skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ah, the arrogance of youth. Of course the NSA doesn't anticipate storing a yottabyte now. But facilities of this size are intended to have an operational lifespan measures in decades. In the ~30 years since I got my first computer my available local storage has grown from kilobytes to terabytes. I sometimes work on petabyte-scale projects now and I can conceive of exabyte applications easily (google is rumored to be in that league already). I feel pretty confident that $250 will buy you a petabyte of storage for your desk by 2025.

So having seen a billionfold increase in what I can affordably hang off my personal computer, I'm not willing to rule out another one over the same timeframe.
The problem here is that government intelligence services exist to serve the people. If the people do not wish for their government to spy on them, it needs to stop.

This isn't about making bits uncopyable, this is about keeping our employees on task and within scope.
> I'm more inclined to prop it open on a tab on Youtube than I am to go through the hassle of opening iTunes

Perhaps the issue is one of perceived value to the end user. When I hear a song that I love, I have to own it. If I hear something on Spotify I'm off to the iTunes store to buy it. If I hear it in a shop or at a party, I Shazam it and I'm off to the iTunes store. If it's not on the iTunes store, I look for a store that has it. If it's not available on any store (this happens frequently - I listen to a lot of underground music) I check on Soundcloud. If it's not on Soundcloud then I'm off to Youtube and favorite it so that I can look for it again at a later date.

My music collection used to be 100% pirated, but when I lost my collection (and backups!) I realised how much good music meant to me. It's worth more than most of my possessions. The issue for many is perceived value - I cannot fathom how someone would happily pay for a beer or some other quick buzz but not for a song that will bring them joy for the rest of their lives.
I think you've misunderstood what you read. Under US law an FAA order carries the same compliance burden as a warrant. And, just like a warrant, the party served can push back on an overly broad or unjustified order. So, there's nothing untrue or even remotely misleading in the statement that "the only way in which Google reveals information about users are when we receive lawful, specific orders about individuals -- things like search warrants."
> Releases like that are pretty common in the TV world, eg stunt performers waive their claims against the production company.

Do they have to jump through hoops though?

I imagine a court could overturn a contract if a good case was presented that the person signing didn't realize the implications, etc., and that would be especially likely for a contract signed in the sort of quick/casual atmosphere that likely accompanies a bunch of people going off to a party...
>They made it quite hard to find in the search provider list

yeah it's not as easy as in firefox, this was how it looked

http://cdn.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/image318...

but now google has bubbled up to the top

http://www.iegallery.com/en-us/addons?callback=true&featuret...

I find the term "Microsoft Account" to be disingenuous as it can be any email ID (my friends use their GMail) and that is a really nice touch since you can login to all their services with just your old gmail or whatever ID.
Google backtracks on plan to pull paid Android apps in Argentina
TheTileApp is Lojack for Anything
So Von Nuemann and Kevin Rose are on the same level?
If you want to enjoy the asm.js optimizations, see this Unreal Engine demo: http://www.unrealengine.com/html5/

Firefox is awesome.
The language and examples in the blog post above seems to have taken a lot of inspiration from posts by MapBox below. Regardless of whether or Google was working on it in advance or not - it's a feature I imagine you can't afford but not copy. Giving some attribution to the concept or at least a shout out to MapBox for pulling this off seems at least warranted.

http://www.mapbox.com/blog/cloudless-atlas-with-landsat/
http://www.mapbox.com/blog/huge-mapbox-satellite-update/
> I write macros to make my code shorter when I notice a repeating pattern.

I do that using functions :)
On the basis of secret government directives, Canada’s national security apparatus is conducting mass surveillance of Canadians parallel to, if not directly patterned after, the domestic spying operations of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

http://www.globalresearch.ca/police-state-canada-communicati...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-canadas-sha...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/08/nsa-spying-canada_n_...
The reason your idea stinks is that it is way too complicated to explain. You need an elevator pitch that the average person can understand in 30 seconds.

My understanding of your idea is that instead of using cash as a medium of exchange people can convert their cash into shares of some type of environmental fund and then exchange those for goods and services. (If you haven't yet read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_theory_of_money)

In order for this whole concept to work first some sort of new legal/regulatory structure will have to be invented, then someone will have to create an exchange where people can convert their money to these new shares, then someone has to create mobile apps for exchanging the currency. Finally once this is all in place you have to get the word out and get lots of consumers and businesses to all start using this currency.

This is my thoughts as a potential user:

Positives:
This is in some vague way able to improve the environment. I'm a lot less confused and there is far less risk if I just give some money to a well established charity.

Negatives:
- The chance of any new currency being used 5 years from now is close to zero. Bitcoin is pretty much the only case I've seen so far.
- Regulatory risk: The government could shut down all the new currency exchanges. It costs $10+ million to be compliant with all money transmitter laws in the states.
- I have to trust that this whole ETF thing is not a scam. If I wanted to do my due diligence I'd probably want to make sure the whole thing is audited by a respectable company. That probably won't be the case.
- I have to trust that the exchange won't get hacked. I have to trust that my client won't get hacked. Is this a distributed cryptocurrency or is it centralized?
- What are the tax implications of this? Do these ETF shares distribute dividends? If so how? If not, then there is no value in the asset. Remember the present value of the asset is equal to the sum of all the discounted cash flows.

By comparing the positives vs negatives for using this currency, there would be no reason I would use it.

I think you need an idea that is far simpler and requires about 20 less moving parts for it to have a chance.
There are people for whom "interferes with sex life" is irrelevant (they don't have one) or isn't a symptom they have (sex continues at a normal frequency) -- but who definitely have symptoms in other parts of their life, such as work, other family interactions, or other hobbies.
The petitioner is redacted, so why does the title presume it to be Yahoo? Did I miss something?

Also, PRISM is an acronym for Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management. Could people please stop abusing it as a term for whatever random scary thing they want to believe the NSA is doing?
Documenting the crowdfunding revolution
Square Co-Founder Tristan O'Tierney Leaves Company
ASP.NET MVC security and user management done the right way
I acknowledge what you say at a micro level. Most knowledge-based businesses have some flexibility in hiring when "super stars" come along. I think this is essentially just noise contained in the cost of doing business, though.

The reason why I think this: This behavior would break down if things really changed at a macro scale. If there were suddenly lots of people who are great at doing penetration testing or code audits or whatever your particular specialty is, you would raise your standards and start to turn more people away.

Another way to look at it is supply and demand. If there really were demand for people - rather than just a permanent watchfulness for grabbing up above average people when you can - basic economics would predict that salaries would increase. Generally speaking (there may always be some very small, localized exceptions) this is not what is happening.
Foundation.bz -- Interviews with Tech Entrepreneurs
This article is quite the breath of fresh air where constant, pointless battles over languages are concerned.

Not only does the author have the courage to admit there are problems with RubyMotion that make it unfit for production use--and seriously, noticeable unexpected and difficult-to-reproduce-and-fix memory errors make any language unfit for production--but he also offers a dispassionate and technical explanation.

I love Obj-C and have eyed RubyMotion and other Ruby-related projects like it (MacRuby, etc.), and it is nice to hear from an unapologetic supporter of a project that it is not production ready, despite the hype and fanfare.

Thank you.
I am unsure if the comparison to Snowden and Manning is valid. As the article states Manning was/is in the military which basically has its own legal system. Beyond that, if the act of civil disobedience is reliant on there being minimal consequence, isn't that the issue? If something is important, isn't the point that it is worth the risk? I cannot claim to known Snowden's motivations, but accepting the consequences of one's actions seems an important component of civil disobedience.
Maybe.. just maybe... the market is beginning to correct the monies earned by musicians. The heyday of yesteryear when (successful )musicians were paid obscene amounts was due to 1. fewer mainstream musicians and 2. overcharged customers who had no other means of acquiring music and had to pay the price record companies saw fit.

Unsuccessful or moderately successful musicians didn't make a lot even back then.

Now, musicians are basically fighting for attention among a greater number of competitors. The choices are more varied. The output per year has grown significantly and internet has brought international music into the fold further increasing competition for 'ear-time'.

This should make one ask the question: what is the worth of musicians? Why was the high figures of the last decades the 'right' level of earnings and why are they being 'ripped off' today? Is the alleged ripping off due to content delivery platforms (like Pandora) truly taking a larger cut of the revenues compared to delivery platforms of the past (record companies and retail distributors)?

It is not exactly pertinent to put past and present in the same basket, compare the numbers and bring out the pitchforks. Circumstances have to be looked at, and that little question of what the musicians are 'worth' needs to be thought about. What makes musicians worth more than a farmer or a checkout clerk. An even fairer comparision - why is their an income discrepancy between a successful musician and a successful calligrapher. If the worth is more, the market will decide. A given musician will have to continue making music despite low pay if music is their true love. If not, time for career change.

The music industry and consumption is maturing. Musicians need to do the same. There's no point fighting the ebbs and flow of the market by crying foul.
My opinions here are bound to be 'polarizing'. Do discuss.
Well, they typically have to pay $$ to the person signing the contract, and the contracts are voluminous. When people are paying you to be entertained then it'd be a lot harder to make such a contract stick IMHO. I've never looked into the waivers on things like roller coasters, but you may recall that there have been several semi-disasters involving cruise ships in the last year or two and the victims generally have little in the way of legal recourse because the risky activity (riding on a ship, which might sink) takes place outside regular jurisdictions. Contracts for illegal activity (eg unpermitted entertainment such as the subject of this conversation) are much harder to enforce.

You're better off relying on good will and common sense to make an unpermitted event as safe as possible than pining for some sort of procedural shield. Of course, you can get away with substantially more if you're not engaged in a commercial transaction to start with.
Teléfonos móviles, un asesino no tan silencioso - La salud esta en tu hábitat
Was going to say the same thing. I employ the same usage to mitigate confusion.
Yes, descibing a product in terms of motor signals will be tedious. That's why I think a good description tries hard to describe what must be produced, not how it must be produced.

And yes, it applies to any process that consists of instructions. Again, that's why I think that is a bad way to describe a 3D object for a generic printer interface.
10BTC says this is a DEA sting.
This probably deserves a much longer essay, but it's interesting to me how closely this argument tracks pro-union/anti-union and regulation/de-regulation arguments.

There's a good system-level argument for things like certain regulations, certain unions, patent law, copyright law, etc. The long-term benefits exceed the shorter-term costs. And these sorts of arguments can also be extended to why it makes good sense (and why it is a societal benefit) to give a middle-class income opportunity to a certain level of musician, when being left purely to the free market might not allow it.

The problem is that we aren't really noticing the negative effects of not having that. There's a ton of pretty good music coming out from the ever-replenishing generation of musicians that is motivated to produce for 2-3 years just out of deluded dreams before they burn out from the lack of lifestyle-supporting income. You get lots of simple pop forms, looping electronica, mashups, and exaggerated dipthongs.

Meanwhile, we're probably getting a lot less of any of the sorts of revolutionary music that could come from a talented artist being financially encouraged for a decade or more. The tragedy is that we probably won't ever know what we're missing.
Rails.

I don't know.

Bonus commentary: Rails is not for the faint of heart. It will suck, but just dive in and see if you can hack it. Then stay humble and keep on pushing yourself.
PayPal invites Buzz Aldrin to Conference and wants to own payment in space
You realize that 99% of Canadian traffic is routed through the USA right, and that sharing data between US agencies and CSIS is normal? Also we already seem to have our own PRISM that does not have a fancy name and no one is willing to talk about.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6876/125/
I have been primarily a Microsoft developer of over 10 years. They have delivered some great stuff...and not so great stuff. I understand the communities trepidation to give any validity to their efforts, but as a result they miss out on some interesting products and features.
and "stonewall"
Webcast: Go Language for Ops and Site Reliability Engineering
> Why do entertainers feel so entitled to high payment? Why is this even a story?

"Why do programmers feel so entitled to high payment? Why is this even a story?"
Ganzfeld Hallucinations: your mind craves sensations.
Apparently, your brain is so addicted to sensory stimulation, that replacing visual and audible inputs with blank meaningless signals for long enough will trick you into seeing all sorts of hallucinations.

Ping pong halves on your eyes and white noise on your headphones seem to do the trick!

Have you ever tried this or experienced this?
Future Disruptive technologies
The author states that even using this method has produced indeterminate crashes.
Wait, are there actually people in the US who still assume that there someone has to get a warrant to investigate them under the auspices of terrorism or National Security? I assumed this was a more or less accepted fact by now.

They take everything they want off the wire anyway; the best case scenario is that they have FISA rubber stamp warrants for the times where they "need a warrant".

Do we really care about specific instances of uses of PRISM? I mean, in an honest way I'm curious :: is there really any benefit if we could definitely prove that PRISM was used without a warrant? Is it worse than any of the other things that have been disclosed or leaked since originally finding out about PRISM?

I don't think so, but I was screaming bloody murder about NSLs in 2006, soooo......
Aaron Swartz, Marc Andreessen, Richard Stallman to Internet Hall of Fame
I'm at the point where I kind of think the march of technological progress makes it inevitable. If it's trillions of dollars in 2013, how much will it cost in 2023?

Hell, it might not even be government: What happens when someone scrapes all the screenshots from facebook, condenses it into a biometric facial recognition dataset, and posts the resulting 22 TB file to pirate bay, and 22 TB is considered small.
That's why I've switched to Ubuntu Touch.
I realize it's a popular sentiment here, but it's based off of a philosophy that isn't universal and that reasonable people can disagree on. When you consider that some drugs are physically addictive and that some people are more susceptible to the addiction, there's a societal incentive to protect people from the opportunity to become addicted. I get that to some people that is a "nanny state", but I also think that the belief that "every man for himself" scales to a population size of n is overly simplistic.
It is a simple name and does similar functionality. I don't like naming stuff vague unrelated things and am not creative with naming stuff. If you come up with a better name that is available I am happy to consider it :)
And the source for Doom 3 BFG was released and that was not long after release at all, and it has components for the newer unreleased in it as well.
Google to float helium balloons over rural India for Internet connectivity
I see. I thought you were wondering if a point release ever got a marketing blitz.
Well, Amazon et. al, but your point still stands.
So if Flash player was built into all major browsers (like it is currently with Chrome) then that would remove the primary reason.

I thought EME was execution of a closed-source binary blob too. I also thought some browsers sandbox plugins (I could be wrong).

EME still seems to be just a new plugin specification, with a more limited API.
I'm pretty sure their start-up style video advertising its illegal service flouts the YouTube’s user guidelines too.
We learned this month that the company was Yahoo. See:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/technology/secret-court-ru...
That sentence is more an acknowledgment of a privileged life.
Wouldn't the statements by the Chairman Mike and the others that they have changed their habits confirm to them that those changes were affected?

If the goal here is to protected "sources and methods" why are members of the Congress disclosing details that expose those "sources and methods"?
From the resource curse to the finance curse
unfortunately if you drown off the coast of a public beach the state is in fact liable unless they clearly posted warnings and/or told you not to go in the water. This is why so many beaches have giant signs with warnings or even completely closed with no trespassing signs. If there is no warning and someone dies the owner/manager of the beach is responsible for the death through negligence for not placing a rip tide warning. If there is a clear warning or no trespassing sign then there is no liability because you did not head the warnings or entered illegally. http://masglp.olemiss.edu/Water%20Log/WL24/24.2rip.htm
The Long Shadow Of The Valley Reaches Berlin
The PAA does not exist. But similar language appears in the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which Congress renewed most recently in December. Bipartisan enthusiasm, with approximately three-quarters of senators voting for it after safely defeating the pro-privacy amendments:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HR5949:
Dependency Injection for Python
Why do you equate physical force and prohibition to helping people? Why not start a private fund/charity, which, for example, helps addicts beat their habits? Or maybe distribute accurate information about drugs and drugs-related programs?

Coercion isn't the only way to help people. And absence of coercion isn't "every man for himself"
Animations are not a core part of functionality.

If your users are using IE, surely they only expect it to 'work'.
This basically highlights why there's no comfortable middle ground in pricing software.

At a high price, you can get strong service guarantees.

At a zero price, you can use open source and manage the critical service yourself.

At a low but nonzero price, you get neither.
I don't know if I should ask, but I am curious to know if you made any money with this app!
Atlantis CEO also claimed that their service is technically much more sophisticated than SilkRoad. His/Her answer when asked what Atlantis has that SR doesn't:

“To put it bluntly, a well written codebase and server setup. SR claims to have suffered from ‘DDoS’ attacks, which is very unlikely due to the way Tor hidden services are designed. It’s far more likely to me and technical gurus I’ve consulted that it was a result of poor or uncoping infrastructure. Most likely database related. Ironically we still received all the blame for the supposed ‘attacks’.”

http://weirderweb.com/2013/06/13/atlantis-wasnt-built-in-a-d...
As someone who's been struggling to find my way in life the last couple years (i'm 22, not in college, and working a low-skill job to make ends meet), I constantly run into this problem.

Indeed, reading HN makes me feel pretty horrible a lot of the time, reminding me of all the cool things people are doing, and that I might be able to do such things if I could only get off my ass. That I've been unable to focus adequately to get any practically useful coding, let alone reading, done in the last couple years has brought me significant distress, and seeing so many brilliant people on HN only makes me feel like i'm falling behind.

It's so easy to feel trapped by this, only entrenching yourself in inaction as you compare yourself to every person you feel is smarter or more successful than yourself.
Goodyear Amiens: The factory that refuses to die
You must not use iTunes much... my average is well over 100 and those are songs I've only owned for two years, not my entire life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_star_system#Planets says »Simulations have shown that the presence of a binary companion can actually improve the rate of planet formation within stable orbital zones«
Aaron Swartz in Internet Hall Of Fame
Back to the Future: How Facebook is challenging Google at the eyeball game
I can't find out if they tumble the Bit and Litecoins they receive, like Silkroad does.

If they don't tumble I could see this being a major honeypot, as people could be traced.
Sorry, Interface Builder. They could drag-and-drop capacity on the fly.
Bitcoin's successors: from Litecoin to Freicoin and onwards
Extra Action invaded RailsConf 2007 in Portland, leading to one of the most memorable shows I've ever been to.

My friend says the Rails community bifurcated at that moment, split between those who thought it was awesome, and those who thought it was disruptive and unprofessional.
https://github.com/brockallen/BrockAllen.MembershipReboot/
Ed Snowden, NSA, and Fairy Tales