it will take some time to reach users around the world. Maybe they will partner with Amazon for distribution. I wonder how this would affect Facebook's bottom line if a large percentage of their users started taking advantage of it. Combined with the birthday notifications everyone is used to it could generate significant revenue.

e.g. What is you clicked a birthday notification and instead of just an option to post to the persons wall you could send a gift? Lots of opportunity here for Facebook to integrate this.

Edit: just watched the video and they are integrating with birthdays.
Cirque Du Soleil, in your browser
Personally, I generally don't.
IMO this is really what this developer payment scheme is all about (based on the discussions with Caldwell, et al on app.net). As a twitter clone it is sufficient (minus the network effect), but it is really a messaging and identity platform waiting to be defined by the applications written on top of it. Caldwell alludes to this near the end of the OP.
The SideProject Book $17 on AppSumo
Oooh, now that's the way to get real names + addresses out of people. Neat. It also involves social pressure -- now not giving away your address will mean rejecting a gift.
Note to the SD hacker news group: I live in San Diego, but I have not yet attended a meeting. However, I just recently purchased a piece of equipment that I think would benefit the group: a Makerbot 2 3D printer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p...). If anyone needs anything printed, let me know! I will only charge a minimal amount to pay for the PLA plastic ($30-40 per kilogram roughly) and time used.
And how exactly do you want wikileaks to announce this in advance? The military is not known for giving early warning of things like this.

By the time a schedule like this is announced (even internally in the military), it's already in progress!
Signs certainly point to yes.
The post says

App.net will use some basic algorithms to put in “presets” as a proxy for how useful that particular app may have been to you. The member will then be free to move the sliders in any configuration that they wish.

So if you don't fill out the form, they probably just use whatever their algorithm tells them you think. But since Defaults Are Powerful my bet is that the vast majority of people who do bother to fill out the form will either just submit the presets or a mildly tweaked version of same, so the survey is skewed towards their algorithm's findings anyway.
All depends on the quality of the gifts. If they're chintzy, good luck. But if it's quality stuff, cool. It's got to be of a higher level than Zynga was for apps.

Facebook would be served best by controlling gift quality with an iron fist. I'm a little skeptical they'll do that, but maybe.

This is very cool, though "Friends ... can swap for a different size, flavor or style before the gift ships."

Still. Quality. Quality. Quality.
Not only are entrepreneurs having trouble entering 1st world countries to start companies, 1st world markets are losing their relevance.
He took the code down. Bummer. Would have really liked to update this so it works better with my other HN extensions.
Vanity Lists
This seems like the entirely wrong thing to optimize. There are so many other opportunities for Facebook to monetize:

- group buying around deals, or group buying in general
- "Pay by Facebook" Facebook Connect based payment system
- Facebook Presence based loyalty programs

among many other easier things than gifts. Gifting does not seem like low hanging fruit.
Facebook Moves Into E-Commerce
A corollary to this service, on OSX and only for pdf, is to put the OS CUPS print driver to use. I've always been impressed with how well the print -> save as pdf functionality works on OS X. Recently I needed to batch it for text files and looked up the specifics. (It works for html as well, just save your sites procedurally and batch.)

/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert -f infile -o outfile

As stated somewhere in the comments this service is probably aimed at people on remote machines, but the above has been a handy trick for my local life.

I'm sure equivalents exist on Windows (PDFcreator comes to mind) and Linux.
One comment caught my attention:

This is just a PCR study. No evidence that the foreign human DNA even entered host cells, much less that it was expressed. Probably shows only that minute quantities of foreign human DNA can hang around a host body for a while. Most likely explanation is that it gets bound up in the extracellular matrix. Being that the DNA is of human origin, it would not trigger an immune response, but rather, it would just be slowly degraded like the host's own DNA when it is released from dead cells (part of the normal, perpetual turnover of cells). DNA is hardy stuff; people have sequenced DNA from Neanderthal bones.

Study co-author J. Lee Nelson's comments are ridiculous hype. He should be ashamed of himself. That those comments were published in this newspaper uncritically is also an embarrassment.

This work was published in PLoS ONE. PLoS ONE articles are peer reviewed only for the validity of the methods used, not for the importance of the subject matter or the validity of the conclusions drawn. This is where you can publish all sorts of meaningless crap.
Intra-Family Loans: Tap That Family Bank
Indeed, back in the mid 90's, pretty much all CGI script examples you could find anywhere were written in Perl.
I think the book is a little overpriced from what it has to offer.
Cyberwarfare Emerges From Shadows for Public Discussion by U.S. Officials
QE Infinity: The Unintended Consequences
Louis CK sums this up very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF1NUposXVQ

Essentially, when you say 'fsck', I interpret that as 'fuck'. If you want me to think the word 'fuck', then take the responsibility and say it.
Does this mean I can buy my friends a beer? Because that'll be better than buying them a ... cupcake.
I've never had a client say it's too much.

Interesting. I keep getting complaints and lowball offers all the time.
SciPy 0.11.0 released
Because Chuck Norris invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. The color value "tomcruise" produces a particularly girly shade of pink.
Absolutely use with caution and test extensively. Everyone one of these tweaks are tuning things at a very granular level and may cause more problems than help.

Btw, the dropped clients has to do with recycle -- reuse is far 'safer', protocol speaking.
Cheers! We're using PubNub in production and it's been great so far. We were one of those noisy customers that wanted the presence API. :)
If they are hosting the game online its not cut and dry that they have a legal requirement to distribute the source code under GNU Public License. I would read up on this more to get a better understanding as there is a lot written about this. See this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/539291/rebranding-a-gpld-... among many other threads. There is dispute about the term "distribute" as if its on online app they are technically not distributing the code to anyone but it remains on their servers.
That makes a lot more sense. I realized my mistake after going back to the site and noticing that guests are charged a fee as well. It's still pretty crazy on a rev multiple basis but the company's growth is ridiculous as well. Thanks for the insight.
I would love to be able to send books.

Example: when my distant friends announce that they are expecting a baby I usually have to contact them to get mailing info so I can send them one of my favorite children's books. If Facebook can make this happen in just a few clicks, then I'll gladly use their service.
Profiling the Cybercriminal and the Cyberspy
> this will never be true

Primary IdPs host the log in page, not Mozilla...

Say Google implements BrowserID for Gmail.

The user will see the same Gmail Auth log in screen they have seen many times before. They only have to remember their gmail password (and any password manager works like it always has on this form).

Most likely if your provider is webmail, then you'll already have an active session... so you won't have to type a password in.
Hey Entrepreneurs, Bootstrapping Is An Option, Too
Show HN: SmugMug Pro for Life giveaway on PhotoWhoa
PhotoWhoa is running a giveaway for 10 lifetime accounts on SmugMug Pro (an image hosting & portfolio website for photographers).

Any comments or feedback on the design or contest elements? We'd love to hear it.

To photographers on HN, we'd love it if you entered.
I haven't redefined the Mission at all - quite the opposite in fact. Consult a map if you don't believe me.

If you look on a map you will find "the area west of Valencia" is a tiny sliver of the whole neighborhood - coincidentally the only part that is highly gentrified, this is the area GP was referring to.

"The rest of the Mission" as I called out, is in fact the vast majority of the neighborhood, but also one that is routinely ignored by wealthy San Franciscans. It is vastly larger than the gentrified little corner, and is still a crack-ridden hole.
Interesting.

If I'm reading this right, the result shouldn't be surprising (though maybe inappropriately named?). Consider:

{shape-rendering: crisp-edges;}
Indicates that the user agent should attempt to emphasize the contrast between clean edges of artwork over rendering speed and geometric precision. To achieve crisp edges, the user agent might turn off anti-aliasing for all lines or possibly just for straight lines which are close to vertical or horizontal. Also, the user agent might adjust line positions and line widths to align edges with device pixels.

Would a circle not be a graphic you'd want to be geometrically precise, making {shape-rendering: geometric-precision;} the most appropriate choice?
Cupcakes are, at the moment, a far less heavily regulated industry.
Summoning the Facebook Auth Dialog Preview User
Yes, I will forever miss Carol Doda, the go-go "swing joints," the disco clubs, the Mitchell brothers, the Pavarotti operas where the star never showed up, the old SP trains with their smoking cars where you couldn't take a breath without choking, the no-growth mindset that caused the City to turns its collective nose up as the tech boom began and to wave to it as it passed by, the exodus of businesses that fled high taxes and silly regulations in favor of friendlier climes, and, of course, Playland, where you could ride bumper cars to your heart's content without having to consider anything more serious than how to find the sun amidst the continual fog that hung over the place. Having been afflicted already with such grievous losses, I imagine the City will survive an influx of talented young entrepreneurs who seek to build great new companies and maybe just to have a little fun to boot.

Having lived through all this, I can tell you, the City is what it has always been: an amazing collection of high life, low life, and tempered life of every kind imaginable. Today, it has lots of character, just as it always has. It is vain and fruitless to try to glamorize a pickled version of the things of a bygone era, as the author here does. We just need to appreciate it on its own terms.
I don't accept that I'm obligated to identify some specific set of consiprators in order to make observations about some outward appearances that I find concerning.

Nevertheless, the traditional (if perhaps archaic) name for this in the US is "military-industrial complex". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex
Touché. It's just a mess. Thanks for putting that out, I'll update the tip.
I've read something similar by Michael Abrash.

Based on a press-release for the capabilities of a new graphics card that would have blown his project out of the water, an engineer spent a long time thinking about what they must be doing to get that sort of performance. He figured they were using a FIFO somewhere in the circuitry, and had enough space to implement a 1-deep FIFO for a certain operation, figuring that it wasn't enough. Turns out, his improved chip beat the benchmarks that were in the original press release because they had implemented a FIFO for a different operation that had less impact on performance.
Apparent Facts:

- AF OSI (the Air Force's own little internal FBI-like agency) investigates military members contacting Wikileaks / Julian Assange

- AF OSI is alleging that some service-members may be punished under UCMJ 104-D Communicating with the Enemy / Aiding the Enemy for communicating with Julian Assange

Unjustified Speculation:

- The US Military or US AF considers Wikileaks an Enemy of the State.

- The US Military is going to assassinate Julian Assange with a UAV drone.

Debatable, but likely (IANAL):

- This particular investigation case (involving those service members) is closed and it is unknown/classified regarding whether official charges were filed.

- UCMJ 104-D may also charge non-service-members for Aiding the Enemy (Google is embarrassingly unhelpful confirming or denying this for me)

- TechDirt is flame-baiting and fear-mongering (obviously their raison d'être)
It has explicit variable declaration. You can always do:
varname as Type = expression

You often won't see this for the sake of succinctness. I might have misunderstood what you were saying but thought I'd mention that.
You should buy them beer irl :(
Destroying Your Enemies Through the Magic of Design
I'm friends with a few people on Facebook who I'd consider to be very popular. 1000+ friends with many guys vying after their attention. Every time they post a picture of themselves it will be hit with 50 likes (mostly from males) in the first hour.

I bet these people will be swimming in gifts once it's released.
Facebook as payment system? I still don't have enough confidence on how secure their system is. Also, sharing home address with them is not a smart move.
'Melt in the body' electronics devised
This is fundamentally social and something that pretty much only Facebook can do. I know that there are a lot of companies trying to compete in the loyalty, group buying, and payment platforms.
How about if I, as a non-American, want to buy this app to use on an upcoming US trip?
I'll look into your suggestions, thank you! Contact me at info@5vor9.com for more info if you like
My favorite thing to come out of this article is the quote by William Gibson, "The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed."
They're not writing them checks before they start on something, like MS would in the article you wrote. You built something, you can sell it, and if lots of people use it you get a bonus. It's closer to the App Store's commission on sales than buying a developer's time to build an app.
It's a mixed bag for me. I live in Los Angeles next to a movie studio. There's a ton of cards for right here at my home. Some are cool stuff, some are generic tourist guide info for tourist food and tourist shops, a bazillion movie locations, and some (the ones I'm most skeptical about) are celebrity news. I don't care where some celeb was seen yesterday, and I wouldn't care much even if I didn't live here.
Inappropriate Use of Adobe Code Signing Certificate
I just noticed this answer, which gives an overview of how to officially provide prior art for a pending patent application:

http://meta.patents.stackexchange.com/questions/105/i-want-t...

This is really neat!
Yes, that's exactly what the conversation looked like when he said "grammar" instead of "semantics". I'm glad you've saved us from such dereliction of discourse.
Which is really an example of gamification. Indeed, the "chain" can be seen as a progress bar that you get to fill each day you work at something. Really cool.
That is kind of a weak argument there, one might easily ask

"If a reporter with the NYT had an IM session with someone who had access to really explosive data and that someone wanted to share it,..." You're saying the NYT would counsel them for that the good of the country they shouldn't share it?

If Ellsberg contacted Sheehan with an IM and offered to send over the Pentagon Papers in '72 you think that Sheehan would have said, "No thanks, that is secret data even though it says the Government has been lying about the war." ?

I'm not convinced. Given the challenges the prosecution is facing with Manning I'm left wondering what evidence the government has that he was an operative or that Wikileaks was anything more than a opportunistic journalistic contact.

Your second claim is that the NYT doesn't publish indiscriminately. But you are trying to argue a possible behavior for a situation that didn't exist. Lets say for the sake of argument that the source was Manning, and that rather than Wikileaks he chose to dump the data on someone at the NYT, then suppose that the NYT spent several weeks going over that data with various understaffers, and the threat of someone else breaking the story came up.

Now are you going to argue that the NYT wouldn't just run with it at that point? How about if in all the weeks of looking they had yet to find anything that would hurt/compromise an innocent third party? Do you know the NYT that well? And unlike 1972 where they were constrained by how many pages of newspaper they could print, on the web you can print everything now and get those clicks early and often.

Given that the NYT has released comparably classified material in the past (I've heard one argument that the state department communications were actually a lower grade classification but cannot find a source for that), and probably still has lawyers on staff from the resulting court cases that caused, its easier for me to believe they would have run with the story.
How can I submit prior art to the Patent Office?
gifting is low-hanging fruit in the physical space.
Google adds a "Watch Trailer" button to its movie search results page
AquaBoard Brings Water Effects For iPhone Home screen & Lock screen
Leaking classified documents is illegal, but publishing leaked materials is protected speech.
I rather be in a business that has a few competitors but lot's of market than in a business that has no competitors, and no market...
Ostensibly ease-of-use - the NFC can theoretically be done with a tap, QR requires a dedicated app or QR-aware device and proper aiming with the camera.
I can only hope you're right. The history of the supes though is that they pander to the people who want to "conserve the rich history and diversity of the city". It sounds nice, but what it results in is paralysis and band-aids (for example in the provisions to grant building permits is to build "affordable" housing.) So the builders build million dollar condos (who only few can afford) and the below-market condos -who only the near destitute qualify for). That leaves most people competing for the few actually (non subsidized) affordable places, which due to pressures are the leftovers (substandard inventory -old, needing repairs, lousy areas, etc).

I have little respect and some disdain for the supes . They have driven the city's progress into the ground. Anywhere else, these policies would have driven the place into a Detroit West, but they get propped up the the surrounding valleys' wealth.

I could only wish the city was governed a bit like SJ --without the sprawl.
Netflix 2.4 For iPhone 5 Released
Paperlink: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna...