skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I would even bet you could detect it algorithmically without having access to the server logs. It's usually pretty obvious if you're paying attention to such things. What's interesting is that successful gaming of HN usually involves genuinely interesting content. It may not be front page interesting in it's own right, but there is a lot out there that could be on the front page. Some of it just needs a little push. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Petition: Public inquiry into the implications of GCHQ's 'Tempora' programme
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Ha, same here. They called it a course instead of a degree here. Then again we had dismissive nicknames for practically any field I think.
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Another warning to big companies who are employing sketchy marketing companies. With more and more of these stories coming out, I'm wondering when companies are going to stop taking chances with these "agencies" and simply bring their marketing back in house. Then they can have more control and oversight on what goes on with their brand.

This just makes Samsung and the whole Android community look bad, regardless of who actually was doing it.
It's interesting that the response to a lunatic with a semiautomatic is to mount massive internet surveillance rather than, for example, outlaw semiautomatics or provide free mental healthcare.
> how are we supposed to believe that the NSA isn't lying about their allegedly strict controls?

I think you're getting close to a key issue here: I think one reason the public (and, I'll admit, myself) isn't so outraged yet, is that there isn't (much? any?) evidence that shows widespread abuse of these programs. Yes, I'd like these NSA programs to be dissolved, but if you want me to show up at a protest, I need a better reason than that the government has access to my email. Because while unwarranted access my email is unjust, it would be a different story if there was evidence that this information was routinely used to actively suppress innocent people.

And I guess the reason I feel compelled to point this out, is because I think it explains why I haven't "lost faith in the system" when it comes to the U.S. government. As bad as these programs might be, I think it is important to recognize that there is a lack of tangibly bad consequences to these programs (so far!), and that we still have a chance to end them through the democratic process. And if that's the case, then all is not lost.... hopefully...
I must say that this is one of the most interesting apps which I had found in last few weeks. You should get yourself a beer as this is a neat feat to accomplish:)

Also, some people were saying that webapp wasn't working for them on some chrome versions. As for me - I've got the 28.0.1500.95 - the culprit was Disconnect extension, which when disabled, allowed the whole application to behave as expected.
They ended up getting some amazing free advertising out of this via this HN post!
They show a woman being able to accelerate forwards, then slow down enough to drive backwards, all the while without having to put one of her feet down.
Why do sites like this disable pinchzoom? What purpose does it serve?
How many clicks did you get ?
I'm certain I've come across these incidents, but the one thing they and the SO recruits will have in common is that they don't understand what makes a community[1]. That is still their biggest weakness.

Also, from what I've seen, astroturfing for ideology is far more effective than for products since often that's something the participant believes in. And it's easier to elicit emotions over ideology than products (unless we're talking programming languages, but then that's sacred ground to begin with).

[1] SO is most certainly not a "community".
Your last location will be visible for about 30 minutes after you close the page. But if you leave it open then it'll carry on updating for as long as you like.
I like the 10 mile range, but the 24lb weight makes it difficult to lug around.

Boosted Boards, by comparison, weighs 12-15 lbs and has a 6 mile range.
I can say with a good deal of certainty there is nothing true about your statement regarding the KKK.
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Confortable with Linux shell scripting – Bash, Perl, Python
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Good working knowledge of DB Systems (MongoDB, MySQL)
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I thought you wanted to talk about what happens in reality. If you start discussing what's right or wrong, then you are no longer talking of what things are. You've switched courses to Ethical Philosophy 101; Reality was taught in the hard sciences faculty, Ethics is at liberal arts.

In that case you'll have to consider all kind of perspectives, because what's considered right or wrong varies greatly by who is doing the consideration.
Samsung hires lots of small companies, usually on a per-project basis.
Badgeville is looking for a Senior Operations Engineer.

Why would you want to be our Senior Operations Engineer?
We sit right at the spot where websites, mobile apps & enterprise SaaS smack full-speed into big data analytics. Gamification is the big idea of 2013 and it’s only getting bigger. At Badgeville, you’ll be surrounded by the speed and flexibility of a start-up team while working to support some of the world’s biggest companies. Do you love brand-new offices featuring overstocked kitchens, games & outings, bike & jogging paths, unbeatable views and ridiculous gyms with climbing walls? Sure — we’ve got all of those. But you want all of that while you get to work with the latest systems in one of the hottest emerging markets around. You want to be in a position where the way you lead your team determines how the company performs every day. That’s why you want to be at Badgeville.

Requirements and Skills:

A minimum of 5 years hands-on Linux & package management experience
Solid understanding of Internet working and security fundamentals
Extensive experience with automation tools – Puppet & Chef
Good understanding of underlying protocols & web interfaces – TCP/IP, JSON, REST, HTTP(S)
Confortable with Linux shell scripting – Bash, Perl, Python
Strong Systems Knowledge – storage subsystems, performance tuning
Ability to quickly solve problems and automate routine tasks
Good working knowledge of DB Systems (MongoDB, MySQL)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills (ability to explain a problem/issue)
Excellent team player and comfortable interacting with developers
Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

Good networking knowledge – multilayer load balancing, BGP, network traffic analysis, firewalls, routers, switches
Experience in an Enterprise level Network Operations Center a plus
Benefits/Perks

Competitive Salary
Stock Options
Full medical, dental & vision benefits
Brand-new office space bursting with tasty treats, games, and jogging/bike paths
Fully paid gym membership (for code-crushing forearms)
Company-provided CalTrain pass
Lots of fun team events & outings
Catered lunch 3 days a week

http://www.jobscore.com/jobs/badgeville/senior-operations-en...

If interested email engjobs@badgeville.com
The comparison to motor vehicle deaths is very valuable: it's a part of how you score what's most threatening, namely, how many people is the topic killing. Another part of that scoring, is potential. Discarding the actual and only focusing on the potential, is every bit as bogus as the opposite.

Nuclear / biological / chemical attacks are the only high threat vector that terrorism presents. That should be the prime focus for anti-terrorism. The secondary focus should be terrorists like the Tsarnaev brothers that can hurt people on the level of the Aurora shooting. Neither of those threats require abandoning the first and fourth amendments to deal with properly.

The odds are strongly in favor of young children, via gun accidents, continuing to kill more people every year than what terrorists do on average.

It has to be noted that 9/11 and Boston both happened solely due to extreme government incompetence. Those two supposed black swan events should have never happened. They were not black swan events, they were sheer incompetence. The government failed at its job in numerous ways in both instances, and that's the nice explanation. Their incompetence was not because they lacked information on Average Joe citizen or because they didn't have my email meta data. They demonstrate that they're wildly incompetent at even basic security in multiple high profile cases, and yet they're given even more power. It's a failed approach top to bottom.

The NSA programs are much like our big security / security theater approach, and they'll be just as useless for the exact same reasons. It's trying to thread a needle with a hammer.
10 Cash-Flow Surprises That Could Kill Your Startup
This is the most ironic comment I have read in months.

You are effectively saying, "You must include X when considering A." You then completely ignore X when considering B.

9/11 caused the loss of 430,000 jobs

35,000 people die per year in car accidents. 9/11 happened 12 years ago. That means 420,000 DIED. That's worse than losing your job.

$40B in insurance payouts

Progressive alone pays out about $12B per year in auto accident claims. They're only the 4th largest insurer in the United States representing 8% of the market. If the ratio holds out there are approximately $150B per year in auto accident claims but admittedly I couldn't find a direct source for that. $40B in the last 12 years is a drop in the bucket.

I could go on and calculate the rest, but I hope you get the point which is your cherry picked (and made up) statistics don't hold a candle to other problems we have and relatively ignore.
Those selfish actors aren't working alone though, they work in the co-operation of others, governments in the main. That co-operation appears to pay dividends for both parties.
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I'd much rather spend that much money on an electric bike where all the tubes are slightly oversized and have li-ion batteries inside them and a fairly well hidden/disguised electric motor somewhere. Nobody thinks twice about being seen on a bike. Plus there's the "I can pedal a very small amount and double the range" factor.
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When you edit a comment it's usually considered good form to label the changes.
The ROC curves of science
This One Tweet Reveals What's Wrong With American Business
Wait, there's more to the world than Europe and America?!?!?
Not only that, but I believe Snowdon went to WashPo before he went to The Guardian?
You could get a decent folding bike (a Dahon or Brompton) for way less money than that, and folded, they're not much bigger than this thing. Plus they're street-legal in most places, likely unlike this thing, and you get the exercise benefits of riding.
Your cynicism was unfounded and the update was legitimate - the job advertisement remains.
Relationships, the jobless future, and Zolodeck
Sure, but I'm saying a single event caused this. You're talking about the sum total of all auto accidents over 12 years. Even 12 years of auto accidents don't add up to one major terrorism event. I'm not saying I agree with the way the USA handles terrorism, but it does seem like something you want to avoid. If there was another 9/11 or a Boston bombing happened every year, the country's economy would be massively screwed. My numbers are all from wikipedia's page about the economic aftermath of 9/11 and a Boston Herald article about the Boston bombing.
What is a Permanent Employee?
As an industrial engineer I'm quite excited about this. I'm 100% sure there's tons of opportunities for improvements at most charities (heck, at most companies as well). One big aspect of the Toyota Production System is that it encourages everyone to help introduce improvements. The traditional example is allowing conveyor belt workers to stop the belt when they discovered a problem. If they can instill that type of culture at the charities they work with, the benefits could be even bigger. Teaching a man how to fish and all that.
Here I've written a related post on how I automated the delivery to Amazon S3: http://born2code.net/blog/2013/05/27/simplify-your-jekyll-pu...
Function pointers are a great tool for untangling balls of code and level-izing different components based upon dependencies in a large project. Rather than having to wait until all code is logically refactored, you can poke function pointers to higher-level functionality down into lower-level libraries to remove the physical link-time dependency and/or circular dependency loops.

There are other tricks you can use if your higher-level code is written in C++. You can take advantage of static initializers to do your function pointer poking for you instead of having to manually do it all in main() or some other point of initialization, potentially creating other physical dependencies. (As long as no other static initializers depend on the function pointers being in place, because order of execution is not guaranteed.) e.g.:

extern "C" {
static void higher_level_function_pointer(void) { ... }
}

namespace {
class CallbackLoader {
CallbackLoader() {
lower_level_library_set_callback(&higher_level_function_pointer);
}
};
static const CallbackLoader loader;
}
What is even better is that you complained about this in a blog, and posted to Hacker News. Before this I didn't know anything about the Samsung Androids, but thanks to your blog and posting on Hacker News probably more people know about this than any fake $500 posting on stackoverflow. And, Samsung didn't have to pay a cent for your publicity -- or maybe they did pay you for this clever bit of marketing.
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Really? Come on. To be fair, since the immediate comparison that jumps to mind is between Samsung and Apple, let's put it right on the table: I don't think Apple does this.
This was done in the late 90's when there was rampant cellphone cloning.
Bradley Manning and the "Hacker Madness" Scare Tactic
This is great. A check is easy and visible, but if companies really want to donate to charity, employee time makes a huge difference.

This is one example, but there are dozens. PR and marketing, organizing, programming systems, construction expertise... It happens less often than it should but frequently also more often than we hear about. Toyota just has a good PR team.

It's also a better way for you personally to get involved. Anyone can mop floors or scrape old paint. Very few have the skills you have, so figuring out how to donate your expertise is a better use of your time.
Not fair in the sense that the current law exists to not protect whistleblowers like snowden. The law is by default against him and there is no legal way to expose the government to the extend snowden did.

As to Federal judge's my understanding is that (might be wrong) most of these appointments are political in nature. And at least in case of supreme court the judges tends to align with their ideological bias and their interpretation of laws often wildly differs. Don't quote me on it though, just my understanding.
"Kaizen" is a process for improving your process. It enforces a feedback loop where anyone can point out an issue, instead of having policy dictated unilaterally by experts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Production_System#Conti...
'In the Manning case, the prosecution used Manning’s use of a standard, more than 15-year-old Unix program called Wget to collect information, as if it were a dark and nefarious technique. Of course, anyone who has ever called up this utility on a Unix machine, which at this point is likely millions of ordinary Americans, knows that this program is no more scary or spectacular (and far less powerful) than a simple Google search. Yet the court apparently didn’t know this and seemed swayed by it.'

Our legal system needs for IT competence …
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Remember One Red Paperclip? That was a good one too (2006) http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
Kansas City Library's Giant Bookshelf
Guys please just implement it in Mono/CLR rather then in Java/ObjC/Python - you will get more platforms AND languages supported this way.