skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Here's a notorius austrian court-appointed linguistics "expert" who became infamous during the trial of animal rights activists accused of forming a terrorist group:

http://images.derstandard.at/t/12/livebericht/1297818651208/...

He claimed to be able to prove with near certainty that one of the defendants wrote some letters and articles whose real authors were named in the trial, by using contrived (and obviously error-prone) text analysis methods some real linguistics experts called absurd.

The defendants were all acquitted by the judge, who was subsequently moved to a much less prestigious job, while the prosecutor was promoted.

So yes, there are show trials in Austria and the defendant in the Tor case hopefully wasn't a political activist.
One of the main reasons I personally wouldn't choose Google over Amazon no matter how much they lower the price is due to the lack of a solid customer support. God forbid if something goes wrong, not only will I risk losing the Cloud account but also everything else linked to them including Adsense.

Also, Google has a history shutting down unviable services and as these competitive price cuts continues, it gets more risky to keep betting on Google.
I don't think "closer to the money" means "closer to the user", otherwise cashiers would be paid handsomely.

I'm sure I don't know this well enough to try to explain it, but as a throw-away attempt at it, I'd say it means "having more decision-making power" or "being able to effect more change".
It will not.

There _is_ a library called ActiveModel::Serializers in Rails 4, but it's much worse than the implementation that we have in the rails-api organization.
For us crypto-ignoramuses, what's wrong with what you quoted?
This problem may very well grow as IPv6 gains adoption. IP address won't be a viable indicator of identity.

What we need is a distributed, pseudonymous reputation system. In this way, honest users would have no problem signing up for services such as yours, but griefers would have much more trouble, because there would be a very real cost each time they destroyed one of their pseudonymous identities.
Kind of muddles up why and how, but it's quite clear that someone made a call to the state ISP, and then someone went around reconfiguring the routers to drop all the published routes into Syria.
Microsoft Announces Pricing Details on Surface With Windows 8 Pro
Why even say anything in the first place?
If I tried to generalize this, I'd say "closer to the customer's understanding" (which I would argue is often deeply tied into marketing), not necessarily "closer to the customer's money": to most users, they have a "Windows PC of some sort" and not "a Dell Inspiron"; even those in the latter camp don't go "the latest and best production of FoxConn, my favorite producer of consumer electronics".
I bought a certificate from them a few weeks ago, it was delivered to my email in just a few minutes. No problems whatsoever.
Since this is the first time I've posted anything like this, I wasn't planning on charging anything for a basic consultation (I've already helped a few folks on here this way).

If we were to get to a point where you needed direct assistance making a sale, we would discuss compensation of some sort. Hope that makes sense :)
>Ice on Mercury, the closes planet to the Sun? Unbelievable.

Amazing what an atmosphere, or the lack thereof, can do for a planet.
Amazon responds to Google by not shutting down successful new services and alienating users.
Barnes & Noble Ebooks Are Only Yours Until Your Credit Card Expires
Although I am not extremely religious, I still think it's a great idea. Why though are you focusing only on Churches? There are synagogues, mosques, buddhist temples, etc. You have the potential to be the google for finding any religious place.

Also how are you sustaining? Are you charging churches anything to list themselves? They don't pay taxes, so you might as well charge them for something...
Facebook Arrests Ignite Free-Speech Debate In India
I would also argue against the idea that a steak (or anything else) has intrinsic value. I think all of it's value is extrinsic - it comes from people wanting it and being willing to pay a certain amount for it.
Varnish is very much like a programmable device. A VCL that works for one website can break the other. So it's important to know what you're up against in order to cook up the right VCL.

You could come up with a generic VCL that works for most websites out there but its cache effectiveness diminishes as you try to account for the most common corner cases. In fact, we did come up with such VCL. We distribute it with the cPanel Varnish plugin.

If you ever have a question or need a hand with Varnish/VCL drop me an email. I'll be more than happy to help out.
I'm driving down to Mexico City through Guadalajara in late December - just signed up with Vayable and am thrilled to find a couple tours I hope to take on the trip.

Thanks for the link.

http://www.vayable.com/experiences/135-guachimontones-tequil...
NASA's Messenger finds evidence of water on Mercury
True, perhaps all the user flagging made the HN server think it was a spam site.
I'm also troubled by the expansion of the New York finance style intern culture.

We find that having someone do real work for a decent length of time is a great way to evaluate them when they are inexperienced or otherwise hard to evaluate in an interview format.

Internships have their place, but not when it's taking advantage of the applicant. That's when we hire them for short term contracts, we pay them contractor rates (so slightly more hourly than the paycheque would be) to compensate for the lack of security.

We're finding that we end up with people who can treat the business seriously and professionally when that's needed as well as the normal stuff everyone wants like enthusiasm, intelligence and work ethic. Someone willing to run on a treadmill because I'm dangling a carrot in front of them like a jerk is not someone I want on my team, I want someone who will spend their time wisely when I'm paying them for it.

Who would have guessed that treating applicants with respect would pay off, even for a small startup? Oh yeah, we did. And we were right.
> Is there even a real economic incentive to distribute that filth?

I'm not a predator, and I'm not really trained or experienced in criminal justice or psychology, so everything I say about how they think is pure speculation.

But I'd suppose that there is economic incentive:

(1) Direct payment. I'm sure some people are probably willing to buy such content. I'm also sure that, if somebody else can figure out how to charge buyers and receive money, without leaving a trail back to themselves, some people are willing to sell such content.

(2) Reciprocation/barter. Instead of trading money for content, they could trade content for content between individuals. For people who publish to message boards and the like, I assume they're trying to reciprocate for value they receive from others' posts. Or encourage others to post more, perhaps even saying they'll post an image from their collection for every image posted by someone else.

(3) Enjoyment of the act of posting itself. One of the reasons people choose a criminal lifestyle -- or any extreme lifestyle, really -- is the pleasure of taking risks. Distributing illegal content is risky and some people may enjoy it for that reason.
It is a solution for me.
How passive-aggressive! I love it! (I think it'll bite you though).

You want to optimize for highest finger replacement, ensuring that hands must change positions as many times as possible. Requiring shift-number row and then alternating in letter "z" would require a lot of that. Similarly, letters y g b and h are out of most people's home row, and requiring them to be capitalized would require the use of both hands.

Depending on the disposition of the individual a political, religious, or misspelled phrase (or multiple of these) could further inflame the password. Something like "their isa godd".

I hope this person deserves this.
Google+ interview streamed from ROFLcopter, future
>Can someone explain why the discovery of ice and organics on Mars and Mercury such a surprise?

It isn't a surprise, the hypothesis has been around for a long time, this is just new supporting evidence.

>If the prevailing opinion in science is that life formed spontaneously on Earth because the required chemistry was already present, doesn't it follow that similar compounds would be found through out the solar system?

The big difference with Earth is position and the presence of a protective magnetosphere [1].

1: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/as...
"Our thoughts are with the Syrian people and we hope connectivity, and peace, will be quickly restored."

Err... well, that's great. I'm glad that this information free blog post pimping your services ended with your sincere token of solidarity with the Syrian people.

For an article with real information from people who actually understand what a network is, go here: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml

(Yes, I'm a little annoyed. But that's just because a lot of companies are submitting their "informative" blog posts on HN while really it's just more pimping of said service.)
Minefields of the Early Stage
Much like the other commenters have mentioned, you're "high profile" if only because I've actually heard of you and read your writings with interest before (via the same means legions of other developers will have done so). I'll remove "exec" if I still have Edit perms though, apologies.
This isn't a good explanation of anything.
Backup - DSL-based S3/Rsync backup tool
NASA says there is no 'definitive evidence' of life on Mars
The Android bundles were just bundles that included Android versions of the games. They were still cross-platform and DRM-free (you can use their app, or download the .apk and put it on your device any way you choose)

The thing is, people have certain expectations of a Humble Bundle now; that's what it means to have a strong brand.

It's fine that they are doing new things -- I don't mind the Amnesia Fortnight stuff at all, in part because it's a pretty cool concept, but probably also because they're not calling it a Humble Bundle.
peopledontlikeme
You know it's going downhill when you have 'reality' shows about start-ups (Bravo TV).
I'll keep on using JavaScript.
I think you should look for marketing/digital agencies and showcase your talents. I don't know anything about these companies but they seem to be examples in your area of what I mean (http://www.fusion92.com/home.aspx | http://www.jbchicago.com/ | http://www.thisisplanb.com/).

It would be a good way for you to get more work, be involved with teams, start to learn how to mentor and digital agencies/marketing companies tend to be less about formal experience and more about unit productivity.
Does it require any proprietary software (drivers, firmware blobs) for all the hardware to work? I'd like to have a machine I can keep upgrading into the future.
A 15 year old girl usually doesn't have a fully adult body, though some are close. I agree with the larger point about there being a world of difference between near-adults and true children, though IMO the level of physical development is less relevant than the relative ability to consent. Having sex with a 17 year old who was just starting puberty would IMO be a less severe crime than having sex with a 12 year old who'd been developing for three years.

I would add that there's a world of difference between "attracted to" and "has sexual contact with", regardless of the level of development. This ties back to the question of whether there are ways to create safe outlets for those with strong attractions to young people -- can the attraction be indulged in a way that reduces abuse? Can the attraction be treated by harmlessly redirecting it away from real children?
Despite being a mac user now, I am so happy to see a high-end product optimized for a linux distribution. During the 7 years I used linux as my daily driver, I would have killed for a well integrated, high-end mobile machine.

I don't plan to move away from macs anytime soon, but I still rejoice when the platform makes progress. I'm already hearing whispers from developers that plan to support Steam's linux client which seems unbelievable to me- this was unthinkable just a couple years ago. I hope this window of opportunity stays open long enough for a viable pc/windows alternative to take foot.
What the heck are you talking about? There was no pimping of any services here.
> A crime has been committed using the user's internet connection, so in most civilized countries (i.e. places I would like to live in), that means the police have the legal and moral right to investigate that crime.

I agree so far.

> Until proven otherwise, the 'tor' user [operator?] is a suspect

The burden of proof lies with the police, not with the suspect. If the police fails to come up with reasonable evidence, the operator is to be acquitted, furthermore the operator has to do nothing to aid the police. It's definitely not up to him to prove the child porn isn't on his computer.

This is an important point. Consider what happens if the seized hard drives were encrypted (I don't know whether this is the case). Then it's virtually impossible for the police to prove that the operator was downloading the data himself. The operator on the other hand is not required to give up his passwords. In the end it all comes down to the question of whether relaying data via Tor is in itself enough to constitute an offense. And this is the question we all care about so much, because it will have implications for all exit node operators in the area.

> watch a few episodes of CSI if you want to get a rough idea how it works.

Oh come on.
Superstorm Sandy Delays Implementation of Copyright Alert System
It's a relatively new program - shouldn't it take 6-8 years on average to see results?
Sean from @FaithStreet here. We're focused on Christianity because its a big market (1m+ Christian communities, 60 million people actively involved in Christian communities) that we're passionately involved in, and we think it would be much harder (for branding, for user acquisition, for product design) to approach multiple faiths simultaneously.

For now, churches create free profiles. We're rolling out paid features for churches soon.
Are these prices for locally redundant storage or for georedundant storage?

For reference, Azure's prices for those are 0.0931 and 0.125, respectively. I wonder if they'll be dropped as well in reaction to these changes.
If I had to guess: test while the server providing (part of) the data your app needs is up and serving the data format you expect, later run while it isn't.

This could be as simple as a date parser that doesn't know about December.
Good tip, I'll look into that!
I'm running a Lenovo L520, i7, 16GiB RAM, SSD and it flies along. Linux Mint (& Ubuntu) work out of the box, and it has a fantastic keyboard and matte screen.

My only gripe is that there's no USB 3.
Legally being able to play those formats requires paying money to decode the patented formats. mpeg-4 and mp3, among others, are patented.
It depends whether you assume that virtually all servers will go to the cloud and Amazon will have monopoly market share in the cloud.
The point is that describing or implying that the B12 in "soil" is "vegan" is utterly absurd.

As for eating enough soil to get enough B12, that's also absurd.
In no way is this post information-free or service-pimping. The quoted line may have been a platitude, but the post itself was a decent breakdown of events and their interpretation thereof.
Actually, I've tested this. You get 10ms of extra delay per request, not 150.

There might be some magic value at which KeepAlive will be helpful during non-peak periods without crippling the server during peak periods, but for a well-engineered site, the extra 10ms delay per request shouldn't be a big enough deal to warrant risking a full-on site outage later on.

Also, this has already been discussed to death on HN: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=keepalive&#...
Why is the blog on facebook?
Read this before your next visit to the doctor's office
I guess it depends on the technical savvy of the user and whether “running your own electrum server or cross checking transactions with a third party” is really going to happen.

The project website doesn't advise taking these measures, nor disclose the possibility of this scenario. That's what bugs me the most here.

If their intended user is a knowledgeable Bitcoin hobbyist, who knows how the currency works inside and out, maybe it isn't a big deal, but just speaking personally as a Bitcoin newbie, the lack of disclosure/accountability suggested I stay away.
it isn't clear intelligence was ever more important than say brute strength/social skills/etc. in our evolutionary history

The juxtaposition of intelligence vs. social skills is amusing given the Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis, which suggests that our general intelligence basically evolved precisely as a means to get ahead in the social games that are relevant for sexual selection.

If you can reason abstractly about what some rival is going to do and examine the "game tree" of potential actions, that is surely an advantage both for sexual selection and, say, debugging or proving theorems.
"Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 10223616) (tried to allocate 77824 bytes) in /home/jps/public_html/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php on line 224"

Yes :-)
How relatively easy is this to do for governments? Are there systems in place in other countries which makes this extremely complex/impossible to do?
worth mention that hushmail are known to turn over email accounts at the drop of a hat
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I will second that on the MacBook Air. I take mine all over the world with me, and out into the field. My 2010 MacBook Air 13" has been beaten up like you wouldn't believe - I've dropped it (twice ) from a height of 5' onto concrete, onto it's corner - it bent quite a bit, but still performs flawlessly. It's with me in my backpack 100% of the time, and is treated very, very roughly. The only downside of the MBAir is how slippery it is (which is why it came out of my unzipped backpack).

My Dell Latitude 510 (and then 620) - both never made it past year 2 before suffering structural failure.
To quell expectations. Nothing is worse than announcing that you have found something very interesting (scientifically), only for the press to report "NASA doesn't find aliens, should funding be cut?"
Inome people search API
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Introduction to SignalR – Creating a Cross-Platform game
Go into manage your Kindle and deregister your non-existent device accounts.

Problem solved.
Already posted and discussed here in the one hour it managed to be on the front page http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4848998

Not on the front page because of flagging from the MS haters,Apple/Google fanboys/shareholders/employees on HN, I presume :)

Discussion of the flagging here. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4849814
summary: A man was recently raided after someone shared child pornography through one of his Tor exits, and all his computers have been confiscated. If convicted, the man faces 6 to 10 years in prison. He will be accepting donations to cover his legal expenses for the incident.
I guess my only feedback would be to provide a little bit more information on how Secret Santa works through an online medium.

Oh and "Copyleft" in the footer made me chuckle.
Yeah, we're allocating more memory...didn't realize this would make it to front page HN...should be back up in a jiff....
If you buy as a company Germany actually seems to be the cheapest as you don't have to consider VAT in any countries. Or am I missing something?
> required to prove that you knew the nature of the material

Actually, depending on the laws of the country, the prosecutor might only need to prove that they "knew or should have known" the nature of the material. Or it might instead be sufficient to prove that the operator "had a reckless disregard" for the nature of the material.

Or perhaps the operator "failed to comply with the regulations for running an Internet service provider, including maintaining logs of customer connections." Which itself might not carry a very harsh penalty, but might also make him liable for criminal acts that others carry out using his illegal ISP.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. These ideas are merely guesses. The things in quotation marks are not quoting anything in particular. I have no idea about which, if any, jurisdictions would accept the legal points my hyopthetical prosecutor makes.
New 64 bit Linux Rootkit Doing iFrame Injections
> 4 whole months?

I didn't state 4 full months. It was however something that I spent my free time researching over the course of 4 months. I also did a lot of other things though :)

>Read about the Dunning-Kruger effect and avoid coming off as overconfident at all costs, when interviewing young developers/technical people that is a giant red flag in my experience.

Don't worry, when doing interviews a bigger risk for me is coming off as too unsure of myself. I like to state my opinion as directly and confidently as I can on HN. Mainly because it's good writing practice and because there's nothing at stake (I care very little if some of the readers on HN get a bad opinion of me because they don't agree with what I'm saying).

> No, that's not an Ad Hominem

It very clearly is an Ad Hominem. He's trying to refute my point by arguing against my person (You don't have the right kind of experience to be talking about this) instead of refuting my arguments on their own merit. This happens often as I'm not shy about what I've done in the past and enjoy saying things that I believe in but that I feel many others don't like to hear (makes for good discussions ... well at least if they try to refute my points)
HipHop is created by Facebook engineering staff.
expensive. expensive. expensive.
The term "make things and show people" comes to mind. It's basically the way many of the best tech jobs are landed. Instead of worrying about all the things you don't know how to do, focus on the things you've made and the myriad skills you gained in doing so.

Wish I could find the original article that quote comes from, I must be mangling it. But you get the gist.
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It's like the Higgs boson. It's a resounding "yes, we were on the right track."
Yeah I've got a pretty long list of things I've built...software, web sites, etc.
If you go to a bank, rob it, and then hand the money to your friend for hiding, then your friend is an accessory. (Possession of Stolen Goods at the least)

Did he rob the bank? No. He may have just been at home, not involved in planning at all, you show up with $50,000, ask him to hide it and tell him it's stolen.

He was just used to transfer the goods, but he's still breaking the law.

Likewise laundering the stolen money is illegal, even though you didn't steal it.