skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I use Linux exclusively on my desktop and have had a bunch of laptops over the years with Linux installed (mainly Debian based). It's never been quite pleasant though. I work primarily off my desktop so I wouldn't mind it that much but it was never good enough for me to be happy when roaming.

I recently got a Macbook Air (the new 2013 one) and it's working out pretty well. Rather than deal with a desktop Linux OS I've got everything running in VMs and either work through them or cloud based remote servers.

For casual computer use (web browsing, email, etc) I use native apps. For software dev I use a combination of SSH to VMs/remote servers and native text editors accessing shared filesystems (mainly sshfs).

I still much prefer my desktop (a real keyboard is always way better) but at this point my laptop is tolerable enough that I can roam around and actually get work done.
Atlas shrugged and dropped the world wide web.
> He says Hushmail had no choice

As Snowden, Manning, Assange and now the guy behind Lavabit are demonstrating, there is always a choice.

Hushmail could easily have just shutdown.
In my eyes a backdoor is a subcategory of exploit. But the term used doesn't matter. The point is that they altered the software used by their clients to not only encrypt emails with the key, but to forward copies to be given to the government.

The warning they gave out was to point out lower security, it does not absolve them of the obligation to try to keep their severs secure.
I love your line of reasoning: can't win, don't fight.
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They could have shut down that method. (Server-side webmail access)

You _always_ have a choice.
now khoury discloses the video that discloses the real Matrix in 1977 3 years after the video was uploaded
This is what happens when non-developers start using developmental OS's because they can't wait for the official release.

Most people using the iOS 7 beta seem to have nothing to do with development. It's why immediately after WWDC the internet was filled with complaints about various tiny aspects of it and why things like this happen.

I wouldn't be upset if Apple limited early access not only to people enrolled as developers but people with a published application.
I know that AOSP cannot create a useful system image for the new Nexus 7 and the Nexus 4. Google has made a terribly bad decision here, and I do hope that they have the wisdom to never ever make it again. Given that Rubin is no longer managing the Android project, I would bet that this is a mistake that they're gonna keep making.

And, I mean, the Linux kernel makefile has a "make install" target, but it

a) produces a partially-functional or completely useless kernel on a wide array of hardware unless the linux-firmware package is present

b) even if linux-firmware is present or not required, it won't actually work on the majority of people's systems as it (IIRC) doesn't update initrds, or update the GRUB bootloader menu to point to the newly installed kernel

Both Freedom and Openness are more complicated than an install target. That's the point that I was making. :)
Doesn't the fact that Snowden was using Lavabit lend credence to the allegation that he has been leaking information?

If you're just a regular joe who, one day, realizes that what he's working on is bad for the public and decides to release it to the public, surely you have had no reason to use an encrypted email service before this realization dawned on you.
ziplip shut down in 2005 citing an inability to maintain user privacy in light of new legislation. Their servers were in Ireland, I think.
Regardless of whether you make it yourself - is there anything to this truBrain thing? Is this something we should all be doing? I'm looking for opinions/experiences from the HN community in general.
The project is not about being a gallery and video player. We already got those as you say.

Rather, the projects scope is to create a federated gallery and video player, where each installed instance is connected with each other.

That has so far not been reached yet, which is why this software hasn't reached their 1.0 goal yet.
Filtering out the random noise wouldn't be very hard.
But clutter isn't what makes a legal document effective. I'd rather have a concise definition of what is a right and what not than pages upon pages of dancing around that issue.
> It helped get bad laws off the books in the civil rights cases and it would help here.

I'm assuming you're referring to Rosa Parks-style civil disobedience and not so-called "jury nullification". The latter had an important role in the history of the civil rights mvt, but not a pretty one.
Well isn't this just a way for them to screw you out of money. If you get 3 weeks a year that company needs to hold 3 weeks of vacation pay for you in case you get fired or quit. With a unlimited vacation policy this is probably not the case.
We have that in League of Legends already, but the analytics that have been done so far are fairly rudimentary (who counters who, who has the highest win rate, etc.)
IMO the "best" is the one that requires the least amount of futzing from you to get your job/work done.

You don't want to waste time setting up X.. resolving dependencies.. making things 'work' that should 'just work'.

So, whatever solves that?

Personally, I've gone for the latest available release of Ubuntu where possible, although recently i've started using OS X and shelling into a linux machine to do any necessary work that requires it. I find OS X provides a decent *nix underneath and with the addition of http://brew.sh/ - makes it a viable choice for me over a Linux set up.
"Maybe being superstitious isn't helpful, but in this instance, I'm not so sure Tor is able to be relied on."

Tor has been analyzed extensively by cryptographers and security researchers; there is literally a mountain of published research about it. It is operated by an independent organization. I would be more cautious about the Linux kernel, a vastly larger codebase that could and probably does have numerous back doors, than about Tor.

"A proxy server won't work for the same reason a personal server wouldn't work. It's tied to you eventually, either through a paper trail or a packet trail."

Which is why it is below anonymous remailers and Tor on my list. Proxy servers are better than nothing at all.
Ask HN: how to deal with the NSA situation if a Startup handles user's data?
I am working on an MVP currently and I am trying to get it ready for launch ASAP. It is a web app along with an Android app. However, for the functioning of this service, the back-end will need to collect User's data and have some access to the phone's functionality (Who doesn't? camera, photos for instagram; notes, audio for Evernote, etc).

My question is, given the current NSA situation being exposed, I am not sure how to deal with this. I somehow feel guilty about storing user data. Since this is an MVP and we are very small, we currently do not have resources to put in 5 different layers of security/encryption or move the backend to EU or HK (and I don't think this can stop the government, look at Lavabit). What options do we have? How are other startups/businesses dealing with this?
No.

Some people are aware of the long history of government surveillance, or of the lack of privacy in regular email. Some of those people will have encrypted their email in an attempt to reduce the amount of casual snooping they leave themselves open to.
Slightly offtopic. I would love to hear more on how you made the switch happen. I sort of understand OP's perspective on the whole deal of people who work with code being considered to mere cogs and am also thinking about a switch.
Prepare to be un-surprised:

http://www.ggtracker.com/

http://sc2replaystats.com/

http://www.sc2replays.eu/

https://sites.google.com/site/sc2gears/
Doubtful, any purpose built ultrasonic sensor will likely be running at much higher frequencies than you can play with via a standard audio chain. The Ping for example runs at 40khz but the most you'll get out of a standard issue audio chain is ~20-24khz, depending on the corner frequency of the analog filters on the input / output and driver / mic response.
I think a big reason these arguments get tied up together is that people who want to legalize recreational usage have seized upon medicinal usage as a convenient wedge to open the legalization debate.

But if we are talking about medicine, then there are much higher levels of scrutiny on topics like side effects, interactions, dosage control, quality control, etc.

I really wish the debates were better separated. I think the legalizers have harmed their cause by exposing it to FDA levels of critical scrutiny, and I think the medicinal uses are tainted by association with a bunch of long hair hippies who just want to get high. (Hyperboly intentional.)
The idea is that true data always existed, and hence do not need to be "fabricated". Same with true stories as opposed to false ones.
"Participates" is a perfectly acceptable word for silently complying with a law. Especially for an international company that could have changed jurisdiction of the relevant servers.
I get the reasoning. If you provide the ability to communicate securely without a government backdoor, the government will treat you like you assist terrorists.

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." - George W. Bush, Sept 20 2001
It exists in the same way tablets have existed for a very long time.

But we don't just communicate with technically skilled people. Something that can be used by everybody and can be trusted would be really awesome.
Just asking, but how legit is this? Does anyone know who set this up and who is managing these donations? It is just a paypal page with nothing that obviously links it to lavabit.
Auditory hallucinations indicate psychosis; psychosis itself is not a symptom but a catch-all state of mind that refers to many different symptoms, including auditory hallucinations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia#Criteria

Agreed that schizophrenia could be aggravated by pot; I was just disputing that you could "have" schizophrenia without having ever presented any of the symptoms. I may have incorrectly inferred this claim from the original post.
It's funny to me that no one has ever claimed to have accomplished anything globally significant while using nootropics to my knowledge.

Mood elevators or stimulants, sure. Hitler was all into those. But, nootropics? I mean, I guess it depends on where you draw the line of what is considered one.
"virtually"...being kinda generous, aren't we?
If you have an Arduino, you just need to connect three pieces of wire to use a proper N64 controller on a computer: http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-an-Arduino-with-an-N64-c...

I've played Conker's Bad Fur Day using one of these and an S-Video cable plugged to the TV, and it really feels like the real thing :)
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Here's a comment from the PI on the paper:

http://blog.chembark.com/2013/08/06/a-disturbing-note-in-a-r...

Compound 14 in the SI is an intermediate and has not been
fully characterized, hence does not have a number in the
manuscript. Wording and numbering of the compounds in the
supporting information are wrong (on different levels!).
Characterized compound 14 and 15a-c of the article correspond
to compounds 154, 165a, 165b and 165c of the supporting info.

Anything else is being dealt with by the editors of the
journal as we speak.
Oh yeah they (we) do, in the long run it matters. Driving around town, to and fro work, driving around for groceries etc. It adds up. A bike's gas is essentially free because nobody actually factors in the calories. I guess the biggest hurdle is simply how uncomfortable it is to drive around and park.
organized*, not orginized
My initial guess about what the government did to Lavabit that forced Ladar Levison to shut it down: https://plus.google.com/112961607570158342254/posts/EujgUYbr...
Just to make sure, that article is from 2007. Ages ago. S
There are very few countries with as broad a constitutional protection for speech as the United States.

The problem now is that we have a government which has discovered effective work arounds for those protections. The government can pressure intermediaries who don't have the right incentives to vigorously defend their users by going to court, and then the actual targets of First Amendment violations never encounter a court proceeding in which to raise a constitutional defense, they just get cut off by the "private" service provider. The government can try to gag everyone involved so that, again, the people whose privacy or right to anonymous speech is invaded are never told and so they can't challenge the constitutionality of the invasion.

If any of this could be challenged in a public court proceeding there is a good chance the courts would find it unconstitutional. That's why they're twisting themselves into such contortions to make sure that never happens.
Federation is under development by Jessica Tallon during this summer's GNOME Outreach Program for Women.
Relevant: also check out Backlift (https://www.backlift.com/) -- it includes stuff like pre-processing and includes Dropbox integration + a backend + more.. A potential game changer in terms of dev time.
Side note, Your font differs on https://persowna.net/pricing/ and https://persowna.net/ for the logotype.

Awesome job on the site!
Right. So why didn't they then close the insecure access method, and deny FURTHER content requests?
>They especially can't compel you to break the law (assuming you set up some kind of situation where it's fraud/perjury/whatever to lie).

They can most certainly hold you in contempt because you got your self in that mess.

>look at how email retention works.

Document retention policies are allowed because otherwise the civil court system would be prohibitively expensive (lawyers have to read all your email once you get sued basically). Once you get a court order that says to, you have to stop destroying email, etc, disabling your automated destruction systems.

The only reason to have canaries is to violate the terms of gag orders. Judges aren't sympathetic to that.
To quote myself from below because I find this issue so important to highlight:

So what if they can see that you donated to this pro-constitutional defense fund?

If you want to make a surveillance state less effective, you should generate _more_ noise, not less. When fascism is at risk of taking over, you don't just roll over and take it quietly because you fear they'll know you're against it.

As a person who has Nothing to Hide, I encrypt everything, and will gladly donate here. If we get everybody to use encryption, nobody will be suspect for using it. If you donate here, there's less risk that others will get hassled for donating.
$50 inbound. USA Agitator watch list here I come!
Only by comparison with snake-oil like Hushmail, or with not having any security at all. We are talking about a non-trivial problem here.

For what it's worth, it is not hard to encrypt a message and post it to Usenet. It is imperfect and vulnerable to traffic analysis, but it is not hard. It is even easier to just send encrypted emails and not bother with anonymity. I have personally seen non-technical people using PGP or S/MIME without assistance.
Another resource that exposes patent trolls:

http://www.plainsite.org/tags/index.html?id=635
Maybe I'm missing something from a design/marketing perspective, but... am I mistaken in thinking that the ice cream imagery totally unrelated to everything else?

On the whole, though, I love the idea. Hope I get a chance to try it out.
Yup, and prosecutors may well ask juror candidates what they think about it.
Not a national security letter: https://plus.google.com/112961607570158342254/posts/EujgUYbr...
So they are still using libuv after the rewrite?
That won't help someone who said 'I write them at work'.
my experience after looking at several bitcoin donation addresses is there aren't many bitcoins donated. Most of them have less than one bitcoin while kickstarter projects and paypal donations easily raise thousands of dollars.
Who cares...it's not illegal to donate.
Right. "No choice" and "difficult choice" are not the same thing.
Tor has been analyzed extensively by cryptographers and security researchers; there is literally a mountain of published research about it.

And that research says that if an entry node and an exit node are both under control of an adversary, then that adversary can deannonymize the target.

I don't know enough about it, but I know that deannonymizing someone is a matter of resources, not a matter of ability. And the USG has a lot of resources.
Or they could have fixed it to the do the encryption client side. In this case that would be in JavaScript since it is a webmail client.
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Like many "technical solutions", at least most of the answer is easily found - PGP.

Also, like many "technical solutions", the answer _isn't_ a technical solution. The bigger problem is people. PGP _will_ secure my email. But out of my almost 1000 contacts I've got only a few dozen with PGP keys.

While 95%+ of an email network's users _aren't_ using encryption, the network is fundamentally insecure. That's not an engineering problem - that's a people problem. The EFF, Wikileaks, CryptoParties, and individuals like you and me – have a far more important role in making sure "a sustainable, fully encrypted email service untouchable by the Feds" exists – not by building anything new, but by convincing your friends and coworkers and bosses and parents that it's important and possible right _now_.
the vuln was not that the JS was bad or untrustworthy, but that the passphrase was sent to the server.

If the entire connection to the server is secure, and the JS is loaded from the secure server and is auditable/checksummed, then the risk is minimal. You either trust the code or you get out.
>They want to know about his deadman's switch

They may soon find out more than they wanted to know about it, if it was automated in any way.
Well anything that hits an MTA or MDA and sits in a queue somewhere on rust is liable to be snagged. That's usually every host between you and the destination MUA.

The whole protocol and mail delivery system is fucking hopeless.

As an ex-ISP mail architect and ex-operations guy, I hope the whole existing email protocol suite and architecture dies in a fire.
> That being said, some of the back-compat modes don't really work due to large changes in the underlying codebase.

Which ones?
I too was surprised that the author didn't go that route--especially considering there are hundreds of gameshark codes available to give you interesting RAM locations to monitor. There's a weight modifier code for each player which could make for some interesting analysis, also.
How is the title ambiguous? GNU in this case refers to the organization and not the license and is part of the project's proper name. In the same way that the "Mozilla" in Mozilla Firefox refers to the Mozilla foundation and not the MPL (in fact, Firefox is tri-licensed MPL-GPL-LGPL).
We've been with OVH for about 3 months and over all the experience has been good. Prices are also very competitive. I'd look there if I were you.
We're about to launch a storage and collaboration service ourselves, and all this shit couldn't have happened at a worse time.

I'll go ahead and ask another question:

If I've got a multitenant system, how can I best protect my clients if they're on a box with somebody who pisses off the feds? I don't want to go all Cryptonomicon here, but what can I do beyond a bunch of separate encryption keys and directories and whatnot?
(Forgive a 5-year-old memory of one of many cases -- I probably have the numbers wrong) It went something like this: The director of engineering approved a log retention plan that kept access logs for 7 days or something. They wanted to reduce costs and issues with log files were the top reasons for getting called to support the service. The government needed to demonstrate that someone had accessed the service 14 days ago, and the government could not understand why the 'minimum' of 30-day access logs were not present. I think something else was missing, too. There was a back-and-forth, and since the company couldn't produce the logs as requested the government got a contempt of court with the understanding that the director would be demoted to an IC and not be anywhere near the production service. I think the company lawyers agreed to the conditions to make a worse outcome go away.

If it's not clear, there were strong personalities involved. One way to tell the story is the director went out of his way to poke a bear and got mauled. Another way to tell the story is that a bear went walking down main street looking for trouble ("How do we know you didn't change the retention policy to protect the individual?"). In both cases the guy lost his hand and the bear is still loose.
Couldn't you just leave off the return address? In this case there's not much metadata to collect except for the recipient address.
I know these guys, I really like what they're doing
If you live in a city, you really have no choice but to grow inside.
Yep I've seen his talk. It's quite fascinating. However, what you're talking about is a learning algorithm, which does not necessarily equate with intelligence. OpenCyc would be the best example that illustrates my point.
Edit: on second thought, you probably meant to say that given such a general purpose learning algorithm, and a suitable environment, the algorithm would in time learn enough to produce intelligence of some kind (of what kind, I'm not sure) that's capable of thinking. In that case, I agree with you, and I'll have to revise my opinion, but I'm still not sure if it qualifies as emergent phenomena from simple rules. An analogy would be Google's search algorithm running on huge amounts of data. Would you call the search results an emerging phenomena from simple rules?
why? the less windows severs out there, the better.
Hushmail was snake-oil from day one. Anyone who had spent more than 2 seconds reading about public key cryptography knew that. I was astounded to see Zimmerman defending Hushmail back then and saddened to hear that he is still defending them.
Yeah, but this population prone to schizophrenia would have: a) to know they're predisposed to this condition; b) to know that weed would worsen it; c) to believe that this effect on schizophrenia would be bad enough to outweigh smoking a joint. Or have another factor linked to schizophrenia that makes them avoid weed. It's possible, in principle, but I think you're stretching it too far.

And it's assumed the distribution of smoking per capita didn't change by much. I think that's a good assumption; again, it's possible that what you suggested happened, but it's a bit sketchy.
> and a better abstract model for macros than even Racket's stellar syntax-parse.

To clarify a little bit, `syntax-parse` is actually not its own model for macros but is a sophisticated front-end for Racket's underlying macro system (described in this paper: http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/publications/jfp12-draft-fcdf.pdf). Also see Jay McCarthy's blog article that tries to clarify this: http://jeapostrophe.github.io/2013-07-22-123list-post.html

Racket's macro system and Kernel's fexprs are pretty fundamentally different, so I don't think the comparison is very apt. In particular, Racket's macros can be entirely compiled away.
After a program terminates the RAM is returned to OS X but it will not allow other applications use any of it. It is a bug with their virtual memory. It will say there are gigabytes of inactive memory but continue to use a swap and not allocate it.
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