skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
this is my position. If I have internet and a power outlet, one place is as good as another, why take the hit on degrading security, exorbitant fee's, and cramped conditions for a few extra hours? Trains are efficient. We need to use them more.
Snowden's Dad Gives First Interview
United States Government:

-We are serious about creating jobs and supporting great American companies.
-Makes the most lucrative young companies in the US unusable in the name of spying on their own citizens.

What in the actual fuck?
Neat idea, do it!
Logging: The Most Important Part of Any Application
WordPress acquires Poster for iOS
I'd imagine there would be massive social unrest at the idea of abolishing certain public services.

Power would concentrate in a handful of corporations; price fixing and monopolies would become the norm.
All of the rivers
It's for websites that want to mimic apps.
Being able to "cut it closer" is not just a function of predictability, but also of frequency and of the consequences for missing your intended departure. If I miss the local city bus, it's not a big deal, because I can get another one ten or fifteen minutes later for the same price, so I usually only get to the stop about 90 seconds before I need to be there. During rush hour, I get to the caltrain about 3-5 minutes early, and in the evenings, when the trains only run once an hour, I aim for 5-10 minutes. But if I miss a plane, the next flight might not be for 6 hours, and it could cost me an extra several hundred dollars. So even if the airport experience is made more time-efficient, the nature of the airline timetable will still result in people waiting in airports.
But many aren't, and none covers every country.
Cached:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5_8ePS...
Show HN: My 2 wheeled robot
You are either horribly misinformed or simply trolling. The reason MAXIMUM roaming charges are set by Brussels is that the competition in the telecommunications market EU wide is not working. The main reason for that is a particular market structure: In most countries, landline telecommunication service was provided by the government, and the operators only later being privatized. The now private company could in a way free-ride on the original investment made in the infrastructure by the government, which is why an attack on the market by foreign companies is difficult. Furthermore the telecommunications industry has very strong network effects, so that the dominant natural provider could even be a sort of natural monopoly.

The licences for example for 3G/4G networks are mostly offered in a public bidding contest in most EU countries, so the state intervention is quite minimal. Unless you are suggesting government should have nothing to do with it at all, and every operator should simply use any frequency he desires and let's see what happens?

Please read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_on_roaming_charges_... to see how bad the situation was before EU intervention!
I have created a few applications and showed my colleagues. Sharing is really easy and powerful. It allows me to demonstrate the usability in a few steps.

I need some better drawing skills though. What is the most recommended device to use pentotype? iPad?
Did I say that? I merely said that if that was enough to get us on a list, we all are.

Yes, I would prefer they stopped spying, but it won't change what I write for public consumption.
In the UK we don't have any bears (any more) but aren't they curios animals that would happily climb a tree and slash one of the ropes just to see what happens?
YourMechanic (YC W12) is looking for full stack engineers
"subsidising travellers"? If anything the travellers must be subsidising the non-travellers now. A couple of megabytes of data do not cost hundreds of dollars to move just because you have to route through one more network.
You do realise that the reason the EC currently mandates roaming charges caps is because before they did so roaming was stupidly expensive???

You seem to have got the situation completely back to front.
Thank you for taking the time to describe this. I'd been, naively, hoping -- yet to research -- that Norway might be somewhat better than Sweden.

I'm coming to the impression that none of the Scandinavian countries may be particularly friendly to data privacy advocates.
Thanks! (Reads.) Now that is the spirit.
Well Elon Musk has a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39

But sadly, its not Mach1, but a hell of a lot more fun than an airliner. My goal is the much more reasonable SR-22 turbo, just need to get my instrument raiting first.
Gotta use those iCores for something.
True, although this reminds me of an old Von Neumann joke (it was probably a Newton joke once):

A colleague walks up to Von Neumann at a party. "Hey!" he challenges. "Two locomotives are speeding towards each other on a track. They begin ten miles apart and are both travelling at 30mph."

"A fly on the hood of one locomotive flies to the other locomotive at 60mph, then returns to the first, and keeps going back and forth between them until the two crash, killing the fly."

"How far has the fly travelled?"

Von Neumann considers, then gives the correct answer. "It's true," his colleague says, "you can instantly see the insight to any problem. You knew that you could merely sort out how long it takes and then work out the distance from the fly's speed."

Von Neumann frowns. "It seemed simpler to sum the series in hy head, and it's a more general solution."
What on earth does that mean?

* An absolutely unregulated market?

* No International standards guaranteed or enforced?
Then screws bought in one country wont keep panels in another held together.

* As in kidnap, murder and extortion not enforced?
This is my pet reply for "too much red tape". everything is a trade related regulation.

* As in no tariffs between countries.
That's not a bad idea, but a flat tariff to ensure
fair salaries of border staff would help.

* As in suddenly those countries that are not democracies
also fix all the internal problems that are not technical tariffs but act like them
Well, let me rephrase that "What if every country became
democracy tomorrow?"

* As in you can work in any country you like?
70% of all western jobs are office based, and so 70% of all jobs are probably doable from any point on the globe with a IP connection. And that needs no regulatory changes
except in countries where democracy does not apply.

Since the first round of WTO agreements in '48/49 World trade levels have leapt through the roof. Lets just keep going on the WTO rounds as they are.
Managing SSH Keys for Automated Access - Current Recommended Practice
In those cases, are you writing in asm for fun? If not, what advantages do you see in taking this approach over just writing most of the project in C and using inline asm where necessary?
Would Snowden be treated like Ellsberg or like Bradley Manning? Big difference.
The thing is, new constructions tend to make rents higher, because they are usually of higher standards than what they replace. Typically, a newly build building will sell flats at 14k€/m² where as the surroundings sell for 10k, because it is newer, more comfortable and consumes less electricity for heating.
And rents go up accordingly.

Also, I think most people do care what their place looks like ; it's a combination of factors, but prettier buildings always sell for more, and inhabitants of prettier buildings tend to take better care of them.

I wouldn't want to live in (or next to) one of the terrible 60-70s condos at the limits of paris, unless rent was _at least_ 30% lower than in a more proper place.
Django newbie here, how does Django-registrations compare to django-userena?
SF itself has even more fine-grained microclimates than the peninsula (which only has a few). I didn't (immediately) find out how the wikipedia climate numbers were assembled nor what weather station(s) weatherspark gets data from, but if it's a single weather station, the data gathered is nigh-useless.

weatherspark looks very nice btw, I'm going to go look if they have an android app.... seems there isn't one. oh well.
Unfortunately he didn't really answer it.

"More detail on how direct NSA's accesses are is coming, but in general, the reality is this: if an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA, etc analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want. Phone number, email, user id, cell phone handset id (IMEI), and so on - it's all the same. The restrictions against this are policy based, not technically based, and can change at any time. Additionally, audits are cursory, incomplete, and easily fooled by fake justifications. For at least GCHQ, the number of audited queries is only 5% of those performed."
Cool! I've been searching for something similar to this.
From a year ago: "M&A could help telcos close Europe's network gap: Kroes"

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/11/us-media-tech-summi...
I agree with the sentiment of excessive centralization in France. However what really is happening is that things are still centralized, only not everyone gets to vote for the mayor that makes the real decisions.

As far as the Vélib' affaire goes: it opened in July 2007 in Paris and they announced it was going to expand to the banlieue as soon as it started. However JCDecaux's main competitor Clear Channel claimed it was a new service and a new competitive tender was needed. The trial dragged on for 18 months, but eventually JCDecaux won and Vélib' was extended, but it wasn't finished before the end of 2009, two and a half years later than in Paris.

You can read more about it in the history section of the French wikipedia article.
Whoa please don't use this! I just tried all of the sites mentioned in the comments from my phone (iOS) and none were usable. Either they locked up and were unresponsive, rendered completely wrong, or just had stuff flying everywhere.
A Backbone View to a Kill
"I'd put 'covert CIA assassination' in the same bucket and I don't really know how to put this politely but this is, in my mind, tinfoilhattery."

I don't know how much any of us is in a position to assess the how 'tinfoilhattery' the risk of this is,

its easy to dismiss that as something that only happens in movies, but if it happens in real life, would we be any the wiser?

we do know that Iranian scientists have low life expectancies

couple of thoughts:

1) Snowdon is probably in a better position than us to assess that risk, and seemed to think it was real

2) either way, going public lessened the risk, if he gets in a drunk driving accident next week, or is shot by a mugger, most people won't assume it was coincidence

3) I think Mannings fate is argument enough against staying put
From the chat -

"Anthony De Rosa
17 June 2013 2:18pm
1) Define in as much detail as you can what "direct access" means.

2) Can analysts listen to content of domestic calls without a warrant?"

Answer (Snowden)

"1) More detail on how direct NSA's accesses are is coming, but in general, the reality is this: if an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA, etc analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want. Phone number, email, user id, cell phone handset id (IMEI), and so on - it's all the same. The restrictions against this are policy based, not technically based, and can change at any time. Additionally, audits are cursory, incomplete, and easily fooled by fake justifications. For at least GCHQ, the number of audited queries is only 5% of those performed."
And if the company has a competent security team, they're going to find this quickly and bring in Terremark or Solutionary or another forensics company. It won't be long before you're found, especially if you hit a compliance network.
Racket v5.3.4
Why Men Die Younger Than Women: The 'Guys Are Fragile' Thesis
US Entrepreneurship Reaches 14-Year High
Most people moved to Long Island to commute to Manhattan. The train, in fact, came first, and then people moved there because the rattling train gave them access to Manhattan:
http://images.nycsubway.org/i77000/img_77458.jpg

Many moved from noiser Manhattan for more space and more quiet, especially back when Manhattan had even more elevated trains. Others might have moved from elsewhere in the world for access to high Manhattan wages, and accept the noise as the price of that access.

People will accept some noise when it's less noise than they dealt with previously or if it provides other benefits, but most people don't fly enough for sonic booms to be worthwhile in daily life. Even subsonic planes are unpleasant to live near.
The comparison to the computer age made me think about this in a different light - travel is now less valuable because of the on-set of great telecommunications tools than it was even 50 years ago.

Today, huge deals can be negotiated largely over the phone/skype/webex/etc, making in person meetings less frequent. Therefore, if I can accomplish more by not traveling and communicating via Internet or phone, when I do travel, actual time spent flying is not as important, because I already made every effort to minimize travel in the first place, leaving only meetings that are truly worth it.
New York does build hideous 75 story apartment buildings and they don't bring down the rent.
What "useless sigils and buzzwords" does Scala have?
One thing I tell a lot of people who are getting into TDD is to focus on what you want the class's interface (AKA API) to look like. This means that you can start with the assertion and work your way backwards.

As the author alludes to this doesn't mean building out the whole architecture. For me it means just starting out with a simple case, make it pass, question whether you need to refactor or not and then move onto the next simplest case. A great example of this is Corey Haine's String Calculator https://vimeo.com/7961506

I agree that TDD is not for everyone but I've found a lot of it is because people are either taking too huge of steps or not spending enough time refactoring their code AND their tests.

In the most ideal world you should have a test suite and when something in your application breaks you should only have one test that notifies you of this. This I've found is often very far from the case.
The Oocyte Cartel
DS.FixtureAdapter Considered Harmful
His answer to the question "What direct access means":

1) More detail on how direct NSA's accesses are is coming, but in general, the reality is this: if an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA, etc analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want. Phone number, email, user id, cell phone handset id (IMEI), and so on - it's all the same. The restrictions against this are policy based, not technically based, and can change at any time. Additionally, audits are cursory, incomplete, and easily fooled by fake justifications. For at least GCHQ, the number of audited queries is only 5% of those performed.
Combining Entrepreneurship and Design – What Kind of Black Magic is That?
Handsontable: a minimalistic approach to Excel-like table editor
Yes, it's weird how some people deny their existence in Javascript!
The fast-track to measurably improving your products
This works better in Europe than it does in America. As most trips here on train or car take multiple days. Where as you can fly anywhere in the country in one day. Once you cross into multi-day territory, the train is often too impractical to be used. Which is a real shame, as I really enjoy travelling by train.
In some type of way you're longing for her money to change the world. I hope, instead, you long to change her mind, convince her that she needs to start donating. That was the point of me commenting, for you to treat this as a reminder to call her and put your perspective down. Not in casual way, she won't take you seriously. Throw a form of guilt, cause obviously that's what she needs. Value your principles man. She's your cousin and she has the potential to change herself and the world. Understand that power. I wish one of my distant cousins were like this. Her elite world view would come down to Earth at least once a month. Don't take it the wrong way.
This seems less an indictment of medical science than of the healthcare system you have to live with.

Because where I come from, if I was bitten by a tick I could book my primary doctor's appointment online, get the blood test done the same day at a walk in clinic without an appointment, and then phone the doctor's surgery two days later to get my test results...without paying anything.
All I'm saying is that from a moral point of view, it makes a difference whether you shoot someone for fun (i.e. they get shot because you wanted the fun) or for a better reason (e.g. the person was sentenced to death). This is quite obvious right? I'm just saying your motivations matter from a moral point of view. Whether you enjoy the killing is irrelevant here. Same for the ants: I think it is wrong to destroy an ant colony in order to have fun. I think it is OK to destroy it in order to clean your kitchen. Whether you end up having fun while cleaning your kitchen is irrelevant. What matters is the reason why the action was taken.
The "nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide" argument has been debunked countless times and made the front page of HN in the last week at least twice. Privacy is a building block foundation for freedom. You can't have freedom without privacy.

Your utorrent encryption is merely useful to thwart some forms of bandwidth throttling, it is not hiding you or your sharing/downloading.

NSA could do such MiTM attacks, it's been a known possibility for years. but why would they rely on this kind of attacks as they probably have a copy of the private key of the party your communicating with (or something along these lines as was shown with lotus notes).

Also they already have other ways to seize and freeze assets, so you shouldn't have to worry about this specific abuse. There's more than enough to worry about the rest.
One thing that I find strange is that a few of the profiles have full bio's and cv's in place including responsibilities in their current and previous roles.

They do however only have 3 or 4 connections. I'd imagine someone who puts so much effort into tailoring their linkedin would have connected to more of their previous and current colleagues.
I'm not trying to disagree with you, but to share a really neat site, and in the course of doing so, provide some data related to your post.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL19/history/20130617/14...

And http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL19/history/20130617/14...

Are track log (showing rate of climb and ground speed) and flight path for American 19 today JFK->LAX

Rate of climb is just under 2000fpm, and step-climbs to altitude are in the 25 minute range (with several periods of level flight prior to being cleared higher).

The direct route is 2148nm. The airways routing is 2214, or about 3% longer. In good weather, visual arrivals tend to be fairly direct and hold-free.

Biggest point was flightaware is cool. Check it out. :)
Yes, there are always those willing to sell out their fellow man to make a buck.
Golang will not let you compile if there’s an import or declared variable that’s unused.

I think that is the result of an explicit design goal of Go: optimizing for large projects that involve many files and packages developed by many people. Having extraneous package or variable declarations in parts of a program are not an issue for small, one-off exploratory programs, but can be for large projects. So they're consciously making it slightly more painful for small projects because they're designing for large projects.
Those are fixable.
Snowden: Feds can't cover up leaks by 'murdering me'
Ocaml needs an Elixer. Fantastic language in most respects, but the syntax is annoying at best and confusing at worst.
Online privacy: How to disappear
DEFCON Schemaverse Championship - Second Qualifying Round - June 26
This will be the third year of the competition at DEFCON and the battle is really starting to get heated. The competition caters to folks of many disciplines including database folk, programmers, artificial intelligence aficionados and general pen-test practitioners.

If you plan on making your way to DEFCON this year in Las Vegas and any of the above interests you, take a look and consider competing!

More details can be found here: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=13433&p=128730#post128730

and you can learn more about The Schemaverse at http://schemaverse.com
I'd like to know if geolocation data is collected as part of the "meta data" in any of these sigint databases. Rep. Jason Chaffetz asked at the FBI hearing about the implications in light of US v. Jones.
Riot batons that have integrated stun guns. They were sold en-bloc to military units that have no crowd control roles in countries that have no human rights. By British companies.

Its evil that people tortured dissidents using stun guns with nice user-friendly grips.

Its more evil that people in a free country sold them, knowing what they were used for.

Other examples of technology used for evil:

* rope to hang pregnant women high from trees.

* Knives used to cut open their bellies and dangle the foetus in a double hanging.

Fuck Spam bots.

Edit:I am not in a good mood today for silly questions. Sorry.
Awesome, because the times when I especially need mobile internet is when in other European countries!!

Currently the solution is to buy a local simcard.
The concord flew a lot faster than Mach 1 though.
You're up against a lot of free solutions, and you want companies to give you ROOT access to their machines. No company that takes credit cards can use your service or they will violate their PCI Compliance regulations.

Nagios is really the leader in this market as I can run it on my network and monitor my own machines, and firewall any outbound connections so it sends no data to third parties.

Assuming neither of the above are considerations, first and foremost, Spelling... Customers don't like misspelled words. It makes them think you're not real. For example, "Installation" is misspelled "Instalation". You need to proof all your pages.

#2 You use ajax, but not everywhere. When I add a server, it should be ajax and give me feedback on what's going on. Instead, it just sits there spinning.... Best thing to do here is add the server and do the validation in the background (on your servers), and notify the user that the server was able or unable to be added later.

#3 Handle errors better. I consistently got a Gateway Timeout Error (504) when things didn't work well.

#4 go to this page and see what happens (hint, it's not good..):
http://reltrek.com/pricing

That said, targeting the non-geek is a very good approach.

You need to make sure they understand the risks of using this service as it may cost them their credit-card processing. If they are a US HIPPA compliant service, then the risk Federal action by allowing you access to their network.
Declarative Computation, Syntactic Sugar, and the Abstract Machine
Samsung to possibly launch new music service with JayZ's support
"
Authorize Real World OCaml Commenting?

The app Real World OCaml Commenting will be able to:

Read your public information.
Update your public repositories (Commits, Issues, etc).

"

WAT?
From what OP said, I understood he meant turning on encryption in the bittorrent client, not using a VPN.

Turning on encryption is a way to work around bandwidth throttling and deep packet inspection, not a method to protect your identity or activity.
>Starting in assembly right away would be a bit too insane, so I first wrote a reference implementation in C

How did he make the reference code? I'm reading that as he wrote an implementation in C, then decompiled it and then cleaned up the decompiled Assembly language code.

Maybe I'm wrong. How do you take his statement above?
"ArcGIS" shows up in most of them, anyone used it?
Have you tried Revised Syntax?

http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-camlp4/manual007.html