skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I did not know about this Bloomberg article, but now I do. They could have just let it go, but now it gets to the HN frontpage. What a dumb move

I know folks who work at Fab in non-tech roles and it is indeed a demanding environment with long hours and high turnover. But this is fairly typical of NYC ecommerce startups though...
Great job! I really loved LGB. One small complaint: level advanced2 could be solved with 3 commands instead of 5, if only you recognized the "--onto" option in "rebase" command :)
holy batmobile.... awesome
It makes me want to develop applications that spread the use of encryption.
>IE11 to support WebGL

Always 2 years at least late to the party, so that using the latest technologies across all browsers remains constantly (also considering adoption) 3-4 years in the future.
Remember how one of the suspected Boston bombers when to Russia undetected because his name was spelled wrong? Do we see a pattern here?
If you can't beat them, join them, turn in that weird person today.
I'll bite.

Because we can't really predict the future and some far-fetched science-fiction sounding things such as quantum computers and future advancements we can't currently conceive of may completely and utterly change that, perhaps even overnight.

From a paranoid security point of view, it's definitely a bad idea to assume your cryptography is perfect and always will be.
I don't really care what great features IE comes out with in any version. I just want to stop having to make tweaks to my sites that render the same on chrome, firefox and safari for IE.
Sure, this would block the incoming/outgoing signal. But last time I checked you can still hear your surroundings when inside a Faraday cage/bag. So unless you plan on permanently storing that phone in a bag I can't see how this would prevent a potential recording from eventually getting out.
>> subjectivity is intrinsically at odds with objectivity.

Maybe I wasn't clear? Suppose your opinion is "wines which are red (objective) are tastier (subjective)." If you cannot even identify red wines by taste, you clearly, provably, do not prefer the taste of red wines.

There may be something else about the visual experience, social prestige, etc that you like about drinking red wine, but as far as taste, you are fooling yourself. Your opinion about the taste is invalid in the sense that it isn't about what you claim it is.
Thanks for the praise!

As far as pricing goes, you're charged for the wall clock time spent running inside the zone, so if your task queues up because the system is jammed, you're not paying for that. Task runtime can be affected on busy systems, but this has been in the noise for the jobs we've looked at. We're also looking to see how the system gets used in order to understand whether it would be useful to have other pricing options (e.g., tiers of service with guaranteed resources).

As for performance: we're using the system internally every day, and we've found the performance very good. Of course, the best way to find out is to evaluate it on your own workload. :)

Finally, you'll probably be interested to read Keith's summary of our hardware choices here:
http://dtrace.org/blogs/wesolows/2013/06/25/manta-what-lies-...
They haven't confirmed either way, which is why I'm still hoping it'll land in Win7:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/06/internet-explorer-11-ie11-m...

"We aren't sharing anything around which versions of Windows IE11 will be available on at this time."
What many leaders don't understand is that their words carry the weight of an anvil, even if you're "friends" or a have a David Brent "jokey" office persona.

It's nearly impossible for an employee to tell if a superior is serious or joking, especially if they've been inconsistent in the past. It's anxiety inducing for employees to wonder if they are dealing with "friend boss" or "will I get passed over for a promotion boss" when someone drops by their cubical for some brainstorming.

Even brainstorming can be ambiguously "brainstorming" or "I actually want to see your reaction so I know if I can trust you".

I know all of this because I have made all of these mistakes in the past.
In my hypothetcial algorithm, of course mutation would still take place.

But my current instace of the web page is at a point where it's wasting a lot of time on unfit 'mutts' and it seems like I could get to a "best rhinoboat" and "best assdragger" solution faster if it would stop wasting time exploring the mediocre blend.
Gaymer.org Creator Censors Self But Holds On To Bogus Trademark (For Now)
I like this because even the most calculating selfish person can see how building these connections is a long term win. Talk about behavior like that goes a long way in establishing your company as a good actor.

Thanks.
The second link doesn't work as far as I can tell.

I think the person that says we need Apache 2.4 to get ECDHE is correct. Adding ECDHE ciphers to the Apache 2.2 config doesn't seem to do anything. Following the advice in the second link actually turns off PFS for chrome compared to the default setup.
So? It didn't prevent other browsers for having a mostly working implementation that they could improve upon with time.
Confesiones.
I completely agree. The IE team/management team are a bunch of fools and it pisses me off that they are able to get away with this. I can't wait for chrome or firefox to bury them completely.
Speaking from Europe, you don't know invasion. Invasion is not a bomb in a marathon, and it isn't an attack on a skyscraper. You have never seen invasion, and realistically it's not a danger to the US.

Invasion is certainly not such a risk that widespread privacy invasion is warranted.

You are scared. You should also get some of the "brave" out of your lore and into reality.
There would never be an opportunity for he-said/she-said arguments to occur. The battery would have extensive data logging (like the rest of the Tesla itself) to keep very careful records of how each owner treated it.

Put another way, it would be like leasing the car itself. If you abuse a leased car severely enough, there's a good chance the dealer will find some evidence of it when you turn the car in. In return for not having to pay as much for the battery, and being able to swap it out at any time, you would have an economic incentive not to discharge it excessively or otherwise mistreat it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#References_in_pop...
So given that Snowden would be in the know about such things, this would confirm the legend of phones being remotely controlled for listening devices.

Were there any iPhones in the fridge?
Texas rushes ahead with voter ID law after supreme court decision
This is absolutely NOT a piece designed to make Snowden look slightly odd.
Got an anti-static bag to try, as others suggested? Would be interested in your result.
Yes, for sure. However, it may infringe on existing patents, and it's often quite difficult to determine that in advance. But I agree, among OSS's many virtues are that it establishes what's known and prevents future patents on those techniques.
Easy: blender. Putting the battery back in is the hard part.
As of November 2012, the only major user bases whose browsers do not support SNI appear to be users of Android 2.x (default browser), Internet Explorer (any version) on Windows XP and versions of Java before 1.7 on any operating system.

Apparently we can thank the French: http://www.edelweb.fr/EdelKey/
Get a friend to call you on your mobile. Answer it. Put the phone in the fridge. Close door. Walk to middle of room. Speak. Can your friend hear you?
"Make something people want."

You and a bunch of other "rebels" may disagree, but what people want is precisely that: from Instagram to MMORPGs, people will adopt any and everything that allows them to escape their boring realities and live in something fabricated and that gives them the illusion they are in control.
If you build it, they will eventually be dragged, kicking and screaming to it.
Jimmy Wales outing Snowden on Wikipedia
The LinkedIn thing is none of your employers business. I don't have my current employer on my linkedin page. That is a weird one, unless the product you are working on would benefit from you putting them on your linkedin page, I don't see that as being a requirement from them.

Overtime is called overtime because it is supposed to be above and beyond the normal expectation. This should not be 'normal', but definitely could be in situations where a release is behind, or you're coming up on a deadline, most of which is probably the responsibility of the Project Manager, not you, but you have a role their too.

I would talk to the Project Manager specifically about the overtime. Try to understand why he expects you to stay later. It may be difficult, but try not to be defensive (we're Canadian, so friendly is our nature). You should explain to him your thoughts on overtime. Ask what he would expect you to be doing with the extra time in the office, and why the work would not have been scheduled to be in regular hours.

As far as LinkedIn, talk to him about that too. Why is it important to them that they be on your LinkedIn page?

Most important, make the project manager understand that you really do like the product and the work. If the work is getting done, and you like the product, that is probably the most important starting point.

Best of luck.
I wrote my own in Go. It's not hard.
Oracle and Salesforce team up to own the enterprise cloud
Eh, bring it up with them -- if they still have insane expectations: leave. I could envision a situation or two annually where more than ~40 hours a week are expected at some firms, but constantly? That's just a nightmare waiting to blow up in their (and your) face. Burning people out is not the way to build a company.
My company is working on something similar: http://www.muchfiner.com. We're more focused on the User Research aspects - we currently offer an A/B test for design concepts and are working on a suite of experimentation tools (e.g. Habits & Behaviors Survey, Value Prop Testing, Feature Prioritization, Task Completion on a Prototype, etc)

You can see an example report here: https://www.muchfiner.com/report/de5c2acc2a260fb6fcd8a9bd56
That's the way life has been up to now. I've noticed that when I look back at my childhood it seems wonderful, but when I ask my parents there are lots of little things I just can't remember (nothing too bad obviously just average kids stuff). With video becoming more and more common it'll be interesting to see how it affects nostalgia and people's perception of the past.
The big question is how are they going to prove the majority of the SSL traffic was from x person? The majority of identity would have to be via IP address. The IP stuff -> personal identity stuff requires it to be near present time does it not?

... unless the SSL content contains identifying information. But what percentage would that be in the future?
Only if you BYOD. If you get the IT computers (large bludgeoning devices with power bricks to match), then they're of course billed to your cost center and refreshed periodically. At refresh time you get your choice of like 3-4 models, but on initial hire your manager will just pick something for you.

So here's the BYOD pitch:

1) Pay for your own computer, making sure it has Windows Ultimate or Enterprise. Stipends were determined to not have the right ROI, so it's all out of pocket.

2) IT will install all the security software so you can get it on the production network (I actually think it's wiped and the corporate Windows Enterprise is put on, which is why you needed to buy it in the first place--otherwise the license isn't valid)

3) Support your own computer. IT has loaners if you need to send it off for warranty support or whatever

4) You get to mix work and home stuff on the same computer!

4% of the employee base has apparently taken them up on this offer, based on a public whitepaper I found about it..
Riesling is probably as good a recommendation as any. If you expose a group of wine novices to lots of random varietals, Riesling tends to be the plurality favorite. (At least going by the data from the Cornell intro wines class, which has about 1500 students per year.)
A cynical term would be "hedonism treadmill", since once you level up in quality, after a period of amazed novelty you're no happier than you were with the last option and itching for another upgrade.
Except thanks to the complexity of laws, the IRS and other federal agencies are tasked with interpreting and enforcing said laws.

If Congress didn't like the interpretation they could have just passed a new law clarifying that fact.
I am sorry, my link was correct but the context was incorrect. The link is to submit a new bug for apache in ubuntu's bug tracker. I changed the text so that it is clear that I am suggesting that a bug be filed.

In my opinion pubic issue trackers are one of the greatest features of open source software and under utilized. Since there are no open or closed bugs I imagine the most likely answer for why it is not on by default is "nobody asked or not enough people asked." If enough people say "this applies to me" on a bug in launchpad the maintainers will recognize that it is an important feature for users. If there is a reason why it is not on by default the WONTFIX bug report will provide an answer for other people who are curious.
What about quantum computation? My (only slightly informed) understanding is that quantum computing's greatest strength lines up perfectly with the problem of brute-forcing encryption.
Probably not, but they also won't be able to hear me if I put the phone in another room. Or if I leave it in a car.
This is great, desperately needs sounds!
VROOOOOOM
I use SES with DKIM and SPF. It's fast, cheap and I've never had a single email go to spam.
Cool story. Care to share anything about the experience?
Open up the source and search for google.com...
It is sad, but by the time SNI is a viable extension to use, IPv6 should be in full swing and SNI will no longer be required :-(.
Some interesting stuff going on in that part of Oxford: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/

Also (from a comment in the article) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9JUmFWn7t4 is an interview with the man himself and http://www.jamesmartin.com/film/ a longer video.
Google knows what you were searching for, when, and for how long...
Now we just need Apple to make it available in Safari, without having to explicitly turn it on.

Oh, and enable it in iOS Safari too - which I rather suspect they wnt any time soon unfortunately.
Biba Launches with $15M In Funding For Mobile-First Unified Communications
And they supported those mostly working implementations for about 6 weeks. Microsoft supports their releases for years.
If the phone is off it cannot be remotely accessed, and thus cannot be used as a remote listening device.
How “making” leads to “fixing”
Yes, analyze in terms of understanding how the quality is created and may improve, sure.

This article appeared to be overanalyzing, and the wrong things, in the wrong direction. It was pointless.
Tried two different types of anti-static bags -- even if I use two layers, the phone doesn't lose a single bar of signal strength.
Seems like PR move for Intel and Cytrix to bring some interest to technology
Which is stupid because of how obviously wrong it is. Batteries that can sustain the cell radio, CPU, and audio DSP are not small and easily concealed, and more importantly tear downs of phones happen all the time and no such reserve power is ever found.
I have found that the Crypto Law Survey is remarkably more detailed than wikipedia for crypto policy questions. Sadly the site is not as well known as wikipedia:

http://www.cryptolaw.org/
I would just like to crosspost a comment from reddit user MarcusHalberstram88 which I found to be insightful :

Ok, I feel I have to speak up. This is why I take issue with subs like /r/politics, and I would hope for more from /r/technology.

Most people who see this post will only read the title and not follow the link to the article (even though the title sensationalizes the article). If someone does actually click, this post links to a Motherboard article, which basically just cites, summarizes, and links to a Bloomberg article. The Bloomberg article[1] cites, extrapolates, and links to AIVD UK (a Dutch website). Said Dutch website[2] (finally) links to the actual report that all these different sources are supposedly reporting on. That report was by the General Intelligence and Security Service for the Dutch Ministry of Interiors and Kingdom Relations.

The actual report itself is just shy of 30 pages long and dedicates one of its four chapters of findings to "How does online Jihadism work?" (roughly 4 pages).

I think 4 pages discussing where and how (it is thought) 25,000 Jihadists gather online is one thing. Making a blanket statement saying that terrorists do not use Verizon, Skype, or Gmail is another. But anyone who just reads the title of this post, or just reads the article that the post links to, or even the article that THAT article links to, may believe otherwise.

[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-23/u-s-surveillance-is...

[2] https://www.aivd.nl/english/publications-press/@2873/jihadis...
This is relevant: http://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/2012...

"MetaCookie+ is a technology that changes the taste of a cookie when it is being eaten based on an illusion evoked by changing its appearance and scent."

The way something tastes is partially determined by your expectations. Smell, appearance, cost, and if someone tells you it has hints of X, you will probably find that X.

Still, pleasure is personal and your own opinion is the only one that counts.
I just spent half an hour of my life rooting for imaginary cars that ceased to exist as soon as I closed the tab.
I'm a bit surprised to see duckduckgo.com not using PFS :/ Hopefully they implement it soon.
The whole thing reminds me of some mob boss intimidating someone. He makes a "joke" about, oh, breaking their arms, sits there with a straight face for a few seconds. Then he starts laughing, and after a second the other guy laughs too, nervously. Yeah, that joke was hilarious.
I've recently tried the static bag using a samsung tablet - wifi and bluetooth both showed no attenuation with two different bags. A "farraday cloth" that was suggested to me is priced at about $24 a linear foot (8'x1') so I wouldn't expect these cheaper solutions to be very effective. I would expect a microwave oven cavity to effectively reduce signals in 2.4ghz, though not signals in the lower gsm and related bands.
> The IP stuff -> personal identity stuff requires it to be near present time does it not?

Collect logs from ISP that show IP <-> account. Many ISPs keep these logs around for a long while as it is.
Just tell the user he can't sign things without a profile, and make keys with each profile.
How about lifetimes worth of wasted hours due to security theater? I would bet that those are substantially greater than the number of lifeyears lost to terrorist attacks.
This is great news1 I'll be able to use WebGL with the majority of my users who use IE in what, 5-6 years?
Only the most insane of companies explicitly require the use of a specific editor, but it's easy for the choices of technology to implicitly limit developers to a single IDE. If your project's build system assumes that everyone is using Visual Studio (or Eclipse, or whatever), then using something else is going to either require a lot of switching between them or a lot of extra work on your part.
How do you know if it's really off? Just because the leds arne't lit and the screen is off is no guarantee.
I think you should have a candid conversation with him and the HR manager or equivalent (together) about the working hours mentioned in your contract and his expectations. Also ask feedback about the quality of your work. I'm sorry to say this relationship may already be poisoned and it might be difficult to revert it, even if you work the hours he's requiring. He may just be trying to take advantage of your situation (recent hire, recently relocated) or he's setting up some excuse for project delays (someone to blame).

I don't believe long-term crunch mode is effective. I've been burned by it before, so I would probably say that I will deliver more and better by working sane hours, and try and stick to that arrangement. If the situation doesn't improve you might want to shop around for another opportunity.
My thoughts exactly. Whether or not I update my LinkedIn profile should be my own problem. It feels almost like someone asking for your Facebook credentials before hiring (less ridiculous, but still weird nonetheless).

I did tell him I really like the product and the work, but the whole time he just went back to "You didn't update your LinkedIn profile. That tells me you are not 100% committed." and I couldn't get an answer out of him about the expectation to constantly work overtime; this was never mentioned in the interviews, offer, or during the last 6 weeks.

Another thing I just remembered about our conversation -- I've been doing freelance work for 6 years, and have continued to do so despite full-time employment in the past 3 years. I make sure to keep them separate though, I do not work on freelance stuff (including answering emails/phone calls) during the time I am at work, and I make sure I don't leave early just because I need to do freelance work.

He seems to attribute that also towards me not "giving 100%".

I'm quite frustrated right now, and since I've never worked in a startup like this, not sure if what he's saying is really justified at all. I have made sure to speak to him civilly though, especially when he kept saying I wasn't "100%" because of the LinkedIn and lack of excessive overtime (I was pretty ticked off but I still asked him why and explained my point of view).
You're right, but many foreigners think, including myself, that things will change for the worst in the years to come.

Taking your point of immigration, what if the US's unemployment rate continues to climb? I'm sure that many people who would immigrate would not know, as they're going to the US on an advertising pitch (the American Dream), but I'm sure plenty will turn tail and do some sensible research in regards to their prospects in a new country. A 15% to 20% unemployment rate looks rather uninviting. Some interesting statistics that aren't alarmist at the moment: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-r...

There's also the problem with the overton window to the right that we've seen in the past 30 years. I could see a potentiality where an extremist extremely limits immigration. Any specific extremist policy focused inward will also reverberate throughout the world. There's a reason many choose to not go to Greece or Mexico anymore, and that's because of their reputations.

There's no doubt your statement is correct, and that the US will have global hegemony for years to come due to its military, but I'd like you to put on your optimist hat and tell me why that's a good thing at all. Thanks
I love craft beer. Price doesn't necessarily play a huge role -- I love a $4 Lagunitas as much as a $15 [insert higher-priced beer], but there is a correlation between price and the complexity of the beer. A $2 bottle of beer you get as part of a six-pack can be a good craft beer that I love, but you often don't find very niche, unique breweries doing the six-pack thing and just have more expensive single bottles.
I would bet you that NSA has been reading international mail for decades.
Are you sure it's off?
That hostname isn't resolving for me at the moment.
I actually tried the same thing. The fridge/freeze failed miserably; the microwave worked like a charm.
The pricing on that page is for a different market research product that gets a representative sample of users across the internet. For the website satisfaction product, there is a free 4 question monthly recurring survey that is set up automatically. Custom surveys are $0.01/response.