skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Maybe there's something I'm missing about the DF-21D, but even assuming it doesn't miss the carrier while traveling at a hypersonic speed, Big Explody Things dropping on top of American carriers during wartime is not exactly a new thing in the annals of warfare.

It's one of the reason that warships in general (including carriers) are designed to be compartmentalized, to have redundant backups (and backups to the backups), etc., is because it is expected they might have to survive battle damage.

Obviously an ASBM may change the calculus of whether you send carriers in early in the conflict (preferring instead to use submarines with cruise missiles to take out Dong Feng launch sites or whatever you'd have been trying to bomb in the first place). But I don't see how ASBM is a guaranteed single-shot carrier kill by any stretch either.
Can't speak to the plan for the second stage (which will do a once-around and de-orbit if I understand correctly), but the first stage will not be following a ballistic trajectory and re-entry like a normal suborbital launch. Its goal is to return to the pad a few minutes after launch.
It does, however, impact memory usage quite substantially if your data is string-heavy, which most web-apps are.
What?

I think you may have missed the B-1 and the enormous focus on UAVs by all of the branches.
Its easier to just go to bing then to figure out and remember how to opt out every time. I'm still shocked they released such bad software.
Or you get to see streetview, the 1880's version with all the cars replaced by horse & carriage.
This will be very useful if it makes it into GitHub Enterprise - our IT won't let us use Gravatar, so comment threads/issues are harder to follow.
FWIW, there are 360 possible hues, 20 possible saturation values, and 20 possible luminosity values.
Not having used Android 4? As noted in the article I installed it manually on my Xperia Arc (CyanogenMod)... I've also played with Android 4.2 quite a lot - but then again that was not the point of the article.
"Release early, release often"?
Python-rightarrow - something almost but quite unlike types for python
>Also, if the mission is something like transport astronauts to the ISS, why eject any stages at all?

Because that requires a single-stage-to-orbit vehicle, which has never been done before. Yes, in the future that might be possible.
Pretty interesting. I wonder if that is 25k per month, in total revenue, gross profit etc.
Do you think this violates personal privacy?
I gateway them to a local newsgroup (one per list/newsletter), and read them with tin. Have had a little hacking to do for some newsletters to give me separate commands for forcing reply to the user vs reply to the list.

Also scrape ebay and read vintage computer and a couple of other 'groups' that way.
Researchers figure out how to hack tens of thousands of servers
This reminds me of Kyle Braggers Tinyproj project. I really wish he hadn't sold to GroupTalent (which subsequently killed it).
SpaceX's Grasshopper Just Blew Our Minds With Its Latest Launch
My prediction of how this will end up playing out: We'll waste money on the JSF, but thankfully won't ever put it into a real combat threat. The Defense Dept will pretend everything was a grand success while moving to UCAV's with haste. I think it's clear Navy decision makers came to this view long ago. They tried to pull out of the JSF program but Robert Gates smacked them back in line. Meanwhile they're pushing the X-47 development program as fast as they can.
I think the article was saying that only 1 in 5 people who need a hearing aid have one, rather than that every 5th person should have one.
Nordstroms knows how to make products
Note that EA / Origin is not getting money from this, their share of the money is given to charities (see the text box right under the game list on the page).
I agree, but I find the Internet in general (and companies surrounded around it) often seems like a magical land to people.
Why is this faster?

https://gist.github.com/jdpaton/9f20ff0b13e0cc20017a
Unreviewed code in 3.11
Rare Photos of the Russian "Buran" Space Program
Balaji S. Srinivasan - Regulation, Disruption, and the Technologies of 2013
“Silk Road doesn’t really sell drugs. It sells insurance and financial products,” says Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor Nicolas Christin. “It doesn’t really matter whether you’re selling T-shirts or cocaine. The business model is to commoditize security.”

I thought this was an interesting look at it. In a sense Silk Road is like the Pirate Bay in that it doesn't hold the items it generates traffic from.
The video shows the lower stage and upper stage of a Falcon 9 taking off, then landing. These two stages are shown launching a Dragon spacecraft. The Dragon spacecraft is shown docking with the ISS. The pressurized half of the Dragon spacecraft is then shown landing (the unpressurized trunk section, with the solar panels attached, burns up in the atmosphere (though this is not shown in the video)).

Staging is done because not doing it ("SSTO" or "single stage to orbit") is extremely hard. In fact, it has never been done before from earth. When that second stage burns, it is only accelerating the mass of itself and the Dragon spacecraft on top. Having it accelerate the mass of the lower stage as well would be massively inefficient, requiring much more fuel to be used. So much more fuel that there most likely would no be any mass left over for the Dragon spacecraft. Without staging we wouldn't be able to put things in orbit at all (today and in the past anyway), let alone reuse rockets.
Isn't it!? That's an early release of User Voice's new feedback widget. We love it extra double much because it fits in with our look and feel so much. Highly recommend them, they have a great service.
I used to recommend Batman.js for an amazing API. But they sorta follow a six month release schedule. It's too slow for my taste. Move fast, break often.

In their case it's move slow, stay broken. I like Batman.js but I feel like it's really falling into the shadow because of slow release cycles.
PRs take 3 months to get accepted, and etc.

Embers take of ArrayController and ObjectController fits my iOS code design pattern with controllers for index/collection and controllers for member/detail.
I like that. I wish others followed it.
Move fast and break things vs move slow and remain broken.
Wake Up The Speed Of Business Is In Milliseconds
I'll go out on a limb here and wager that SpaceX engineers know the Mach value for various permutations of temperature and air density. But I might be wrong...
Okay, I read it again :)

No, 30x500 doesn't get people thinking about what they can sell instead of what problems they can solve. This goes for the material, and the student perception of it. I'm making this bold claim because beginning by "thinking about what problems you can solve instead of thinking about what you can sell" (i.e. the opposite of what you've stated) is one of the major premises of the course.

If you're talking about other courses, and you just assumed 30x500 was similar, fine. I just wanted to point out the differences, and how what you said was so far away from what we learned in the course (that includes the material, and our 'perceptions' during our time in the course).

"Courses like the one OP took" <--- (You said this without knowing anything about 30x500...???)
> If you look at the speed that libraries were developed for node.js (and now Go), it seems like the web-dev community can really push forward a technology

Libraries aren't really being 'developed' for new languages. The best ones are being copied and ported from existing open source code bases, thus the time to deliver libraries has fallen dramatically over the last 10-15 years.
Joomla Hacks - Part I - Phishing
There is a lot to like about Julia. It's obviously heavily influenced by Common Lisp. I see offhand only one thing I really don't like: they are using object semantics rather than value semantics for arrays. So for example:

A = [0, 1, 2, 3]
B = A
A[1] = 2
// now B[1] == 2

Their manual section on arrays says this:

In Julia, all arguments to functions are passed by reference. Some technical computing languages pass arrays by value, and this is convenient in many cases. In Julia, modifications made to input arrays within a function will be visible in the parent function.

but as the above example shows, it's really the semantics of assignment we're talking about here, not just that of function calls.

I believe that value semantics is easier to understand and less bug-prone, particularly for nonexpert programmers. It can also be implemented well enough that the small efficiency cost is worth paying in most cases. For one take on how to do this, see my my FSet functional collections library for Common Lisp[0]. For another, see the Clojure collection types.

[0] http://common-lisp.net/project/fset
Ya, I loved Tinyproj when I was working freelance before ooomf. Hated to see it go.
Ah, I didn't mean to suggest you were a "recruiter", although the examples you gave could be part of the recruiting function, and it wouldn't be unreasonable for LinkedIn to want some money from your to do perform such due diligence. It would be interesting to see if they've got an account level for that sort of small scale thing.
So, 1000 times more possible identicons than users. 360 * 20 * 20 * 32768 = 4,718,592,000. Github users: ~4m.
Ask HN: Highlight app designer behind iOS7?
Apple recently hired and promoted the designer of the Highlight iOS app. Looking at the similarities between the two apps, it appears that this designer has had a large influence on iOS7.
I do a similar thing, but I only connect to people I know well enough to ask for an introduction to other people.
As long as we're trading comic links - it can also be used as perimeter defense.

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00014.htm

or as a method for private communication

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00751.htm
Amazon Fresh
Steinway's business depends on the mystique and skillset. These are not joannas they are selling, and it is a very analogue product. 60% as good as they are now would be worse than a Chinese mass produced baby grand voiced by your local tuner. Not the target market, a few scales in the showroom and you have lost them.

I accept that (say) a chocolate manufacturer or people who make network cards, or even hifi components, your strategy might work.
World hunger isn't a simple resourcing problem, otherwise it already would be solved.
Actually, the Chinese have had a serious problem designing and building quality jet engines for fighter aircraft. The two prototype "stealth" aircraft they've demonstrated (J-31 and J-20) use Russian AL-31 engines pulled from Su-27s, because the native WS-10 engines fail to pass muster consistently.

Indeed, the same is true of the J-15 (an Su-33 clone), which is currently the only carrier-capable aircraft they've flown. Fewer than 16 of these aircraft have been built. Its use of the AL-31F makes the J-15 hard to produce, but also severely limits its payload/range.

For reference, over 500 of the mainstay F/A-18E/F Super Hornets have been built, and ~1500 of the previous models (A-D) were produced.

The Russians are none too pleased about Chinese repurposing and reverse engineering of their aircraft (particularly for engines), and have stopped selling Su-27s and many aircraft parts to the Chinese over IP disputes.

The lack of Chinese airpower and carrier operations isn't a product of posturing or strategic differences. They've invested a huge amount of money retrofitting the Admiral Kuznetsov (now Liaoning), are building a second one, and are training pilots for carrier ops with foreign trainers.

The Chinese air capabilities are instead hampered primarily by a lack of engine technology and production capability. Never mind the lift-fans.
They do, although indirectly. I mean, through mandatory advertisement and data collection using Origin.
Yes you know what attracts you, but do you know why those things are attractive to you?

I am by know mean speaking for transgendered people and if you want the best answer you should ask them. As far as I am aware it is mostly about identifying with a different gender role and for some (definitely not all) that includes having the sexual characteristics associated with that gender role.

There are plenty of transgendered people who identify as the opposite gender but are completely comfortable with their own physical sexual characteristics.
Maybe. I have the habit of deleting all old content. Do you empathize with his position, though?
I like their small file size, around 200 to 300 bytes. Though that's arguably large to store a 5x5 bitmap + one RGB color, which would fit comfortably in 7 bytes.
Thanks. I assumed the section with the solar panels somehow retracted the panels before re-entering the atmosphere, but they skip that part, and I now see that the part re-entering is actually a bit smaller.
Holy shit. I always find it fascinating that moment when you realize that person you vaguely know "from the internet" is exposed on a particular forum.

Thanks to the parent for getting me to click your username. We're barely acquainted in a relatively distant past when I used Kiln but your name came up a lot. If anyone is the "only person in the entire company" doing X, it's likely to be you.
This is the same reason why the Chinese ... have a ton of ballistic missile ships.

And many of those ships are carrying large numbers of SS-N-22 Sunburns, only one of which can sink a carrier, and which stand reasonable odds of penetrating even the latest generation point-defense platform. Fire ten at a carrier, maybe one or two get through, no more carrier, battle over.
What's cool is that in addition to this being a tremendous product for an overlooked market, the comments here seem to indicate that it has great value even for non-hearing-impaired users. Excellent potential here.
Maybe this will cheer you up: https://identicons.github.com/thejerf.png (More obviously a smile in the favicon view in the tab than the blown-up view. Pity I can't close the mouth.)
I'd just like to echo your comments about Batman.js. It'd be nice to see Shopify put a little more man power behind that framework. Harry does the best he can do but he's only one person.
These are available on Steam, so you don't even run Origin:

Crysis 2 Maximum Edition
Dead Space 1
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Mirror's Edge
Medal of Honor
>The A-10 problem bugs me more than the others. The A-10 is a proven warplane that ground troops count on for cover. The F-35 doesn't have the capability to fulfill its role, which could place our troops in greater danger.

It is hard to beat A-10 in its role, instead i think something new will be developed on the edge of its envelope, specifically on the low end - big RC planes (mid-size VTOL drones carry-able by one Hummer) with Hellfires/etc controlled by the troops who need the cover - that would provide more prompt (though less powerful) air support than calling in for big guys help and waiting for it to appear.
> Is education good for killing your enemy?

Education is good for figuring out how to acheive your goals, including if those goals are "killing your enemy".

> Why would that be the purview of the military?

Because its a substantial force multiplier.
Yeah...I unfortunately ended up with the same general shape: https://identicons.github.com/jerluc.png
I found a blank one: https://identicons.github.com/lessons.png
Easilyshare.me - easy social link generation
Collaboration in Aerospace Software Development [Infographic]
National Security Letter: loophole?
It's been widely publicized that if one receives a national security letter (NSL) one is prohibited by law to reveal that fact. So if you receive an NSL and someone later asks you if you have, you are not allowed to say yes.

Are you allowed to say no?

Along the same lines, if someone who hasn't received an NSL is asked whether they have, are they allowed to say yes?

I presume someone who hasn't received an NSL is allowed to confirm that they haven't ... Or are all citizens required by law to answer "I'm not allowed to answer" if asked, even if they haven't received an NSL?

If we all agree to answer "I can't answer" if we have received one, and "no" (or "yes") if we haven't, then would that (a) be against the law and (b) be a way around this issue?

Just asking a hypothetical legal question of course, not suggesting anyone do anything of the sort...
Do any of these games offer DLC? Who profits from that?
It would be nice if rather than using the hash (which you have no control over), the algorithm looked at the distribution of languages I program in and used that to pick the colors. That would be a better representation of my programming identity and is in line up with what github already does for repos.
Depends on what you want. Those are 2 of the more "opinionated" frameworks, in that they have a lot of fairly-strict rules that must be followed if you want things to go smoothly.

On the other hand, there's frameworks like Backbone (and derivatives, like Marionette), which are much less opinionated; fewer decisions are made for you, giving you more flexibility to do what you wish, how you wish.

The trade-offs are that for the lower-level frameworks (like Backbone), you'll probably end up writing more code (both custom and boilerplate), and there'll be less magic happening within the blackbox that is the framework. Some like this, some don't, but ultimately it depends on the task at-hand and your own stylistic preferences.
Ah, but you forget the myriad other benefits:

1. If you don't believe in globalization, you can legitimately lock out foreign competition and insist on an all-American supply chain, keeping jobs and money in the US.

2. It allows you to bring home the pork. Military contractors have a proven willingness to situate assembly plants to deliver jobs in politically convenient locations.

3. It's compatible with Libertarian/Tea Party beliefs, as military spending tends to get a free pass from the balanced budget brigade.

4. People will call you "a hawk" and "strong on defense" and "supporting our troops". Or at least they won't call you the opposite of those things.

5. Spending on things like DARPA funds cool things like the internet and the DARPA Grand Challenge and robots and things. Pretty sciencey and cool.

6. $60 million in lobbying in 2012 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=D01&yea... with Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin all in the top 20 individual donors https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=s&showYe...

Compare that to funding boring old schools and bridges and things which have none of these benefits.
Bill Gates still helping known patent trolls obtain more patents
Pointless estimation:

There are, say, around 10x2^(5x3) = Identicons assuming about 10 color shades can be told apart easily. That's ~300,000 different combinations. You need ~650 people contributing to a repo in order to get a 50% chance of collision.

So, while there are almost certainly collisions across all Github users, you're pretty unlikely to see one in any thread you'll participate in.

Especially since so many Githubbers actually do have Gravatars.
Social Media Audience Behavior Hacked
Deceptions, Misinformation, and Word Games Used to Mislead About Surveillance
You cannot live an equally good life in the developing world. That's a romanticization. First, the top 1% of India has purchasing power equivalent to just above the median purchasing power in the U.S.[1] "Upper middle class" in India is defined as $10-20 international dollars per day.[2]

Second, even if you are top 1% in India living like a top 25% in Indiana, your life is one of walls and enclaves. My family was rich in the developing world. We would go from our house with its high wall and iron gate into our foreign car with driver and tinted windows. We would do anything we could to avoid having to interact with the people on the street, our supposed countrymen.

The US has its enclaves, but I can get in a car and head to the relatively poor coastal town where my wife's parents grew up. I can go eat at the seafood shack by the side of the highway and consider it a treat. I can talk to the people and feel like we all live in the same country. That's living a good life.

[1] See this article, for example: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/the-.... The couple in the article (one a consultant, another a PR executive) makes 1.8 million rupees per year, equivalent to about $29k USD. Adjusted for purchasing power (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity), that's roughly equivalent to $70-80k USD. That's roughly at the top 1/3 mark of US household income, and probably not that far above median for US households where both people are working. As noted in this article, the couple is well within the top 1% of India, which starts at $1.25 million rupees per year. That level is equivalent to about the 57th percentile in the U.S.

[2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-23271.... $20 PPP-adjusted dollars per day, or $7k/year is around the bottom 5% mark in the U.S. Only 4.6% of Indians have all four of these assets: a TV, a car or scooter, a landline or mobile phone, and a computer or laptop. Even people living in trailer parks in the U.S. will often have all four of these assets.
I don't think these are the only two sites using a big hero image overlaid with white Gotham/Lato/Proxima Nova headers...
And then it safely lands in enemy territory, so they can reuse it!
Pardon my ignorance, but why is that one so fitting?
Mine[0] kinda reminds me of a Boo Bell[1] from Mario Party.

[0] https://identicons.github.com/jzelinskie.png

[1] http://www.mariowiki.com/Boo_Bell
The paper has nothing to do with the key being chosen at random(edit: in general, in the linked biometric paper it might have been the case) in the way you are suggesting. Not just are key's assumed to be chosen uniformly at random, in practice they actually are (either via software PRNGs or hardware).

The paper is talking about the distribution of plain-texts.
As you say, that the IID distribution of letters cannot be treated as if the distribution of words is uniform

This is not a common assumption in cryptography(typically because we assume the attacker knows the real distribution of the plain-texts, the idea being they learn no more about the distribution given the ciphertext) and the papers cited that make this assumption are from sub-par conferences. So it would be more accurate to say some people made a mistake that is neither that common nor a core tenant of cryptography.
Colors don't have to actually repeat in order to be confusing.
40 Days Without Booze
Where Twitter spam-accounts come from
It only generates identicons for real GitHub accounts.
Disclaimer: I work on a competing job board site at Stack Overflow Careers 2.0

LinkedIn (as opposed to CareerBuilder apparently) isn't really cheating anyone. They're charging for a stupid feature to make a quick buck off of naive or desperate candidates. I can't figure out how a feature like putting a resume on the top of a pile solves any problem to do with matching candidates with employers. Much less why good employers would care about this arbitrary order. At least (apparently) they aren't biasing search results in their recruiter platform.

We've taken the route of only charging employers for access to advertise jobs and company pages on Stack Overflow, and search profiles of developers on Careers 2.0 (no crappy contingency recruiters allowed). Not only do we not want to charge candidates, I don't exactly know what we'd be charging them for that would help clear the market more efficiently.