skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A very telling line in the Article -
"The guidelines provide rigorous oversight to protect the information that we have, for authorized and narrow purposes," said Alexander Joel, Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence"

A "guideline" is supposed to provide rigorous oversight...how many guidelines have you heard of that provide rigorous Anything?
Basically the government wants to be able to Datamine every single database within their control for anything suspicious. Unfortunately the definition of "suspicious activity" can be elastic enough to be almost anything.

Occupy Wallstreet? - suspicious

Protest against Oil drilling - suspicious

Blog post criticizing NY police "stop & frisk" - suspicious

Criticize the Feds for overstepping on something - suspicious

Sad - we are sleep waking into the Total information awareness state. The terrorists attacks have worked - they have destroyed the very values that America was built on
Most folks associate it with the movie series Terminator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28Terminator%29 : Skynet is a fictional, self-aware artificial intelligence system which features centrally in the Terminator franchise and serves as the franchise's main antagonist ... with its ultimate goal the extinction of the human race ... Skynet was [originally] a computer system developed for the U.S. military by the defense firm Cyberdyne Systems.

EDIT: whoosh
I'm not trying to challenge your unwavering nationalism. Just pointing out that the constitution is dead and we're entering a police state :)
So what's a good pen to start with? It's not clear to me if you mean the ones (disposable?) which you can just buy at your average office supplies place, or a fancier one intended for refilling, etc.
’The Hobbit' is a middling return to Middle-earth
Those devices are all transmitting at low power, usually to a WiFi / cell base station nearby. The issue here is when several devices are transmitting on high power at the same time. Also, a computer is a single shielded device with most data running on a single motherboard and a few cables. Avionics are well shielded, but the cables and antennas run the length of the airplane and there's a _lot_ of devices in a typical setup (ADF, VHF NAV/COM, GPS, TCAS/ADS-B to mention some, all of it duplicated for redundancy), so the chances of one of them being affected is a bit higher.
There are some websites out there that detail exactly how to make replica grail diaries. I think that answers the "How" question. Why they would do this though? I have no idea ;-)
I don't think there is much doubt that increasing the capital gains tax has serious disadvantages/costs. Ideally, we'd like capital gains taxes to be as low as possible.

Similarly, reducing government spending will have serious disadvantages/costs. We'd like not to cut government programs.

When economists advocate either of these, it isn't because they love higher taxes (or less spending on government programs). It is because we will need to close the gap between government revenue and expenditures. Doing so will require actions that we'd prefer we didn't have to take.

As an analogy, consider our collective decision that we'll all have a vote, and decide whether each of us has to cut off a finger or each of us has to cut off a toe. If we don't decide soon, we'll have to cut off two fingers (and two toes) later on.

Some of us would go on TV and declare "We want to cut off our toes." That's not because we'd prefer to have 4 toes. We're just voicing our preference given a choice we'd prefer we didn't have to make.

The same can be said of economists advocating for higher capital gains taxes.* They'd prefer low capital gains taxes if we didn't face hard choices. But we'll have to make choices we don't like in order to reduce the deficit.

* You could probably find pundits out there who hate wealthy people as a matter of ideology. I'm not including them when I talk about "economists," and those pundits are generally laughed at by the research economics community.
No, I mean Apple won't get the many data faults I report, the missing POI reports or the incorrect POI reports. Apple has an entire globe to cover, it'll improve incrementally globally but improve locally for me if I'm reporting my concerns.
Samsung exec: “I’ve always used Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad”
So...Google Maps for Android has this feature, and has for at least the last two years.

If you tap the little compass icon in the top right, you switch from "north is up" orientation to "current user direction". This uses the compass and not direction of travel, by the way, because it works if you spin around on the spot.

I've never had a problem with the compass. In fact, I've never had to recalibrate my compass. But then again, I don't have an iPhone.
Google Maps Showing Building Interiors
"Loudcloud"

Loudcloud was a failure. It morphed into opsware. So he was wrong about loudcloud (timing and otherwise).

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/marc-andreessens-lo...

"After many adventures–in which the young company suffered many defeats, "
The article title is misleading.
An oxygen powered jet did not travel the world in 4 hours.
An oxygen powered jet did not travel at all.
An oxygen powered jet does not exist.

But someday, using this new engine technology, it might be possible.
Is this "condoned" by Google or does Authy just emulate the algorithm that Google uses? If they are just implementing their own version, then what secret info do they need for the algorithm?
It saddens me that this premise seems more and more to be true.

I find you to be correct in your requirements for what you are seeking, except the difference to me is the majority want to be mother's, but of those, the quantity which possess the values of a whole family are incredibly sparse.

I wonder how much of it has to do with what country you grew up in, and wonder why it seems to me that individuals raised by parents which did not grow up in my country posses much stronger values than those that did grow up here.

I blame it on Jared
This is an awesome idea bcjordan! I signed up, I am really excited to get the first email. If this stays CS only, and avoids the pitfalls of 'the industry' this might quickly become my favorite thing of the week :D

Best of luck with it!

Also, any plans to monetize it? What are your long terms with the project, hopefully it will be something to keep you interested for a long time.
That's exactly my point (see above). I think taking into account the manner in which /b/ is used compared to the other boards, one can hardly make the point that 4chan is mostly /b/ - I'm surprised it has only 42%. Even if one were to make the assumption that all of /b/ is worthless, there is still a pretty decent amount of actual content left, and there are a lot of users engaging with it. I'd wager that even on a high-quality site like HN, more than 50% of all submissions are at 1 point or [dead]. At least 4chan has an officially sanctioned outlet for crap, keeping the majority of the boards pretty clean. /b/ is a necessary evil that's required for the (huge) rest of the site to function.
The whole list is comprised of the bleatings of privilege. He's got his and now, entirely coincidentally I'm sure, his advice for the future is oriented around things that will keep him at the top of the food chain.
2min youtube film from Saturn V days -reporter takes the slide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx2BobKku-c
"...but it is harder to do business in most states in the US than it is to do business in a lot of places around the world.”

And yet, according to the conservative Heritage Foundation's ranking on ease of doing business the U.S. as a whole came in a respectable 10th, and I'm going to make a wild guess that the places he is talking about in that quote aren't many if any of the countries ahead of the U.S.

[http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking?src=home]
Anyone can choose not to have kids for whatever reason they please (and it's never selfish to do so), I was just trying to explain why this may be the case for the segment of people he was referring to.
I believe that was a deliberate tweak in response to the throngs of spam apps titling themselves by the key search terms of popular apps -- and the throngs of users complaining when they idiotically bought one of the spam apps instead of the real app.
My company (PhoneFactor) was founded here in KC. We were recently acquired by Microsoft.

I'm excited about moving to Seattle, but Google is making me feel a little bit like it's the wrong time to be moving away from KC. :-)
Both Authy and Google are based on open standards:

Specifically: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6238

So you can add support as long as you support the standard.

When you scan the QR Code with you camera we read a secret key and store it inside your phone securely.
Ah, Portland is lucky. Here in Seattle, we have roads that are 1235 NE 40th St (for E-W streets) as well as 12345 University Way NE (for N-S avenues). The latter, as you would suspect, totally breaks Apple Maps.

That is on top of the issue of searching for something like "1st and University", which takes me to some L'ecole in Paris, France rather than the intersection that is a block from me. It's as if they don't factor in your current location at all. I know on the desktop I frequently look at maps of faraway places, but I'd suspect that people tend to look for things near them while on mobile devices.
Only FB is what I'm seeing: http://s11.postimage.org/dhgy3pnvn/deezer.png

Can't create an account with my own mail id.
I wasn't implying anything. Some people like having a unique name so I was just letting him know another Roots existed. Ultimately the author's choice if he cares enough to rename it or not.
"And that's the only reason why anybody is listening to him now"

While I almost always tend to lean in the direction you are taking I will add this one point.

Once somebody is successful as Marc has been they end up moving in different circles then the rest of us do. As a result they have access to information that people living on Main street doing It work don't have. So they have a different perspective that is sometimes worth listening to.

That said my problem is when people who have achieved something (say a singer or a musician) starts to spout off and be taken seriously about something they know nothing about.
Not yet, sorry. But it looks very doable so far and its definitely our first priority.
The sad thing is that actually reading primary sources and not buying into the Alex Jones take on any given policy question does in fact make me a turbonationalist right winger on HN. One can't even think about the issues; one must instead keep the game of conspiracy-theoretic telephone going.

Here's a clue: not believing that the evil "NDAA" bill creates a secret police force that disappears Americans off the streets doesn't make me a supporter of US counterterrorism policy.

If you don't want to hear mitigating/moderating sentiments about what the NDAA is, then don't say manifestly silly things about it, like that it creates a detention regime comparable to that of China. The 2001/2003/2012 AUMF/NDAA powers are not a good thing. Lots of things aren't good. That doesn't make them Hitler.
It’s a Smart, Smart, Smart World
It seems like the algorithm is actually fairly simple, according to the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Authenticator
Has someone seen something similar to this under ruby?
You should volunteer to be an assistant coach for a local sports team. You'll learn how to motivate people, that sometimes you just need to be steadfast and decisive, and a lot of other skills while at the same time giving back to your community. I did that and I got a ton out of it.
"Cheap, good, fast: pick three?"
He's one of the few entrepreneurs who has created two billion dollar companies

This is a highly rosy take on history.
There are actually some studies conducted. Note that these are _suspected_ interference from personal electronic devices and also incidents with passengers unwilling to turn them off: http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/docs/rpsts/ped.pdf

Of course, all of this is anecdotal so it won't fly here on HN. :)

The real difficulty is that when an instrument malfunctions, that can be for any number of reasons. It's not unusual for malfunctions to occur, which is why airplanes have redundant avionics. However, there seems to be a few instances where the interference stopped after a passenger turned off their devices.
Could I also ask, lots of people are asking about the FPS. I notice the app seems to have zero hiccups/ latency spikes throughout the UI, however the framerate does seem to be around 20/30 FPS in the map view on my iPhone 5. Is this intentional? It is a very consistent framerate it is just that it is noticeably lower than most every other part of the iOS experience.
It is very simple, as it should be.
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People now living longer, but sicker
Cool project - one of the major pain points with Yeoman was trying to get templating working. Cool to see a project which takes this approach from the beginning.
The application will have top men working on it. Top. Men.
Add to it that paying with cash is suspicious and should be reported immediately. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/fbi-perfect-terro...
It might backfire at times, they would be more interested to know how to succeed in what is being asked to do. Focus more on that direction than showing what you had done.
"Unless you believe in God"

If only the belief in God sincerely caused a difference in substance abuse, I'd be endorsing religiosity for its own sake!

Of course, I'm sure you're referencing the will of God, but considering how many sincere faithful have their struggles with physical addiction, the belief alone is not enough :(
The strongest plants grow in harsh conditions.
As an american looking for freelance work, I find it hard to find a place to get clients that are willing to pay reasonable rates for skilled talent.

On the other hand, whenever I try to hire, my compromises are usually poor communication skills or sub-par code.
Many women want to be mothers. Having a kid is easier than falling off a log, it just takes time.

However, it's not correct to imply that women with divorced families are worse somehow.
" I just couldn't make some of those decisions"

You are 100% correct (from my years of business interactions) about this.

There are people that I have observed in business who have no problem making promises and booking more business then they know they can deliver in order to make quota or get deposits etc. Much of this play directly into someone's success. Whether they can "sleep at night" given the decisions that they make. Nobody is 100% honest or 100% a thief. Some people are better at rationalizing their actions then others. Different upbringing different hard knocks. Or just a thief perhaps. Where someone falls on that line definitely (once again from my many years of observation) can determine the success that follows.

Importantly, much of these stories are never told. People only focus on the end results and success of those people.
Steve Keen is a heterodox economist(Circuit-ist I think) with close ties to MMT Modern Monetary Theory (born and raised on blogs). MMT intellectuals predicted the great recession, the European Crisis, and the Recession of 2001. I've become a believer. They are basically hyper-keynesians. The basic Tennats are
1) As a point of logic Government must spend dollars into existence(or loan out) before they can tax them back.
2) Therefore Fed Government funding is independent of taxation.
2) Taxation creates demand for currency and unemployment in the currency of record by definition.
3) Government is not funded by borrowing either.
4) Because of 1) 2) 3) Policy should be to proactively spend counter-cyclicly until economy reaches full capacity.
5) Banks create money ex-nihilio
6) Banks are effectively agents of government because of deposit insurance and membership in the Federal Reserve System.

Its pretty fascination stuff b/c MMT says that the mainstream has everything backwards.

http://moslereconomics.com
http://neweconomicperspectives.org
http://www.amazon.com/Currency-Economics-Modern-Monetary-ebo...
Bad idea. If you have to stare at that going round a corner you are going to end up stuck in the back of a bus.
Unrelated, but I used to live right there for about 4 years. Always fun to see stuff like that.
The "managed" hosting you're referring to typically means the NOC will troubleshoot services that are down or not working correctly with default settings. They won't, however, help you optimize your server or help with ANY code.

So if this WordPress offering provides the least bit of service for server/code optimization, then they're way ahead of the hosting game. But as you can see, it comes at a significant cost.
You are so mistaken that I wince for your sake reading this comment.

The reason I listen to Marc is that he's among the smartest people in the startup community.
Why do bad things happen to good people?
They should have mailed it to the Marx brothers.

…I'll see myself out.
Can you give steps to reproduce? I was looking specifically at road outlines and they seemed like they were definitely vector.

Satellite views are obviously bitmap.
Show HN: Display realtime Linux network traffic graph in a Webbrowser
Humans in the future will look back at this year, if they ever chronicle TIME magazine, and find it either confusing or hilarious.
I may be dense but if you back up the tokens and protect that online backup with a password, don't you eliminate the second factor?

Now the attacker just needs to get two passwords (to the backup at Authy and to whatever account) so it's reduced to just something you (may) know.
The Shape of the Internet is Changing.
Imagine if you were to travel deep in to the Amazon and locate an indigenous tribe. This tribe is still a hunter gatherer society. What do you think would happen if you introduced just a little bit of modernization. Simple things like agriculture and irrigation. Sanitary water systems. Basic things that we take for granted.

One possible outcome is that the now obsolete hunter class amongst the tribe would revolt. The sudden loss of their jobs would leave them with no purpose, so why wouldn't they revolt? Another possible outcome is that they would find a new purpose and help push their tribe in to the future.

In a lot of ways, we're facing the same shift today. We need less labor to make "things" than we ever have in the past. Resenting the loss of this need is only one solution. If we look back over human history, we know that the lost of labor requirements for the current status of living has only resulted in an elevation of the tasks we set ourselves to.

That is our choice, and that is why I'm so excited to see people like Elon Musk set themselves against tasks that others cower in fear of. I'm glad for people like Paul Graham who are looking for ways to make entrepreneurship available to more people. I'm thankful for people like James Cameron, who use their wealth to explore parts of the earth for the benefit of all.

I'm not saying it will be easy, but I don't see the wall that you're seeing.
Its kind of funny how even the few say 99% of economist agree on get disregared in politics. Sure price controls are not that common anymore but once a storm comes they are back. Ifs funny as economist would argue that, especially in situation like that a flexible price system is imprtend.

Seams to me the goverment does what it does and if the can find economist that agree with them then they are just happe they can clame that 'economist' agree with what there doing. They are not actually listening to them.
A bit more on Leaping Brain's DRM
Saw the title as was hoping for a salsa recipe site.
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I am the author, I am glad you guys like it as much as I do. I came here to submit it, but Balto beat me to the punch! :)
The cost of bureaucracy is not just payroll.
So it seems like fixing this is as a simple as using a hash algorithm that's more robust to collisions? That's not too bad, am I missing something more severe?
It was this changelog that convinced me: http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_CHANGELOG.html#32...

@extend, @include, % placeholder selectors.

But I take your point about gzipping and from what I've read redundant CSS has a negligible effect on site performance.
Advice is to be processed, not to be followed
Here is an example of the winner-take-all effect as applied to Internet companies. The effect is very real, and it becomes more pronounced the more powerful our technologies become.

http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/9654-top-20-percent...
Not at all. The attacker would need to get the encryption key and also access to the Authy Backup. Then they also need the password for your account. That said, backups are optional, you can skip them and your account will remain on your phone only.
Ask HN: Show us what you built with your favorite web framework.
If you have built any web application using frameworks like Django, Rails, Sinatra, Flask, CodeIgniter, Express.js etc let us know about it. Sorry if I missed your favorite framework, but you are most welcome to share your project.

Why I am interested in this? The other day I was looking for web apps powered by Flask just to know what kinds of real world apps are actually using it. So, I thought why not ask the HN community about the applications they have made with their favorite framework?
This comment is clearly unbiased (and correct), which makes it all the more annoying that your comment (elsewhere in this thread) about Google's early troubles with search in their own app store has been being voted down.
There are some indicators that it does make a difference; too lazy to dig those up, but it should not be surprising that adhering to some religious doctrine that discourages activity X should have some effect on reducing the frequency of X abuse among the adherents (not just the reported numbers, but actual values too).

However, what I wanted to say is more like - if you don't have a crane, yet need to lift an X-wing fighter from the bottom of the swamp, you have to use the Force. Nothing else will suffice. Basically, both the damage caused by substance abuse, and, more importantly, the deeper reasons people stick to it, are so huge, you need to pray for a miracle (and people who believe in God often do).
I hear you. Every day I come into work at Sauce I find myself thinking, "maybe this is the day we pivot to salsa manufacturing?"
This probably removes the last barrier to IOS 6 adoption, for many.
MongoDB will dominate “up to 80%” of market, say creators
I believe HBO's reason is that they're not using MPMoviePlayerController (the default video player). It looks like the native one, but I remember seeing jaggies around the icons after upgrading to the iPad Retina.

If I had to guess, it would be that they have some sort of proprietary DRM going on and have their own player for it.
A few things : (i) Goldman did not rate any bonds, the rating agencies did. (ii) For every buyer of a security there is a seller. Goldman's trading desk (likely) had a conflict of interest with their bankers. However, just selling something that goes down doesn't make someone evil (it's logically similar to buying a stock that later goes up). (iii) AIG failed due to its own inadequacies : They believed that they were the smartest people in the room, when (in retrospect) they were making a huge blunder.
Great job OP. Would love to see something that merges aspects from this and Yeoman. I feel like (haven't officially tried either TBH) they focus on slightly different aspects and would really cover full stack very very well.
Again, Great job!
You should probably read the original post again...
How is the SABRE engine any more oxygen powered than any other jet engine in air breathing mode?