skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The Java programmers tend to be enterprise types (not to knock that; a few of those are really good) who aren't especially selective in the technologies they work with. Until about 5 years ago, using Python meant you deliberately went out there to find non-standard technologies-- you were passionate about more than just getting a job.

Short technology lists show selectivity. For example, I've dealt with XML but I'm not going to put that on my resume. I don't even know what it means to "know XML".
This is truly shocking. Who in the NSA thought that this was an acceptable color combination?
Ok, I see it now, under the "what not to do" influence category
I find it very difficult to believe that majority of people haven't seen other than mercator projected maps. NatGeo notoriously has used a variety of projections over time. Another fairly notable non-mercator map appears in the UN logo. New York Times seems to use non-mercator maps.

Also imho saying that mercator projection is radically inaccurate is misleading, as it is actually very accurate for some things, which is the reason it's afaik used in navigation.
You own a .org so if the US Government wanted to seize your assets it would be difficult but if they wanted to paste their ugly MS paint logo up when people hit neocities.org they are more than welcome to.
Fundraising isn't a big secret
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Fellow netbook user, Thinkpad x120e, 6 gigabytes of RAM and a recent 256 gigabyte SSD (recommended!) make for a plenty capable machine. It used to last 6 hours, but could do with a new battery. And USB3 ports etc. but it generally flies.

Someone further down mentioned a beer-induced $800 repair on a MBA. I dropped half of mine in a sink of water (don't ask) and it works perfectly. Tested the 'splash proof' keyboard quite thoroughly.

Definitely a market for lower-end sub-$500 machines that are actually capable of running anything.
Actually, it was a 20-year-old college student with a 12-pack of water, and they failed to break her windows because she drove away when the crowd of large men ran up and started beating on her car, and then they charged her with assault.
For sure, don't use a fast moving carousel with multiple sentences on each slide and no way to pause.
Good catch, I've s/qualified/accredited. Thanks!
I'm sure that's true, however my own anecdotal experience with Best Buy is that they can't or don't properly educate consumers as to the right thing to buy in the first place.
Meet The Future of Hiring – It Looks A Lot Like Expedia And RedFin
The existence of drug organizations is a capitalist response to government intervention in the market. Prohibition is the source of the black drugs market as well as the reason the police militarized themselves.
Prax the POW for Linux
The whole point of the "cloud" is to use as commodity hardware as possible... accepting that failures happen. If you aren't using multiple regions and servers for deployment, with failover designs in your applications you are doing it wrong.
Great infographic, but it doesn't address the fact that these publishing houses are actively lobbying to prevent open access. Furthermore, the open access requirement for NIH funded work was legislated away for a few years. This problem runs deep
Even if we stipulate that elitism is a product of the human condition, that does not mean that we cannot (or should not) try to ameliorate that. There are lots of 'products of being human' that we choose to control instead of allowing to go unfettered. E.g. conflict is a product of the human (and natural) condition but we strive to avoid violence anyways.

Additionally saying that elitism will happen anyways doesn't mean that structural factors play no role or should be ignored. You left out one of the biggest factors of elitism of all: dumb luck! Even if you forbid force and theft how can you claim that someone meritoriously became elite when they simply inherited what they had through no skill or effort of their own?

Likewise you can gain elite status by being given it (such as in a cartel or trust), without stealing it from anyone or using force. Does that fact that the rest of the cartel feel you're pliable enough to warrant being used as their lackey really serve as 'merit' in this situation?

So even playing in the logic you've laid out I've established ways to become elite without merit, and that's assuming your logic is right. I would say instead that the world of interpersonal relationships (politics and sociology) is in reality more complex than your logic allows for, which even further muddies what insights we might be able to draw and apply from that logic. For instance I don't think I'd agree at all that forbidding theft and force necessarily leaves only meritorious actions.

Another large question is how do you account for indirect force or theft? If I burn something noxious and it comes down on a farmer's field as rain and kills his crops, it's not like I stole it from him or used force, right? But the effect is the same for him, whether he even knows there is some single person responsible or not.
I'll say it again, because I was immediately downvoted into invisibility:

You CAN NOT continue to use products and services by NSA companies like Microsoft - Yahoo - Google - Facebook - PalTalk - AOL - Skype - YouTube - or Apple and THEN turn around and BITCH AND CRY ABOUT LOSING YOUR RIGHTS AND PRIVACY.

This is completely INSANE, you NEED TO WAKE UP!

EDIT: Yeah, let the censuring begin again. You know what? When I look at the people here on HackerNews, I'm beginning to see a SOCIETY THAT ACTUALLY WANTS TO BE FUCKED - DEEPLY EVEN.
Because its fucking fun. Every day is like playing with legos, just slightly more advanced with more troubleshooting! But honestly, I ask myself whether I would use this product and it's a solid YES, I go with it.
I seriously think a software like this should most definitely be open source for it to be trustworthy.
Protection of the public revenue is the clause in the telecommunications act 1997 that the Australian Tax Office and Job Centre investigators often rely on. Access to metadata does not require a warrant. In some cases, telcos can provide information to allowed agencies even without certification.

I'm fairly convinced that local governments will be motivated to protect their own revenue with methods that are specifically designed to protect the public revenue. Already we are seeing some councils using these methods. The number of accesses must be reported, and these reports form the basis of recent news stories on this subject. It remains to be seen whether there are any real constraints on the volume of queries when and if local governments are directly funded by the federal government.

By federal taxing powers I mean what is generally described in [1]

There is history in the relationship between the Federal and local governments. Reference the Whitlam governments attempt at bringing local government under federal control, which failed, and the Fraser government etc [2]

The COAG meetings provide the mechanism for state funding, through which local councils currently are funded. There is one local government representative present at COAG meetings [3][4]

Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act and access to metadata.[5].

The amendments relevant to warrants for access to content of stored electronic communications and the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Act 2006 are in [6]

1. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_basis_of_taxat....

2. http://sydney.edu.au/law/cru/documents/2013/CRU_Report_3_%20...

3. http://www.coag.gov.au/the_federal_financial_relations_frame...

4. http://www.coag.gov.au/reform_agenda

5. http://www.pacificprivacy.com.au/Government%20Surveillance%2...

6. http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2006A00040/3bf9cedc-87c1-4...
The last standard for C was 2011, it is entirely possible something from Java slipped in. Though I don't think Java has anything very unique in it. I would find it hard to say that yep that came from Java, and not some other language.
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That would be congruent with the dropshadow displaying on the "You Should Use Both" text in the (presumably) PowerPoint-rendered one that is masked correctly. It doesn't seem to appear in the other.

EDIT: Also, on the US-zoomed/masked one, it makes the ellipses line up correctly with all the cable landings at the coastlines. I'm now sold that these differences are just PowerPoint-specific renderings.
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I think it's important that we revisit this and remind people with the upcoming release of the Ender's Game movie.
Ah that explains it. Crunchbase semi is definitely defined as things for M&A guys, and the data are terrible. (Look at Sequoia Comm for example.)

Numonyx was Intel unloading some of their crappier memory biz lines. They eventually unloaded it on micron, which makes me think that some of micron's BoD (or someone in the decision tree) made off personally.
I think it's going to be very interesting to see how this plays out.

For one thing, I expect it to continue the trend of shifting the balance of power from investors to founders. Basically, this will be a huge amount of new competition for angel investors. And crowdinvestors don't have voting rights or a board seat. In order to continue to get into deals they want, angels and VCs will have to bring more value to the table and accept less favorable terms. So I would guess, anyway.

On the other hand, it isn't necessarily going to be a river of cash for anyone who wants it. Along with the art of pitching to individual investors, one will also have to learn the art of pitching to the crowd -- and will be competing against everyone else doing the same thing. I expect to see a small industry of companies assisting founders in this new kind of marketing.
Sounds more like Haldeman to me as well (alas I don't have either book on hand at the moment).
Any speculation as to what the redaction next to "Processing" in the "PRISM Collection Data Flow" slide is?
In addition to The Shadow Factory he also wrote The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets. I'm not sure how much material is shared between the three books, or if they're meant to be read in any certain order, but I'm plowing through The Puzzle Palace now.

In any case, it's wildly interesting stuff.
Don't forget to include all the free bandwidth that comes with dedicated hosting plans. With EC2, that's extra and can really make a difference to a lot of companies.

And, with dedicated hardware, you have faster storage with traditional HDD and even SSD. Both those options are faster than EC2 storage.

And, better customer service too.
I'm fairly sure the differences can largely be put down to the Guardian using OpenOffice[1]. The differences look more like conversion errors, rather than any deliberate change (other than redaction).

* Red PRISM background should probably be rendered as transparent (as in the WaPo version)
* Typesetting on the Guardian version looks incorrect
* Guardian map looks to be misaligned/scaled, rather than changed (notice that the company logos are in America on the WaPo version, and the blue circles overlap fibre connections, but are not on the Guardian version.

[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/07/local-gover...
Shit this is exactly the idea I had. Congratulations guys, it's nice to have validation.
Or someone just decided that a US map would look better for the other briefing.
Your own VPN in the cloud
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OVH actually does NOT have very similar prices. Hetzner is by far the cheapest dedicated hosting that I know of.
keep the current design, I did not like the new design. should be something more retro or anarchist / minimalist
I don't have a particular objection to the change, but it's a little overstating the previous situation to say that only people with access to private networks could fund startups. Startups couldn't advertise overtly with "Got $1000? Fund us!" banner ads on Facebook, but nothing prevented a potential investor from emailing the contact addresses of interesting companies the investor saw on TechCrunch or HN, and asking if the company is interested in discussing an investment. Some companies will even telegraph their openness to such contacts on their website (not phrased as a solicitation, but making it clear they are in a fund-raising phase).
It goes directly against half of waht dropbox is trying to offer.

Easy peasy web access/sharing across devices.
Recovery of files.
Quick syncing across devices

Also, it's not going to impress the cryto die hard unless they open source the front end, and the back end, and then they are basically repackaging a commodity. Why not just roll your own s3 package with their software then?
Mike Moritz doesn't get out of bed for less than a billion dollars - http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/28/mike-moritzs-midas-touch-gr...

Looks like Instacart is on the right path to a massive IPO :)

Good work guys!
With many (15) years of experience in the industry from junior to now manager I have to say, GettingTheJobDone()works for me.

I found some people perform MUCH better at their own schedule, while some just have it in their DNA and enjoy working hard and long hours. Should we, however, abuse that? Absolutely NOT! They are the rare gems I admire.
No, you have not made it up in your head. It has been widely accepted as a fact but I guess if it was originally true there must have been a few "givens'.
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"I open the folder where Lightroom imports are stored and drag these shots to the RAWbox (fake name for this ideal photo app) desktop application."

You shouldn't be touching the directory structure. This tool should be either a plugin for Lightroom/Aperture/Photoshop or an entirely separate application.

I would lean towards separate application. It could be a background agent that detects when new files are added, would work for any known editor or user-defined directory.
Wouldn't that suggest two leaks of the same document (one to WaPo, one to the Guardian)? I don't believe that is the case here.
You make an interesting point that perhaps learning is NOT working. While learning can help you get more work done it is not work itself. In fact it is often an imitation of actual work - pretend or practice work: an essay the never get published, a program that never gets run or a calculation that never gets used.

This is an interesting distinction and depends on the exact definition of "work". However work is clearly not the same thing as learning.
Thank You Seth Vidal
There is a difference between opting out of privacy (eg Facebook) and being guaranteed privacy -- which is unknowingly violated (NSA)
I must apologize for misunderstanding gamegod's comment, and have deleted my own. Please don't switch to this new page. I agree, the current one is much better.
on the other hand, there is also a need to "Stop Glorifying Laziness and Distractions"
I've never worked in a very large corporate environment.

> meeting requests

Did you ever reject the request? I'm honestly curious to know what would happen?

Did you ever speak up to your manager about this? His manager?

I guess the real question is, what did you do to fix this?
But it is not a train. It is a short, tube-shaped vessel inside of another tube and magnetically elevated. I am assuming that the magnetic "elevation" is all around the vessel which would prevent it from slamming side-to-side or top-to-bottom. I'm not saying there won't be problems but I don't think it will need the curve radius like you are thinking for a train.
A different way to think about life's big decisions
As with most things involving the 1st amendment right to free speech, you get a mixed blessing. Letting the KKK run around in their garb troweling their bigotry by the metric ton has generally not been a 'win' for me either. But being able to exchange ideas on the NSA matter on HN has been good.

We've gotten accustomed to freedom of speech when it comes to political matters, but we tolerate all sorts of restrictions in commerce. The SEC has basically said in the past that if you are raising money and want to talk about it, you're only allowed to talk to certain people at certain times and not others. Same with direct to consumer advertising of drugs. The FDA was essentially saying that pharmaceutical companies could only talk to doctors about what they have on offer, not patients.

More recently (and less of a hot-button issue) the FDA got smacked down by an appeals court for their restrictions on what pharma sales people could tell doctors about off-label use of drugs (that is, drugs used in a manner not approved by the FDA). The FDA has said in the past that it's illegal for sales reps to promote off-label uses of drugs to doctors. This is true even in cases where these off-label uses are written up in the medical literature. Note that it has never been against FDA regulations for anyone else to tell the doctors about off-label use of drugs (e.g. other doctors, the janitor, Hollywood celebrities, etc...). The courts have basically said that this is a first amendment violation because it places limits on specific individuals when society as a whole benefits from the free, unrestricted flow of truthful medical information.[1]

[1]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-offlabel-convic...
You're being down voted because your comment is entirely non-constructive.

1) Calling people insane won't win you any favors.

2) "WAKE UP" is an entirely useless platitude.

3) Simply not using "NSA companies" is completely impractical. Not everyone can afford to be a recluse eccentric by ignoring the largest software providers on the planet. Never mind the fact that switching to an alternative in mass would simply produce a new "NSA company". These companies aren't at fault, our government is.

Do you have any concrete proposals? Do you have anything new to share? It doesn't seem that you do.
That's basically what I mean. There are so many other factors involved. "Overwork = Bill Gates" is just about as meaningful as "Dropping out of school = Bill Gates." Maybe! But probably not.
I would guess WaPo edited the map. For the Guardian's version of slide it seems easy to guess that those are the names of secret programs use to tap fiber-optic cables in certain regions. NSA wanted 2 names of those programs to remain secret. (i have some theory why..). WaPo published the names but edited the map not to give precise locations of those programs. Just my theory ofc.
Can't I just say that the police knocking gave me intense emotions which caused me a cerebral shock or something?
How does this affect state securities ("blue sky") laws? It doesn't do a lot of good to be allowed to solicit under federal law if you have to comply with 50 (well, some are null, but still close) different regulations. IIRC NY and CA are particularly tough.
Java programmers tend to have longer lists for a few other reasons.

For one, the number of available frameworks, IDE's, and other tools is much more significant than other language ecosystems. There really isn't another dev group that has as many tools available between the vendor and open source options.

There is also the tendency to name every single Java API - you can't just say you know Java EE (formerly J2EE), but you have to list EJB, JSP, JMS, etc specifically to get picked up by searchers. There are many Java devs who worked with JSP and servlets that didn't use EJB, but when EJB was in high demand everyone listed it anyway.
"This to prevent exploitation of unsophisticated investors."

Sure it is.
This is why you dance like nobody's watching, because giving a shit that someone thinks you look like you have to go to the bathroom or something is retarded. You are part of the problem!
I'm actually working on this idea right now!

https://plover.co/

We want to take backing up, sharing, and monetizing and make them very simple and enjoyable to do. We've started rolling out slowly already, our goal is to be open to the public within a month or so.
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For more about the craziness of Luxottica: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50149025n
Yeah I don't know about that. Chinese governments have historically never been quite keen on owning overseas empires in the same way that European powers have.
I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that a company that was colluding with competitors to suppress their workers' wages[1] would also collude with publishers to rig the ebook market.

[1] http://www.inquisitr.com/486164/google-intel-and-apple-under...
I don't think this has much to do with the products you use, but rather the jurisdictions you reside in and the laws passed there.

No one should "bitch and cry about losing your rights and privacy" - they should be lobbying their representatives to change laws.
It'd be even cooler if each relation had a short description/example specifically how one language was influenced by another.
You were downvoted into invisibility because this type of discourse is not appropriate for Hacker News. Please, no shouting. No vague pronouncements to "wake up".

We try to have a reasoned, intelligent discourse here. There are many services provided by companies which may collaborate with the NSA or law enforcement which are pretty much unavoidable in modern society; the telephone network, the internet, and so on. Telling people that they need to completely disconnect from modern society or they shouldn't complain is unproductive.

Rather, we should be discussing realistic solutions. Pervasive end-to-end cryptography for everyday tasks would help. Better laws and legal oversight of both the government and of corporations would help. Protocols that encourage federated or decentralized use, rather than central storage that everything passes through unencrypted would help.
All arithmetic operations on these boxed objects are
significantly slower than on their primitive counterparts.
This implementation also creates an unnecessary intermediate sequence
(the result of the map), rather than just summing
the numbers directly.

Clojure's Reducers framework might address the described issues in a future when, in Rich's words, "those IFn.LLL, DDD etc primitive-taking function interfaces spring to life". For now, they only solve the intermediate-collections part of the problem.
Would be ironic getting no comments now, wouldn't it? ;)
I honestly believed there would be more traffic being on the front page, but who knows?

To address the question in the blog post, doing what you did now is probably a good idea; asking a question! And the pictures/illustrations made me want to read the context. Too often A link will be a wall of text. An interesting one, probably, but daunting and will make me skip in those 21 seconds you mention.
What are the benefits over the built in pprof?
Please stop. This adds nothing to the conversation. Don't worry, it's not your personal mission from saving the world from NSA spying, and if you want to do something relevant, talk to people individually in a open minded conversation, where you'll be able to calmly expose your facts.
I was wondering how toddlers kill people, so I went to the original source, which describes 5 fatal shootings. All but one were by preschoolers, not toddlers, which ruins the alliteration. And the article cherry-picks data from 2013; terrorism deaths are considerably higher if you include other years (even excluding 2001). I'd classify this as a catchy link title, not an accurate statement.