skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is a service that IMO is sorely needed for those who don't have the budget to hire an advertising company (who'd tend to get their interns to write copy for you, and at more than $175 for a landing page). That said, I'm a little hazy on what classified as a "landing page". I could see that one size fits all pricing coming back to bite you, as not all clients will have an equal opinion on what's a reasonable amount of copy, but I'm assuming that it's a calculated risk that you're taking there.

I could see it being quite a difficult service to get off the ground. The barrier to entry may be (comparatively) low, but I couldn't imagine clients being happy with you taking credit for the copy that they buy even on your own site - do you have a strategy to handle this and get people talking about the service you offer, or are you planning on relying on banner/text ads to bring in new clients (or is it something that's not entirely sorted out yet)?

Either way, all the best, and good luck, I hope it works out for you.
Thanks. Yes and yes. They appear like normal users on the XMPP server, although we didn't implement things like roster etc.
even if nouveau is finished, there is still software running on the card that you don't, and won't, have the source code to. same with your BIOS. stallman uses a laptop where all of the software in the BIOS is open source, as well as firmware software in the processor ... good luck with those unknown-format microcode blobs for Intel CPUs...
I added some simple click handling to the world map to hopefully enable continued play on mobile devices. Pull request here[0].

By clicking on the north of the map you move north etc. Might be improved by making it relative to the player, rather than the centre of the map.

You can play through the game with the changes here[1].

EDIT: It was better measuring the click relative to current location, so I changed that in the PR.

[0] https://github.com/Continuities/adarkroom/pull/7

[1] http://cogito.github.io/adarkroom/
Hey, don't worry so much. You seem like you would be a great applicant. You obviously want success if you're a senior PhD student and I think you would be a great fit. Good luck to you! I hope the best.
Grepping through the source turns up that there's a chance of getting a laser rifle as loot when you clear a city, or when you clear a battlefield.
But aren't parents supposed to keep dangerous chemicals away from the reach of curious children?

They can be told over and over of the dangers, but get a few together and all those warnings can flee their brains. If the stuff is inaccessible, then they can't --I mean, unless they're insolent, but most children will refrain from braking into locked closets. Leave things out and it's a different story.
Computer Keyboard from Bananas [video]
I think people are interested in Snowden because people are curious to see what happens to someone who so brazenly defies a democratic government in the name of democracy.
Douglas Engelbart's USPTO mouse patent
This should NOT stop you from applying. Do it.
Hey, just so I don't get lumped in here: the Facebook felony charge thing is a travesty.
There are some ugly ass fonts listed in this post.
Find and share very precise locations via Google Maps with just 3 words
Hey, thanks for posting. Same situation as you. Seems like an amazing program and would love to do this at some point as well, but with the alignment of our schedules...do we see this ever happening?

What can we/HS do to assist people like us?
Picture, for example, a card which has a small OLED display which displays an amount and a merchant name. You press a little button on the card, and an authorization is generated, cryptographically signed with an embedded key, and sent to the card reader (which also provides the power for the card).

Such a reader can be built into laptops, keyboards, smartphones, available as small stand-alone USB devices, etc.. Web browsers, POS systems, etc. can send a request to the reader and tell the user to place their card on it and check the card's display.

Transactions without a valid signature can simply be discarded.

If the system is implemented properly, the only way to commit fraud should be to physically steal the card.

(A more paranoid version could include buttons on the card for entering a passcode, so that even if the card is stolen, it would be difficult to use, at least before being reported stolen.)
Does not seem to be a problem for tax laws...
I hope the best for you!
Yea that's why it's so dangerous... because we know that many parents will fail at this.

Keep in mind a better analogy is a personal computer. A curious kid might use it and stumble on pornography. But we're not going to go locking computers into closets. Plus the dangers of printing a gun aren't that clearcut for a 10 or 12 year old, especially in our violent video game world of today.
Well, then lets cut to the chase: does Craigslist have a monopoly? If so, in what way are they using it illegally?
1. Omniscience is a commodity now? Please let me know where I can find out all of the information (past, present, and future) about every company I may want to work for -- maybe this database you have access to also has information on what my salary will be a few years from now so I can plan out exactly how many children I want to have. This knowledge base you have access to also lets me know if and when I will lose any job I'm holding at any point in the future, right? I wouldn't want something, uh, unexpected, to occur after having children. Those pesky things -- you just can't seem to take them back!

2. The "ethics" of the NSA can be changed by Congress at any time. Why direct your energy at relatively low-level employees when you (assuming you're a US citizen) have the power to effect change top-down?

3. Vice is not a reputable source. It's actually comical that you'd use them of all publications as a source considering that their claim to fame is conspiring with one of the most totalitarian regimes in history (NK) for press and pageviews.
Show HN: I made a coding challenge website to promote my startup
I think part of the issue is the lack of a central directory for libraries, making casual discovery difficult.
Indeed, it's a calculated risk. Generally, I consider "landing page(s)" anything that's public-facing and doesn't require a sign-up to be viewed. I aim to satisfy, so I'm more than happy to put in more time and meet a client's expectations even if it means a bit of bending over backwards on my part. If pricing needs to be adjusted in the future, it will.

In general, I won't take credit for any copy I write -- unless, of course, someone would like to provide a testimonial.

As for attracting clients, that remains to be seen. Hacker News is the first stop on the PR parade, the rest is uncharted territory. One thing that comes to mind is advertising on a few weekly podcasts. We'll see.

Thanks!
Do you think a lower standard is required of female applicants in the application process than of male applicants?
http://worrydream.com/Engelbart/
"On Megaupload you would share a file,” Dotcom replied.
On the GCSB spy cloud you share private information about
citizens that you don’t have any right to access. That is
the big difference."

Hilariously ironic for Dotcom to pretend to give a shit about access rights!
3D map of publicly available data of Paris, London and Berlin
Kim Dotcom Addresses NZ PM in Parliament (Video)
http://hnhiring.me/, mentioned by another commenter, seems to be this.
that's a recursive argument.
You can also look at recent history and see the progression in the last 10 years. Although I believe you're right nobody will shoot you in the head tomorrow, we don't know how worse this is going to get in the next 10 or 20 years.
> 3- You get to have real impact at a startup. Try doing that at BigCo.

I don't entirely agree. It's possible to do it at BigCo too.
You make it sound as if it's impossible. It's probably harder than at a startup, but not the impossible tone you give to it.
but try to say So help me [allah|budah|spagetti] to see what happens.

no religion is for the soul. it's all about control.
AT&T is the only company to provide data and voice at the same time on iPhones. And it's the best choice for quality in many markets such as Boston.

One way I found I could speak out: I just downgraded my SMS from unlimited to pay to go ($0.20 per SMS). With iMessage, my texts are down to 30-50 a month so I'll save about $10 a month on average (down to $82/month). Before doing so just check your monthly usage beforehand to be sure your average is less than about 100 texts.
Not to be 'that guy', but:
"Knee deep in code?" -> "Knee-deep in code?"

"Need a document, long-form work or press release edited or written?" -> "Need a document, long-form work, or press release edited or written?"

I also am getting the occasional "Gondor is unable to route this request to a site." message when trying to load the site.
I've had clients that wouldn't even take delivery of work I had done for them that they had paid for. But that's not just startups, that's everyone these days.
Well, I can see why they haven't implemented that - its a huge undertaking to build specialized hardware like that into so much varied equipment. For all intents and purposes rolling out a system like that is impossible.
Would you recommend any books?
That would help me a lot at this point. :)
M+mn

Sample: http://i.imgur.com/cJaXfe5.png

http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/
OS X 10.9 Mavericks command line tool for tagging files
I routinely buy T-Mobile SIMs (for mobile testing, nothing nefarious) with cash without giving a name, or by giving them a not-real name. It sometimes require some real minor social engineering.
Materiales de protección para rehabilitación y bioconstrucción
FYI, that WSJ link doesn't work.

Oh, it's missing the final 'l':

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020400230457662...
FBI Document: [DELETED] had "plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire"
If a hacker wants it, will distributing it between Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Apple really stop them. It wouldn't stop me. With these sites we've been throwing this information out there for years telling ourselves it's secure, and when someone finally showed us all what we already knew, everyone started freaking out like this was news.

We've been throwing paper airplanes off skyscrapers while yelling at people not to look at them for years. This isn't even someone looking, this is somewhere between someone grabbing all of the paper airplanes and putting them in a huge disorganized room full of trillions of other paper airplanes and someone being able to look at the paper airplane if they get permission from a third party that always says yes.

Either way, do you trust Google, Apple and Facebook more with this than the government? What does happen in any of those worst case scenarios? The Chinese find out you like George Takei on Facebook and occasionally stock your ex? The next Nixon finds out you own an iPhone and have some great iCloud photos? Corrupt insiders try to blackmail you for secretly watching that One Direction music video on YouTube a few dozen times?

I think more than anything I'm just pissy because what used to be a cool avenue for tech/startup news has become this weird, paranoid community obsessed with Big Brother watching them. Every day I feel more like I'm checking NRA news than Hacker News. It's really depressing.
Cash doesn't have chargebacks.
> I imagine the fear of not being able to provide for you or your family

I'll buy that argument for people doing menial customer service work. I don't buy it for people with jobs like these - these sorts of people have all kinds of options available to them. At the very least they probably have TS clearances which is going to open a ton of other doors (maybe just as tainted, but maybe not).
Wow! I did not realize they were storing my location history.

It's impressive data and could be useful to track...but given my concerns and trust keeping the data truly private, I deleted it and disabled the feature.
No problem! Someone has to be "that guy," and they typically keep me on my toes.

Hmm. Not sure what's up with Gondor. I love my hosting folks, but there may be something up.
Well fuck. I was there.

The HPD on the scene seemed pretty chill most of the time, but still. Goddamn.
dagw answered this. "MM" is one convention for million, and somehow over the years I've adopted it.
Ask HN: The black bar of HN's top navigate bar
http://imm.io/1b8tt

I just notice there is a black bar on the top bar, does that mean R.I.P Doug ?
Soylent: Stop Eating Food
Curious about this - what if someone (say, me) has a job and has no immediate intention of leaving it, but also wants to get better at programming and is willing to take a 3 month sabbatical to do so. Recognising that you're unlikely to capture a referral fee for such a person, would you truly ignore that in the admissions process?
but try to say So help me [allah|budah|spagetti] to see what happens.

What would happen? (serious question)
Ok, now try doing 1000 inserts at once on Mongo. OH WAIT, global write lock.
Whoa! It is VERY interesting! Maybe it can make even easier to make your DIY arcade cabinet?

Also, obviously you can make your own DDR dance pad (not with water though... I would use metal plates, make more sense).

Or create some wacky musical instruments...

Too bad it only interfaces with keyboard it seems, thus lacking some serious analog input... Although I don't know if it CAN track analog input anyway.
Absolutely not. I have been quite impressed with each and every female participant. It is incredibly obvious that no one in the batch was a pity case. But even if you don't believe this anecdotal evidence, consider that the ratio is worse this time around than any other batch. Since the facilitators are acutely aware of the batch balance (and other statistics), it clear to me that this decision was deliberate, and that it reflects a very strong male applicant pool this time around.

As for my speculation, given the rejection statistics, I'm guessing the HS facilitators could have chosen to admit many more females before this would have even been an issue that should have borne consideration.
> Soul Crushing Job with Better Pay

This is not really true all the time, you know. You should probably pick up and try it out for a while.
Strong ties bind spy agencies and Silicon Valley
But if I want to attack you with an ISP compromise, I have to compromise your ISP, regardless of how well-secured it is. If I want to attack you with a CA compromise, on the other hand, I get the choose the absolute weakest-secured of the 600+ CAs there are.
It's already very difficult to buy Bitcoin with credit cards. I have no doubt that the credit card people are not happy about BTC trading exchanges.
I think the better result for us is that the more monolithic the thinking is within the NSA the more they are going to over-step in such a way that even their most ardent supporters outside the agency will have to abandon them.

I'd like to think the no-fly-zoning of Bolivia's president is an example of that sort of thinking exposing itself for public embarrassment/criticism. Here's hoping they keep digging their own hole deeper and deeper.
Find out where Edward Snowden is currently located
According to the end of the video, it looks like you can have it interface as a mouse too. So you might be able to make so more fancy analog input.

And I think it also said it can interface as/with an arduino, so I imagine a lot more is possible if you are creative!
Twitter’s Population Growth: Where is everyone coming from? [2011]
Thanks sound is much better but video is laggy. Wish this was hosted on mega :-)
just because one thing is a problem, dosent mean other things are not a problem.
But it's not your browser. Some kind people have created one for you. Should they not explore potential avenues of revenue? (what if advertisers pay browser makers 1% of their earnings via this cookie tracking thing?)
They're generally part of customs import/export restrictions by country. This includes cash and precious metals, but also other items. Australia and New Zealand, for example, have very strict limits on plant or animal product imports.

For the EU, generally currency or convertible instruments (likely including gold coins) in excess of €10,000 must be declared:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/travellers/enter...

The US similarly requires gold be declared, over $10,000:
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/322/~/importing...
Same here. I'm working with a big corporate client who is installing nginx box in front of an IIS one. The IIS box does the work, the nginx handles security, user throttling and reporting.

And no one will know IIS is behind it because it's a proxy. These stats don't tell the whole story.
That's actually very true. I pulled that one off of the GitHub page though. I believe its something robfig wants (at least optionally) for when it's deemed production-ready.
Open source is a part of openness but definitely not the most important.
This is shocking stuff.

"An identified [DELETED] as of October planned to engage in sniper attacks against protestors (sic) in Houston, Texas if deemed necessary.

[DELETED] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs, then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles.

...

This [DELETED] identified the exploitation of the Occupy Movement by [LENGTHY DELETION] interested in developing a long-term plan to kill local Occupy leaders via sniper fire."
Stand by the 4th Amendment with Namecheap & Fight for the Future
We covered this a couple weeks ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5914402), its generally a lost cause to do all your VPNing on your home router due to low CPU power on those devices.

Having a VPN configured and available on all of your devices makes it easy to use on a whim, probably the best thing for your privacy.
Yahoo it seems is acquiring a startup a day. Are they going to buy entire Internet?
I don't believe it is materially more difficult than the NFC rollout. In fact, I believe it would be far easier than NFC if the financial industry would actually get behind it enthusiastically.

I'm curious, what other undertakings do you think are impossible? WiFi? Bluetooth? GSM?
"hide online" is some nasty implied shady active process of behaving like it is something bad while in reality people are just putting a stop to being tracked mostly unknowingly and (i am missing the word, advertisers aim to exploit people, making them spend money on things, that's evil).
Everyone is so snide about recruiters and recruiting until they start their own company then want to employ people. Then they get serious about it. "We're hiring!"
My fear is that the masses are not going to wake up to the reality they helped create until it is painfully obvious we went off in the wrong direction. Just playng around with our budget and deficit in Excel it is hard to come up with a reasonable scenario that would fix our problem in twenty five years. If we stay on this tack we'll reach a point from which the turn around will take fifty years or more. I don't know where the point of no return might be. The point beyond which recovery will be virtually impossible. I do know that avoiding that state requires decades of making all the right decisions and operating as a united people with a common set of goals and solid determination. That realization is what makes me lean pessimistic. I see no evidence that suggests we are capable of such unity and focus.
That is unfortunate. I have a 2011 MBP with a UK keyboard, and all the special keys have the symbols on them, except for Control.

The way the shortcuts are shown in menus has always seemed like a nice, clear and space-efficient way of doing it. It seems a shame that Apple doesn't put the symbols on all its keyboards, because without those, new users are not going to know what the menu shortcuts are referring to.
Ah, if only there was as much diligence paid to this sort of thing as to file sharing and drug enforcement and server seizures. I guess the common man isn't as important, you know?

Hey, fellow techies--this is something you should be really concerned about. Selective enforcement of the most crucial laws (don't murder, conduct attacks, etc.) is really horribly bad for business.
I always carried all the melee weapons around, because I don't have to care for amunition that way. An additional rifle or laser for difficult fights.
How did I not hear about this guy in detail before? His high-level goals sound exactly like mine. Where are the people working on this now?
Geology or English Literature?

Sociology or Carpentry?

Plumbing or modern dance?
Next Generation Mobile Apps
I had prefered to build up the civilisation more. Rebuilding the ruins. Growing my village into a city.
Then I would simply use another browser that does not spy on its users. Thankfully we can install any software on our computers and even write our own.
I've dealt with customer support at a lot of companies, and AT&T was the worst I have ever encountered. This news just confirms my feeling that I'll never do business with them.
> Engelbart's demo itself must have been a very early, (the first?) large-scale, live demonstration of interactive computer technology.

Teletypes had been commercially available for decades, and minicomputers (PDP-8) for about four years. It seems glass terminals started appearing only a year before this demo, though.
Create a service where they are unable to view the unencrypted data themselves.
I wouldn't go that far yet... Signing an online petition is about the least you could possibly do, aside from nothing. If we want real change, we need major protests, people to flood Congress with calls & letters, and more. That being said, I think people are starting to do those other things, but major policy change won't come from an email on a petition.
I'm going to cling on to hope that there is some kind of context missing here, because taking that paragraph at face value is terrifying.

(Example of context I hope is missing would be text like ... "In the event that members of the Occupy Movement have obtained a nuclear weapon and are threatening to detonate it ...")
discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5987720
I guess this is neat. After skimming over the website for a few minutes, I still have no idea what insetlabs is. Care to explain in the comments?
I wonder how many of these have completed a course.
Right.

Maybe this is also FUD?

"99.9% Of New Mobile Malware Targets Android Phones"

http://mashable.com/2013/05/22/new-mobile-malware-targets-an...

Or how about this?

"Android super-malware discovered"

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/157657-android-super-malwa...

Or this...

"Android Home to 92% of Mobile Market's Malware"

"http://hothardware.com/News/Android-Home-to-92-of-Mobile-Mar...
That's the exciting thing about Restore the Fourth: real-world protests as well as online. We'll see how big tomorrow is, but in any case there will be a lot to build on.
here here. That's a global maximum.
Objective-C Resources
HN: Define font-family in CSS besides Verdana?
If your system doesn't have Verdana, the default font (a serif font) is used. HN should specify fallbacks if Verdana isn't present, like "font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" (note: not a web guy, plz correct me if I'm wrong.. but having HN be serif on my Linux (Fedora 19 Firefox) machine just looks weird and old-timey..)
No 2 text cursors? Meh. j/k :)
Yeah, I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out. I hope everything remains peaceful and nobody gets hurt.
Tiny anecdote: Some SV companies have stopped recruiting at BYU because "they can't work weekends."

There are different levels of big corp, but there's a price on every side.