skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You live in a high trust society with an impartial and competent state, where the rule of law is a real thing and opportunities for real, lucrative corruption are relatively limited. Given the demographics of this website there is an above average chance you work in an industry or sector that is dominated by literal minded men that tend more autistic than the general population, and associate mainly with people who are basically bourgeois in their values. All of these characteristics make the level of rat bastard weaselness in your environment lower than it would otherwise be.

Nonetheless the upper echelons of the corporate world in the UK probably resemble those in the UK in that sociopaths are ten to twenty times more common in the executive class than the general population. I can't see any reason politics would not favour the same group in the same way.

For further reading see gwern's notes on psychopaths and the psychology of power.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/fzy/notes_on_psychopathy/

http://lesswrong.com/lw/dtg/notes_on_the_psychology_of_power...

I have also heard good things about Ashok Rao's Psychopaths, Losers, Clueless series.
On the other hand, Edward Snowden didn't have much to do in the last month except spend a few hours talk to reporters -- and plan just this.

If Venezuela is his final destination, going by way of Moscow and Cuba is clever. It avoids going through any countries that would honor an INTERPOL Red Notice or a "diffusion" notice for his detention.
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Imagine learning of all this hacking against your state, and then the state that did all that hacking demanded things from you and made a threat that relations would be harmed if you did not comply quick enough. Thats what the US just did to HK. US is acting like a giant bully at the moment.
Why the NSA thing isn’t keeping me up at night
Additionally, jQuery is not known for its performance, especially regarding animations.

For me, on Chrome Canary, the animation "chugs" every 20-30 frames (from 60 fps to a frame that takes 200ms). It's almost entirely in rendering, and it's immediately following a jQuery callback. It only happens when scrolling down. I'd like to see this done with a very simplistic requestAnimationFrame tweener to compare the same type of animation against something that is doing nothing else but computing a new scrollTop and setting it. I have a strong feeling, in Chrome at least, that the problem here is jQuery, not SVG perf.

Additionally, for other browsers, I'd like to see this tested with icon fonts.
This is the prisoner's dilemma. If you slow down and drive smoothly, and everyone else does too, then everyone benefits greatly. But if you cut in front of one of the smooth drivers, which you can since he's leaving lots of space, you benefit personally by gaining a car length while inconveniencing everyone else in that particular lane. Well, at least until the guy behind you has smoothed out the difference. Human nature makes smoothing out traffic an improbable solution.
That part isn't dangerous at all. The US would simply say no.
HK just dodged a bullet. this was the most strategically sound thing to do.

HK govt would just listen to the officials in China on this matter. In the same time, it has to respect the judicial system (if he applies to be asylum seeker). A very careful line must be struck between the two.
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It's interesting you assume he was being racist, rather than culturalist. I think it's equally valid to assume he was talking about mainland Chinese business culture.

Is it controversial to say that mainland Chinese companies (as we're talking about here) commonly steal or clone business plans?
Show HN: Ask the NSA
"The NSA Transparency Initiative was undertaken in response to the recent unauthorized disclosure of classified information. This website will answer your questions about the NSA's programs."
No, they're not. The article specifically states that Snapchat will not be using the money to increase a sales force.
This

It's the same stupid behaviour with "scrum post-its" when there are tools available.

Yes, you can't interview a surgeon by giving him a scalpel and a patient, but this is not the case with software development interviews
Check out ultrajson (aka ujson) - (also see ujson4c[1] in the same org)

as far as serializing, ujson is 7x faster than simplejson in the worst cases I've seen (disclaimer: using the Python bindings.)

[1] https://github.com/esnme/ultrajson

[2] https://github.com/esnme/ujson4c - "A more user friendly layer for decoding JSON in C/C++ based on [..] UltraJSON"

n.b.: There also exists a class of "simplified" JSON serializers. They implement most of the JSON specification but leave out some features (or restrictions) that make it more expensive. I don't know anything about these, perhaps another commenter can chime in.
20,000-40,000 people per year seek asylum in the US; we're discussing one person who has fled the US to avoid prosecution. Let's not overreact.
Seems he is heading to Venezuela through Cuba.
The flight can be followed in real time on FlightRadar24: http://fr24.com/AFL213
> ... routinely lie, cheat and steal. Because it's effective

It's a prisoners dilemma thing. It works while they are suckers to cheat, but the refutation of that entire way of thinking comes when everybody cheats and everyone suffers.
I don't think not using a CMS was Justin Jackson's point: his core point was that content is king - design can come later, it's a distraction before your content is written. You can easily use a CMS with a very lightweight template.

Plain text can be readable too: you can keep it to 72 columns like the RFCs.
I don't for one moment believe that 90% of Americans have one of two sets of beliefs, is this why this is contrived? This does read like a flame, I assure you it's not, puzzled foreigner.
I think it's unreasonable to expect the namers of a language to know every conceivable double entendre in every language. Coq was named by French researchers, and means "rooster", and pqR is obviously from the sequence of letters. Neither of those seems particularly immature to me, in context.
For the record, I meant *If not required otherwise.
My experience has been that the "slow lane" is usually significantly faster through a jam, probably because of the number of lorries practicing smooth driving.
Nice, I like text files.
Paragraph width is a little too wide for me, however.

I assume you made the line breaks manually,
but it IMHO looks better if you let a decent
algorithm do it.

Most Unix systems should have fmt, but par is
better. If you are a vim user, just hit gqip
inside of every paragraph.

The manual of par [1] has an example that shows the superiority of a dynamic programming algorithm (par, TeX) over a greedy algorithm (fmt, aprox. format manually).

[1] http://www.nicemice.net/par/par-doc.var
Why would one go to Venezuela in his situation? What am I missing here? Or is that just a transit location towards Ecuador?
You're right, it's a little worrisome.

But the criminals in the US government are finally, finally being made to sweat a little, and more is on the way. This is like porn to me. There may actually be some real hope and change under Obama. And "no such agency" may become a reality. Go! Go! Go!
The article does not argue about merging late vs early. It's about leaving a larger gap to allow merging in high speed, which still can be done late.
You know, I find it puzzling that, even though USA has proven itself to be literally on the same level as the "communist" countries(read: China, Russia), people still apply selective blindness.

People die in strange ways in the states too. Michael Hastings much?
Exactly!

"Art of Travel"[1] is one of those websites.
When I read that website I was impressed how lovingly it was put together. The overall experience was so good that I didn't even think about evaluating its design.

[1]http://artoftravel.com/
He might have gone to the embassy a yea ago for reasons related to the UK, but that doesn't relate to the arguments why he today won't go. The parent comments which I replied to was talking why he won't go to Sweden. If the parent post had said why he didn't go to Sweden, ie in past sense, then you would be right that my argument would be moving the goalpost.
The Allies won WW2, Russia arguably sacrificed the most - the US benefited from the Allies victory and the decline of the British empire to assert near-global economic and military hegemony.
Or just use

nano -W --fill=65 filename.txt

to start with.

I like the playfulness of these pages (the original and this parody) and I hope both authors achieve their aims.
No, but he is a propaganda pawn.
Yea, I though the same thing. But I also remember the gas rationing in the 70s where you were only allowed to buy gas on alternate days (based on the last digit of your license plate) which could be the reality again if we continue our current rate of consumption.

And I really don't get why people stand in line at a Costco for 20 minutes to save 15c gallon. $3 savings for 20 minutes "work"? Is their time really that cheap?
What did you expect here, other than being down-voted, for making some sense or offering an alternate view of things?

You are speaking to the "Me Me Me Generation" as Joel Stein puts it.

"Lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow."

Snowden is the poster child for this generation.

"A narcissistic young man who has decided he is smarter than the rest of us", as Bob Schieffer called him.

The only thing that separates this generation of whistle blowers, if they were to take after Snowden, from the previous ones would be their insincerity of purpose and a distinct lack of selflessness.

Instead of being lauded for standing firm and facing consequences they will be known for their penchant for fleeing and bolting to foreign lands that they find hospitable to their ill-thought-out missions.

Character and how its reflected doesn't change with the times.

On occasion, history fails to take note of certain heroes.

However it also tells us that cowards have never brought about ground swells or changed human events.

Source:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2143001,00....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5-r6mw6nQ
How do you say 'content-oriented design' with a straight face? What's the alternative? 'Helpful interactive design'? 'Clearly indicate where things are clickable design'?

I get that flat is meant to strip away unnecessary ornamentation, but depth has a purpose. We aren't living in a 2 dimensional universe. Our screens may be 2 dimensional right now, but that doesn't invalidate the use of depth to provide helpful hints to the user. Abandoning a tool in your toolbox because of misguided principles. You'd rather hit your nail with a wrench than use a hammer, you don't want to be seen using a hammer, that's not fashionable. Flat design is what happens when designers over-think problems at the expense of usability. Flat design is frustratingly naive. It's a revolution of the unexperienced who through desire to leave a mark, only left the impression that they wanted to make one. All at the expense of unhappy users.
it's a fad , like any other web design trend.
It's contrived because his scenario of a conservative business owner firing a liberal employee is something he made up as an example to fit into his worldview.

In reality, the political witchhunts and thought policing are overwhelmingly leftist behaviors.
I'm not sure which is a worse fate, spending eternity in guantanamo bay, or spending an eternity in moscow traffic
Is there any interesting devops related newsletter I am missing?
Great comment on the awkwardness of their situation. A bullet it was not, however. It would have been slow, protracted and very painful. There are some happy officials, feeling 10 years older but having a celebratory drink I'm sure.
Oh for fuck's sake. Feel free to change "conservative" to "vegan Kucinich voter" and "abortion rights" to "baby seal hunting club" if it makes you feel better.

It's just the first example that came to mind of an affiliation that this bug might expose that the user would really rather not have been.

> Stalin, Lenin, and Guevara

Wow.
Until designers wake up and realize that the interactive portions of your design need affordance.
I am wondering if it is down for other 'outsourcing countries' as well. Like Ukraine, Russia, Romania etc. I was working as an outsourcing consultant from 1996 until a few years ago and when advising or staffing companies, one thing remained constant during that time; Indian made software/code quality was always below (similar priced) east (and since the crisis also south) EU coders.

Yes, I do understand there are exceptions, but in general, if I put a random coder from India (living and staying 'forever' in India; people who moved to the west score much better) with 5 years experience and a degree against, say, a random Portugese coder with the same experience and a degree AND the same price per hour, the PT person invariably wins on quality. Quality being, in this case because i'm a coder, readability of code, use of tools, use of good style, amount of code smells, etc.

So I would think the education system is not working well; my favorite pet peeve is that bachelors/masters (in CS) from India, when interviewed, generally have no idea what recursion is or how/why to use it. Which often amounts to the most 'interesting' and unreadable code fragments you have ever seen.
Venezuela's recent former president, Hugo Chávez, was broadly and openly against the United States. His successor is relatively untested, having been in office only two months. If Snowden stays in Venezuela, it could be an interesting gauge of sentiment there. In any case, there's not much of a working relationship between Venezuela and the US, which is desirable for Snowden.
This is not good, is it?

What if he doesn't have a (super detailed and perfect) plan, and nobody out there can protect him, except the 300 million (if not 7 billion) people he did this for? What if this not a script written on our behalf, but real life?

Because that's exactly what I am thinking, you may call him a fool or a criminal, but until you can show me evidence of any selfish motives, he did this for us, and our grandchildren to boot, wether you see that now or not. Sure, it's not the same as taking a bullet for a bus full of kids, he "just" leaked classified things and ran way; but if I assume he truly believed that was the right thing to do, maybe not the smartest and safest way to lead a long life, but the right thing to do, then I have to admire his guts, and as I said, unless there is a sudden twist in all this, I am already indebted to him.

He's on the run from rather sinister people, too, who think nothing of killing thousands, or putting people in prison for life, just to make a point about dominance, while hiding behind human pyramids, deniability, limited liability and sophistry. If the public turns their back on him, he might be toast and that's that; which would be heartbreaking and flat out wrong to me.
But is it a minority thing? That doesn't seem to be the case.
Because all "third world-ish" places are the same. Also, because Ecuador doesn't have an actual rule of law, hasn't been holding Assange in its embassy for years and isn't easy to disappear in.
Make sure your text files are readable in the first place (line length, paragraph length, etc.).

Chose a readable font. Text files are shown with the browser default monospace font, but you change it to whatever you like best.

I think there is not much else you can do with raw text files in the browser. The next level would be to write in something like markdown and view the processed text, I think.
Downvote? Because somebody thinks a Latin American country makes for a good shelter for him?
I didn't realize starting 2 wars, summarily executing children, and running torture camps was a feel good PR campaign.

In that light I guess Snowden will be a major detriment to US public relations worldwide.
Surprised the cab to the airport didn't "break down" (or blow up) or he didn't get mugged on his way to the airport. My guess is that Chinese agents were keeping the CIA and Western ones at bay, since that ultimately is Chinese territory. I never for a minute believe that he was in hidden location, otherwise NSA and CIA should be disbanded.

While not ideal, Cuba is probably his best choice considering that China and Russia would not take /support him openly. The Chinese agents most likely cloned his drives one way or another and the Russians might do the same if there's a layover. It's really simple:

"Wanna go to Cuba?
Yes?
Fine, then do what Igor says."
Just to knit pick - The USSR pretty much won that war, they sure did some of the harder yards.
Beat me. A fellow pedant in the area.
Yeah federal promise papers are't worth the paper they are written on.
UK firms routinely hire criminals to steal rivals' information
Thanks. That kind of explains things a little, I did remember Hugo Chavez being quite vocal against the US. But was under the impression that the new government was less vocal in that regard. I guess I'm wrong. And probably Mr. Snowden would be the one to know.
Cool website. This is what I see: http://i.imm.io/1a7pX.jpeg
I say it with a straight face because I've attended a fashion show or two.

To be clear, I just think flat is a solid stepping stone in right direction, nothing more.
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Edward Snowden, NSA Whistle-Blower, Wins Unusual Sympathizers in Latin America
Err... The Chinese aren't saintly when it comes to the hacking of foreign governments.
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I'd rather not lump whole country together and rather refine to US Federal Government executive branch and their services.
You mean reasonably regard as adversaries based on what you hear on the TV spouting pro-american propaganda.

Who cares, honestly. Nobody's going to try and extract secrets from him. 1) he's clearly a true patriot 2) if he were to suddenly disappear in some "enemy" country, it would surely create huge public uproar. It's all public now. 3) As the comment above said it - the only ones that can fight the us are, mostly, its adversaries and truly independent countries.
Russian news agency Interfax claims final destination is Venezuela.

13:36
SNOWDEN'S ULTIMATE DESTINATION IS VENEZUELA WHERE HE WILL FLY TO FROM MOSCOW WITH STOPOVER IN HAVANA - SOURCE

http://www.interfax.com/news.asp
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It's the same as when approaching a red light or any other intersection. If you drive all the way up and make a full stop you will have to accelerate from 0 once you get green. If you slow down when you see the red you can be able to roll into the intersection with speed just as the light switches to green effectively giving you a 30km/h headstart or more.

You leave the intersection faster and you save gas by not accelerating. I don't understand why more people don't do this very simple move. The tricky part is timing the switch perfectly which is almost impossible, instead you should just slow down more and more and more and try to never ever fully stop the car fully.
Thanks. Not sure about your second bit though - I've never thought about it that way, but I'd have said that every part of the political spectrum was just as bad. Especially in the world today.
> The reason people consider it different is that they realise the world is a complex place with complex actors.

People do no such thing. They are just members of the tribe and are highly suspicious of members of other tribes, like all primates.
I've been trying to avoid adding manual line breaks to the text file because in prose, unlike code or poetry, line breaks are presentation, not content.

I suppose I could try to write something that scrapes the text file, adds <p> tags around paragraphs and presents it with some really basic CSS. I don't know how to code, but I might try cobbling something together.
Am I being recorded with Google Glass? [Infographic]
It always puzzles me how people, especially citizens of Murrica think everyone will bend over and let U.S. have their way.

Small countries? Maybe. See case of latvian hacker Deniss Calovskis http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/u-s-charges-three-w...

Now Latvia is widely regarded as a country that will definitely follow US's whistle. And this extradition case has been going on for, eh, 9 months now?

Think about what independent and "ballsy" countries will do.
Hey thanks for replying,

I agree that he would easily be found guilty of the charges if he were to present himself to a courtroom. But what I was trying to suggest was that if he admitted himself to the court system, and was found guilty, there is a much larger chance that there would be a lot more question as to whether or not the law was just (not to mention that if he stayed in country, espionage charges would make a lot less sense).

By running, he invites the comparison to being a spy. It will be a major talking point in the news to come. And it's generally unsafe. If he is still alive and well, he opens himself up to a lot of mortal vulnerability by travelling.

I wasn't trying to say that he wasn't a hero. In fact I think him one of sorts. I was just trying to say that he wasn't a patriot. A patriot does not fight against his country from a foreign country or abandon his land. I just believe that there is a major difference between being a patriot and being a national hero.
No, but that is not what Snowden is being used to say. Snowden is being used as part of a propaganda war re: US espionage by a country (China) which itself has expansionist ambitions and itself has a well developed cyber espionage/war machine.
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The ones whose character should be questioned are the ones who stay at agencies like the NSA, being either too cowardly to release documents or even just get out, or who are staying because they agree with the policies.

The ludicrous idea of calling someone who has just given up the chance of a normal life for years to come, maybe forever, "lazy, entitled and shallow" is something that takes a substantial disconnect from reality to come up with.
In fact the source reported that “He chose such a complicated route in the hope that he would not be arrested on the way to his final destination of Venezuela,”
You'd think they would have learned about the concept of 'blowback' by now. Bad enough (strategically and otherwise) to spy on US citizens but WTF did they think Russia, China et al would do when they learned what was going on?
Best part was the closing: "Meanwhile, the HKSAR Government has formally written to the US Government requesting clarification on earlier reports about the hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by US government agencies. The HKSAR Government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong."
The full quote is:
"It’s also very easy to turn Common Lisp REPL code into unit tests, which I tend to
do a lot. That is something that’s very hard to do with object-oriented code, which is
why idiotic things like dependency injection and Test-Driven Development have to be
invented.
– Vladimir Sedach"
It protects against more than that, from the RFC:

> There are four classes of attackers against which we consider our security guarantees: passive network attackers, active network attackers, active network attackers with misissued certificates and attackers in possession of the legitimate server's private key.

Basically (and this is just my understanding), it should mean a MITM cannot decode the encrypted stream even if he has the legitimate server's private key.