skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It seems like they don't take the physical security of the device into consideration at all. For example, I don't see anything about battery backup, so if I have above-ground power lines and my would-be intruder cuts mine before breaking in, am I screwed? Supposing I thought ahead and got a UPS, what about the phone or cable line? If I try and connect to it from the outside and can't, can I distinguish between a failure because Comcast is having an outage, and a failure because someone smashed my Canary with a sledgehammer, or stole it?

Security companies sell an overpriced product, but they've been at this for a while. Most security systems don't have to be in plain view because they're not also the sensor, so someone would have to find one to disable it, and would probably have to cross through the paths of more than one sensor before doing so. Battery backups in case of power failure are also a standard feature, and GSM backup modules are readily available for dealing with communications failures. And this is without even considering many of the other advantages of standard systems: UL-licensed call centers, modular sensor systems so that you can easily add, e.g., flood sensors, if you're prone to basement flooding, etc.

I get that they're going for an easy-to-use product with nice industrial design, but comparing it side-to-side with a real system because it looks like an Apple product and has an app is disingenuous.
DOE study: Fracking chemicals didn't taint water
I had to google Polymorphism and Immutable objects.

Thanks for contributing to my knowledge!
What patches from Google specifically?
to;dr at around 8 team members it starts to make financial sense to think about your own space.

Aside from financial costs I think there are other non-tangible benefits on both sides of the equation. We love our co-working space but are only 4 at the time. We'll see when the time comes...
I think he's referring to statistics about gun deaths:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...
I was going to say the same thing. I'm not going to get burned by another nice gadget that becomes a useless paperweight when the company that made it shuts down.
If any of them didn't make the trip to Africa!

I posted a cheap Toshiba laptop recently and had about 40 requests to ship it to Africa, all offering more than my asking price
It's meant to be cutting edge new hardware, which will not be found in preexisting smartphones (Because it's a hardware project.)
>put aside their differences and support this pro-gun, anti-abortion, religious Tea Party republican in his efforts

Isn't this tone part of the problem? It is possible that there exists a topic that you agree with someone on even if you find them or their unrelated views repugnant. Refusal to identify where the overlap in views does exist is what has gotten us to the state we are in.
You misunderstand. uxp is referring to immunity from prosecution. The law you cite provides no such thing.

In obvious cases, the person may not be charged, or a judge may dismiss the charges at the outset, but some cases of legitimate self-defense will inevitably go to trial for a jury to determine whether the person acted in self-defense or not.
This would have been a great app, instead of just rehashed games.
Global Warming
Why miss the chance to milk developers for another $59.99?
This is your life, reduced to a vinyl record
"Adding more cores to a CPU did help mitigate this and we tested some of the high core count AMD CPUs, but ultimately decided against going that direction."

You tested it, but you did not mention why you ultimately decided against them. Was there something specifically less good about the AMD CPU's or is Intel giving you a discount for keeping your servers all intel? (i.e. NIC's and SSD's etc)
That one probably took a lot longer as it was a complete rewrite to deal with the core profile. 4.3->4.4 would only have to add the 4.4 stuff in.

4.4 doesn't seem to be a major change. Only adding some buffer stuff, DX10 compatibility and mega-texturing.
Your app looks really good.

What tech did you use if you don't mind answering?
I find it nasty how some vendors provide proprietary SFP+ connectors. I wouldn't deal with such types. They should make it an official standard and end the extortion.
You forgot to mention the embezzlement that wiped the businessman out after all those years of hard work.
Man, that guy needs to spend some of his money on a body language coach.
Or you could pick something like C#/F# and use both approaches harmonically.
I think the problem is that the proverbial small inventor is extremely rare, and if they are indeed small enough for us to take pity on them, then a patent isn't enough to protect them anyway.
If by farmer, you mean someone who works on a farm, but doesn't own it, it's laughable to suggest that they will ever be making a lot of money.

If by farmer you mean someone with millions of dollars of capital invested in farmland, it's not accurate to compare them to a run of the mill software developer. As with all industries in a capitalist economy, the people with the capital are the ones making most of the money.
If it were me and he said "no", my reaction would be, "whoops, my bad". If he said "fuck no, etc", I would be like, "shit, I better not do that again".
> For the same reason Microsoft made the Surface and Google has the Nexus devices.

The Nexus handsets are basically third party handsets with some input from Google, but primarily engineered and built by the hardware partner (LG, Samsung, etc). It's not really comparable.

Microsoft do engineer and build the Surface themselves, but last time I checked they just took a $900 million loss on it. Hardly great stuff.
Nerd moves in with girlfriend, doubles household income!
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Somebody's having some fun with the Speaker of the House's name...

"...you can imagine the Speaker's office will be quickly filling up with agency heads looking to get their hands on an impotent Boehner."
Founder fuel was exceptional this year.
"We'll replace glass with sapphire crystal. A material so hard, you'll need diamonds in your pocket to leave a scratch"

I got a laugh from this because the back of my iPhone 4 had a few big scratches in it literally from carrying diamonds in my pocket (My company sells lab-grown diamonds).
You can grow a lot of your own vegetables for next to nothing, if you have space, dirt, good weather/sunlight, and a rain barrel.

Tomato and peppers, for example, are both very easy to grow. There are also spices that grow like weeds. All of these can be added to your ramen bowl. :)
Their CEO is not the brightest guy in the universe. This security notice is well written and signed by him... but obviously not written by him.
You're good enough, no need to sure-up.

Anyone who even has "design patterns" as a blip on his radar can crank out all the code required for most startups' MVP. It will take you longer than it would take someone else, and that's okay. It won't always be pretty, and that's okay, too.

Good luck!
Off topic: But I really like their site design.
Of course ethnicity matters. If most of the outflow is Russian, then to intentionally ignore that connection is intellectually dishonest.
this is my main problem with it.

it's an astounding amount of complexity to introduce into a project, just to be able to get the bare minimum of functionality.

if something breaks, and something always breaks, I simply don't want to be responsible for debugging it.
To throw some fun fuel on the fire, which God, including conceptualizations that may not exist in our time yet.

If a missionary religion is the correct true religion, and FTL exists anywhere in the galaxy, then by definition we should have already been contacted by missionaries and "civilized". Yet we're clearly not civilized, so at minimum at least one must not exist. So its not looking good for the FTL hopefuls.

There is another fun one in that if an all powerful being exists, it seems a bit presumptuous for a mere moral to limit "it" to sublight. Therefore if the concept of FTL exists and an all powerful being exists, then FTL must exist in practice unless we're placing irrational limitations on an inherently unlimited being. Therefore if FTL can be imagined, but not implemented, that proves scientifically most conceptions of "god" do not exist; Or at least "it" is not all powerful. Unclear what impact that logic puzzler would have; probably just about none.

That would make a much more fun rabble rousing article than "yet another star trek communicator / iphone analogy"
This is completely off-topic, but I'm curious. How does one go about "reverse engineering" a protocol like what Snapchat uses? Do you just listen in on the bits that the phone sends (say, with Wireshark) and kind of guess and poke at it to see what each part does?

Edit: after some research (like reading TFRepo), I found some links mentioned that give some info in case anyone else is curious too.

http://adamcaudill.com/2012/06/16/snapchat-api-and-security/

https://github.com/tlack/snaphax#motivation-and-development-...
Josef Desimone, Facebook's executive chef, has died
Here are the specs from the page -- were they added subsequently?

Dual boot Ubuntu mobile OS and Android
Fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when docked
Fastest multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage
4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD sapphire crystal display
8mp low-light rear camera, 2mp front camera
Dual-LTE, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, NFC
GPS, accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, compass, barometer
Stereo speakers with HD audio, dual-mic recording, Active Noise Cancellation
MHL connector, 3.5mm jack
Silicon-anode Li-Ion battery
64 x 9 x 124mm
I'm not surprised that many of the launch apps are wonky. I developed something using a Leap for a hackathon, and the Leap is so accurate that significant time has to be invested to debugging and just playing around with the app to improve the user experience.
No problem at all :) Glad I could help you out.
From my personal library, here are two articles you may find helpful:

10 Principles of Effective Pricing Pages
http://conversionxl.com/10-principles-of-effective-pricing-p...

Doubling SaaS Revenue By Changing The Pricing Model
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/08/13/doubling-saas-revenue/
There are only 48 states shown on the map. Why?
The major issue with using RDS vs MYSQL on EC2 isn't cost, it's all the other factors. Permissions, control, logging, ability to fix it. There is a lot lacking on the RDS side when it comes to DBA functionality.
I suspect packet sniffing to see what is being sent and when.
Uhm well ElcomSoft was found not guilty in the end, and the case against Dmitry Sklyarov was dropped, so I don't think you can claim un-rot13 to be classed as an encryption circumvention device...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._ElcomSoft_and_...
Raising a VC fund in 100 days
I second this. I'm pretty proficient in all of the typical languages in web development...PHP, Python, Ruby.

I started SICP, but followed along in Clojure, and I've been having a blast, plus my eyes are opening to a lot of things that I needed someone smart to tell me.

I don't have plans to ship Clojure in production, but it has still shaped what I'm doing on a daily basis in other languages.
I have actually developed on the Leap Motion device and here are my few critiques:

1. There are way too many gestures and motions available. The SDK needs to provide a solid framework for fewer gestures/motions and the company needs to make sure that consumers readily understand them. Unless there is a whole lot of standardization of the platform it will become hard for developers/other companies to produce a consistent and coherent experience.

2. I do not like the strategy of lets-throw-it-in-the-wild-and-see-what-other-people-come-up-with; the tech has loads of cool factor that you will get people to make interesting stuff with it. However, will that translate into useable and effective computing software? From my point of view, I have not really seen a single application on Leap which does something 'better' than a touch based or mouse-based interface can do. Better meaning more intuitively and/or more productively

3. I think one of the biggest challenges for any gesture controlled device is the shoulder/forearm/wrist/palm pain that is inherently going to be the result of prolonged gesture-driven interface use. Maybe applications have to use gestures sparingly?

On a broader note, I still think humans have an inherent desire to touch/feel interface elements. Being able to directly touch a screen and manipulate it means I can easily manipulate visual behavior through an actual/physical connection. Interfaces which disconnect this physical medium seem more alien to me at least. Maybe I am less evolved as a neanderthal but I don't think we are ready for a gesture driven interface.
Wouldn't a lot of people just acquire some pirated version of a Windows OS?
Money isn't static, and the interest isn't negligible.

Assuming you can get 1 % interest per month on the 32,000,000 before paying it out, that is still 320k. They can hold it for 2-3 months and pay their developers easily.
He was probably refering to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._ElcomSoft_and_...
I'm not sure it's the sense that mobile shopping needs to be an experience, but rather marketing IS an experience, it's bombarding your senses with an attempt to make you buy something. If you're looking at your phone for products what do you care more about, bright popping pictures, or whitepapers of details?
From a technical viewpoint it all comes down to the CAP theorem and what is priority: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAP_theorem

Not mentioning all the other factors that are involved in choosing a database (ex. current staff skills, who will be maintaining the project if you decide on x but everyone uses y, what licenses do you already have etc.), you should consider the CAP theorem when choosing between a RDBMS, NewSQL, document based, graph based, key-value or file based storage.

Each database was designed to solve a specific problem, even though most databases are advanced enough for general use cases (ex. you can use a RDBMS in a similar fashion to a key-value store).

I'd say unless you have tried out what's available, it's going to be hard to make a choice - so get started!
So any kind of tone is ok if you disagree with somebody? I mean I disagree with you here, so can I get condescending?

I didn't read it because a. I don't have time to read a 20 page report which I have no skill to assess as correct or otherwise (as I said repeatedly above), and b. my reading it, though it would satisfy you, wouldn't actually get me anywhere, since like I said, repeatedly, I don't actually know whether it's valid or not.
Meta comment: the institutionalized role of the "public editor" as a kind of quasi-independent internal advocate for the interests of the public has fascinated me for a while. They generally have no real power, but are given a platform and considerable independence, and are supposed to help hold newspapers to their stated interest in informing the public, with an expectation that they will be critical to some degree. So they can write posts like this, which normally would only come from outside sniping, but with better internal access to sources, and an officially sanctioned platform.

I've on occasion wondered if it would be beneficial for companies in other fields to adopt such a role. Could Google regain some trust and goodwill if it appointed a "public editor" with a suitably credible background, a degree of independence, and a mandate to advocate for the public interest?
Well that appears to be the exact opposite of what he said. "How odd," I thought. "I know; I'll read the blog post, and if there are no links to scientific studies, it's clear that sdse903 is making a valid point. If there are links to scientific studies, I'll know that sdse903 is either fantastically stupid, or some kind of dickhead."

I won't ruin the surprise for everyone.
ZenPayroll (YC W12) is hiring Rails engineers to make delightful payroll
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+ We're funded by the CEOs of Yelp, Dropbox, Yammer, Box, Parse, and others, as well as Google Ventures, Salesforce and Y-Combinator. Full list at www.zenpayroll.com/investors.

+ Most importantly, our company values are here: https://zenpayroll.com/about.

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Things we're looking for:

+ Experience with Rails | Backbone.js | CoffeeScript | MySQL is a plus but not a pre-requisite.

+ Interest in using a test driven development process. We also pair part of the time.

+ Interest in building user-facing and core-backend features, as well as being an active part of the design process.

+ Desire to understand the customer perspective. All members of our team are builders and it's important everyone understands the pain point we're solving.

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+ You'll be a core member of our team as we grow the company. As a result, you'll receive a competitive salary + significant equity stake.

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This job is located in SoMa, San Francisco, CA. You must be local or willing to relocate (we'll cover the cost).
There is a really good book called Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by Richard J. Gott (http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/B003L1ZYKG) that explores different concepts of time travel and violations of causality without violating Einstein's principles of relativity.
What type of applications do you think would make RethinkDB shine? (Oops... Apparently that's already in the faq: http://www.rethinkdb.com/docs/faq/ )
RAID, backyard backup and the future of backup
Interesting idea. Seems like the NSA could easily shut this down given the dossier & data stream they must have tied to Snowden by now. He probably can't even turn a computer on without red flags going off.
One possibility: his report made Apple aware of a hole that someone else was exploiting more deeply.
It's all about how you define "innocent".
Average cost of a claim and average claims per year are incredibly important.

Average cost of a car claim (ignoring glass) is probably in the $5,000 range. The average person gets in <0.5 accidents a year, so coverage is <$2,500 for the average person.

Average cost of a patent claim is, say $200,000 (that is a minimum, but we will treat it as an average). Average company gets 0.05 patent claims per year (1 in 20). Coverage would be $1,000 a month. Not too bad.

Now lets add what happens after the first time you pay out an insurance claim within 6 months. Someone in your company gets $200,000 for a client list, your patent claims per year just became 10 per client. Good luck.
Show HN: Audobox – Android Voice Recorder
A couple of friends and I built a voice recoding app that was actually designed for your smartphone. Instead of just saving an audio file (probably entitled "My Recording #4"), we wanted an app that provides context (think people and places) to the things we record. It automatically saves where and when the moment was recorded, letting you browse and search the context of your recordings.

We've been using it for meetings and standups, and we've found it really useful to be able to go back and reference what we said. We hope you find it useful too.

This is a beta release, so if you run into anything wonky just let us know: hi@audobox.com

And if you just want to tell us what you think, or suggest a feature, we've built in a pretty fun feedback tool — hit "Record audobox feedback" from the menu.
I had never seen this before. I will check it out, at least for inspiration.

I'd say "scraping" is a little more focused on extracting data from specific pages as opposed to ALL pages as in "spidering", but the two are certainly cousins if not siblings. Anemone would probably be good at the same sorts of tasks Upton is designed for (i.e. scraping data contained on multiple pages).
Surprising how long this bug was out in the wilderness.
I review code frequently. When some of the code is bad, I manage to impress upon the writer that it's not up to scratch and why, and they produce better code to replace it and continue to produce better code in the future. Sometimes it's really fucked up code. Really bad.

Yet, incredibly, I don't have to use the word "fuck" at all. Amazing, I know. It's as if it's possible for someone to listen to criticism and improve their work without having to be screamed at. I have funny memories in which this happened to me as well; I wrote bad code, and then someone explained to me what was wrong with it, and then I wrote better code. Again, nobody said "fuck". Truly amazing.
That's odd, I could've sworn that he wrote -- and that you quoted him as having written -- "history of science" and also "could kinda, sorta, maybe exist".
Can the Leap Motion be used in addition to the MYO Armband, or would that not make sense?
This is annoying. I guess my card expired. I ordered the damn thing in Feb.
I still think it's funny that the Times framed him joining them as being a huge win for him, lending him credibility, etc. The benefit to Silver was certainly money, but it was really more about the Times joining Silver than vice versa, in terms of political analysis.

I'm not at all surprised he moved on - I suspect that they expected him to be grateful, when the reverse would have been more reasonable.
> I'm willing to take the limitations of arc-style macros because they are so much easier to understand.

Then don't use scheme, hygienic macros has always been a major difference between a scheme and a lisp.
Your comment about moving is spot-on for me: I gave a standing desk a trial for a couple of days, but I found that I would walk away from my computer ~10 times per hour. I had to sit back down just to get something done.

I don't have willpower issues, I just would do it without thinking.
That's the hope, right?

I wish there was more harmony on things like this--if, for example, one wanted to run a back-alley clinic in the Tea Party apocalypse, then presumably you wouldn't want trivial tracking of your movements by phone data mining.

It'd be nice if the liberal party line was more pro-gun; they'd probably find converts a lot more easily.
Make the prior art fee scale up by number of patent applications submitted by that entity, then. First one's free. Then $100, then start growing at some small-ish exponent.