skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There is a perfectly good theory which allows one to have electrons just going through one slit at a time. It has a few names: de Broglie-Bohm theory/pilot-wave theory/Bohmian mechanics. The idea is that we have a wave AND a particle. The wave goes through both slits and interferes. The particle travels along the wave, like some wood on the ocean.

Unlike an ocean wave, the quantum wave exists in 3N dimensional space where N is the number of particles in the universe (fundamentally) or the number of relevant particles in an experiment (practically). When an observation is made of which slit it went through, the environmental variables get entangled with the experimental system and separate the two branches of the wave functions (kind of like 2d waves that become separated vertically) and thus they can no longer interfere. The particle, always there and traveling along the wave, no longer is on a wave with an interference pattern. The system is no longer isolated from the environment and the behavior changes as a result.

The weirdness is not the hidden variable (position of the particle!), but rather the quantum wave function. It lives on configuration space, meaning that, in theory, it uses the configuration of all the particles of the universe at a single time. This somewhat contradicts relativity. Bell, once he saw Bohm's theory, realized that nonlocality is the central issue. He tried to do better. He failed and then proved that nature itself is simply nonlocal. No one likes it, but that is simply the way nature is. Relativity lost to quantum nonlocality.

As for randomness, one can prove in Bohm's theory that it is impossible to know the precise location of a particle. The best we can do, theoretically regardless of technology, is the quantum mechanical rule of psi-squared probability.

The theory has global existence and uniqueness of solutions which classical mechanics does not even have. It agrees completely with standard quantum predictions. It is not very magical. It can even be derived more easily than the Schrodinger equation itself. In fact, all one has to do is assume that one has particles with positions and the guiding equation can be derived from at least five entirely different points of view.
UK's Anti-Porn Filtering Being Handled By A Chinese Company
I find it extremely unfortunate that more of the "democratic" countries are now starting to see China's model of censorship and surveillance of its population as something to aspire to.

This is not just a one-off. It's a trend. They all seem to want what the Chinese government has (full control over its population), while still "pretending" it's a democracy and everyone's rights are unharmed.
1. Additional thinking time was not explicitly asked for. "While I an leaning heavily towards Reuters, as a matter of professional courtesy, I told another firm I would listen to their offer." - does not count.

2. Additional thinking time was not explicitly promised.

Lesson: Improve clarity of communications.
Hate porn, sure, but be wary of banning it
What's the "T" word, please?
The fact that it will make identifying anyone who goes to protest there very easy, is just a (happy) coincidence.
Better is potentially a difficult term when you're only judging against yourself. Especially with forms of art, where our appreciation of beauty is going to be informed by social standards. When we start talking about better and worse, then we're inviting a general standard into the discussion. After which the question might go something like: To push themselves and at the end of the day just be a bad web designer (or whatever). Is this what people really want to get out of effort?

Doesn't that seem kinda sad to imagine?

Maybe that's another variable people can change: If they can identify the similarities amongst what they enjoy doing, then they can form more abstract goals that can be satisfied by multiple approaches. If they've done that, then the ability to recognise their relative strengths and weaknesses becomes more important again.
Terrorism.
Consider that a lot of applications, when shipped in VMs or containers, needs very, very thin slivers of a full OS. Especially in things like an LXC container which can easily be set up to share a subset of the filesystem of the host.

E.g. many apps can throw away 90%+ of userland. So while they need to pay attention to security patches, the attack surface might already be substantially reduced.

And LXC can, if your app can handle it, execute single applications. There doesn't need to be a userland there at all other than your app.

Now, it brings its own challenges. But so does trusting users to set up their environments in anything remotely like a sane way.
Turn your laptop into a NSA spying machine
Yet another SF space to be crowded with laptop-wielding techies? I welcome this news with the same gusto I'd welcome it if Exxon paid for free interstates in Yosemite.
Is there anything else you're running besides ownCloud and soon OX?
Using AWS OpsWorks with Chef
Thanks, obvious in hindsight.
Oh, I totally agree - the link was just to answer the "what doesn't IE10 support" question, which you didn't really ask ;)

Having said that, the site in question is aimed at developers and designers, most of whom [1] will be using something other than IE. So this isn't the worst example out there.

[1] Yes, of course, this is pure conjecture, and I don't have any figures to back that up. Doesn't stop it being true, though.
> defecting to the Soviet Union

Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991. 1991 was 22 years ago. You must be a real old-timer?
Or just "The Hadrian's Firewall" ("Great Firewall" comes from "Great Wall"). Anyway, nice nickname; I'll start using it on social media :).
OSCON 2013 : An Overview of Open Source in East Asia (China, Korea, Japan)
Hi hackers,
I'm Sungju Jin, Korean Hacker.
A few days ago, I was talking about 'Open Source in East Asia' at OSCON.
Here is my OSCON slide.
I'll hope this slide is helpful for open source community!

http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/29494
Let's be clear: government has not just passed a law requiring packet inspection, and there are ISPs who provide unfiltered connectivity. (Eg as discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6082595)

The government is proposing that they may bring legislation to Parliament if the industry doesn't do something to thinkofthechildren, but what shape that might take is not yet clear.
Then they'll have to let me know and get a warrant.

Two key aspects crucial to a functioning democracy. Two things they wont have to do if you have your data in a US-controlled cloud.

Possible point of interest: I don't live in the US.
Mentioned before, living outside US. In a small country in EU.

I can't also sign up to mt gox because they don't accept my proofs.
I'm glad you linked to Part 6. This is the greatest QM lecture ever given.
So, where is that quotation from? Oh, sorry, it looks like the "journalist" was just making shit up and putting it in people's mouths? What garbage.
> * Coordination. I'm used to using something like supervisord to control my processes - what's the equivalent in docker land?

The question doesn't really make sense: The equivalent is supervisord running inside the lxc container.

> * Routing. How do you tell your reporting/web app containers "this is where your message bus and database live?"

How do you tell them in a cluster? This is a problem anyone who's ever needed to scale a system beyond a single server has already had to deal with, whether or not the application is package up a container, and there's a plethora of solutions, ranging from hardcoding it in config files, to LDAP or DNS based approaches, to things like Zookeeper or Doozer, to keeping all the config data in a database server (and hardcoding the dsn for that), to rsyncing files with all the config data to all the servers, and lots more.
Does any one know if the authors are sharing the benchmark's source code? tks.
#bbuzz: Jan Lehnardt "The CouchDB Implementation"
May I ask where you find these firms? I know a lot for on-site contracting, but off-site freelancing I don't seem to find many (specially in UK/Europe)
I wouldn't call reinventing the early 20th century progress, at least not positive progress. The service industry is largely the antithesis of a technological utopia.
> The Atom was made for the burgeoning market of low power, low performance, low priced netbooks.

This is incorrect. The Atom CPU was initially meant for smartphones, but the first models way overshooted the available power envelope. Netbooks were created by Asus when Intel offered a lot of cheap, slow chips for sale that were good for little else, and they created a new, shortlived segment. No-one at Intel thought about netbooks when designing Atom.
Using Incenteev + Capifony to manage environment specific parameters
It's been in place on TalkTalk's network for 2 years now, it really doesn't break things. It's not particularly aggressive, and only looks for HTTP and HTTPS traffic, not VPNs etc.

Whether you agree with it, like it, or want it, is an entirely different question (I don't want it), but it hasn't caused significant issues yet.
Sylvia Sweets Tea Room – Brockton, Mass. 1940
In 2011, Huawei offered to give roughly 50MM GBP's worth of mobile equipment to the London Underground as a gift, which the UK declined due to "national security" reasons.

In 2013, the UK is going to pay Huawei to filter all its Internet traffic.
So now we must use a VPN for everything? of course that instantly means you're guilty of ... something.
How does this play with DMCA anti-circumvention provisions?
It is interesting to read how Haskell optimized the algorithm based on the instrinsic properties of the data structures. In contrast, C compilers leveraged on the knowledge of the underlying machine. It is amazing how far Haskell compilers have come.
Forget Apple: Samsung Could Be Google’s Next Big Rival
I'm from Poland too and last time I was in Pizza Hut (about year ago?) it was like that. Unfortunately with the refill they introduced one person limit (only one person is allowed to eat one salad; just as in soft drinks refills).
Though we currently do not know how long civilization will last - but I would have to agree that from right here it seems too fragile to endure 200 million years.
Chrome use an unbranded version of foxit[1][2].

[1]http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-chromes-pdf-...
[2]independently verified to me by a foxit employee.
This is not surveillance, it's out right censorship.

Technically, censoring porn is no different from censoring anything else. It's only a matter of time for politicians to abuse this power.
Are there not any services currently that let you send out press releases?
Yeah, I was a little too quick in writing that. What I meant to write was that 1. passwords are stored locally and 2. you have the option to generate passwords with predefined complexity parameters. It would be possible to use this password generating feature to update your passwords automatically at a set interval.
13EUR/month, 1GB RAM, 40 GB HDD, 2TB traffic
http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_vserver/vq12
There's an unfortunate view in the learned press that business-like governments such as Singapore and China are able to work efficiently and generally get things done and are generally to be admired (though not always publicly). Combine that with the UK Government's Big Sister approach to managing the population and the worst effects of political correctness and you can see where this is all heading - a country safely protected from itself under the watchful gaze of those that know what's best for us - Downton Abbey on a grand scale.
Never fear, the Wayback Machine is here. http://web.archive.org/web/20130608162024/http://change.gov/...
And giving another state access to black mail information is not a good idea

Is Huawei one of Lynton crosbys customers?
For the antithesis of this: webstock.org.nz
Famous for spending love and effort on speakers.
Isn't it just using Chinese hardware? EDIT - I understand the hardware may be doing more than what it says on the box.
Am I the only one who doesn't have a microphone or webcam in my laptop these days (6 year old Lenovo T61)? It didn't come with a webcam and I unplugged the mic.

I can't stand the thought of them pointing at me.
> untested provider

untested? OVH is one of the top-5 ISPs world-wide. They are anything but untested.
That really is the missing piece in the puzzle: what on earth do they need such deep and complete access into everyones' lives for?
I'm not sure there's going to be a bullet-proof solution to this. I believe that Docker is the right step forward, especially for the application containers. What I have been tinkering with is the idea of having smaller, configurable pieces of infrastructure and then providing a simple tool on top of that (e.g. 'heroku' CLI).

Once you are past the procurement and provisioning steps you really need a way to describe how to wire everything together. I definitely haven't solved it yet but I sure hope to! :)
> This is not surveillance, it's out right censorship.

Of course it's surveillance, you think this system doesn't log hits? At this point you have to expect a database query can return what porn sites you're visiting and when.
Not at the moment. ownCloud does my file backup and sync between devices, calendar, cloud music player and to-do list manager.

I'm considering setting up my own e-mail system, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

EDIT: Actually, I forgot I installed Piwik for web analytics. Not that it's in any way needed for what I do, but I wanted to see what it's like. I was impressed, but haven't pushed it yet.
Except the overall effect of this startup will be the opposite of what you just describe. Prim isn’t creating more dirty laundry, it’s consolidating the laundry jobs into batches that will be performed by fewer businesses than would otherwise overall.

If you happen to own one of the laundromats that Prim doesn’t want to use you will see a reduction in your business. There is a saving grace for that situation however, you could apply for a job at Prim.
No kidding!! With two toddlers I do laundry daily, and frequently the cycle is "remove clothes at bath time and put them directly into the washing machine".
Chromecast vs AirPlay: how do they compare?
I've found "Economics for dummies" (french edition) a good start.
Then "Macroeconomics" from Olivier Blanchard (US edition) a great reference, but harder, something like 1st university years level.
Google will tell you that you changed your password {0} days ago if you try to log in with the previous password.
Signs You’re in a Dead-End Job
Appropriate user name is appropriate.

I've got a bit of electrical tape over the spycam on my own laptop. Mics I haven't disabled, though I suspect I should...
Admittedly, I'm a little young to remember the earlier IE versions, especially in the context of being a developer, but my older coworkers like to remind me how nice it was for its time. I guess the moral of the story is today's state of the art is tomorrow's bane of my existence.
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Can Traditional Programming Bridge the Ninja Performance Gap [C/C++]
Presumably they'll choose the companies who can/do service them best. I work for a contract manufacturing company and the same thing holds true for us as a $6b corporation with a presence in 25 countries. Customers pick the partner who provides the right mix of cost, quality, communications, timeliness, location and alignment. Depending on the customer's own business goals and performance, the list of eligible partners ebbs & flows over time. Generally speaking, though, the cream always rises to the top.
I bought the HL-2270DW based on the Wirecutter's recommendation. It's fine for the price, but it has a LOT of fan noise, which means it's mostly turned off in my home office. It's also pretty bad at printing dark images (lots of white stripes in the black).
You're concerned about the social, economic, and environmental impacts of a laundry service?

I meant puritan in a cultural sense. The kind of impulse that says you should be doing your homework or your chores, not sitting around playing Taki you lazy no good brat.
There's a (dead?) project for doing this with squeak Smalltalk:

http://squeaknos.blogspot.no/

Of course, you could argue that the whole design of Smalltalk with it's VM is already abstracting away the OS...

Indeed, some of the advantages from java on the server side is arguably that it has its own VM, so that you don't target the OS platform, but the java platform.
Half the episodes are crappy filler. Half the episodes are solid gold, some of the best neuro/cyber-punk out there.
I think that's already true, and seems to be the single biggest (albeit poorly articulated and somewhat nebulous) complaint people have about the valley. Ideas are created in the bizarro vacuum of that specific locale and fail to meet the needs or wants of the populace as a whole. But -- given the easy flow of capital the last several years -- it's easy to argue that everything is going swimmingly and there is no problem. It's takes quite an ego to align oneself with either extreme, imho.
In those scenarios, making the door open outwards trumps any handle design. More, it is the expectation for most of us.

As for poorly designed power switches. I do not at all dispute the majority of the philosophy of this class. Even plan on taking the class, myself. I just find the door fixation obnoxious.

As a counterpoint, I usually reach towards cars. Most are very similar to each other, yet as someone that used to have to rely on rentals, the first 2 minutes in any car are spent making sure I know how to do all of the basics. The myriad ways to control a windshield wiper, adjust the brightness of the inner lights, reset trip timers, etc, is quite impressive. Same for the radio and its highly varied functions.
Are you a TalkTalk customer?

I'm genuinely surprised that it isn't causing at least minor problems with some sites for more technical users.
I manage a virus-scanning web proxy for our company and this is enough to throw up regular little glitches with all sorts of sites which "just work" when going direct.
This is very much about literacy

- do we expect firewalls on books children read, on radio they listen to? No. We expect parental supervision

Lets get back to blaming the parents please
Changing your password frequently could be construed as obstruction of justice (US) or perverting the course of justice (UK).

Also, if there is an automated system for sending new passwords to your local clandestine operations agency then you're simply speeding up the process of them hoovering your data.
So, do you think your visitors have a problem with Google knowing about every visit to your site?
I had to go to the doctor recently. Among the 'tests' he did was to check different parts of my chest with a stethoscope (and noted that there was a mild wheeze). Another was gently pressing particular points on my throat and asked me if it hurt. He also checked how the ears, nose and throat looked by using a bright light pointed towards them. Overall he checked for a variety of things and some of them involved physical contact.

I think it would have been hard for him to do this over a video call or have the same confidence in his diagnosis if he were not able to do these 'tests' even if his diagnosis were the same.

I myself would find it hard to feel comfortable with diagnosis that I receive over a video session. In fact unless the whole pipeline for transmitting sound from one end to the other is very good, the doctor might miss some vital clues. I say this because I once saw him mention a faint whistling sound in my wife's breathing from a few feet away (which we had not noticed until he pointed it out to us). How could he notice something small like that over a video call? How could a patient be confident that the doctors are not missing something like that over the call?

I wouldn't mind receiving consultation regarding legal, financial or technical (Programming?) matters over a video call but I don't see being comfortable receiving medical consultation through a video call.

[Edit: replied to wrong post earlier, deleted that and pasted here]
Actually the legal standard (in the US) to compel someone to turn over a physical key (and I think combination to a physical safe) is fairly low, relative to information. One of the big debates is whether compelled disclosure of a password is information (high protection) vs. access (low protection). Marcia Hofmann from EFF talked to a few people at Hope for about an hour on the finer points in specific situations.
Starterkit - create a simple landing page (email, social and analytics)
Also a good CDN alternative http://www.jsdelivr.com
That advice creates startups that are more likely to work, yes, but also seriously narrows the range of different startups likely to occur. You’re optimizing for reliability—not surprising, you’re an investor—not for where the need is greatest.

Perhaps once you’ve made a lot of money you could afford to optimize for where the need is greatest instead of reliability and fund tech startups tackling problems less familiar to their founders or founders from different backgrounds. This will probably be more risky but greater needs should produce greater rewards, right?
EncfsAnyhwere: A standalone HTML/JS frontend for Dropbox with EncFS capability
Intrusion Detection: How do you find the Needle in a haystack?
This really doesn't seem impressive. Why the heck do they even make the copter fly around with a WHOLE GODDAMN LAPTOP, this is about as wasteful as you can possibly get…

Something better which I've already seen is a gimbal[1] (which you can build for <100€) with one or two (for 3D) gopro cams. Weighs less and is way more awesome.

[1] http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2013/04/freefly-system...

Addendum:

This is the sort of steadiness you get with a gimbal btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmSFZydbVnc
> How do you handle case citations in latex?

Brute force. I don't even try to use BibTex. I just find the opinion on-line somewhere (Google Scholar if possible, failing that Justia.com or one of the opinion publishers). I make the case name a hyperlink to the on-line opinion. Then in plain, non-linked text I include whatever Blue Book style I can, preferably to the West reporter series if available, failing which the slip-opinion cite. I also include a shortened URL, so that anyone reading a hard copy can type it in.
The Integers
The site has a quality to it that the design world would frown upon, a roughness closer to tabloid design than Apple.

I wonder if this "plays better" with some demographics? Feels more honest and less highfalutin?

I've been wondering about these sorts of design questions (e.g., is "bad" design sometimes good depending on your audience) since 2007's SXSW where there was a High Class vs. Low Class Design panel, but while the panel raised some interesting questions, no answers were given and no data was cited...
I'm a fan of http://bigv.io from Bytemark. I've also had good times with webfaction.com
Perhaps a jab at Putin, if I had to guess
Well if your going to pay me for 18 months not to work at Google I am fine with that.

Non competes are hard to enforce especially for low level staff) and in fact almost impossible in CA.
First ever camera app for audio snaps
pikSpeak, the first of its kind free iOS app that captures surrounding sound while clicking snaps. Fun features of audio enhancements and image enhancers are also in the dev pipeline and will be live soon. Subscribe for the updates.
Lol,... Me too.
Things that broke with the Opera 15 release due to the switch to Blink/Chromium
Is it just me or there is some problem with the graph search. Everytime I try to type something long, the page get redirected to somewhere else making the feature unusable.