skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The SCMP is the main English language newspaper in HK. It's been around for years and has reporters on the ground.

So what's a more "reliable" source? CNN? HuffingtonPost? Buzzfeed?

The Guardian is focusing on stories related to the UK, while the SCMP is focusing on stories related to HK and China.
At the very least he could make a speech such as the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZk8ronces
I would personally very much not like that move. If we are fondling, it will get to the point where I'm touching the guy's dick without any sort of prodding on his part, unless he does something to turn me off like forcibly place my hand on his dick.
I believe that it was originally a customer-protection measure. These days though, it's just a way to protect car dealerships from competition with the manufacturers.
Fixed. Thanks ! :)
Same thing happened to me on Chrome. Works fine on Nightly.
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من الفائز في عرب ايدول 2013 - http://www.alhqeqa.com/?p=13501
And people who've already written their own narrative wouldn't care if it was real.
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I can't give a URL but there was a link recently on the top of HN that converted emails to an image that can only be read once before its deleted which means as soon as the other end reads the email they can do it again, so if their gmail was 'prism-ed' the NSA wouldnt be able to read it.
If Snowden granted them an interview ten days ago they've done a pretty bad job handling an internationally significant story. The one sole piece of evidence is this quote attributed to Snowden:

“The NSA does all kinds of things like hack Chinese cell phone companies to steal all of your SMS data.”

No actual evidence this time. Just a quote from a guy no one can call to verify.
I'm not intending to say that the whole movement is suspect; more that I'm wary of the particular linked blog post's analysis of the movement and what its aims are / should be.
The other thing to mention here is with PCIe 3, the controller for the bus is now in the CPU, which means that if you have two GPUs, you'll start to see GPU affinity problems as well. In previous systems you'd have one bus attached to a southbridge, which is then shared by both CPUs*

I've seen this with linux and nvidia cards, with two CPUs we would get a maximum CPU->GPU transfer of around 7-8gigs, take out a CPU and it'd bump up to 10-13. The z620 has the second CPU on a daughter card, so its simple to do.

*my memory is a bit hazy, I'm open to corrections
I usually use they, but now that I think about it, I'm going to start using s/he. It's the same number of characters as they and you can just pronounce it like she when reading it aloud or in your head, since she is the underused pronoun anyway.
As someone who, five years ago, tried to get commercial bulk SMS connectivity out of these same main Chinese mobile carriers (China Mobile and China Unicom), and watched them largely quash spammy SMS broadcasting with automatic SMSC service suspension after a certain threshold outbound rate, this is interesting. The guys I talked to inside of these carriers led me to believe their SMSCs were just a Linux box.

Also, SMSCs appear to be provincial entities rather than national ones, so these compromises are likely only in a subset of cities. (Further evidenced online, eg. http://www.smsclist.com/downloads/default.txt)

Note also that this article is poorly concluded: US President Barack Obama says the NSA is not listening in on phone calls or reading emails unless legal requirements have been satisfied. That's apparently only for US citizens inside the US, IIRC.
"Nobody is in control".

Wow that is probably the most naive statement I've seen made on hn in a while. If you truly believe that, I've got some beach front property in arizona to sell you.

I love the logic, we aren't being controlled by "reptilians' so therefore nobody is in control? Really terrible statement that is meaningless.
Agreed - saw this happen on a boat. People were diving from the boat into the sea. One fairly large guy who couldn't swim decided it looked like fun and followed suit.

At first no one realised how bad the situation was, with the next person jumping soon after. Within 20-30 seconds someone asked "hey, is he drowning?" and 4 guys (not trained as lifeguards) swam over and struggled to keep him afloat, even with a dozen foam float "sticks", he almost took them all down with him. He was quiet, there wasn't much splashing, he was trying to keep afloat with his arms and wasn't kicking with his legs at all.

It was scary and in retrospect hilarious; the guy has since gained a legendary status in the office although it could have turned out very differently - possible nomination for a Darwin award.
I love the app. I dislike its current name. Remembering that/typing it correctly will be hard.
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Just a black screen with a black cloud for me.. Am I supposed to click something?
Its sad that it took so long spite of being all over HN, Reddit, /. Etc.

Shows that the tech community is not as big as we think and/or is apathetic to even filling a form, forget about peaceful marches. This is why politicians don't care and don't need to care about things that are important to only the tech crowd.

The numbers are just not there. There are lots of posts, tens of thousands of comments, even more up votes, but when the rubber meets the road, there is nothing. And the people with lots of money in the tech field don't care to part some for social change or to form PAC. We have no one else to blame for this but ourselves for things like the Aarons case and the state of affairs. Politicians have zero reasons to care one bit when a simple online petition can't make 100k votes all over the US in 2 weeks of non stop and over the top coverage in tech circles and going viral.
Can't we simply utter "pardon Snowden" into our Skype or cellphone knowing it's being recorded?
Now he's just becoming a tool.
In my opinion, travelling is more fun and so much easier if you speak the language, even if only a little bit. My Spanish is shit, but I managed well when I was in Argentina. Had some good conversations, met cool people. I found that having a good vocabulary is far more important than having proper grammar. Lucky for us they speak Spanish in so many places. After that trip I went directly to Brazil, where I encountered a sharp language barrier, and had a much worse time. Now I feel like I should at least know the basics before travelling somewhere. As soon as I got home I started studying Japanese.
> it forces a response from the White House.

It doesn't force anything. They don't have to respond and they usually don't, when it's not convenient for them. It's just a user-created poll on their website.
Indeed. rot13 is a version of a Caesar cipher, and believe it or not, Caesar ciphers have been used in the recent past by at least 1 would-be terrorist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher#History_and_usage

So given that it's a well-known cipher which is easy to break and is still in active use, it would be quite surprising if the NSA's software didn't try.
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| However I have heard it suggested (IANAL) that
| sufficient legal cleverness can allow this to be
| characterised as a border search.

Every airport is considered a 'border.' So even cities that are greater than 100 miles from a land border, or the ocean have a 100 mile circle around their airport where 'border searches' can happen. It doesn't take much legal cleverness to apply this to foreigners accessing US-based resources while sitting at home in a foreign country.
Obama promised a lot of things (and didn't act upon those promises)!
>he was, basically, at the apex of his career. Why would he go "yeah, let's see how fast this car can go now!"

See Ryan Dunn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Dunn

tl;dr - people make stupid fucking decisions, even at the apex of their career.
It might replace Comic Sans on business card, and that would still be progress.
And the NSA's explicit mission is the surveillance of foreign powers to the benefit of the US.

This is where Snowden is sinking his message because literally nothing they do in this arena is illegal in the US, and confirming it or giving out details definitely is undermining US interests by the trust placed in him by the NSA to start with.
This story was published in HK only 5 minutes before this posting onto HN, by the only other journalist in direct contact with Snowden himself - Lana Lam.

SCMP is a top HK newspaper, and along with the Guardian, the primary publishing source for direct news from Snowden himself.
Having read the arguments on this thread, and having seen the pathologies of a single mega-repository of packages as in Debian (e.g. long release cycles, breaking stability policies for the major web browsers), I think that Ian Murdock's former company Progeny was on the right track with its component-based Debian derivative. As I remember it, the idea was to have a small base system, then have separate components for things like GNOME, Firefox, OpenOffice.org (now LibreOffice), etc.

Meanwhile, Ubuntu's split between main and universe/multiverse is a pretty good compromise. I wouldn't be disappointed if Ubuntu jettisoned universe and multiverse, the better to focus on having a solid main repository, and let a thousand small, focused repositories pick up the slack. As long as all of those repositories leave the packages in main alone, as EPEL does with Red Hat-based systems.
Why is the title like that? The article makes it obvious the brunt of his criticism is on Obama.
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For the actions of the government the law is the definition of right/wrong, for better or worse (probably better, as otherwise right/wrong is strictly in the eye of the beholder, which is even more dangerous).

That's why so many people here defend companies like Google or Facebook for legally manipulating their accounting to pay less taxes.

Right/wrong is what the legislators are supposed to worry about when making the law, but once the law is set that's the framework.

So arguing about the legality does have a point here, as it indicates what parts of the law must be changed or erased completely to make our conceptions of right/wrong line up with what the law thinks.
It is both. Code and the effect it produces can be a thing of beauty, ugliness, or both, and at times the emotion and creative energy put into it would make it rival any art. But, I agree that more often it is like a craft because it tends to evolve into larger projects that need more skill and technique.

Creatives/artistic types enjoy modular, greenfield development or pushing the limits of confinement to produce something of beauty and use. Practical/craftsman/engineer types enjoy using technique to build, design, and maintain large systems because they enjoy process, skill, and established ways of doing things. There is room for both.
People mentioning mythbusters as if it is actually a relevant data point is really annoying.

They are an entertainment show, nothing more. Because they shot a tracer bullet at a gas tank (really that's the "evidence"?) means exactly nothing in the real world.
But the code is what you make. ;)

It's the one thing that is all yours.
> Google was perfectly capable of creating a secure
> browser and propagating it through all manner of
> mechanisms.

Google could easily create a secure email client. There's no need to, since Thunderbird already exists, but they could if they wanted to. That wouldn't help at all with the problem of email security.

> There is no reason they couldn't do the same with a
> secure mail system, for that matter they could just
> deliver it as a chrome update and smoothly redirect
> people into it if they wanted to.

What you're asking for is for Google to create its own proprietary communication protocol, then force all Chrome users to have it, then force Gmail users to use it. Can you imagine the reaction? Apart from flagrantly violating "don't be evil", it would lock out every alternative browser and prevent Gmail users from communicating with non-Gmail users. It would be XMPP->Hangouts all over again, except even worse because people actually use email.

And consider how the implementation would have to work. First, it would be available for only a handful of browsers, possibly even only Chrome. Obviously it would need to be equivalent-ish to POP3, so that no data remains on Google's servers, which means that users would only be able to check their mail from a single device. If they bought a smartphone, they'd have to choose which device to read mail on. If they bought a new computer, they'd lose access to their previously received mail.

There is no technical reason why Google could not create a secure messaging system. There are many many many social reasons.

> All you are really saying is that Google exposes data
> to the government because its business model dictates
> that it put privacy below behavioral profiling it its
> list of priorities. That is not in dispute.

Google exposes data to the government because it is headquartered in a country where laws require compliance with search warrants. In theory Google could choose to relocate all of its employees to Somalia to avoid warrants, but that seems impractical.

If a user wants their data to be truly private, then the implementation of that requires much more stringent privacy measures than most users are willing to put up with.

Your position appears to be that companies should not provide communication products for people who don't mind giving up a bit of privacy in exchange for a lot of convenience. That's not a reasonable position.

> whereas I think that a group of people as talented and
> resourceful as Google could solve it if they wanted to

This problem is not a technical problem, so no amount of technical expertise could solve it. You could set every single programmer in the world at solving this, but if their solution involves a user having to understand encryption keys then it would never be adopted.
100,000 isn't a significant number of people. You are living in a HN echo chamber. I'm not sure most Americans care.

I'd love to know exactly what the NSA is doing. There needs to be some sort of oversight, of course, but they certainly have a job to do. I recently heard former President Clinton talk about it and he was somewhat convincing that there are certain restrictions.

At any rate, aren't we venturing into politics and opinions?
I wonder...how many people are not apathetic but scared to sign a petition like that?

Also I think many people aren't apathetic about the issue, they're apathetic about the White House's laughable petitioning system.
You already know Python which is great. It has become the dominant language among data scientists. Most of the best data science tools are in Python or R, and R can be easily integrated into Python.

The best way, in my opinion, to start is taking random, public data sets and converting them to a form that is useful using Python. For example, take a HTML page with a spreadsheet on it.

1. Extract the spreadsheet from the HTML page.
2. Convert that spreadsheet to a CSV format.
2a. Reorganize the columns (optional).
2b. Clean the data such as fix misspellings, reformat data such as an address to a standard format, etc.
3. Import the CSV file into a relational database.
4. The data set is now ready for use.

You could make 2a,b to be 3a,b instead if it is easier for you. The above is what I would consider "low-end". If you cannot do the above, then statistics, R, Tableau, Hadoop, etc will not help you much.

It turns out I am looking for people do this. You can check out my company (https://www.datalanche.com) and message me through the feedback form if you are interested. The job is to do the above for several public, healthcare data sets.
Hover or 10dollar.ca.
Yes it will devalue it. That will still have consequences enough to want to avoid unnecessary borrowing now.
Like all those egyptian,iranian,chinese,russian,syrian ones?
I started one at http://pineapple.io - the wiki isnt nearly even close to complete, but the site itself has a lot of highly-moderated content (pruned regularly, all my users check for broken links, make comments on resources, etc)
Making that Espionage Act criminal complaint a little more valid as well.
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Well, I support the cause, but I don't $5 support the cause.
Is #python not the official channel?
btf.io seems to be down, but http://brianstaskforce.com/382 works (which I think is the same website?).
Well, that's one view. Another view might be that he's not sinking his message since it's illustrative of what goes on that the majority of the world's public are unaware of (ie. constant electronic attacks mounted against other countries, constant surveillance of large numbers of global citizens). In addition, he covers his bases if he needs Chinese support to escape to a third country for the purposes of political asylum.

At the end of the saga, and in the history books, Snowden will not be judged by his own government but by the court of public opinion... and unlike its bloated bureaucratic overseers, that jury has already passed the verdict.
The article is biased and, from what I gather from the comments, factually incorrect. However, the comparison with Nixon must be done, because:

a) Nixon and Watergate happened, so it is plausible that Administrations feel the pull towards excessive surveillance and illegal actions. I.e. It happened before so it will happen again.

b) If Watergate happened today, would the Administration get caught? I'd wager a sound "No, it wouldn't". With current powers and control structure, the Watergate objective could be secretly achieved, while controlled by secret courts all the while having any whistle-blower incarcerated under perfectly legal reasons.

Lastly, this is not a Dems vs Republicans issue. Both parties have failed. Bush set the ball rolling while Obama gladly let it roll...
Google biggest problem is that they are not above the law of foreign countries that want to protect themself against NSA puppets.
Then let them eat fate :P
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This article left me thinking about how big of a mess the 2014 world cup could be - a whirlwind of political protest, drunken fans and violence. Brazilian leadership really has their work cut out of them. However, in China, where oppression and corruption also exist, the 2008 Olympics was an event of unifying nationalism.

Then, as the article portrays, Arab countries can oust their leaders, but Brazilians choose to re-elect corrupt politicians.

Why does it seem like communist countries can inspire nationalism and pride, and the people of dictatorships can change leadership. Yet, Brazil, as a democratic country, is depicted as imagining disgrace (in world cup / Olympics) and unable to instigate political change?
You can always break debt into slivers. You have to cut out slivers somewhere or else the kids are doomed.
Thanks ! I expect other opinions to change the name.
The only mention of SCMP being a "top newspaper" that I could find is in reference to it being the most profitable newspaper (per reader) in the world.

However, according to Wikipedia, its independence from the Chinese government influence is suspect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post#Editor...
What do you mean by "bitmap unterneath"?
By "the moon landing" do you mean the first? There have been six manned moon landings:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing#Manned_Moon_landi...
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I vectorized it for you: http://pastehtml.com/view/d6liy8ipy.html

All browsers have SVG support now, webpages need only consist of text, vector graphics and photographs.
If you're having trouble wrapping your head around containers, look for documentation on LXC, not docker.
Sorry ! :( You are not supposed to click something. Can you tell me your OS / Browser version ?
Really? Maybe it's just my perspective reading safety reports in the Navy, but "drunk guy driving fast in completely wrong area" is not at all unusual.
> Did it ever?

As much sense as banning direct beer sales.
Judging by the comments and memes on that page, Twitch's community has some very toxic and juvenile members.
"When you buy a used game, you’re not supporting game developers; the triple-A game industry is not making money; therefore used games are killing the triple-A games industry and you should not buy them."

Ever buy a used car? Sold one? Used book? Used Craigslist or Ebay? Garage sale? When you buy that used over-the-toilet expanding leg shelf, you're not supporting the over-the-toilet expanding leg shelf manufacturer.
More fundamentally, the "US Persons" protection in general is a distraction from the power and danger of this system. Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%. Our founders did not write that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal."

-- Edward Snowden
Is it really fair to call those motives ulterior? Pro-colonization people seem to be very up-front about the importance of having a "backup planet" (to ensure the human race continues if something were to happen to our own "fragile ball of life").
Next up, 200k [1]

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Agreed. His first little bit of knowledge about PRISM and what have you was very noble and a worthwhile cause. This information is just straight up harmful, and getting more into the "traitor" category of leaking information.

Also, people will complain about what the US is doing, but sure, go ahead and tell yourself that any other country isn't doing the same. China, N. Korea, Iran, UK, France, Israel, Australia, Germany, Russia, come on, it's a spy vs. spy world out there, and information is KING.... This leak of information slightly undermines the US bargaining power.
My post is overtly black and white, as you've quite correctly pointed out. Design is a series of compromises; be they aesthetic, political, financial or technical.

This mac pro is all about GPU. The second CPU would require a larger volume and would add too much cost(in both style, support components and thermal envelope). This was deemed unacceptable and was therefore cut to keep the final design within spec.

It deemed an acceptable risk to release a product that is notably less powerful than the equivalent workstation.
Meanwhile, organizations too small for a change management board can outsource that function to Debian.
Quite the opposite - SCMP is renowned for publishing freedom articles against the CCP party line, which is one of the reason Snowden chose SCMP to publish to.
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Atlas Shrugged. We continue to approach it.

For those not familiar; from the wilipedia page:

"The book explores a number of philosophical themes from which Rand would subsequently develop Objectivism.[7][8] In doing so, it expresses the advocacy of reason, individualism, capitalism, and the failures of governmental coercion."
I'm all for a Mars colony, if we're debt free and it's paid for with cash. We just can't afford the investment now. It really isn't a case of "can't afford to not do it".

If China colonizes Mars, Americans will almost certainly reap the benefits you describe, at little cost. It wouldn't be a lesson in hubris so much as smart to step aside.
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They went to business school and yet somehow met someone twice and wanted to give away the keys to the kingdom?
Hmm...
There's obviously a difference .. the SC's decision can be applied retroactively to the cases in question.