skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
However, creating a less expensive, highly nutritious, complete food product that is shelf stable and easily transported would save 10's, maybe 100's, of millions of lives.

No, it would not. All you have done here is display your ignorance of why people around the world are starving.

First, let me separate two distinct categories of person that you use in your comment. On one hand we have the average western lower income person. On the other, we have a "truly poor" third world person that is either on the brink of starvation or whom a proper diet is not guaranteed.

I'll tackle the latter first. To suggest that there is less food produced than is needed to eat globally is simply false. Food production has outpaced population growth. We have more food now (per person) that we have ever had in our history.

So, introducing a new food to market is solving a problem that does not exist. Food security is a political problem, not a scientific one.

As to the former, I'd venture that there there aren't any western adults that don't at least understand that daily McDonald's along with a sedentary lifestyle is not a healthy option. The issue here isn't access, it's personal choice. Buying fast, crappy food is not cheaper than buying wholesome raw ingredients and then taking the time to prepare them. This issue isn't addressed by introducing a powder to encourage the same behaviours that fast food supports. Personal change is just that - change.

Nobody is saving the world here. What Soylent is really is nothing more than extended mental masturbation, of little utility to the masses. Don't convince yourself otherwise.
Great point and agreed, with one correction. Democracy does not offer any guarantees of freedom, and fortunately we have a constitution which was intended to set limits on encroachment of individual rights.

To quote Marvin Simkin, "Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote."

The same argument could be made for felon's rights, by the way. Either a person is too dangerous to be free or you have no business taking away his rights.
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Right, that's certainly logical, but if they are doing something like that, particularly considering their big breach last year - wow.
"There are alternatives to flying".

Try driving to Puerto Rico or Hawaii.
I'm the author of the article. It doesn't mention Windows Azure because I wrote it for the Linux Journal, and a full discussion of containerization outside of Linux wasn't possible in the allotted article space.
Tablets are for sheep. PCs/laptops are for herders.
A friend of mine has been building an app for a while now called infinite sketchbook[0]. It actually has a different goal for what "paper" means. It's a surface you can infinitely zoom in and out of. I don't think it's necessarily an artist's application, but I certainly feel like I'm doing something more than simple drawing when I use it.

When the limitations and functionality of the drawing surface changes between apps, I think it'll be difficult to have a separation from tools and "paper". Though I guess the abstraction between paper and tools could go through some decent enough translation to make them all effective on any style of canvas.

[0]: http://infinite-sketchpad.com/
So why not just send them an email instead of posting a blog post with a link-bait title like "Why I'm leaving X" and then posting it yourself to HN? Am I supposed to help with this cause? Is there a petition? Should I leave linked in immediately because there is a box that you can voluntarily put your password into? Well I guess I'll just add it to the list of "things I need to be outraged about today".
And it's crashing. Damn, hold on.
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The EBook is a PDF if you buy the combo. I wouldn't have bought it if I resized that.
So the recent news is bad for the cloud but it’s also bad for the intelligence agencies, themselves, because they’ve been busted. Who benefits from that? The regular military

Cringely, too, is getting trapped in a false choice fallacy.

Of course, there's the debate that's already been going on about how much beneficial information really came out of these programs.

But on top of that, he's assuming that if we want intelligence, then this is the way to accomplish it. But that's not even close to true. We could still use the established, Constitutionally-approved method of warrants; there's no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

And that's not all. He's stuck in the modern era's shift away from HUMINT (human intelligence), focusing almost exclusively on SIGINT (signals intelligence). Sure, in the rest of the world it's clear that big data can yield lots of information. But again, babies and bathwater. It's not the only choice we've got, and despite the sexy allure of technology, history shows much greater returns from HUMINT.

And HUMINT can't encroach civil liberties anything like the NSA programs, because their scale is inherently limited.
I've committed countless hours to Core Wars and variations of the game. It is fantastic.
Thank you very much! It's interesting what the media picks up and what it doesn't. It loved my video of me beating the TSA's nude body scanners, but most of the other stuff I've done -- especially my lawsuits -- seem to barely piqued their interest. Things, it appear, have to be sensational, rather than merely important, which is why Snowden managed to get the point across when others have warned of this spying for years.
I have found it very easy to avoid doing business with LinkedIn. I deleted my account years ago and set up a mail rule such that anything coming from linkedin.com is junk. So far so good.
> Now you're suddenly interesting to the authorities, even if you've done literally nothing wrong. Or have you?

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This argument could be taken to mean that the fear isn't that information is being collected, aggregated, and analyzed, but fear in that algorithms will be wrong and results will be misinterpreted or misused.

As technology advances, both of these problems will reduce more and more.

Furthermore, if I came up with some kind of math that could determine with a high degree of certainty that someone is a (terrorist/communist/pedophile/father raper) given their online activities, the authorities would be negligent not to follow up on that information and determine if it's valid or not.

Much like spam, verified false positives help train the filters further.

That leaves only the abuse argument.. and honestly, I don't see /potential/ abuse as an argument against any kind of technological advance. We have ways of dealing with abuse.
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Facebook also does that!
It's your assertion that LinkedIn is trying to phish people, when phishing has a very real meaning. If that is phishing, then what you have displayed when someone goes to comment could be considered just as phishy. You have to remember, WordPress is not just an app that you can install, but it's also a hosted service. Your page has the WordPress logo on it, and it's asking to log in. Is someone supposed to use your site's u/p or the WordPress's hosted services credentials.

You don't intend to steal anything, but you could, making you just as guilty as LinkedIn. That is to say, not guilty of anything.
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I'd love to respond, and have, but it seems these days HN doesn't want me to say too much, and for the second time in a week has automatically killed my comment.
Problem: Hamburger buns aren't noticeable enough.
Solution: A cheeseburger with a lightbulb inside.

Problem: Some humans are currently suffering.
Solution: Destroy the universe.
niggers

God says...
Venus on_the_otherhand you_are_my_sunshine Percival geek
arrogant I'm_on_a_roll pick_me_pick_me anger Icarus watch_it_buddy
fer_sure could_it_be___Satan debt Ivy_league Terry I'm_in_suspense
impossible youre_lucky hilarious astrophysics wazz_up_with_that
never_happy computers LOL lighten_up how_about_that freak
test_pilot are_you_deaf how_come you're_nuts I_could_be_wrong
NOT fake furious revolution off_the_record humongous what's_the_plan
cheerful a_likely_story BRB check_this_out You_fix_it
what_luck
Are you ready to help manage and grow a community of hackers?
We are building an engaged community of problem solvers in different domains of CS and we need help in marketing/biz-dev part of the company. [1]

Hypothesis:
Every hacker has a type of challenge presented in a certain level of difficulty that really intrigues him/her. We're working to build the largest and the most engaging community of hackers in every domain of CS.

Milestones:
We have over 120k hackers and our one month retention for active users is 40%! We're growing fast and... we're still in beta.

Welcome <your-name-here>

Role:

>To actively engage & interact with the current hackers (get feedback)

>Measure every action on the site and see ways to improve the product to increase retention.

>Feature stories on some incredible hackers (eg: Steve Jurveston's kid who is still in high school won a math contest at hackerrank (http://on.fb.me/10aPXGY)

>Manage & organize contests like (hackerrank.com/calvsucsd; hackerrank.com/uho)

>Manage the hackerrank clubs in US (https://www.hackerrank.com/hackerclubs/us)
& many more.. The role is a hybrid of business development & a community/user engagement specialist.

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You'll be working with an incredible smart team that comprises of ACM world finalists, ex-Googlers/Amazonians and most importantly people who are fired up & inspired to get things done no matter what. I can guarantee that this will be a place where you'll realize your peak potential.

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If this sounds interesting, e-mail us with

a. The biggest non-technical hack you've done. An example where you (or the rest of the world) thought it wasn't possible to do but you ended up figuring out a way to get it done.

b. A simple program in Go that prints "Hello world" 100 times - you're going to be interacting with hackers. Even though a CS degree isn't essential, the curiosity to understand and learn a programming language is.

c. The biggest failure you've faced till now.

Let's talk (vivek [at] hackerrank)

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Notes

[1] We are looking for other positions as well (hackerrank.com/careers)
The Dynamic Duo is back. Nice work guys!
They have replied and told me they've adjusted categories.
What annoys me most is that while Brazilians and Turkish people are willing to start revolutions over seemingly unimportant things, Americans aren't willing to even protest (in the streets, like real protests are done) these things which seem much worse.
Isn't the resale market a strong reason to upgrade the RAM and HDD as the upgraded machines have higher resale value?
Congrats on the funding–it's nice to know a service I use has some additional resources. (I usually take this as a sign the company will be around for the long haul, but that might be a bit presumptuous these days).

I'm using Filepicker at http://propx.co and we're already making money with it, which is great.

The company re-brand has me a bit confused though. The new identity definitely has a creative/design/art bent to it now. Why is that? (or am I just crazy?)
They don't have to force you into silence, they can force you thru duress not to be silent. All that is needed is some sort of incentive or leverage. (Keep up the good work citizen or ...)

If the actual system is robust enough to be a "dead-man" switch then you have to plan for "false positives/negatives" and have more than one person involved in the process in case of emergencies. This increases your social attack surface. Two people might be trusted if one is dead and didn't leave any evidence behind.
This discussion has also been linked from Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1gknfs/ask_hn_any_d...
Clickable link:
http://pluggr.com
Ergo it doesn't have the same thing the US does.
Don't fear China: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0dd_1371394255
Very nice. Do you have a feel for what it would take to figure out who takes public transportation around the same time you do? Sort of a "meetup on the train" thing.
I think the lack of photos is intentional. If I were him, I'd make sure everyone thinks I look a certain way and not give evidence of a variety of ways I could look.
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe Demo
A playable ultimate tic-tac-toe demo, following on from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5898506
Surveillance thwarted stock exchange bomb plot
A versioned open source XML storage system, storing snapshots of temporal data
The article says that privacy by design but then goes on to list examples of privacy by policy:
- "Don’t track anyone’s search histories"
This can simply be changed by changing you policy and deciding to start tracking it
- "Be careful that anonymized data really is anonymized, and is minimized to provide the most benefit with the least data."
A bad actor can always save a non-anonymized copy for "law enforcement" purposes
- "Keep nothing if users select the “Do not track” option in their browser."
Again more privacy policy, since it relies on you not changing your mind about DNT

A real example of privacy by design is duckduckgo's hidden service since it cannot, by nature, know who is using it.

I found most of the courses of action suggested by the article to be privacy by policy, which is laudable but it aint privacy by design.
It's time for another good idea, bad idea.
This is ridiculous. They're not part of a conspiracy. They're businesses that sometimes have a strategic advantage for the government, for which the government requires a legal precedent to access. That is all. Stop with the dramatic hyperbole.
Yes, exactly that, as in arm-behind-your-back marched to the train station under guard. If they didn't like your look, anyway.
http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/latest/doc/...
Bingo. That's the problem. Sorry, I figured starting Firefox in safe mode reverted my custom config. I had disabled referrer via about:config's network.http.sendrefererheader. Changing that value back to '2' (send referrer headers always) eliminates the problem. I guess only amongst HN readers can you count on people not sending this header. Anyhow, if TypeKit could not require this, that would be great. Thanks for looking into this, even though it might only help .001% of users.
How many thousands of countries have there been throughout history, though? You pointing to four really just proves the point.
Linux containers have been awesome for helping me sandbox user generate code. Has anyone actually had experience with using Mesos in the real world?
I made this following the discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5898506
Sigh, so LinkedIn is trying to boost their numbers and you didn't fall for it. Good on you! Why the hate? If you want to get a ton of unsolicited links to connect just put 'VP' in your title. Amazing. I've only got two policies on LinkedIn, one I only link to people I actually know and have worked with already, and two I don't allow { recruiters | sourcers | HR } types to link to me after having a bad experience of one of them trolling all my contacts with "Hey I'm working with Chuck and would like information about what you're up to ..." emails.

But a lot of people really dislike the service and I completely support that choice of theirs, but so far I haven't seen a lot of discussion about the service the people wanted when they joined but didn't get. Is it
'view only' (as in I want to view other people but no one
can view me!) or maybe (no contact) as in only my contacts
can email me?
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After using Haskell pretty much full-time for 10 years

Wow! Doing what?
Yes, yes, but it is already in the meta-data: Even if the patient drives to Mom's house after getting voice mail - in which case there will not be the next call but there will be meta-data regarding the location of the patient's cell phone.
What they do nowadays is to suggest to grab an iPad instead. In the Apple product line, that is the cheap computer for people that don't really need a computer, or wouldn't be able to operate it properly.
It is not just like Land of Lisp, it seems to be just Land of Lisp ported to Racket by a group of students supervised by Conrad Barski and Matthias Felleisen. Barski and Felleisen arent even credited as the primary authors of the book.
ooh, awesome idea...

could probably use "Transport" and location to identify subway lines in known cities.
Most constitutions include a right to speedy trial. One would think that that is because the framers had experience with secret courts, detention for political reasons &c. This institutional memory has been lost.
If you use it, and a few in your network use it too, it can be very useful, both to find opportunities and to see who might be available. Most people change jobs every few years, and this is just another data point used to stay informed. If you are a "lifer" somewhere, it is of no use. The level of spam I receive does not seem excessive. The service is free.
So sort of an LLVM for languages that failed to gain acceptance outside of academia?
There are variety of careers and situations where falsehoods are encouraged and necessary.
Headache? Amputate! It will certainly stop the headache.
I agree that they're limiting access ad that I could probably ask for some public method of filing, whether it be paper or electronic. Note that I've filed so far about 6 motions for file electronically in U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeals. Four of them have been granted, 1 rejected because the judge mistakenly thought the court didn't have the technical ability to do it for pro se litigants, and one rejected without reason, the latter being by a Court of Appeals. It's surprising but the courts are not firmly on-board with the e-filing -- unless, of course, they think it wil make things easier for them.
The main problem with LinkedIn, especially for the HN crowd, is that it’s essentially just go-go-gadget arm for recruiters, who themselves represent a very broken system (http://bit.ly/14gMFnB). Modern recruiting is a horrible mess (http://bit.ly/11Jnnez), so a social network that encourages and magnifies their actions is of course going to produce pretty terrible results.

LinkedIn is a _great_ business development tool. Want to know the name of the person at company X who could use your product? LinkedIn is awesome for that.

But time and time again, the main thing one hears about LinkedIn is the (systemically encouraged) abuse of the system by spammy recruiters, not the ‘business networking’ it should be a haven for.

A significant move away from the traditional recruitment paradigm as a whole is the only thing that will make LinkedIn enjoyable to use. When traditional recruiters aren’t the best way to find talent, LinkedIn will be free to grow and prosper as a business networking community.

We’re trying to solve this problem at Mighty Spring (https://www.mightyspring.com). Whereas on LinkedIn your information is public and ripe for recruiter abuse, Mighty Spring profiles are only visible to the public in a cleansed, anonymous form. Behind the safe walls of our system, our users are free to indicate their career aspirations, explore new opportunities, and accept incoming interview requests (from first party companies only, not agency recruiters). Externally, the profiles are anonymous, so no one even knows you are a member of the community unless you choose to reveal your information specifically to them and accept an interview.

We’re in private beta now, but are already successfully connecting our users with great companies -- all at each user's discretion, of course! We’d love to help all of you solve your problems with LinkedIn, so we’ll live-monitor signups coming from Hacker News and expedite beta invites to all you guys. Definitely let us know if you have feedback or questions. My email is in my profile.
Hi David,

> Mature containers have been around since the the days of mainframes.

Citation needed.

I'd go as far as to say that there is no such thing as a mature container technology. The fundamental problem of containers is that mainstreams kernels are not designed to be multi-tenant. They support multiple users quite well but when you try to have multiple root users, badness ensues.

Even the best container systems today for Linux still have fundamental gaps.

> Even if hypervisors achieve CPU performance parity for running systems, you still haven't addressed the memory and storage overhead (in terms of resident footprint) of running full OS images instead of containers.

Re: memory, same page merging can eliminate a lot of that overhead when running mostly homogenous workloads. Re: storage using CoW not only makes provisioning instant (not 5-10 minutes) but also addresses the storage concern.

If you mean the overhead of running two kernels, well, actually using namespace has a fair amount of practical overhead too.

Of course, benchmarks speak louder than words here. No one has published a container based result for SPECvirt because I'm quite sure it's not faster than virtualization.
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Ask HN: What's the best way to create a community-driven site?
I tend to have a lot of ideas for community-driven sites. Things like Dribbble or StackExchange but much more niche.

While I have experience building those communities from scratch, setting up a new database and creating the necessary scripts is a little more time consuming than ideal.

Are there any open-source or pre-packaged solutions for creating community sites (registration, database management, etc.) quickly?

Think of this as a question similar to: How can I regularly launch a new community-driven project every weekend?
I hate to make such a prediction, but this case is factually analogous to the ACLU's case against the targeted killings of US citizens without due process and ACLU's demand the standards of the kill list be disclosed. If a citizen can have his life taken without due process, it seems consistent a citizen's Constitutional Right to travel can be taken without due process. For those that do not know:

"On August 30, 2010, the [ACLU] filed a "targeted killing" lawsuit, naming President Barack Obama, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as defendants. They sought an injunction preventing the targeted killing of [a US citizen], and also sought to require the government to disclose the standards under which U.S. citizens may be "targeted for death". Judge John D. Bates dismissed the lawsuit in an 83-page ruling, holding that the claims were judicially unreviewable under the political question doctrine inasmuch as he was questioning a decision that the U.S. Constitution committed to the political branches."

Coincidentally, or likely not coincidentally Judge John D. Bates, is also the presiding Judge of the FISA Court as shown in the Rules of Procedure for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (See: http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/FISC2010.pdf)

I do not agree, but at least the US government has an argument that by disclosing publicly known or suspected terrorists, it may jeopardize our national security interests. How the hell can that be logically extended to the idea that disclosing the criteria to get on the "kill list" or "no fly list" jeopardizes our national security interests?
In the context of PaaS, you just upload the local root exploit and run it. There's no need to exploit any services -- it's one step. The local root exploit is the privilege escalation.