skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Of course that's what it's for. He's attempting to get publicity to spread the word about his possible exploit. And of course it has "in real life" caveats. He tried it in a closed simulated system.

The idea here is that it is a possible exploit. Sure the media are a bunch of morons who just bounce from one headline to another, but not to treat this as a real possibility would be foolhardy. It needs to be tried in an controlled environment and mitigated if necessary (after real life testing)and feasible.
It's cool but I can't get a sustainable stream from Vimeo. It defeats the purpose of video streaming.
Python doesn't optimize any tail calls at all. Rust optimizes sibling calls, which includes all self-tail calls. It's only tail calls to a different function that Rust doesn't eliminate.
If they're going to pay back in cash, I don't understand how they do that at $2MM/year in revenue. Essentially all of their revenue would go to payments on the debt. I suppose they could be planning to IPO in which case they could use some of the cash raised in the IPO to pay back the loan, but it isn't clear who would be interested in buying Foursquare, especially after the Facebook IPO.
Breaking a glass is non-repeatable, which loses a key aspect of hashing.
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There isn't any competition? Ask Vertex about that! They just launched a new HCV drug that was expected to bring in several billion dollars per year of revenue at its peak. Now? It probably won't pass the $500M mark because other companies are bringing in competing therapies.
Um, if I sold you a security service, with an unknown, hard to trigger, exception clause, would you consider it security?
Hummm fail? http://screencast.com/t/kxFQ3sBkmCo
I have done long haul 2.4ghz wireless links before with directional antennas (60+ miles).

36K feet is 6NM vertical. I have an antenna in my car, and enough power with the car running to reach a large aircraft audience. This doesn't even take into account if I have the transmitter and a lithium ion battery in my luggage (I've travelled across the world with Pelican cases loaded with AV and IT kit; no one asks, and they've only been opened by the TSA twice).

TL;DR Unauthenticated, unencrypted radio protocols are vulnerable, that's all.
Because it is how it works in many countries?
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Fair question.

For me, I'm going for a home run because I think it will allow me to have the biggest impact on the world. I was living in Chile for 6 months last year and have seen what my company (a p2p marketplace for trips planned by locals) could do globally. That worldwide impact is the driving force.

What it isn't is a money or peer pressure play. My first startup is actually set to double in revenue this year (to low-mid 6 figures) and I barely touch it. The money thing will come, whether I go for a home run or not.
And for the average American, between 10 and 20 per cent of your lifetime healthcare costs accrue in the last 1-3 months of your life. Beyond healthcare, America has a problem with dying and death, and a willingness to spend vast amounts of money on someone who is at death's door, often in a manner that negatively affects the quality of the remainder of their life, and for what - other people? Sometimes even for no-one.
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That's probably the meme, but being around during construction and occasionally being the one building it might get you a deeper understanding imho.
Funny you mention "as long as I can type". Recently had back surgery which makes it difficult to sit, hence difficult to code. Got me to thinking about all the things that could cause me to stop coding... Loss of ability to type (fingers/hands lost). Loss of eyesight (though in college we had a blind developer). Inability to sit (back problems). Loss of mind (dimensia/Alzheimers). Loss of motor control (Parkinsons/paralysis). Im sure theirs more, but like you, i imagine I will be doing this until i cant...
oh good point - similar story - it made moving to / living in s. america possible when my s.o. got a permanent job here.
Nice! I wonder if the dev version comes by default with the same cluttered interface that Reddit has. I know it's known for its simplicity, but compared to HN that interface is kind of annoying. I'll definitely check it out tho
When is a message queue required? And when is a pub/sub setup with Redis good enough? I'm sure it's apples to oranges, but there must be a few places with ActiveMQ installed where it wasn't really needed.
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If the lead exposure is a threshold effect, most of the population might have already banked the benefits of going below it.

Experts claim there is "no threshold"[1].

[1]http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/pdf/lead/leadexp.pdf
Overall people have a crisis every 7 years or so in their adult life. Gail Sheehy talked about a "Catch 30" in the book "Passages" and my friends who believe in Astrology believe there a "Saturn Return" between the 20's and 30's.
> What I really love about GitHub is that it's one of the really exciting companies that has never really disappointed nor sold out like Twitter did.

To be completely fair to Twitter, it's been less than a year since Github raised their first round of funding ($100MM). Twitter has raised $1.6 billion over the last seven years.

It's a lot easier not to sell out when your investors aren't pressuring you to pull a profit yet. (Also remember that almost all of Github's funding comes from a single investor).

I like Github, but it's a bit premature to say that they've "never sold out".
There are others, btc-e is quite big. MtGox is just the largest, and was one of the first.
I've been told by several of my mentors that there are precious few grey haired programmers (probably because of issues like the OP is pointing out) but seeing people like Jim Weirich (local Cincinnatian and inventor of Rake) who are still passionate about programming and going strong gives me hope that I won't burn out (I'm 34).
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You can keep track of all markets (or the most popular, maybe there are more) on this page: http://bitcoinity.org/markets

Here you have: mtgox, btce, bitstamp, bitcoin24, bitfloor.
"I think when the UK paid 1/20th of the cost to R&D Trident 2, but got 1/5 of the orders, I'd say yeah that was pretty heavily subsidized by the US to have an ally country with stealth-nuclear capabilities."

That's a little one-sided. You forgot to mention that the US got the ability to build military bases on UK soil for no rent / charge.
Maybe that's the stereotype, but I'm more interested in what technology came out in the last 2 weeks than the last 2 years. Have fun in the slow lane, sonny!
On their site it seems a little bit different:

https://ripple.com/bitcoiners/
+1, a part-time internship doesn't mean you can't keep working on your side projects!

And there are a lot of cool offers and places where you can learn a lot on Madrid (I myself started last week at Vizzuality), yet too many uninterested students that end up selling their souls to Indra/Everis/Accenture :(
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fwiw i lost use of my right hand for a few months (it's largely ok now) and it made surprisingly little difference to productivity. i don't think anyone else noticed! turns out i spent more time thinking and less writing than i had assumed.
This is cool, good job! The only thing that I'd really want is an improved search: for example, I want to search for color schemes with two colors and not just one.

Also: http://pltts.me/search?page=1 gives me "We're sorry, but something went wrong."
Don’t believe me?

App Developers make more money than Doctors and Lawyers globally, according to an infographic commissioned by the Application Developers Alliance and designed by infogr8.

Why?

They are at the helm of an industry we call the app market which was worth £3.5bn in 2011, and is expected to grow tenfold to £30.5bn by 2016.

It so happens that many of those ‘app developers’ happen to be the core participants of what is now known as the hackathon, hackfest, or hackday. And they are proud to call themselves Hackers.
Banks are required to make users whole, even if the user's password is compromised. At least for individual accounts. (For businesses the situation is different.)

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=1618...
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I fully agree with you. If you aren't being productive, you aren't working. The number of hours isn't a badge of honor, but the number of productive hours is.
It sounds like the US might be better served if those research costs were funded by the government. If only we had an agency that gave researchers the money they needed for this sort of thing, some kind of national institutes of health that would be a medical counterpart to the NSF and DARPA...

The problem with market-based approaches to medical research and medicine distribution is that they force people to make economic decisions about their healthcare. Nobody, regardless of their income level, should have to sit down and ask themselves, "Do I want to treat my cancer now, or do I want to buy food for my children?" The same arguments for a universal healthcare system apply to federal funding for medical research. Yes, medical research is expensive; no, we do not want to fund it with a system that denies medicine to people who need it.

I do not want to be overly critical of your startup. Nobody says, "Man, there are too many ways to treat cancer!" On the other hand, your startup does need to bring in enough money to cover its costs, which means you cannot just give your drug to anyone who needs it -- you need to charge them for it. That is why the funding model needs to be overturned, so that the cost of developing the drug is not an issue in getting the drug to people who need it.
Because someone has to pay for the phase 3 clinical trials to actually prove that it's safe and that it works? That doesn't come cheap.

If Biogen charged only the price of aspirin, they would never recoup their R&D costs, let alone make a profit.
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Not we humans, we sexist/conservative/stereotypical people. I did not respond well at all. And I do have a huge problem with shopping , and yes I am a male. Ok now somebody go make an application such as this that is targeted exclusively to queer men , then another one that is targeted to people with Aspergers that hate the social aspect of shopping. Then another one for people with ADHD that hate shopping as well because it takes too long, and another one for masculine lesbians that dont believe in their taste of clothes. And also another one for super busy people and another one for people that are disabled. To be honest with you the only person in my social circle that fits in their definition of masculinity, is not my father, or any of my male straight friends, but a lesbian friend of mine.
Gold has been stabilized through history because it has been used as currency by powerful governments. If the powerful governments of the world collapse, they will lose control of their large gold reserves at the same time they lose the ability to feed their citizens. What do you suppose will happen to the commodity markets then?

Nothing, neither gold nor grain, is backed by anything but power. Fiat currency is just the government accepting that responsibility de jure.
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By this standard probably something like 30% of the music ever written has the wrong key signature -- and I've never seen a piece of non-major music with a correctly notated key signature!
The author has no idea what he's talking about. He makes several claims of fact for which he offers zero evidence in support, then goes on to specify constraints that favor his viewpoint. To paraphrase: "The Tesla handles better than a Corvette Z06, and by handles better, I mean I prefer it."

I get that the author likes the Tesla, and the Tesla is a fantastic automobile, but by every objective performance criteria, a Z06 Corvette eats its lunch. It's a silly comparison that needn't be made.

| Metric | Model S | Corvette Z06 | Delta |
| ------ | ------- | ------------ | ----- |
| 0-60 | 4.3s | 3.6s | -0.7s |
| 1/4 mile* | 12.6 @ 108.3 | 11.9 @ 123.5 | -0.7 @ +15.2 |
| Slalom | 66.8 mph | 74.1 mph | +7.3 mph |
| Skid pad | 0.86g | 1.06g | +0.2g |

* 1/4 mile measurements in seconds @ mph format

Sources:

Tesla S - http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2012/road-test-specs1.h...

Corvette Z06 - http://www.roadandtrack.com/cm/roadandtrack/data/RT_To-the-P...

A far better comparison is the BMW 5-series hot rod, the M5. The M5's MSRP starts at $90,200. The Tesla Model S Performance MSRP starts at $87,400. Both are sedans, and both are best-of-breed in the performance category

| Metric | Model S | BMW M5† | Delta |
| ------ | ------- | ------------ | ----- |
| 0-60 | 4.3s | 3.6s | -0.7s |
| 1/4 mile* | 12.6 @ 108.3 | 11.9 @ 119.7 | -0.7 @ +11.4 |
| Slalom | 66.8 mph | 71.0 mph | +4.2 mph |
| Skid pad | 0.86g | 0.95g | +0.09g |

* 1/4 mile measurements in seconds @ mph format

† M5 equipped with MDCT transmission

Sources:

Tesla - Same as above.

BMW M5 - http://www.roadandtrack.com/cm/roadandtrack/data/9bccd94b2e8...

By any objective measure, the Z06 and the BMW M5 beat the Model S. The Model S comes closer in performance to the M5, but it still loses pretty badly in all categories:

0-60: A difference of 0.7s in the race to 0-60 is around 2-3 car lengths, so a pretty substantial difference.

1/4 mile: In the quarter mile, we see that the elapsed time is similar to the delta in the 0-60 race, but the big difference is in the trap speed (the speed at the end of the quarter mile). The turbocharged V8 in the M5 has more power at higher speeds.

Slalom: A difference of 4.2 mph in the slalom is huge. To give some sense of perspective, a Volkswagen GTI makes it through the slalom at around 65 mph, about 2 mph shy of the Model S. The Model S loses ground to the M5 here because of its weight. The Model S weighed in at 4,770 lbs, where the M5 is 4,525 lbs.

Skid pad: Using the GTI as our point of reference again, it pulls a 0.90g around the skid pad in a Road & Track test. The Model S is again hindered by its weight, but there is probably a tire factor as well. Tires can have a significant effect on efficiency, and I'd imagine that the Model S optimizes for range, rather than skid pad grip.

So, the author likes the Model S. For every day driving, the Model S is far more car than anyone needs. However, that doesn't mean it handles better than a Z06. Saying so is either ignorance, or intellectual dishonesty.
That only really goes for people on American soil. Of course, most governments that owe money to the US are in such deep shit that they couldn't pay the cleaning lady next week without a new loan this week. New loans tend to be problematic if you don't pay interest on your current loan.
Is your biotech startup in the Bay area? Would love to chat. Email in profile.
Started at the age of 10 and still enjoying it with 36, while trying to stay away from management tasks as much as I can.

Having fun to see youngster always jumping on the technology of the day every few years.
I'm not old yet [only 51, software dev. since 1985] but I still enjoy developing software. I compared myself to a golden retriever in an interview once: "You know how you throw the ball and he brings it back? If aren't familiar with retrievers, you'd think. 'He'll get tired of this in a while.' but it never happens. That's me and programming."

Admittedly I've been very lucky, I've never had to do "maintenance", write CRUD apps, had horrible bosses or worked with bad developers or unpleasant people.
25 years of programming and I am still loving it, especially building tools.
I find the skepticism here a little surprising. These are unencrypted, trivially spoofable protocols that haven't been exposed to attack before--of course there are going to be buffer overflow bugs and unexpected, exploitable connections between vulnerable components and critical systems (if they're not already the same machine).

Video of spoofing ADS-B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N...

(I believe if you spoof ADS-B it means you can generate TCAS warnings, which pilots are trained to prioritize over ATC commands due to earlier incidents where TCAS was correct and ATC was wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collisi... )
Developing career is like starting up a business, you need to have a competitive advantage.

In early stage of your career, your competitive advantage is cheap and fresh. But at some point, that advantage goes away, and you need to find other advantages -- domain knowledge, industry reputation, connections, management skills, anything that can distinguish you from other developers.

Once you get that competitive advantage, you will get the desired respect and people will start to value your opinions. And hopefully, you will not find it boring anymore.
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Predicted TSA response: ban iPhones.

I have a very, very low opinion of the TSA.
I use Gandi myself for my domain registration. Love them. So gladd I switched from Godaddy a year ago.
They spend money on marketing because it makes them money.

Say you spend $1 billion to develop a drug. That $1 billion number is a sunk cost; it is irrelevant to figuring out how much to spend on advertising and marketing.

Limiting marketing to less than that $1 billion that was spend on research makes no sense.
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For us "launch" means the date that we can start charging money for our product.

We did the part of telling our friends/family when we had the closed beta ready, but there is a big difference for us between the closed (free) beta and an open beta that can accept paying customers.
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The problem are not bitcoins. The problem are dollars and other fiat currencies. To be able to trade with those, you need to have them deposited in an exchange's account. That's going to be difficult to change.
My girlfriend lives in Rochester near the Ambrosia Software house. I remember delighting in seeing the sign for the first time as it brought back memories of countless hours of Maelstrom games.

Sometimes I wonder what the software job market is like in Rochester these days.
It really has turned into a great local discovery platform via their personal recommendations. As an anecdote, I am not from San Francisco, and visited the bay area in February. I checked into my hotel, 4sq knew that I had travelled over a 100 miles and most likely 'classified' me as a tourist. I checked into the Yerba Buena Gardens, the "people usually go to this burger place afterwards."; was a great place to eat.

I went up to the wharf, and checked in. With no ideas that there are sealions in the area, 4sq said that I should go check them out. So I walked over to Pier 39. They suggested Market Square, etc etc.

I know it is just a singular experience, and my local Los Angeles usage has definitely declined, but everytime that I travel I definitely use it to discover what there is to do. From "real" people in my same cohort.
Credit cards are a completely different model. When you hand someone your CC, you say, "please take exactly the amount of money I'd like you to and no more. Oh, and don't take any money out in the future, either." Only stolen bitcoins have this problem.
It will be savaged when it comes back online, on some of the other exchanges bitcoin is down to $66 : https://btc-e.com/
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I'm from Spain but I acknowledge you shouldn't count us on "Europe". Our government is plain incapable of handling an economic crisis and it's getting worse over time.

We're Africa.

EDIT: to add some more to my comment in case someone's interested.

Spain's just an olygarchy whose population is (purposely) undereducated about politics. Not long ago you could hear people saying "I don't care about politics!" but still complaining about the effects that political decisions brought to their lives.

I'm not trying to solely blame politicians: after all they've been massively voted in the last elections (People's Party got absolute majority!) although to be honest it was out of despair of uneducated population.

The current right-wing goverment acts as if they were following Hayek's advice but spending is being cut only in middle/low-class services. Their own salaries and benefits are still higher than ever, and preferential treatment to "frienly" corporations is daily news. Money's still not flowing, and medium/low-class smothering is getting it worse because most people spend money in surviving rather than buying products and reactivating the economy.

The previous "left"-wing goverment acted as if they were following Keynes' advice, but the best they could come up with was a plan for pavement replacement where most money went through the toilet. Everyone agreed on their inability to rule a country (even their own voters) which led us to current situation.

This is economic hell and NOBODY can save us.

I expect a hot climate this spring. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but something's going to happen again on the streets.
> As a business owner, there is nothing better than being able to transact with anyone, anywhere in the world instantly. You certainly can't do that with credit cards or paypal.

How about being able to transact with 99% of your customer base in a reliable, fraud-proof manner?
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Was wondering if anyone knew of well designed headers with taglines or if this type of branding in headers is dead.
https://vircurex.com/ is also lower at $65 for bids.
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I try to spend the time to support my claims with evidence, as such arguments are more intellectually convincing. Once you depart from views frequently repeated in the media, you no longer have the luxury of soundbites, so providing evidence is best.

It takes more effort (particularly since you don't want to cite bad evidence), but is necessary.

And the issue is, people who want truth gotta dig. Otherwise they'll be doomed to live the rest of their lives believing lies written by some PR flack. (I've known some PR flacks. They eloquently phrase what their bosses want communicated. And even being careful, I'm sure I believe many serious lies and falsehoods, at least to some extent.)
Actually this rule isn't limited to taxes. EVERY debt you may have in the united states HAS to accept a pre-agreed dollar amount as payment in full.

The value of the dollar is "guaranteed", in theory, by the law that states that anything for sale inside the borders of the united states can be bought for dollars, without exceptions.

As to how guaranteed that makes a dollar, that is a matter of opinion. It is a lot better than Bitcoin imho.
Thanks for sharing your learnings.

If you are available maybe we can do something together in Turkey. We will be very happy to get customers there and our product works perfectly for the type of customers you're describing (small and mid-size, shitty tech solution to manage their property, tech-savyy employees)
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There's antirez' "lamernews", a rather straight-forward Ruby/Redis application and its clone "lusernews" in Python.

https://github.com/antirez/lamernews

https://github.com/dengzhp/lusernews
I hope this opens people's eyes about venture debt. A much cheaper alternative compared to preferred stock - the traditional VC go to.

Unless we know the debt terms, I wouldn't comment on that. For all we know, it might have been the equivalent of a payday loan. I doubt Foursquare was in the driver's seat.