skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If you guys are interested in Heymann being fired, please sign the petition.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-assistant-us-...
If its just about protecting society and rehabilitating why is the recommended sentence longer for murder than for say rape? The simple answer is that murder is seen as a worst crime, so you serve more time. So how can killing 77 not be worst than killing one person? There is more to the justice system than just protecting society and rehabilitation. If breivik was fully rehabilitated and no longer a threat after one year why not let him out?
It's certainly possible, but for many people, it's an added obstacle. I've been doing open source since 1997, and love it, but it's so much more difficult to find a way to make money off it than simply selling some product or service.

That said, if you're not using open source software as part of your infrastructure, keeping only the 'crown jewels' proprietary, you're probably doing it wrong.
"how do you do that with threads?"

how should I know? :)
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In fact, all but the last 2 items on the list are from 0.9.9: http://backbonejs.org/#changelog
I suggest reading _Understanding Power_ (the book Aaron Swartz recommended). He's against conspiracy theories, and instead uses institutional analysis. Sorry for the wall of text:

"It’s precisely the opposite of conspiracy theory, actually—in fact, in general this analysis tends to downplay the role of individuals: they’re just replaceable pieces.

"Look, part of the structure of corporate capitalism is that the players in the game try to increase profits and market shares—if they don’t do that, they will no longer be players in the game. Any economist knows this: it’s not a conspiracy theory to point that out, it’s just taken for granted as an institutional fact. If someone were to say, “Oh no, that’s a conspiracy theory,” people would laugh. Well, what we’ve been discussing are simply the institutional factors that set the boundaries for reporting and interpretation in the ideological institutions. That’s the opposite of conspiracy theory, it’s just normal institutional analysis, the kind of analysis you do automatically when you’re trying to understand how the world works. For people to call it “conspiracy theory” is part of the effort to prevent an understanding of how the world works, in my view—“conspiracy theory” has become the intellectual equivalent of a four-letter word: it’s something people say when they don’t want you to think about what’s really going on."

[...]

"Well, this term “conspiracy theory” is kind of an interesting one. For example, if I was talking about Soviet planning and I said, “Look, here’s what the Politburo decided, and then the Kremlin did this,” nobody would call that a “conspiracy theory” — everyone would just assume that I was talking about planning. But as soon as you start talking about anything that’s done by power in the West, then everybody calls it a “conspiracy theory.” You’re not allowed to talk about planning in the West, it’s not allowed to exist. So if you’re a political scientist, one of the things you learn—you don’t even make it into graduate school unless you’ve already internalized it—is that nobody here ever plans anything: we just act out of a kind of general benevolence, stumbling from here to here, sometimes making mistakes and so on. The guys in power aren’t idiots, after all. They do planning. In fact, they do very careful and sophisticated planning. But anybody who talks about it, and uses government records or anything else to back it up, is into “conspiracy theory.”

"It’s the same with business: business is again just operating out of a generalized benevolence, trying to help everybody get the cheapest goods with the best quality, all this kind of stuff. If you say: “Look, Chrysler is trying to maximize profits and market share,” that’s “conspiracy theory.” In other words, as soon as you describe elementary reality and attribute minimal rationality to people with power—well, that’s fine as long as it’s an enemy, but if it’s a part of domestic power, it’s a “conspiracy theory” and you’re not supposed to talk about it."
These products exploit/capitalize on computer illiteracy. That's not something I would personally be proud of, but computer illiteracy is the real problem here. Products like this can ultimately accelerate the correction of computer illiteracy.

That correction can come in the form of greater mainstream cultural impetus for computer literacy training, for operating system developerrs to prevent these types of actions (app stores of all platforms are decent at this), or by creating/expanding a market for products that intercept and neutralize this type of exploitation.

The more efficient the means of exploiting computer illiteracy, the sooner the exploit is, in some way, neutralized.
Imagine if "attractive people" walked around with body-guards who only let other "attractive people" with body-guards come up and talk to them.

I can see the value in it for this website as a product, I think what really hit me was the way it's worded.
Hello Natural Language Search, My Old Over-Hyped Search Friend
This is a rant. It's a rant from over 10 years of watching people trot out natural language search as the "killer" solution to the current state of search, something that's happening once again with [Facebook].
Is the size reduction in 2.0 really only 16kb?
1.9 252kb uncompressed
2.0 236kb uncompressed
Yeah, I got caught in and edit to point out that the highest school killing was not a gun incident. The highest mass shooting at a school was Virginia Tech.

My point, is that gun violence is not increasing, instead it is decreasing despite the media attention. If the media and people would look at actual risk factors in our world, we would be a lot better off. Mental illness is such a thing.
Too soon, man; too soon.
Combine cost benefit analysis, risk analysis, and comparative advantage concepts.

What is the cost to you doing it? What is the cost of you delegating? What are the risks? What is the opportunity cost? (The opportunity cost is not your sleep, or your time away from your business. The opportunity cost is you having to delegate something else. The business will expand to the time you let it, anyway.)

As a boss, your goal is to become a multiplier. What can the team get done with your guidance as opposed to what it could get done alone, with you as a line worker?

But when all else fails, err on the side of delegation, because your first instinct will be to do it yourself. :)
I think people pretty well understand the facts here. We have understood them for a long time. Current law makes everyone a criminal. Prosecutors threaten young people with excessive sentences to coerce them into plea bargains. None of this is new information. What we have lacked before is the will to do what is necessary to fix it.

And if you have an idea how to do that, let's hear it. Because "heads will roll" is not wholly without merit in these situations, but neither is it inherently the best possible solution. So if you can suggest something better then let's hear it.
Considering TXU is still being "managed" quite well by its leveraged buyout partners, "no big deal" may very well become a big deal. Texans already pay some of the highest average per-kWh rates in the country though the falling price of natural gas has helped.

Unless Texas is going to take water from Oklahoma by force, I wasn't meaning a solution to the problem from the state government. Texas is in a long-term, structural drought. The Ogallala aquifer is a shadow of its former self and the next major underground aquifer in East Texas is in danger of being rendered unusable by the Keystone pipeline. Several surface lakes have simply gone...away (check out aerial maps near Bronte).

As for tolling, I suppose the city folk will just keep letting paid for highways like 121 or capacity expansions (basically anything; 820, 183, Westpark, 635) go toll because hey, poor people don't need to get around. Mass transit will take care of that. Oops, no it won't. Besides, developers in rural areas gotta have their pristine FM roads (which are paid for by the state).

I didn't leave Texas for California (heavens, no) and I had the chance to come back this year making more money than I do in the (higher cost of living) state where I now live. Couldn't do it. Until the Legislature gets its head out of its ass and realizes that government is expensive--both for needed things like roads and schools, and nice to have things like state parks--and that you just dishonestly[0] can't cut your way to perfection, my state is going to be set up more and more for long-term failure. Even the Comptroller, who is legally required to make an accurate assessment of the state's income, can't get it all to balance without slight of hand.

0 - Sure, the state government hasn't raised taxes or imposed new fees in years. They just leave that hatchet job for the local governments. Never mind the several billion dollars earning crap for interest in the "rainy day fund" that's never once seen an emergency worthy of tapping it.

My apologies for the extreme derail; I'll stop ranting now.
Yes it has ongoing cost. No we shouldn't pay to access public research. Not JSTOR, not anyone. Have you checked how much for say a research paper from just 10 years ago ? how's 30 dollars for you ? So you are suggesting it would be even more expensive if it wasn't for partial public funding ?
Then perhaps they are doing a shit job and don't belong, don't deserve to make any money or to function.
Mega upload did a better job hosting data that they are doing. Ditto for wikipedia. For categorizing it there's the community which should be more than enough given that it's the same with or without JSTOR.
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Always always always ask for a deposit. This keeps the riff-raff out, and prevents you from doing work for free.

People differ on whether it's 50% or some other percentage, but for fixed-price bids, I always do 50% before as deposit, and 50% after completion. For on-going work, minimize your exposure to non-payment so you can do weekly or biweekly invoicing and billing. That way, in event of non-payment, you've minimized potential losses.

For online-only work (where you haven't met the client face-to-face), you still should get a contract, and still do the same with deposits and all that.

Trust, but verify. Don't put yourself in a position to get screwed.

I've seen people use Freshbooks which allow invoicing and payments together, so you keep all that admin under one system.
Don't worry, ambitious prosecutors are busy enough with innocent activists.
Would be nice if this was available on iTunes-U.. guessing it won't be?
That ship already sailed. Facebook cooperates pretty extensively with law enforcement, so while they're announcing a nice, friendly consumer interface, law enforcement already has way more data than you'll have access to through this feature.
If you got 20 years for each one would most people even get pass one? Why is if you get 20 years for killing 1, 5, 15, 77, or 3000000 why stop at one?
I agree. Perhaps rather than requirements like "5 years of Ruby experience", have requirements like "Be willing to work with Ruby".
That it happens every day makes it somehow okay?
I'm really torn about this. I was a Kickstarter backer of Pixate, and I love their tools, but I brought up the exact same concern to them over a few months ago. The response I got from them can best be paraphrased as 'we'll do our best'[1].

Accordingly, I'll likely use Pixate for apps shipped under my own brand, but I'd never use it for client work until this situation is resolved. The risk is simply too great.

There's an open source solution that does roughly the same thing but not as nicely, called NUI (http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/nui), that you might want to check out.

[1] In case Paul or Kevin see this and want more context, the reply I got was via Kickstarter on July 24 2012 at 8:40AM Pacific.
Please Stop Attacking MIT's Network
How Barbershop Harmony Has Helped My Career in Tech
> We will use commercially reasonable efforts.

That sounds pretty damn ominous to me.
Why computer scientists still talk about Turing machines
I love Scott's sense of humour.
For what it's worth, the Costco Amex is a charge card, not a credit card, so you have to pay it off every month and it has no annual or other fees, but I totally understand how it can be hard for some people to manage the cash flow.
I believe this is the link you are talking about:
http://www.fifth-estate-online.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011...
It also references a number of other papers that discuss the current relevance of the propaganda model.
In fact, here's a pull request for the necessary changes. https://github.com/jpf/filepicker-twilio-example/pull/1/file...
This is several years old now, but it is an overview of a (failed) attempt to replace Linux's existing random implementation with Fortuna, an improved variant of the Yarrow algorithm used by FreeBSD, and a comparison with Linux's existing random implementation.

http://jlcooke.ca/random/

This is a thread on LKML about adding support to Linux's random implementation for Intel's RdRand instruction. You have to read all the way through to see the extent of the insanity. ("We can't trust Intel because NSA backdoor government spying chemtrails HAARP fluoride wharrgarbl!")

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1173350

I can't find the LKML thread to link to it, but earlier this year, there was a hullabaloo over a paper published at https://factorable.net/ regarding network-connected devices generating weak keys because of "insufficient randomness" at boot time. This led to a reworking of how/when/why entropy is fed into Linux's entropy pool.
Ever tried to get a job or apartment as a convicted felon? Even if you spent one day in jail- they ruin you.
I am impressed myself. Actually I find it really surprising that there haven't been more angry voices shouting for blood and that reason has won out. I have never seen a high-profile case play out in this way before, and I am really happy that the Norwegian people is largely standing by its principles.
"Give us our targeted tax breaks or we'll leave for another state!". I like principled stands like this.
I'm guessing that you'll get one soon. That's not necessarily blind faith, as my communication with them so far has been impressive.

I had the same reply at sign-up, but just happened to have an iphone I use for testing, so I signed up and just left the account sitting while I waited for an Android app.

I received an automated email from them about 2 months ago asking why I haven't logged in. I replied that I was waiting for an Android app (expecting nothing in return). I got a reply from someone within a day letting me know there would be an Android app early this year. He even responded to my follow-up email.

Just got the email from them today about the new Android app (automated, not from the same guy). At least from this history with them, I assume they'll start getting those re-invites out soon.
Google+ Launches An Easier Way To Share Food Photos
I love Manufacturing Consent (the documentary) and it inspired me to read some of Chomsky's books on politics and see him live. It didn't change my life though.

In general, I think the fundamental problem with Chomsky's compelling and very well buttressed description of The Way Things Work [in the US(1)] is that it really doesn't offer much hope. (This actually comes up towards the end of the movie, and his answer -- essentially that people are smarter than we think -- is pretty thin.)

In the end, the great mass of Americans are too busy with their day to day lives to parse out what's going on with their government and the corporate state. US democracy has essentially been reduced to a sporting event. As long as those in power don't drive the voting population into absolute misery (and it's hard to figure out just how much misery that is) they're happy enough with business as usual.

(1) I'm not saying that Chomsky's observations apply uniquely to the US or that other democracies are great, but many of Chomsky's observations are rather specific to the US, either because of peculiarities of the US political system or the US's undeniably unique position in world affairs.
Why so Many Tech Columnists are Down on Apple
Tool to manage AWS AutoScale by config file
I fully understand this view, but never sacrifice integrity. The method works to keep the user in the same account, but does little for ethically solving the problem. Hiding the setting from the end user is BS, notification and transparency is a must . And maybe, give an avenue to work out of the status. All of this can be autonomously solved with the result of a whiteboard, some nerds and some code.
Policies, procedures, terms & SOP’s are the character of our creations. The personality that defines what we created. It could be the most attractive product of all time, but with a shitty personality the whole things ruined.
It's odd that personal accountability is now looked down upon so vehemently by so many. Nobody is saying that Swartz deserved to die. Nobody is saying that the his potential punishment wasn't unfair.

There could have been an outcome to this situation where Swartz lives, accounts for his actions, and progress is made towards reforming the laws.

Now instead of having a legitimate debate about the appropriateness of existing laws we are dealing with an endless amount of bleeding heart sentiment that does nothing to correct the perceived injustice.
$19.00 1GB Android4.0 WIFI Mini PC Google Smart TV Box+Fly Mouse Keyboard
Where is the bottom in term of price?
Facebook's intent is really obvious - they are trying to replace "raw" Internet with the Facebook layer, and people would do all interactions: social, searches, shopping through their layer. This would render other companies like Google, Yelp, you name it obsolete. The problem however is in the details: how can anyone trust Facebook with their private data, searches etc. considering all the privacy issues, lack of user's control over their data, etc.? Once you're in the Matrix, you cannot unplug. That's what Facebook is trying to bring to the users.
This is exactly what I was thinking. I had about 5 seconds of thinking that this was very intriguing. But then I stopped thinking about it abstractly and imagined it in the context of my life. I just can't think of any situation where my desire to connect with a stranger would be stronger than my aversion to attempting to do so. I feel awkward, creepy, and a little unsafe just imagining it. And the feeling is multiplied when I imagine being on the other end.
What if a Cadillac and a Volt had a Baby? The 2014 Cadillac ELR
Great tip! Can you explain how you figured out the 200 request/sec limit?
Why 2013 is the Year of PHP
I've been looking for a solution for this, every time I had used 'nodemon' it couldn't handle the load, even if it was quite insignificant... perhaps I had misconfigured something, but I'm pleased to find this, good timing!
But I got the same result by assigning z-index 2 and 3 to the other colors.

So the results is the same, but the method is incorrect? does it matter? hmm

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/DlyAv
Browse (anonymous) valuations
Is this a joke off of the Atlantic scientology thing?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5057819
Meet the Sandy Hook truthers
Some felony convictions more than others, having a felony embezzlement conviction for example would certainly make it hard to get a job in accounting. Stock traders who have been convicted of fraud often find it hard to get jobs on Wall Street. But I agree with you that a felony copyright conviction on Aaron's record would probably not be a barrier to him working in a technical capacity.
Tell me, is the goalpost that you're toting around there heavy?
Maybe it's worth hearing Aaron's own words to understand the folly of attacking this one person:

When you’re upset with someone, all you want to do is change the way they’re acting. But you can’t control what’s inside a person’s head. Yelling at them isn’t going to make them come around, it’s just going to make them more defiant, like the GM workers who keyed the cars they made.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.
-- http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/nummi

You want to fix how she behaves. Instead, change everything else. Change the system she operated in. There's a way to do that without violence, either physical or "cyber".
It's been a long time since I used Mathematica, but I always used it for symbolic computations (e.g. "derivative of x^2 = 2x"), especially when I was learning calculus and differential equations. As far as I'm aware R doesn't even natively have a way of storing symbolic equations, let alone solving them (at the least, it's not its main use-case).

But I could be wrong; I used mathematica and R for very different things so I may just be unaware of their similarities.
if the government requires all publicly-funded research results to be public, a lot less people are going to take them up on the deal.

Non-sequitur, and you can bet plenty of researchers will publish publicly in order to get free money. What it will affect is private industry benefitting from publicly funded research and resources.
Ms Ortiz was making Swartz "an example" by throwing the kitchen sink at him so nobody else thinks about "hacking".

The ones among us who signed the petition want to make AG Ortiz "an example" by asking for her head in a platter, so prosecutors think twice before using these tactics.
I wonder if video games warped my view. My characters in Ultima III could carry a practically unlimited amount of equipment, and the price for buying and selling was the same, so stuff was as good as cash if you were in a towne.

In reality, it's very hard to sell random stuff yourself, especially if you want even a fraction of the "market price" someone would pay to get the equivalent object at the store.
My main takeaway was the following:

Z-index only works on positioned elements. If you
try to set a z-index on an element with no position
specified, it will do nothing.

I know I have scratched my head in the past trying to get z-index do what I want, and this knowledge probably would have helped!
... and a book!
> Why would she be charged with manslaughter?

You are missing the point. She can always be charged with manslaughter and take her max of 10 years in prison, or she can plea bargain down to 1 month.

It's not about what you can prove, but what you can extort using trumped up charges to force a plea.

(I'm not being serious, but that was the OP's point i believe)
> Women face more risks than men.

If a woman takes the standard safety procedures--meeting in a public place, not divulging too much info, exchanging a few messages to see if the dude is a weirdo--the average woman faces the same risk that a man faces. That risk is that the date will be a waste of time, usually in the order of about 3 hours if you include transportation time and an inability to schedule anything else during that time. In the end it can amount to almost an entire evening used up. That's an investment that both sexes make.
Show HN: Write your Elected Officials -- Example regarding Aaron Swartz
NovaProva the new generation unit test framework for C
I don't understand why people think this is going to be useful.

The inbuilt assumption is that people care enough about the data to want to search it frequently and thoroughly. I don't think that is true. Facebook is mostly ephemeral junk data that you don't care about; this has been true ever since they changed their UI to the Twitter-style "what are you thinking right now?" input / streaming.

In order for search to be useful they first have to backtrack heavily on what their entire platform is about. Which would be hard.