skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We need to think beyond the limitations of tools no matter how pervasive their use.
It reminded me of : http://vimeo.com/66085662
(you can skip to the demo)
Just a comment to track the submission
Every disaster is opportunity. In the case of iOS 7, the opportunity belongs to Android and windows.
Render HTML5 Canvas on your Terminal
That is absolutely, utterly subjective and anecdotal. I think blaming Google for iOS 6 adoption not being (even) quicker is grasping at straws that in all likelihood don't exist.
CNN has been focusing on trashing this guy since his identity first came to light. Their reporting has also been quick to minimize the extent and importance of this scandal. Partisan reporting at its finest - they are going to be the last ones on Obama's sinking ship.
Physicists show self-correcting quantum computers are theoretically possible
I'm a regular user. I chose to edit contact information for one of my contacts and it looks like it would let me. I didn't click the save button so I'm not sure but there was no indication that it wouldn't have let me update someone else's information. Pretty bad.
> I'd like to see David Brooks and the rest of the useful idiots try and struggle to keep up with the releases.

Its not like Brook's facile drivel takes all that much effort; its not like its designed to stand up to scrutiny by anyone thinking deeply, its just to give people an excuse not to think deeply.
Quantum entanglement isn't only spooky, you can't avoid it
The reality is that you're in a vanishingly small minority.

And I'm not hand-waving that notion either. I write apps and I've seen device usage numbers for a number of apps across a number of verticals - 3GS usage really is a vanishingly low number, well below 1%.

Devs don't have anything against old phones, we don't care how often you give Apple your money. If enough people still used the 3GS, we'd support the 3GS.

When you're in the sub-1% group, without some contract guaranteeing support, expecting support is unreasonable.
To me it seems like this can also cut the other way, with some people assigning any positive results to the efforts of powerful people with whom they agree.

An example is the belief that economic growth results directly from government policy and actions. This is true to some extent, in that the government must enforce fair dealing. But we learned in the 20th century that economies that are too centrally directed will fall behind those that allow emergent behavior in an open marketplace.
If anyone reading this doesn't have strong allegiance to either political party, you might enjoy his twitter as much as I do https://twitter.com/ggreenwald

I'm almost disappointed by this leak because of how it might affect the diversity of mr greenwald's tweets.
Not that I went there often, but I always got to search via "http://search.twitter.com"... earlier today it was returning a 404 [1], now this weird API deprecation message. I just wanted to type a query in via my browser!

Strange that they didn't even put in a redirect.

[1] reported to Twitter about 12 hours ago: https://twitter.com/gojomo/status/344515216517767168
You're prohibited from running it in a VM, and at least some law schools have the students sign some form under penalty of the school ethical code yadda yadda that you won't do that.

(And then— some students do it anyways, because thats the only way to use it on their otherwise non-supported system or because of some other incompatibility. And nothing comes of it... I guess until something does. Better not make too many enemies)
"iOS's 'fragmentation' between ios6 and 7 is totally different than androids because its temporary."

Says who? This change is much more major and, despite what Gruber and Marco would like to have you believe, is not design perfection personified, and is likely to be polarizing.
Privacy is one of those issues that cuts across the spectrum. With Stop REAL ID, we had transgender people and biblical literalists on the same side. A friend of mine was telling me about a coalition meeting a few years ago where the lobbyist for the Quakers was sitting next to -- and agreeing with -- the people from the NRA. Strange bedfellows indeed.
Thats the debate between giving it for free and charging a small amount..
Ouya vs ESA: Trouble brewing at E3 2013
It's an interesting idea, a way for people to seek out volunteers instead of financial backers.

However I don't think it could ride the same wave of popularity that Kickstarter has. KS works as well as it does because there are many thousands of people who browse it like a store, who are willing to drop $5-$100 on a project, to get some rewards or at least warm fuzzies. In other words they have gamified the pledging system, so that financial support happens as a byproduct of people 'upvoting' cool projects they like.

I don't know if this would work for volunteering, because it's a lot harder to make good on a commitment to volunteer than it is to authorize Amazon to charge you $20 a month from now. You also would not get as many casual backers, the kind who treat KS as a store, who want something out of a project, and are not backing projects just to support them.
Weird quantum entanglement achieves new detection record
I was thinking before, how in the hell is a sys admin contractor making $200k/year??? Especially in Hawaii. $122k seems about right. Regardless, this does seem to cast some doubt about Snowden's character. Why lie? It seems like such a trivial point.

At any rate, I really hope the ad hominen attacks don't sway public opinion about the gravity of the overall message: even though the messenger may be disingenuous, the government has already admitted to mass spying. 4th amendment rights are being disregarded.

edit:

Ok, I'm seeing all kinds of conjecturing. I know a lot of people who work as civilian IT contractors in Hawaii. I grew up there; I used to work there at Square USA; my uncle is a retired military officer who is now working for Northrop Grumman as a civilian IT contractor in Hawaii. There is NO way any civilian IT contractor is making that kind of dough in Hawaii even working tons of overtime. When my uncle was working as a civilian IT contractor in Korea back during the dot com boom, he was telling me that most of his employees were making $125k. However, most of that was tax free. So, they were making money hand over fist. Since then, he's said that salaries have stagnated and even gone down. He's a programmer and an Oracle DBA; and nowadays, he's not making more than 100k. I personally don't know anyone who is making $200k in IT. Even my friend at Goldman Sachs who has a masters degree in comp sci from Cornell is only making $125k without bonuses. And he said the bonuses are only 10%. So, really guys, the $200k is most likely baloney. I'm not buying that. But, regardless, it's a moot point. The government is screwing us over; they've already admitted to it in so much words.
We should do that! Can I get your email address? I'm ar rohit AT framebench DOT com
It also impressive that people feel the government and major corporations need their help in defending against any of this (as if the events don't already show they don't care about the public in general). Humans are funny.
Quantum teleportation done between distant large objects
Yep, it's right here: http://www.catwig.com/google-glass-teardown/teardown/mainboa...

Of the three largest chips, it's the furthest to the right (in case the large Texas shape didn't tip you off ;) ).
> Jelly-bean is out about eight months and is at 28 some-odd percent.

That clearly shows that Android users are happy with the current release and see no need to switch to a newer version because core features are missing completely, as is the case with iOS.
True, however selection pressures don't always prevent junk DNA from spreading (in terms of GM, the junk DNA could be the patented DNA spreading).
Obama's Speech at Woodrow Wilson Center (2007)
Now I see what you mean - I mistook the bit you wanted a citation for. Now I get it, even if your point was 100% correct, there must have been a point when the foreign troops in Germany went from occupation to (?) stationed..?
> The theory is that a secret court order procedure on much broader surveillance program is enough to make NSA's surveillance acceptable to 27% of Democrats seems farfetched to me.

The procedural difference isn't the only difference in either the public facts or, more relevantly, the poll questions, and the issue isn't that it explains the entire difference, its that the difference in the circumstances and the poll questions makes the conclusion that the swing reflects a change of opinion on the same thing (whether partisan or otherwise) invalid.
OS X's interchangeability with PCs is actually more badly broken than this. This is mind boggling because if Apple can get this one thing right more people would be willing to buy Mac Mini and put on their home networks. I recently tried to use external device full of NTFS formatted hard drives on Mac Mini. First thing I discovered was that OS X can't natively write to NTFS formatted drives. Even after you discover and purchase 3rd party apps that enables writing to NTFS formatted volumes, OS X can't share them via SMB. This is because Apple's own SMB implementation that they tried to replace is broken. So you have to disable that and install open source SMB anyway. There are quite a bit of hoops to accomplish this.

So there is no built-in way to share your external drives connected to Mac Mini on network if they are NTFS formatted.
No military bases in Iraq.. I'd better get with the times, good point. Got the hell out of that mess - the same will be said of Afghanistan shortly.
I don't think so. Let's say that media became subscription-sponsored instead. You have a subscription to the New York Times and your friend has a subscription to Fox News. She says, "hey, did you hear that gossipy gossip about the NSA" and you say, "no, the NYT isn't reporting anything about that". Then you cancel your subscription to the Times and switch to Fox.

I guess it's a race to the bottom, that's all.
I undestand people saying "this guy fills frivolous lawsuits and never wins them, this will probably end in nothing" but really, does the judge take that into account when it's judging the case? Does he/she say "oh well, that guy again, archive this" or does he/she follow due process and request people to explain themselves, etc, etc, etc?

I understand, as I said, that we want to chat about it at length and give our opinion on it.. but how the judicial system sees it?
So other than what the others have said, which I think is pretty reasonable (weird unattributed quotes and no about page, etc).

What you should maybe do is show content. If you don't have the userbase filled with tens of people ready to sing your praises, or you don't really want to put aside time to think up copy for extra about/contact pages, at least give the user a glimpse as to why they can't live without the service

You could have like an 'editor's weekly pick' of like 4 or 5 articles, that you think a lot of people are interested in, and give a preview of what your browsing features (or at least what the articles) look like. Then, people have a reason to want to sign up, right?

[EDIT] - editted for pretentious-ness, hopefully I got all of it out
The funny thing about this high school thing is that it could go both ways.

"So, they hire people that haven't even finished High School to take care of top secret information""

But since this is CNN and is not the official spin it's ignored
Salary != total compensation.
I'm not sure it's actually a bad thing to let people work for free if there's a reason they honestly want to. As long as they're not trapped in some manner.

Plus it's tricky when it comes to something like 'watching children part of the day'. It wouldn't be considered labor if it was a family member doing it, whereas stacking shelves certainly would be. If I'm letting someone live in my house, why should it matter if they're family when it comes to having them do chores?
Another thing I noticed is that every Onion story related to the scandal has been pro-NSA (today I learned pro-NSA humor exists). It reminded me of the recent gun control debates in which every Onion story related to that was pro gun control. I'm not saying they're part of a larger concerted effort to sway public opinion, but it does make me question their integrity as a comedic organization.
Seems sold out now. Hopefully you will run this again, or setup some sort of waiting list.... :)
That's a TWL6030 power management chip, used for charging and powering the board from the battery. There are no side photos, but sometimes there is a trick you can do with the OMAP: put it under the RAM. It can provide pins for the RAM to be soldered on.
And here goes the popular "I did nothing wrong, I have nothing to hide" sentiment :)
Redirects me to twitter.com/search-home
Using RoundCube Webmail With ISPConfig 3 On Debian Wheezy (Apache2)
Bitcoin angels
Ask HN: Girlfriend moving to US. How to find a good wireless deal? 
Looking to sign a contract, get an iPhone 5, unlimited nation talk and text, generous data, generous calling back to Canada.

Recommended carriers, deals, or websites to find deals?

Thanks!
NYC Bomb Plot Details Settle Little In NSA Debate
Oh, don't get me started..

I still cringe about multiple 'turn on the computer' scenes in Tel Aviv, where 'turn it on' obviously (..) wasn't satisfied by pressing the button, nor by logging in: I had to 'open a file, just any file' (the clueless guys would be impatient by now, being annoyed by my failure to understand this useless requirement). Usually I chose a default windows wallpaper -> Done.

Braindead, waste of time.
Judge Rules That Movie Studio Should Have Been Paying Interns
Thanks. I see it wraps NBD, too.
I don't think they'll highlight specific abuses, as greenwald already commented on the difficulty of that. If you point out some innocent being surveilled, you've just exposed them to the world. If you point out someone guilty being surveilled (though guilt would be impossible to determine a priori and from their perch), you've just tipped them off. I'm very curious to see the content of the next releases, and like the one of the commenters above, I do hope there's a deadman switch, though killing greenwald now would be an epic mistake on the govt's part. THAT would set off a firestorm. More than likely, they've already hacked his computer and have read the docs and are preparing how to respond to the upcoming revelations.
Microsoft: Don't have internet? Don't buy the new Xbox
Forget the pointlessness of deleting your account - the real value is not continuing to feed the beast.
I might be the only one that thinks this, and I don't develop for iOS, but... Isn't that just a rounded-edge square with a blue gradient to fill it?

Or maybe that was the point? did I miss some sort of commentary on the state of modern design?
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> "I was thinking before, how in the hell is a sys admin contractor making $200k/year???"

Government contracts, especially defense contracts which require clearance, tend to result in inflated salaries.
I'm no friend of FB or the US.

But the idea that somehow all FB messages are thoroughly searched seems .. unlikely.

The German article says the girl 'found a nice family' and had 'a regular contact with her guest dad'.
How unlikely is it, that the guest dad - or someone with access to his account .. - notified the border control?

I refuse to believe in the Orwellian surveillance theory here and put my money on a jealous spouse.
No Linux support boo!
How to get a job, 2013 style
NSA poll: You are reading the numbers wrong
People are starting to wake up and question our truth, better shame them into submission again! Tinfoil hats for everyone!

(Reposted to bypass censorship. How ironic!)
droopyEyelids was correct in saying that I was talking about software innovation from a CS standpoint, so I didn't respond to the first reply to my comment. After reading your comment, I realized that I should make it clear that I'm using David A. Wheeler's definition of software innovation [1]. It was linked to on HN a few years ago[2]; it has an excellent listing of important innovations. The list was made to show that the most important computer innovations weren't patented.

Wheeler does include the Internet (internetworking using diagrams, leading up to the Internet's TCP/IP)as an important innovation.

On the page I linked to [1], Section 6 is called "What is not an important software innovation?", which inspired my post in part. I'll quote a portion of it below:

" As I noted earlier, many important events in computing aren’t software innovations, such as the announcements of new hardware platforms. Indeed, sometimes the importance isn’t in the technology at all; when IBM announced their first IBM PC, neither the hardware nor software was innovative - the announcement was important primarily because IBM’s imprimateur made many people feel confident that it was “safe” to buy a personal computer.

"An obvious example is that smartphones are not a software innovation. In the mid-2000s, smartphones rapidly became more common. By "smartphone" I mean a phone that can stay connected to the Internet, access the internet with a web browser capable of running programs (e.g., in Javascript), and install local applications. There's no doubt that widespread smartphone availability has had a profound impact on society. But while smartphones have had an important social impact, smartphones do not represent any siginificant software innovation. Smartphones typically run operating systems and middleware that are merely minor variants of software that was already running on other systems, and their software is developed in traditional ways.

"Note that there are few software innovation identified in recent times. I believe that part of the reason is that over the last number of years some key software markets have been controlled by monopolies. Monopolies typically inhibit innovation; a monopoly has a strong financial incentive to keep things more or less the way they are. Also, it’s difficult to identify the “most important” innovations within the last few years. Usually what is most important is not clear until years after its development. Software technology, like many other areas, is subject to fads. Most “exciting new technologies” are simply fashions that will turn out to be impractical (or only useful in a narrow niche), or are simply rehashes of old ideas with new names."

[1]: http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation/innovation.html

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=813110
I was referring to the AP article linked as [6] above where Mika attacks the Guardian reporter.

That's ridiculous! She isn't even quoted in that article. Here's the paragraph you're referring to:

On "Morning Joe," he snapped that co-host Mika Brzezinski was using "Obama talking points" when she challenged him with a question.

Do you really expect a reference to her father's former post anytime she's mentioned in an article?

Did you know before her announcement how cozy her husband was with the administration she covered every day for 3 years plus the 2008 campaign?

Michele Norris announced her leave of absence soon after her husband accepted a position with the Obama campaign in 2011 [1][2]. Admittedly the journalist/politician-lobbyist relationship thing is troubling and she didn't take a leave of absence in 2008 when he was an unpaid adviser, although she did in 2004 when her husband worked with the Kerry campaign [3].

And no, I don't watch MSNBC, or any of the other toy news networks. But three years ago, when I still had a TV and paid more attention to politics, I would occasionally watch that show while I got ready for the day. Mika is a lightweight, you can hardly call her a journalist. But even she shouldn't have to have her father's name tattooed to her forehead for the rest of her life.

1. http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=1855...

2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/nprs-...

3. http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/10/michele-norris-npr-hos...
my reaction, if I was Snowden: You don't say!
Who have they copied? Can you illustrate it?
First, you know full well that security is a matter of degree, and not binary thing. It's tradeoff against convenience that can be made more easily when there's a trusted third party. We're already willing to trust webmail providers with all our email -- how can it possibly be worse than the status quo if suddenly everyone can use PGP transparently, too?
Actually what it says is a lot more pernicious than that:

Sure, if you are in the US you have a right to legal representation regarding trials, but if you are outside the US, the US reserves the right to say whether you have a right to legal representation. It's worse than saying you don't have basic rights.

Now, maybe the lawyer in question was actually doing something illegal or highly questionable. However we will never know at this point.
Peter King makes my teeth hurt. I'm really shocked that guy says what he does without any irony for his obvious authoritarian overtones.
$100/hr is not uncommon for contract sysadmins.
Snowden had proof and plenty of it. A random border agent that finds some documents on his desk in the morning, to be used that day, does not have much proof.

Secondly, a lot of people knew, but kept quiet. I see no reason to expect a random border agent from talking, given it took years and someone like Snowden to finally talk.
A good launch day -- Stanford's first open-source edX MOOC
My product (a password and secret manager) comes with a privacy GUARANTEE, not a policy.

Polices are "what we want to most of the time" and are too weak.
Samsung meanwhile is already hard at work copying all those features,
expect them to pop up in Android within the next 6 months.
Parallax background will be first.

It is quite ironic you would say that, since parallax backgrounds were available for all Android devices in app form before Apple demoed them.

One example:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.image3...

But the cynic in me will not be surprised to read more stories about how Apple revolutionized and invented multitasking, flat UIs, quick settings and file sharing on mobile.
The less money they have, the less stuff they can do.

Iran-Contra, anybody? And the president that was in charge was a small government hero.

And since radical downsizing won't happen voluntarily, as both political parties are corrupt and incompetent, the only way I can see this happening is for the government to continue borrowing and spending money into oblivion, which will ultimately trigger an economic default. At that point, there will be no money for new secret programs.

Ah yes, starve the beast. That's working out well.
They don't need to infer citizenship from an FB profile. They already know who the FB profile belongs to and what the nationality of that person is.
The same idiots tweeting "I'm not worried by the NSA. I have nothing to hide." I imagine.