skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Agreed - the way out is the way through, I think.
It's because all of those instances of "more wood behind fewer arrows" indicate Google is going on a war-footing.

Look at all their more recent activity aside from the not-quite-here-yet Glass and Driverless Car projects:

1) Google+ is an attack against Facebook
2) Shopping Express is attacking Amazon
3) Chromebook and Nexus are attacking Apple and Microsoft directly.
4) Chrome is about to metastasize into a full-on OS, and this can be seen in Google's lack of interest in fixing simple "browser" issues as they put more and more kitchen sink into Chrome.

All of this is well and good - companies need to press their competitors in order to stay profitable and secure.

However, all of this coming at the expense of many their cool projects and widely used services like Reader. What's next, Voice (use G Chat instead)? Blogs (use G+ instead)? It sucks wondering what's next on the chopping block.

If Google is going to war, then they're no longer "nice" or "neutral". Google is throwing down the gauntlet and there's a fear that they'll be as closed as Apple or Microsoft, if they feel it's more profitable.
You don't...unless it is in an offshore drawer.

See http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/nr/html/20110224.html, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-02-24/pdf/2011-4048.pdf.
Yeah, I have the same bad feeling on asm.js.

If we need c/c++=>llvm=>javascript/asm.js for performance reasons, then why not just embed llvm inside web brosers?
Isn't it much easier, and much cleaner?
So where you suggest people should keep their money if the only insurance they can get for their deposit is Euro 100k ?
Matresses? Safes?

Bailout or no bailout, all money in Laikie is lost except what was insured.

Some interesting points
1) Laikie bank also had a loan of 9 Billion from ECB, that won't be written off , even though depositor's money is written off. That loan will be transferred to Bank of Cyprus.
2) Out of this 9 Billion half was used by Greek branches which are not effected as sold to a greek bank, even then Bank of Cyprus will have to pay full 9 Billion.
3) If you had a mortgage with same bank for 300k , and had 300k Deposit, only Deposit will be reduced to 100k , but you will still owe the bank 300k loan, as they are transferring all good loans to Bank of Cyprus.

I can go on with more points to prove that its unfair politics just to give a message to Rich Russians to send their money to Germany instead of keeping it in Cyprus.

After the crisis, German banks are trying to put full page Ads in Cypriot newspapers both in English and Russian saying that their money will be safer in Germany!!!
Exactly this. It is all anecdotal. I was just telling an opposing anecdote the the original story.

It does depend on what you are doing and how difficult the particular job is. Cutting wood and hammering nails is easy and somehow relaxing. Tiling walls and roofing are both difficult and easy to screw up, and I don't think I ever had the homeowner with me on those occasions. Painting, laying linoleum, hanging prefab cabinets, etc are all easy to do and easy to take part ownership in. I like the thought that a homeowner can brag to their friends that "they" built something.
PostgreSQL vulnerability: shared pseudo-random state
The events unfolding in the Eurozone is the result of it being only a monetary union instead of a fiscal and monetary union. Milton Friedman predicted this would happen in '04.
Collapsing in the sense that prices have been in free fall for a while.

Akamai sees their market shrink from both ends. At the top-end companies like Netflix start building their own networks because they want more control, less reliance on a third-party, and the cost savings. At the low-end you have pseudo-CDNs like Cloudflare eat into their snake-oil business, and commodity-CDNs like Cloudfront grab the longtail.

Connectivity in US/EU has also gotten so good on average (and bandwidth so cheap) that the body of mid-range sites that feel a genuine need to enter an expensive conversation with a "traditional" CDN is evaporating. And this is doubly true for Akamai where that conversation tends to be particularly unpleasant.

Akamai and friends are of course well aware and have long shifted their focus to the emerging markets (asia, africa) and mobile. Time will tell for how long that can keep them afloat before they are marginalized.
Is there an AndroidLibAV ? :)
>because a large portion of the Cyprus population are of Greek descent. Thus, when the banks were figuring out where to invest, a large portion of the funds went to Greece

What a responsible investment strategy.

'What should we invest all this Russian gangster money in?'

'Well, I like goat cheese.'
You are right about responsible spending numbers. Tech workers making $80k-ish in SF can't really afford to live in the Mission, SoMa, South Beach etc. WITHOUT roommates. There just aren't any 1-beds for less than $2500 - $3000 in the Mission right now.
Internet Explorer 11’s leaked build (new features)
>> All software is building on top of something. Every heard of system calls?

Yup, heard about them. My point is the focus of these "applications" is meshing API calls rather than algorithm and data structures.

>> May be you being such a great programmer can show us how to build a "real system", without ever using a API of anything ever.

I ain't a great programmer at all, far far away from that. As far as "real system" is concerned, what about IBM watson?

>> Something like 99.99% of the world does that. Erlang is not even in the list top 10 languages in the world today.

I wasn't talking about Erlang specifically. I was pointing to the so called niche languages that you mentioned that very few people uses.

Anyway, there is no point discussing this because we have different point of view. Mine is "what should be done to further progress computer science - the progress is too slow", yours being "lets build applications and earn some bucks".
Grouping students by ability is, and will always be, an inherently racist undertaking.
I would not have expected a light patch in the lower haight. That's one of the most desirable spots in the city. (Maybe due to very low availability?)
I had to draw the line somewhere. If I could show the WHOLE demoscene...
I'm not sure why, but natermer's past several posts are all dead.

He was hellbanned in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4276766
Splashtop Remote Desktop: Take Your Computer With You Anywhere
Stop spreading FUD. That's not how the IRS operates. It very frequently loses court cases, including Tax Court cases, in which the taxpayer challenges IRS actions.

More to the point--the IRS does not have police powers, it can only levy civil sanctions after full due process. That means no ATF involvement, ever. The IRS can, in limited circumstances, refer cases to the DOJ for further investigation as a criminal matter.
What's the point of publishing?
So you seem to imply that all companies which are based on Silicon Valley have their clients in Valley?? Their are IT companies based in Cyprus which have clients all over Europe, and also Globally.
I definitely agree, I graduated with BS in Computer Science but never touched 3D (only 2D game design). Although if I had, I probably would be a lot further than I am now. High expectations, but the results could be amazing.
So, if some country (and as you say Europe) where still primary mode of parking your earnings is banks what are other options to play safe in case such a seizure happens? Real estate is one I can see. What else? Gold, you will have to keep in a bank in the end. What about shares, aren't they somehow related to sth deposited in a bank? I mean, how do you safeguard your savings then?
I don't think he means necessarily that they're cash cows.

It sounds like he means that they're profitable enough to keep surviving and growing somewhat but not to the point where someone wants to acquire the business.

Due the emotional investment in the business the entrepreneur slogs it out hoping they'll stumble upon something that will give them the growth curve they need to get the acquisition / IPO / other exit opportunity.
So, the system worked and he gets to keep €100K? Because his bank is insolvent and that is the amount of money that was insured?

I'm not saying this doesn't suck for him and his company, but €100K is better than €0.
That's exactly my point. I wanted to draw attention to the fact that this is the floor only if you're USV or somewhere similar. And I understand Fred's perspective, no one wants to put hard work into something and see it fail to flourish. Just to say, wow, if you're as successful as USV people see tremendous value in your investments even when they don't work out. And I suspect from the tone the post wasn't written with it in mind that for many people this kind of downside would be a rather fortunate level of downside risk.

Alternatively maybe the language he's using and what goes unstated is actually masking serious financial losses. But I think most startup failures actually result in founders' and investors' time & money up in smoke.
This looks interesting. Thanks for submitting it.

The first (that I know of) NAT64 implementation was in OpenBSD 5.1
release and there's support in the default firewall/packet filter (pf). I
think FreeBSD has this code working as well, but I'm not sure, and I'm too
lazy to check.

Here are some OpenBSD 5.1 release NAT64 details:

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/NAT64-OpenBSD-5-1-wil...

The following talk on NAT64 is a bit old (2010) but good

http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/schedule/events/197.en.html
A car is not a liquid asset. Bitcoins do purport to be liquid assets.
It is hard to control an economy when you don't control your own currency.
The IRS is not regulating the foreign currency. It is regulating your conduct as an American taxpayer, pursuant to a Congressional grant of such authority.
Wow you're really quite negative regarding Stack Overflow. Is there a reason? Many many many people find it an excellent resource for their problems, and others find it a great place to sharpen their tools. Do you have the same attitude towards wikipedia?
Mysql vs PostgreSQL?
which one do you prefer ? What are your experiences working with these databases in a web application ?
Heroku free dynos running short on database connections
Being an Operations Engineer Ninja
I'm not sure why people think investing above the insured deposit ceiling in a badly rated bank is risk free. If you have that much cash, you certainly can do (or pay someone to do) some due diligence and store your assets in a safer way.
>>yours being "lets build applications and earn some bucks".

You are a in a wrong forum. This forum is for entrepreneurs and other programmers alike who are working to 'getting stuff done'.
They definitely exist but I think they just aren't the companies you hear about in the tech press. Remember, you don't have to be wildly profitable to be self-sustaining. You can slog it out being barely profitable or just breaking even (more or less).

I'm in the photography space and I know of companies who raised rounds years ago (2006-09). They are still around but it's clear they won't be a huge win for the investors.
Bitcoin: How An Unregulated Virtual Currency Just Became A Billion Dollar Market
Do you expect your customers to all be within a 10-mile radius of your offices? No? Don't expect the same from your workers. Hire remote staff.
But on the other hand: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/734372/string-isnulloremp...
That sounds a lot like colonization.
“Remember that Cyprus is a very small country, being half the size of Pittsburgh.”

Cyprus is small, but it's not that small.

Pittsburgh, PA: 305,704 people (Pittsburgh metro area is 2.36 million though)

Cyprus: 786,873 people

Pittsburgh, PA: 55.37 mi^2

Cyprus: 3572 mi^2

Courtesy of Wolfram|Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=size+pittsburgh%2C+pa+v... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+pittsburgh%2...
If you're considering NAT64, look at Dual Stack Lite since it's more compatible.
many home owners want everything cheap as humanly possible, so they find people willing to do it for below minimum wage (immigrants)

For the record, many home builders also think this way. Unfortunately, most home buyers and owners don't have any sense of what qualifies as quality materials or labor.
Pyglet is vastly more pythonic than pygame for writing games. I have found it much easier to teach pyglet for newcomers and the code is easier to read too. Since it uses ctypes, it is very easy to port pyglet to a platform that supports OpenGL.

Unfortunately there is very little momentum in the project. Last year an alpha version was released after a gap of two years. I truly hope that pyglet gets the popularity it deserves.
Sorry, I should have been clearer: the types are definitely helpful for optimization. For distribution I'm not so sure. The IR-level optimizations where types really help (scalar replacement of aggregates, etc) are already run before the code hits the wire.
I haven't been following this too closely, but the impression I've got from the news media is that the vast majority of accounts with >100k Euros are there for tax avoidance and other shady purposes like you mention. It sucks that this guy's business lost money, but I have a hard time feeling too bad for him, if he (probably) only had the account there for tax avoidance purposes.

I'm curious what percentage of the accounts with >100k Euros actually belong to Cypriots. Those are the people who are really getting screwed.
These banks were paying unsustainable high rates of interest to depositors, and to earn enough to cover their obligations, the banks invested in higher risk government and corporate bonds paying higher rates of interest. The dangers of a Greek debt collapse have been known since before they joined the Euro, this is why Greece's interest rates were higher than Germany's for many years before the crisis.

Turkish Cypriots must be very happy now that the Greek Cypriots rejected the peace settlement in 2004. Otherwise, they'd likely be bankrupt too.
Surprisingly my state (the supermajority leftist CA) has not waived NCLB [1]. I have no idea what "costs" it would entail, but I see no reason why organization would agree to ludicrously unachievable goals like 100% passage rates - unless folks in that organization wanted it to fail (for political purposes).

[1] http://www.cep-dc.org/page.cfm?FloatingPageID=22
Keeps €100K but can not withdraws or transfers €300 daily.
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A lot of the Russians took their money out via loopholes.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/cypriot-parliamen...

At the end of January, some 40 percent of all savings held in Cypriot accounts were on the books of those two banks. Since then, however, much of it has been transferred elsewhere, despite orders from the central bank that accounts at the two institutions be frozen.

...

Transfers for humanitarian aid were permitted which, while certainly an acceptable exception, opened a loophole for abuse. Many are also furious that the bank allowed "special payments," the definition of which was never adequately established.

...

Much of the money was withdrawn from overseas, where Cyprus had no authority. Branches of Cypriot banks in non-euro-zone countries such as Russia and Britain do not answer to the European Central Bank. Their liquidity is controlled by central banks in those countries.
> Interestingly, this time, mostly the Russian dirty money was affected, and there was not as much public outrage (stealing stolen money).

Huh? Sorry, do you assume that all savings above 100k euros were from the Russian Mafia ? That's a very serious claim to make. And even if it was indeed true there is due process to follow before confiscating the funds. You need tracability, trials and so on. And in case you do not seem to know that, bank savings should be protected by the law against confiscation - that is one of the most basic agreements in the property laws in every country. If that principle is violated, the consequences can be serious (bank run, more banks going bankrupt, lack of funds for private companies investment, etc...).

And there is still public outcry anyway because even people with savings less than 100k euros can only withdraw about 300 euros a day, cannot take their savings out, cannot transfer them anywhere. There is serious economic disruption going on because of this mess. If you think it only impacts the Russian Mafia you should travel to Cyprus and see for yourself.
Cyprus Bailout: Stupidity, Short-Sightedness, Something Else?
You would lend out your bitcoins at interest, just like you do with any other currency. Unless you want to be a direct lender, you'd still use a bank.

Maybe the EU's policies led to the propagation of all the bad assets, but Cypriot banks were offering a higher interest to attract deposits. You can't get that higher interest without investing in somewhat riskier assets. Even assuming the EU policy is terrible (I am no expert on the EU and want no part of that argument, btw), the problem with the Cyprus banks was poor controls and risk management, which was by design to attract deposits.

Pretty simple, unless you had a very good reason (tax avoidance, money laundering, interest rate), parking money in the Cyprus banking system was a very bad idea. So either the person with 700k was avoiding taxes, laundering money, enjoying a higher than normal interest rate, or being foolish with their money. I have no idea which it was, but if I personally had to oversee such a sum, I wouldn't be parking it in such a risky place.
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I think exactly the same thing of 'critical thinking'.
kudos to this shop. Neither my employer nor i are Twilio customers, but i do know then from two projects they have open soruced, which i regularly use--both of very high quality (Flask-RESTful & Localtunnel).

w/r/t the subject of this Post, this is a courageous thing to do--because awareness of this problem, particularly in the US, is not high, and certainly not as high as many other charitable causes (domestic violence, illiteracy, teenager drug use, etc.) In addition, because of the widely alleged and sometimes documented complicity of government officials et al. (see Huffington Post article on Moldova & H/T) this is not a unanimously supported cause like for instance the others i just mentioned.

but my god, the epic scale of this problem and the heart-breaking and prolonged suffering of its victims. About five or six years ago, I saw Lukas Moodysson's landmark film about human trafficking, "Lilya 4-ever"; some of the images from that film i'll never get out of my head.
The euro crisis is in essence a balance of payments crisis: Germany persistently ran balance of payments surplus with its euro partners, and their banks kept lending the surplus to their peripheral neighbors to fund their balance of payments deficits.
Paredit is super great, indeed. Lisp is perfect for this sort of thing.
Just curious, what is it that makes the performance not so great?

Could performance be significantly improved by doing a re-write in Lua, for example? (Probably not... it's probably something in Pyglet itself...)

(FWIW, it's choppy compared to Minecraft, which is obviously much more complex and has a greater rendering distance.)
I think here is a better explanation of what happened:

http://www.cyprus.com/cyprus-bailout-stupidity-short-sighted...
Budget cuts. You can't write a standardized test for woodworking, so schools stopped teaching it.
whatsapp is approaching 3 million simultaneous connected users on a single server using erlang
You can check here for AWS availability issues: http://status.aws.amazon.com/

Looks like S3 is fine at the moment.
N. California: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/s3-us-west-1.rss
Oregon: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/s3-us-west-2.rss
Virgina: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/s3-us-standard.rss
> I also know from working with the NaCl and PPAPI teams that they repeatedly reached out to Mozilla in an effort to publicly develop a mutually agreeable standard, but they were not well received.

They weren't well received I suppose because Pepper is a binary API that duplicates everything already in the browser. Why does PP have to be so large? Because with NaCl it's incredibly awkward to call javascript functions from native code, and vice versa. It's not webby.
It's true that the majority of these accounts are from foreign people, but that doesn't mean there is anything illegal with putting your money on a Cyprus bank account. Please note that Cyprus is part of the EU for a long time, and this way of tax avoiding (not evasion) is completely legal.
That's incredibly inflammatory, because homeowners hire well-spoken American contracters, who buy cheap materials and hire underpaid illegal immigratnts to do the labor.
Martin Richards compiler is pretty easy to add a backend to. I got the distribution he covers in his BCPL for young people (raspberrypi) guide. I targeted VideoCore for some tinkering I was doing, asm.js sould be fairly easy - just the relooping stuff would be the main effort.

Would be interesting to see Martin Richards classic benchmark compiled to asm.js from BCPL and compared with the port to js.
One of the better predictors of who is likely to succeed as an entrepreneur is determination. Closely related is truly believing in your idea. If you're the kind of person who easily gives up so that you can try and roll the dice again, then you clearly lack those traits and would be a bad bet.

So VCs learn to respect people who are determined, and truly believe in what they are doing. The entrepreneurs who stick it out are therefore demonstrating that they are people the VCs should respect, even though the relationship is not working out well for anyone. On top of that working together through shared hardships tend to create bonds - and these are people who work together with the VCs through shared hardships.

Moving on to the second half of the equation, what about the VC? It may be tempting to quickly abandon all of your failures. But doing so means making worse returns than you could otherwise. Furthermore developing a reputation for abandoning too easily hurts your reputation as a VC, and therefore hurts your ability to find good future deals. So a VC is stuck with their bad decisions as well as their good.

And a final fact for you. The bigger the investment that you take, the harder it becomes to win big. There are many reasons for this. One is that too much money makes people complacent. Another is that there are more potential markets out there that are worth $50 million than are worth $250 million, so it is more likely that someone you invested $2 million at a $10 million valuation can earn 5x returns than someone you invested $10 million at a $50 million valuation can. Therefore VCs are on the lookout for opportunities that are big enough to be worth their time, but want to invest as little as they can in each one.
Very true I think. When the banks started to fold in the UK I split my cash into units of up to £35000 each into different banks. The guarantee was per institution, not individual. It certainly made more sense to me to fit within the guarantee limits, though there was no absolute guarantee that even those limits would hold.
As I understand it, the only 'cost' to getting a waiver is requesting it (and perhaps assisting with the 'period of review').

That said, I know that there were 'windows' in which to request the waiver, and it's possible that for whatever reason, CA wasn't able to get the paperwork ready in time for the last window?

It's also possibly related to political objectives, but at the same time, Obama is trying to get states away from NCLB, and CA is super liberal, so you'd think they'd have been the first to sign up?