skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Did you even read what I wrote? Yes, Google will hand over user data in response to a legal demand from the U.S. government (warrant, court order, NSL, etc.). So will every other company in the US, whether it's Yahoo, Rackspace, Amazon, or Joe's Linux Servers, Inc. It's called "obeying the law". Characterizing this as "Google's demonstrated willingness to hand user data over to the US government" is dishonest.

Google is one of the industry leaders in being transparent and open about government requests for data (http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/) and in fighting the government on improper or overly-broad data requests, or those that don't exactly follow the legal procedures. I'm perfectly happy with my relationship with them. I'm quite unhappy with the U.S. legal environment that allows things like secret FISA orders, but that's hardly Google's fault.
The irony is in the fact that, as today's conservatives would hate many of the founding fathers for being godless radical liberals, today's liberals would hate many of them for being anti-government Tea Party extremists.
I thought that was more about making people aware of the bystander effect and urging them to err on the side of being the fifth person to report a strange bag, rather than assume someone else will get it?

Notably "if you see something, say something" isn't encouraging anyone to pro-actively rifle through any and all unsecured items within reach, as is being done here by the TSA and valet attendants.
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His surprise at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was telling as was his overreaction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Afganistan#I...), including a grain embargo and canceling our participation in the Moscow Olympics. Followed by a big military buildup in the next term of whoever was in office; quite a shift from this first year in office quote (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#Foreign_policy):

"Being confident of our own future, we are now free of that inordinate fear of communism which once led us to embrace any dictator who joined us in that fear. I’m glad that that’s being changed."
At this point, without voiding my warranty, I can basically poll data, reflect data through options, and use voice commands (that barely understand me) to reflect data.

I have seen interesting manipulation of the Mirror API to make voice commanded games. I tend to get unreliable ping pong times for real time related materials. Sometimes a card opens instantly, sometimes it takes up to 15 minutes.

That was my basic idea. Device A connects through bluetooth and uploads data to Phone. Phone relays to web service. Web service relays to Glass. It works. Google App Engine/Mirror API is just not my cup of coffee.

Glass, or some offspring, has the potential to be amazing. I really cannot wait to see what comes of this. A beta device utilizing a RESTful API... I knew what I was getting into, but once I got it, there just was not anything I wanted to feed to Glass. Glass hungers.
I don't know if anyone has asked this yet but why does it have lenses if those lenses don't actually do anything? I mean, why not just the display portion in some sort of headpiece instead of including the glass?
Carter's being generous to himself. It was Nixon who opened up relations with China (and it probably could only have been a Republican who took that first step), and Carter presided over the mess subsequent to the incredibly disatrous Iranian revolution.
I think you meant TSA
This is tangential to the point, but TaskUs has the best website of any "outsourcing" company I've ever encountered. Understanding (pardon) what in the fuck an outsourcing company actually does is often absurdly difficult. I don't know why it's so hard to be direct about what you do on a company website.

While the article might appear to be an obvious PR play, it really does underscore that TaskUs is taking a different messaging tack from their competitors. How many outsourcing companies eschew language like "leveraging strategic opportunities for enhanced efficiencies", and in place, cite specific examples of jobs that are being done? It's refreshing.
If you think that FISA in 1978 started a slippery slope to the recent surveillance abuses, you don't understand what FISA did and what the state of affairs with regard to surveillance was before FISA.
Your post is full of assertions, but empty of evidence. I disagree with almost every hyberbolic point you make:

-There is NOT consensus that the Fed's creation of money caused the last two crashes. In fact, market monetarists argue the last recession was exacerbated by how LITTLE the Fed did. http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?page_id=3443

-Inflation is not 3%-4%. It has been very low since 2008. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1&year1=2008&ye...

-Stock market gains have not been due to pure PE expansion. This is demonstrably untrue. http://www.multpl.com/

-Inflation does not, by itself, hurt savings rates. A world with 1% inflation and 1% interest should be identical to a world with 2% inflation and 2% interest (this is not strictly true, but the simple toy model is a good thought experiment to see where your reasoning fails.)

-American oil production has almost NO impact on global prices. In fact, causation works the other way around. High oil prices make more American oil fields profitable, and drives production. (Even OPEC has very little market power. Saudi Arabia arguably has the most market power.)

-The Fed was more aggressive than the central banks of most countries in the last recession (compare to BoE or ECB or whoever). The USA has recovered better than most other countries with passive central banks. There's not consensus, but many economists believe there is a causal connection. Your theory does not fit these data.
so does gmail's POP3 fetcher for other email accounts.

non-story!
Why does a drop need to fall in order to prove the theory? Isn't seeing the drip forming enough?
I haven't really looked into this, but is this really more secure than passwords? Ok, ignoring the majority of passwords are something like `password`, given you store the secret key in plain text, if your database gets hacked, doesn't that mean you can access everyones account?
I wrote to Dianne Feinstein regarding PRISM. Here’s her canned response.
> I think, then, Americans would be a lot more cautious about sending over attacks to other countries without caring what happens.

The problem here that the "Fight for what's mine" mentality is a core of American society. If there was a credible threat to America, the 310 million of them would band together stronger than ever before to unleash a horrible, all consuming war.
Yes, because class conflict totally started with OWS. Moreover, you don't have to be an OWS-supporter hippie to understand that different groups of people have different incentives and that the interests of different groups of people can come into conflict. One of the greatest fantasies perpetuated on our generation is the idea that there are simple policy prescriptions that are "good for everyone."
Elysium doesn't sound too different from the book Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. They both do sound like very possible futures for the human race.
I did read the article. I also watched the movie trailer.

As with politics, I tend to take actions more into consideration than words. The right words are too easy to fabricate. The right actions, not so much.
Microsoft Research turns Kinect into canny sign language reader
Absolutely. Step 0 of this article should have been "profile your GC and establish that it is a problem."
Keep in mind Blomkamp is South African, and his last major film (District 9) had similar themes. It was also released in 2009, well before OWS came into existence. It's clear that whatever politics Blomkamp holds, it comes from from growing up in apartheid South Africa. His first work featuring the themes of poverty, wealth disparity, and racial inequality predate OWS by at least six years (see: the short Alive in Joburg, which is basically the direct predecessor of District 9).

So while Blomkamp may share some politics with OWS, it's silly to suggest he borrowed them from OWS or the recent politics of the last couple of years.

Side note: the fact that his sci-fi allegories of apartheid-era South Africa has enough in parallel with present-day America to inspire suspicion, is troubling.
Yes, though not as much as you may think.

Going faster tightens that pressure wave cone, but there are a lot of other factors too. Vehicle geometry seems to be a pretty dominating factor for example, longer aircraft have less severe sonic booms. Depending on the shape of your aircraft you may or may not get several shockwaves originating from different points that after a distance combine to form a larger shockwave. Altitude is a biggie too, the higher you are the less intense it will be.

Take note of how the F-104 and Concorde compare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom#Measurement_and_exam...). The F-104 moves slightly slower, slightly lower, but has a much weaker sonic boom.
Updated with a JSPerf: http://jsperf.com/thulium-vs-underscore-and-ejs ... Tm runs faster in chrome/node... Underscore wins in firefox. So we'll need to get to work in optimizing stuff for firefox too :)
I wonder how he managed to be "financially secure for life" without any merchandising. Just from book sales and syndication money? That seems amazing.
There is the beauty contest, and then there is Keynes' beauty contest, in which people flock to what they think other people think is beauty.

I think people respect an informed choice about an asethetic, but some distrust the flocking.
If your question was closed twice maybe it wasn't as relevant as you thought.
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Apparently the origin is somewhat contested, but generally it's attributed to Sigmund Freud.
It comes with sunglasses lenses, and the option to have no lenses. OP is wearing them over top of regular, perscription glasses
> "Excellent question!" to any experienced interviewer means...

That's an very broad statement.

This phrase can come across as gratuitous or stalling, but it really depends on how you phrase it, the enthusiasm you project, and whether you use it sparingly and appropriately.
Ask HN: How do you find a US job, as a foreigner?
I have a couple of hw engineer friends in Israel who want to work and live in the USA. I told them they probably need to find a company willing to sponsor them but I wonder if anyone has experience or personal recommendations for staffing companies that specialize in matching international talent.
How do you feel about Onstar or Progressive insurance snapshot?

Progressive Snapshot: We look at your driving habits to see if you could be saving more. You can track your projected savings online. "We look, you track"
Why so dour, your majesty?
The most critical thing to remember when it comes to applying for jobs is "either you have it or you don't". You can embellish your resume, contact 100 recruiters, and have the most well developed portfolio on the planet, but when it comes time to apply your knowledge, you have to deliver. I have seen plenty of IT professionals who look fantastic on paper, but cannot think creatively or deliver under pressure. Take time to understand the industry, constantly strive to learn new technologies, and be infinitely curious. I am nowhere near the skill level of anyone on HN, but people much wiser than I am have instilled a sense of curiosity in me, and that's the most valuable character trait anyone in this industry can have.
Is Pixar's 'Quality-Success' Link Over?
He has another problem with OpenStack; he made this claim:

> @tcarrez on nous a fait clairement comprendre qu'il y a aucun espoir de reprendre nos patchs sur MOVE si c'est pas dans la roadmap/sponsor.

We were clearly made to understand that there was no hope to take our MOVE work if it wasn't in the roadmap/sponsor.

> on veut pas de nos patchs. nos besoins ne sont pas dans la roadmap. il faut payer pour la modifier.

Our patches aren't wanted. Our needs aren't on the roadmap. You have to pay to change it.

Thierry Carrez is the OpenStack release manager, sits on the technical committee, and posted some links on OpenStack's open governance (which don't mention a roadmap; the term may have been used loosely). As long as they keep talking[1], this may still end well for everyone.

[1] https://twitter.com/olesovhcom/status/357881953661353985
Unless an article like this is written by Josh Bloch, or someone of his caliber, I don't think you can really believe it.
So do you believe the official fable about 9/11? If you do, what do you find compelling about the narrative?

If you don't, then I applaud your critical thinking.
Scientific American Announces “Quantum Shorts” Fiction Contest
How Watching 'Unbundled' ESPN and AMC Could Cost More Than Your Whole Cable Bill
The GASC License- the best license on the web.
5 Steps for Selecting the Right USB to Serial adapter
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I think a Netflix tech sounded off on reddit about this and said that it's not up to them, its up to the distributor they license the content from. They request the 16:9 format, but in the end they have to go with what the distributor gives them and they aren't allowed to alter it. This is a licensing thing, not Netflix interfering. As pointed out, Starz Play was the worse offender, which means Starz gave it to them preformatted. Possibly to make it so if it's pirated, it's not the full format version.

If you're such a cinephile, why watch it on Netflix anyway? Just go buy the Bluray and get the full resolution and director's cut. How many of you even cared before reading this article?
That's possible today with e-ink tablets, like the Kindle.
> The American citizenry tends to be OK with this kind of thing as long as it happens far away from us.

It's not that it's far away from us, it's that it happens to others. In this case, to the family of a terrorist that, while born in the U.S., spent a decade waging war against the U.S. on behalf of Al Qaeda while eluding every attempt to bring him to justice.

The U.S. reserves the right to have different rules for us versus others like every other people in the history of the world.
This is the stance you must take if you believe Snowden was in the right.

You must believe there is no recourse from within the system for which to correct it if you believe that acting outside of the system is a valid strategy.

I applaud Jimmy Carter for being consistent, at least.
What Is 10 Trillion Times More Powerful Than A Heartbeat?
Smartwatches still in a 'so what' phase
My favourite thing about this story is the various times that this and similar experiments around the world missed capturing the actual drip due to various glitches and snafus; imagine the howl of anguish of the researcher coming in one morning to find that yes something has finally happened after all these years, only to discover that some doofus had left the lens cap on ....
>The military-industrial complex was basically created from scratch in WWII (The U.S's industrial contribution to WWI was a joke). This was never de-mobilized because the Cold War began immediately after, and Europe was in no position to defend itself.

Actually it was never de-mobilized because the US needed it to play the role of a world hegemonic power -- to control other places with diplomatic and military might, grab resources and such. It was its opportunity to step on to that role, since WWII had destroyed the European colonian empires.

As for Europe, defend itself from what? With the exception of right wing nuts in power, Europeans didn't feel threatened by the USSR. The people of (non Eastern) Europe, were half and half in favor of communism (huge following in Italy, France, Greece, etc. In Western Germany there were lots of sympathizers too, but the communist party was crashed by Hitler (and then the country was divided post war). That would also be the case in Spain and Portugal, if it wasn't for the dictatorships.
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Did you just call him "a little fat"?
There are people of all sorts of political leanings that realize that the state's case was extremely weak because of the lack of hard evidence. Maybe that's because it isn't a political issue. I mean, how would you frame the question, if you wanted to glean a person's political affiliation from the single issue of Zimmerman killing Martin?

This square peg of a criminal case was jammed into the round hole of a political issue when Obama made his statement about if Trayvon was his son. Since there are millions of people in this country whose stances on various issues consist singularly of the opposing view of whatever Obama's view on the issue is, George Zimmerman became a conservative hero.

So to paint overreaction and the abandonment of logic and reason as a tenet of liberalism is downright ludicrous.
They use some JS to add and remove classes, but they are all either CSS transitions or CSS animations.
Evidence suggests that buying things is an inefficient way to turn money into happiness (you're better off buying experiences). You tend to end up on a treadmill where you have to buy more and more expensive versions of everything just to maintain your level of satisfaction with them.

When I buy a "thing" it's as a means to an end - it's not what I own that matters, but what I do with it. Sometimes that means the power of a tool is important, but most of the time it means buying the cheapest thing and spending my money on things that are more meaningful. I remember what I've done, and forget what I own.
"Petroleum-derived pitch is black in colour, hence the adjectival phrase, 'pitch-black'."

That was the most interesting thing I found in this experiment.
Dear Mr Franklin, Sorry its taken me a while to catch up. I promise to stay on the ball from now on.

What is this referring to? Google brings up nothing at all on this paragraph.
The lenses on Google Glass are completely removable and replaceable. Most people wear Google Glass without any lenses. There are clear and sunglass lenses you can snap in, however.
Do you have a good test for 'us' vs 'others' other than citizenship? What should it be based on? What should we call 'us', and what should we call the 'others'? 'Citizens' & 'Foreigners' seems to be pretty good already.
Judgement Day T2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olXilz8r4uU
Tablets may be a dominant form for quite a while, but how can you possibly think tablets are all there will ever be?
Talk about it with people close to you and seek professional help.
I try to do this, too, for the same reasons.

(Well, it's far from 100%, but I at least make a point to politely decline the higher-quality recruiting mails, like those that reference my work and get into specifics of the position. So far I haven't regretted it.)
Kind of weird he mentions the Recon Jet. You can't even remove the sunglasses part of that, so you certainly won't be reading emails casually at home on it. It doesn't seem to match his key complaints.
The Radiolab episode was about a similar experiment at the University of Queensland in Australia.
This is a good visualization of drone strikes in Pakistan: http://drones.pitchinteractive.com/

Edit: I don't completely love focusing on the technology behind killing innocent people in war. Whether the planes are piloted or not, people sitting in cafes, elementary schools, orphanages... get killed because we no longer arrest bad guys. We try to blow them up.
A Philadelphia School's Big Bet on Nonviolence
Way back in 1984 (starting with Neuromancer), William Gibson wrote about an orbiting space station owned by the super-rich.[1]

(WARNING: Spoilers below)

"Tessier-Ashpool is a fictional family appearing in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy novels. The family owns Freeside, a space station shaped
like a spindle Bernal sphere constructed in high orbit. The family resides in the Villa Straylight, which occupies one end of the spindle.

The family is organized and run as a corporation, Tessier-Ashpool S.A.. Family members are kept under cryogenic stasis and thawed out
periodically so that governance of the family is cycled between members. According to "orbital law" they are legally dead while cryogenically
preserved.

...

The Tessier-Ashpools were founded with the marriage of scions of two powerful families: Marie-France Tessier, who was Swiss and John Harness
Ashpool, an Australian who inherited a Melbourne engineering company. After the two were married, Ashpool began construction of Freeside in
high orbit due to the relatively relaxed laws governing construction.

The family became extremely successful financially, developing the attached space station, sponsoring human colonization of space, and
acquiring a number of other firms which subsequently flourished.

...

However, following the death of Marie-France, the family became extremely reclusive. Family members, including Ashpool, tended to place
themselves in cryogenic sleep. At any one given time, only one or two of the children would be awake. They are also known for cloning their
own assassins, "vat-grown" ninja who follow their orders without question.

...

By the time of Neuromancer the family has become extremely degenerate and dysfunctional. The patriarch Ashpool spends almost all of his time
in cryogenic stasis. A dissolute alcoholic and heavy drug user, when he is awakened for the final time he has sex with and subsequently
murders a clone of his daughter prior to committing suicide."

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessier_Ashpool
Ask HN: Any tech evangelists willing to mentor a young IT professional?
HN community,
I'm a 21 year old software engineer living in Seattle and I was wondering if there is anyone out there who has had experience in the tech industry (10+ years or so) who is willing to mentor me and provide advice for my future. I have worked/interned for several big companies, but I still feel like I have a lot to learn, and someone to help guide my development would be incredibly beneficial this early in my career. If you don't mind sparing an hour or so a week to chat, e-mail me at apranam2@hotmail.com

Thanks!
This is the most awesome thing I have seen today. Instantly shared with some of my comrades in web arms.

Keep up the awesome work
Long story short:
FISA made legal foreign intelligence surveillance on US soil and made domestic warrantless wiretaps illegal. Some people would argue the US Constitution's fourth amendment applies to all men and women, even those that are the subject of foreign intelligence surveillance. Once that was made legal, the definition of 'foreignness' has expanded to effectively include domestic warrantless wiretaps.
> We are blowing up American Citizens sitting in cafes and legally it's "untouchable".

The crux of the debate is how much an "american citizen" can claim the protection of that citizenship while waging war against the U.S. and evading attempts to bring him to justice for a decade.

Being an American citizen entitles you to due process. Not "a court trial no matter what the circumstances," but some level of process appropriate to the circumstances.

> Stop murdering people.

It's only murder when people who are part of the same social compact and subject to the same law kill each other. When one group of people organized into a state kills people in another group, that's not "murder" it's exercise of the sovereign right of nations.
Except it's not actually the same bureaucratic entity that does both. The government may pay for health care but in many countries like France hospitals are still private businesses.

I think the real difference more different levels of social trust in experts, parliamentary systems versus presidential systems, etc.
That's only if the escalator isn't under repair. I always take the staircase to/from the entrance.
Take on a co-founder.