skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Let us use Google's web approach to various services to better explain this. When I login to my gmail, and open up google docs, or youtube on a different tab, I am logged in by default. However, when I go to edit my Google Account Settings, I am again prompted for a password, right?

If what you said about studying threat models and securing your computers and users accounts before handing over the system to friends or family is true and valid, why am I being asked a password to edit my Google Account settings. By extension of your claim, I should never have been handing over my system with a logged in user to anybody else. And definitely, the other claim that providing an extra layer of security is a false pretense must be valid in that Google is just providing us a false pretense of security when we want to edit our Google Account Settings which it does not require when we try to edit settings of the individual services?

Why is this distinction between Google's web services and your browser security?
> There's no profit to be made from genocide.

You should take a look at companies contracted by 3rd Reich government to run german concentration camps. They made A LOT of money.
Because no matter what, you can just go to the website and be logged in automatically. Once you let someone else use your computer you are no longer secure. This is why if you have multiple people using the same computer, you set it up to have multiple users. Once they are using YOUR instance of chrome it doesn't matter, they have everything.
Did you see Pacific Rim?
web programming is not the entirety of programming. They're making virtual reality actually happen, and you're effectively complaining that a poster fell down.
Could you add SSL support?
Julia fits well as the next step from Matlab. I've already seen groups of engineers across various disciplines that have turned to Julia instead of Matlab.
Congrats to the DigitalOcean team. I moved my personal server from Linode London to DigitalOcean Amsterdam-1 and haven't had any issues at all and latency is only 2-3ms more from London compared to my old Linode box which is completely acceptable for me. Support is also extremely responsive.
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First time I hear of the Oculus... somehow I can't stop thinking about the Virtual Boy :)

Congrats, it must not be easy signing up a programming icon like Carmack.
I don't necessarily think buying art online won't work. But Amazon isn't exactly an "upper-class" website, for lack of a better term. It's too commercialized and focuses too much on essential and low cost items.

A bricks-and-mortar comparison might be Target and a higher-end store like Lord & Taylor or Nordstrom's. Amazon is more like Target - it has a decent brand, but you wouldn't really expect to find thousand dollar paintings there. You could, perhaps, expect to find such paintings at a "higher end" store, though.

But, I could be wrong. I just don't think the people spending millions on paintings are the people cruising Amazon for a deal. The online marketplace for exclusive artworks is a different site IMO.
I think you are entirely correct and that you have delineated the deep structure of the scenario we find ourselves in.

Are you familiar with the work of Ken Wilber who, standing on the shoulders of giants, popularised the ideas of Developmental Psychology that support your claim?

Hayden uses language in a specific way that indicates the centre of gravity of his consciousness is located in a very Conventional / Conformist / Concrete-operational place. He speaks in terms of heroic status, power, glory, rage, revenge; take what you need, power over others, force. The downside to all of this is anxiety, depression, phobias, bullying, terrorism etc etc.

This stage of development sees anything that isn't at the same stage as a threat, and tends to respond to everything with escalating violence / force / arrest.

It is the nature of this stage of psychological development to create threats where none exist, because it defines itself in terms of what occurs when those threats are push against.

Ultimately, what we most pressingly need is to work out how to move the world through this developmental stage before we manage to work ourselves in to some really atrocious place.

Each new development in technology represents a new development in consciousness, it brings with it new ways to connect and create together as a nation of people ever so less fixed to any one geographical area. I've seen Earth from space, didn't see any boarders. As well as all new and terrifying ways to annihilate ourselves.

Perceived through the framework of Developmental Psychology, as it was progressed by the above authors, and with an eye to the greater historical context this is all occurring in, it's all very predictable.

The "competing view", as you put it, that sees the world as a "collection of ad-hoc networks of ideas and social mechanisms, some forming, others dissolving -- clearly structured, but not at all hierarchical" is located at a stage of psychological development that is a full four stages above the one Hayden is speaking from.

To further support this refer to the works of Ken Wilber, particularly Integral Psychology it's end notes and references. Also, Jane Loevinger, Susan Cook-Greuter, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Abraham Maslow.

Edit: grammar
Library author here - happy to answer questions! Canonical blog post is actually over at http://eng.infer.com/post/57598286968/introducing-reactive-c.... Project home page, courtesy of GitHub: http://yang.github.io/reactive-coffee/.

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Doesn't really paint it in a good light though. Having to fight to buy one, struggling to get home even though it said it had enough range, not being able to use the heater.
Here are other opportunities Chrome has missed:

* An FBI warning, like they have on DVDs, explaining the penalties for stealing user passwords.

* Automatically generate word-search puzzles like on the backs of chain restaurant kids menus, so that 5 year olds will have a harder time recovering passwords.

* Since most of the "attackers" the master password would block are probably senior citizens, typeset the passwords in a 7 point font.

* Since all of the "attackers" who would be thwarted by a Chrome master password are computer illiterate, make users answer a basic computer literacy quiz before showing them the password. You should have to be able to explain the difference between a library function and a system call when you push the "reveal password" button.

Note to The Guardian: I have at least 10 more similar "major security flaws" in Chrome (I gave up some more, like the red-green colorblind attacker countermeasure, on Twitter --- but I assure you I have 10 more) that I'm willing to disclose to you, and I assure you that you'll be able to find someone else on the Internet to give you quotes for your article about how terrible it is that Chrome has those flaws.
> You can't be your own judge and executioner.

This is what government IS! Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary.

States have some subservience to the Federal government, as well.

The question really is "should the judiciary have power over the executive in this case, or should the executive or legistlature decide what compensation is appropriate." It's still "government" either way.

And let us remember which branch of government was the original villain in this case!
If doing this (or using canned air) it's a good idea to use a small stick or bit of plastic to jam any fans to stop them spinning too hard and ruining their bearings or throwing a blade, both of which I've had happen. Laptop ones seem particularly susceptible, probably down to size and typically higher usage temps.
I think homosexuality is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia and Iran. No one is trying to exclude teams from these countries from Olympics. Also:

> Milan, Venice and Turin had severed their “twin” relationships with Russian cities in outrage over the “anti-gay law”. However, Milan remains twinned with Dakar, Senegal, where any same-sex activity is illegal and punishable by 1 to 5 years imprisonment. Turin remains twinned with Kazerun, Iran, where any same-sex activity is illegal and punishable by death. Venice had only two twins; since it dumped St Petersburg in a show of solidarity that likely had the gay community in tears of emotion, it now has only one – Esfahan, Iran. Yeah, that’s right.

( https://marknesop.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/somewhere-over-th... )
Every example in the article can be presented as: "Do I value what I think of me more than what others think of me?"
I'm not quite sure how I should take that. If you mean I would highly recommend buying one if it fits your driving habits, then you're definitely right. If you mean I'm just a shill for Nissan, then I can assure you that the only connection I have to Nissan is being a Leaf owner and finding it awesome.
The statement was:

> "being good at engineering doesn't qualify you for managing product"

Which is demonstrably true. They're two different skillsets. If we reversed the statement:

> being good at product management doesn't qualify you for engineering

We could also agree on that statement. That doesn't mean that there aren't engineers who are/could be kickass product managers, and it doesn't mean that there aren't product managers who could sit down and build the application.

But they're two different roles. Product managers are supposed to identify problems, design requirements, provide engineering with clear context and business data to help inform the priority, and then engineering should get to, based on that information, build the best solution.
yes.

There is a time and place for both XML and JSON. Making a website? want to create a data feed for web type stuff? JSON away.

Work in enterprise world? perhaps you like JRR tolkien? XML is your friend.

Working in mobile/embedded/low bandwidth applications? no, XML/JSON is not your friend.<edit> unless you don't care about network/power efficiency.</edit>

I know Binary protocols strike fear into the hearts of programmers, but what is JSON? its a string of binary. Its just there happens to be lots of lovely tools to make it dirt simple.

as with all things there is a tradeoff. You need fast low latency interchange of large amount of data? Binary, and yes you'll need to make a schema first. I know it sounds a lot like planning, but trust me, giving real structure to your data will save you weeks in debugging later.

just want to send and address to javascript? well hello JSON.

The example that is given there, is just utterly horrible. however if it works and is easy, then who cares? its only a problem if you need to scale. But then you've got bigger issues.
isn't that what hacker news is for?
it has vastly fewer libraries than Scipy and R

The incredible PyCall.jl package allows use of existing Python libraries from Julia with automatic object translation, including no-copy use of NumPy arrays:

https://github.com/stevengj/PyCall.jl

There is also heavy work on a Julia IPython kernal, which is under testing right now and very close to release.
That, I didn't know about. Looks really cool!
To be clear: he didn't steal from the victims, so it is impossible to pay them restitution. He doesn't have years of life to give to them.

He should pay punitive damages though.
Masters of Doom is an absolutely brilliant book that rekindled my interest in game development. I'd heard of Carmack before reading it, but this news is so much more impactful knowing just how integral he was to making gaming what it is today.
I agree wholeheartedly. Take what you love about tmux and extend it to include all applications. In addition to terminals (rxvt-unicode-256color) I run Firefox with Pentadactyl. With wmii (my tiling window manager of choice) I have keyboard-free navigation between vim and Firefox.

I don't buy into the remote development over SSH method. Servers with as much horsepower as my ThinkPad with an i7, SSD, and loads of RAM cost a lot, and I can't stand latency on my terminal when I'm working hard.
“My time division is now Oculus over Id over Armadillo. Busy busy busy!”
~ @ID_AA_Carmack
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/365126783290445824
One indication that buyers may be ok with this is that art buying (bidding, really) has been done over the phone in the past.

Also, try to realize what this means for Asian bidders who may not have the time (or inclination) to fly over to the West to purchase a work. Or vice-versa.
Developing the UI without using JS wouldn't be harder, it would make the UI less usable. As a user of online banking software, I don't think it worked at all as well "before the modern trend of trying to make everything act like a desktop app", I think it totally sucked. Maybe that's a worthwhile security trade-off, but let's at least talk about the real trade-off.
Every additional "line of information" in a pop-up notice reduces the probability that any of it will be read.
Love the name :) El Mongo.
I heard that elastic search uses distributed logic to fuzzy search. Did find it reliable/reproducible?
Meet Appidemia, A Beautiful Application Guide For iOS
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you have one normal drive bay for a 2.5inch ssd/hd and then you also have a msata connection below the keyboard next to the wifi card. it doubles as a pcie bus in which you could put a mobile broadband card or a msata ssd such as this one:

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT480M50...
> It sounds like that computer owns nuclear bomb instructions.

That computer, for many people, owns ways to access their online bank account. That's why Justin et al. need to take it so seriously.
Is there any reason why this is necessarily the case? Also if these are being used in embedded applications, I highly doubt it costs $1,000 per unit in quantity.

They're making a kajillion PPC based processors for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, so it's not like they don't have designs for current manufacturing processes. The chip in the 360 can't cost more than $50 today, and if stripped down (2 cores vs. 3), clocked less aggressively (1GHz vs. 3.2GHz) could probably be cut to $25 or less.
Applied Data: Transforming UX from the Ground Up
With all the discussion circulating about data (and it’s power to transform industry practices and disrupt behavior in digital), there's a surprising lack of discussion on data in UX. Data is an undeniably crucial aspect of User Experience; from conducting user research well before wireframing begins, to iterative testing throughout implementation, UX collects an astounding amount of data that directly impacts every aspect of their day-to-day.

In celebration of UXWeek, Huge’s Jessica L’Esparance moderates a panel featuring Stamen Design’s George Oates, Facebook’s Matt Gallivan and AnswerLab’s John Cheng, as they provide their distinct perspectives on how they use data, both big and small, to make decisions about design. Open bar provided!
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Which is great and I would even good as far to say 'noble', but in a political system like the United States, your vote is wasted, because your vote is not proportionally represented in the House of Representatives. It means you face an ever-challenging battle against almost impossible odds in order to get your green or libertarian candidate into the House of Representatives.
I really don't get why DigitalOcean is so special. The $5/month VPS is nothing new, and in many, if not most cases you can do a lot better. I'm currently paying $2/month for a 512MB OpenVZ VPS and $6.50/month for a 1GB Xen VPS.
I wonder how smart "throw" detection is. Could I strap it to a two-stage model rocket with a couple of D class motors? Or are you limited to a single impulse event, in which case I've got a couple unfired air bags kicking around.

There's a phone recycling bin here at school; I'm tempted to grab a few old android phones and see if I can get one working well enough to try it out.
I think a better question is "What is the marginal cost for Amazon adding art as a new product category?" which is approximately $0. They can afford to keep it around until buying art on the internet becomes either normalized (if there's cultural friction) or perfected (if it's how they're selling it that's holding them back).
With heights in the 50m range, it looks like it's already being manipulated
I'm interning at a company (a startup that has shown tremendous growth) in Delhi, India. I know Python for web dev. Devs in the company know ONLY PHP and some JS. So clearly, there's no demand for the modern web technologies.

So yes, you can teach students, but that doesn't mean they will be in demand. How do you think you can change this?
Social Enterprise in Indian Slums
>The media is the reason for this. I wish I had some good idea that wasn't completely at odds with democratic principles.

Perhaps one of the problems with America today is that the right to broadcast whatever nonsense across the airwaves is considered a democratic principle.
Matters of Fact, vs. Matters of Opinions. I cannot recall which of Socrates' discourses goes into this in detail (I think Symposium), but it was a nice read. It makes you really stop and evaluate whether there is a point in having an argument or not, because when things are matter of opinions you may as well just accept and respect what the other party says.
Not really. In terms of AR, Google Glass is doing absolutely nothing new, so it wouldn't be the first.
> I expect a hacker using my computer with admin rights to get everything.

Problem is a certain amount of people don't expect that, and it's important that this group doesn't grow.
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How to get seed funding in Europe. Not.
For all the entrepreneurs and wanna be entrepreneurs that read every day in the media about success stories and new funding for startups – here is an article about the untold stories of getting seed funding in Europe.
An app that searches all int'l versions of site at once with translated queries?
so that when i searched for "metallic soccer ball" on amazon.com or ebay it would check the german version with "Metallic Fußball" and similarly translated terms for France, Italy, Spain etc.

If this exists could someone point me in the right direction? if not want to build it with me?
It would help me out if anyone wanting to try this out signed up with https://www.nitrous.io/join/X01nmhYHezs

Thanks!
1. SSDs

2. Exceptional user experience
This makes me wonder if it's a PR stunt. I think Amazon allows them to stay up because it draws traffic to the site.

Amazon does flag reviews where they can verify the purchase.
I've played with an Oculus VR, and I think they're amazing.

But I'm not convinced that they're ready for the mass market yet. Not because of any failing on their part, but because I think that they need games, and controllers, specifically designed to work with VR.

You can't use mouse/keyboard well if you can't see the mouse/keyboard. UIs that float at the bottom of the screen feel very odd when you move your head around and they stay at the bottom of your vision.

We're going to need a year or two of people producing iterations of new interfaces before we have something that feels really smooth to the average user.

(In the meantime they're great fun to play with.)
It took me a while to find this but eventually I did:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Psychonaut/comments/o1zjo/ban_memes_...

It's not the entire problem, but posting about politics is low-effort content. It is easy to produce and easy to consume.

It's possible to have a good political discussion, but you need really good and hard-working moderators. If HN wants to have political discussion, it would more moderation than it seems to have right now in total, but devoted entirely to that, not to anything else.
CryptoSphere - yet another encrypted P2P platform
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EclipseFP 2.5.4 released
Quantum communication controlled by resonance in 'artificial atoms'
Agogo Aims To Bring All Your Audio Content Into A Single Service
This is good news for Oculus, but I worry about them having two locations at such an early stage. They're going to have to work very hard to keep everyone on the same page. Hopefully they're not going to split hardware and software development.
Some will say he is a hero. Some will say he is a traitor. Someone is not imprecise because you disagree with something they consider to be a truth; It is a matter of perspective.
Data Structures in Classical and Quantum Computing
America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
What Is Involved In Getting Your Target Audience To Buy?
The GNUstep libraries already provide a large part of all that has to be done. Frankly, I'd be happy with source-level compatibility or even an Xcode plugin that helped programmers write cross-platform programs that run on both OSX and GNUstep.
There is no technical reason it can't do this.

Not all OSes have a "Keychain".
> If gyroscopes don't stabilize, then why are they used on monorail trains etc?

They do, it's just the bicycle's wheels aren't heavy enough to provide enough force to really make that much of a difference.
Neither RISC nor CISC won in the end. Intel's current generation processors, like most others of similar performance specifications, break down the incoming instruction stream into micro ops (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-operation), the units of processing that are actually executed. This renders the difference between CISC and RISC a case of semantics.

Before this, the idea was that RISC was simpler to implement and could be optimized more easily, ultimately be more cost effective. What wasn't factored in was how good Intel is at optimizing, and how hard they'd push their process, beating the RISC side despite all the disadvantages CISC had.

Now it's the GPU that's eating Intel's lunch, high performance floating point code on the CPU is several orders of magnitude slower than a high-end GPU, so Intel's trying to fight back with their "pile of CPUs" strategy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_(microarchitecture)). It's not working out very well so far.
What I took away from the blogpost was that when you have a well-defined deployment plan, part of that should include a way to handle exceptions.

In this case, he clearly was very enthusiastic about buying a Leaf. That's the kind of customer you want for a new product. How many others like him weren't even within 100 mile radius of any eligible dealers?

If Nissan had a process to bump such customers up to a person who handled such purchases as a kind of promotion, who could get a Leaf prepped at a vetted dealer and then flat-bedded to the customer, maybe the goodwill and PR opportunities would have helped them reach their sales targets.

http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2012/11/nissan-will-miss-lea...
This guy is building a throwable panoramic camera, looks pretty cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BYSSKNS5Ks
>The media is the reason for this.

I don't quite follow. It's not like there is some naturally occurring flow of newspapers, radio and television broadcasts that discuss with the correct, important issues in an intelligent way, and some sort of cabal (the media) has come in and suppressed all that so they could force toddlers and tiaras down their throats.

There are plenty of news outlets that are spending their money to broadcast the details of the NSA scandal as accurately as possible, and if people happen to find those outlets on their TVs, they change the channel to toddlers and tiaras as quickly as possible. Which goes back to the original (I think correct) point that most people don't find this particular issue as dire as many people think they should.