skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The Guardian has been (together with the Scotsman by the way) a source of inspiration over the last decade or more.

To see them intimidated like this by thugs that could have walked right out of something by Bulgakov or even Kafka is a sobering prospect.

It translates into: the free press is now classed an enemy of the state and equates to terrorism.

I've lived in Poland before the iron curtain came down, in the years when Jaruzelski ruled the country and when Solidarnosc was just beginning to form, the free press was classed an enemy of the state there as well. Mere posession of an illegal book or paper could get you into a lot of trouble.

The state sanctioned media were extremely circumspect in their reporting of what was going on in Gdansk and Gdynia but word trickled out and slowly Polish people everywhere started to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Reagan, the Afghan war and Gorbachev all played a part in the fall of the Soviet Union. But Poland and especially Solidarity, Wałęsa and Popiełuszko deserve a good chunk of the credit too.

A not so visible part of all of this is that the free press in Poland (called the samizdat) spread not only books but also 10's of thousands of copies of the underground newspaper Solidarnosc, many of which were read by multiple people, passed from hand to hand to trusted friends. These were the only counterweight to state media (newspaper, radio, television) and the contrast between the two was stark.

I wonder if the Solidarity movement would have gotten off the ground as well as it did and whether Poland would have made the early move to freedom without such a free press (and in some cases it wasn't even a press but simply hand-copying or re-typing!).

It is the only historical change that I have had the privilege of observing at very close quarters, so my experience is limited. But a free press to me is a must have, it is as important as having a system of government, and to have a free press we must have journalists and newspapers that are free to operate.

Otherwise one of these days we'll have to resort to underground presses like in the days of communism in Poland, press freedom is very important no matter who governs you, and government officials intimidating the press is a very bad sign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samizdat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_%28Polish_trade_unio...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Popie%C5%82uszko
95.4 Million self driving cars sold per year by 2035
Groklaw legal site shuts over fears of NSA email snooping
There are no 'scalability protocols' such as req/rep or pub/sub in libuv.
The article rehashes some old stuff. ...but the point is that the Home Office is officially supporting the action. The key quote is near the end:

"If the police believe that an individual is in possession of highly sensitive stolen information that would help terrorism, then they should act and the law provides them with a framework to do that. Those who oppose this sort of action need to think about what they are condoning."

So, if you oppose this sort of action, you are condoning terrorism. What does that make you? Hmmm... Not sure I like where this is heading.
Can you rationally separate elegance and style ?
Encryption is mentioned in the article, but dismissed as encrypted e-mails are stored for 5 years in hope of new discoveries for decrypting without the private key.

I still agree with you, though.. PGP is pretty good, after all :)
Nice one!

Would be good if you have at least some short catchy description of the service.
"Navigant Research forecasts that autonomous vehicles will gradually gain traction in the market over the coming two decades and by 2035, sales of autonomous vehicles will reach 95.4 million annually, representing 75% of all light-duty vehicle sales."
Do you get an error 500?
You could say that the previous iPod dock connector was over-designed. But it wasn't, because it survived many years and many devices, with only a handful in between (like some iPod nanos) not being amenable to it years after its creation. We do not yet know what fate awaits Lightning. The odds are certainly tilted against it. Not only is Android popular and universally using Micro-USB (unlike when the first iPhone came out and phones had all kinds of plugs), but "smart wires" are increasingly antiquated: if you want to pipe music from your phone to your car, wouldn't you rather use WiFi than a cord? Sure, you need to plug in to charge much of the time, but now you can hand the thing to someone in the backseat and let them change songs. And any dumb USB port will charge any phone these days, which is good enough.
Don't be fooled, events like this one will have their repercussions.
I don't think getting rid of data was the point.
That's likely the key difference: Ideas and ideas that are viable - or knowing how or what makes them viable. Usually when you're pitching ideas for money you explain WHY they are viable, telling your strategy / tactics ...
Right, right, but for everyone that isn't a lean rockstar Node ninja programmer agile kanban expert--e.g., most of the population of the United States--it is far, far too easy to weigh going hungry against getting a "harmless" Facebook profile.
This was formerly the correct title of the BBC's article, but the source article has since been modified.
Who is saying it cannot be as fast as C?

The original post only claims that it makes his life easier, and then makes two further claims about the C implementation without stating you can't achieve the same in C++.

He then links to a post where he goes into more detail, including _explicitly pointing out_ you can do the same in C++, but that he believes that the language encourages you to think in certain ways that negatively affects these factors.

It seems to me that he is stating his reasons for why he believes C is the best choice, and particularly for him, without making any claim that it is objectively better.

In other words, unless I've completely missed something, you are setting up strawmen.
"A Home Office spokesperson said: "The government and the police have a duty to protect the public and our national security."

It's starting to really piss me off how these governments think they can do anything as long as they mention "national security" in their public statements. It's like they think we're all morons and we'll actually believe it everytime they say it.

Commenters here on HN saying terrorism should be treated as any other crime are rights. Eliminate all "special terrorist-laws", and you'll stop these abuses.
Personally I think that if terrorists want to destroy our way of life then they're going to need to do it themselves -- I won't do it for them by supporting draconian, baseless, and broad-sweeping laws that delegate powers to people with questionable motives.

If we ask these politicians how long it will take to stop the terrorist threat then I'm certain they'd respond "Years, decades, however long it takes."

Safety, at all costs, is a prison cell.
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It is a good innovation indeed. That being said, I'd rather deal with the minor annoyance of having to figure out which way to plug my USB cable than having to carry two sets of cables/adapters to accommodate all my devices.
There's a great podcast called Hardcore History[2] which has some significance here. There's a podcast titled something similar to "Justifiable Insanity" that talks about the end of WW2. People got into the mental trap of "Well, if we do something particularly heinous, they'll HAVE to surrender!". This lead to things like firestorms of Dresden and Hamburg, which had immense (esp. for the time period) death tolls.[0][1] So, be careful with the tactic of "Well, if something REALLY bad happens.."

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War...
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War...
[2]: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive
Years ago, when I was a little involved with the FSFE, I did a bit of graphics design for some people there. One thing I made was that small graphic one you see in the header there.

Seeing it again now after years... Weird.

Then I went to http://planet.fsfe.org/ and found out they're still using my site design there.

Wow. I'm floored.

This is... I don't know. With the storm brewing right now, they need help. People help.

Guess I know what to do.
I don't see what everyone is so shocked by. Sensitive government information is in the wild. The government is using laws in place to try to limit the exposure of said sensitive data. Personally I don't think that journalists are the ones who should have final say over what information should and should not be exposed.

Regardless of which side of the argument you fall on, I don't see what is so revolting about this whole development. Journalist is thought to have very sensitive information about leading world powers. Leading world powers want information on who has the data, where it's been released, and want to limit further exposure. You want to be a journalist involved in releasing government top secret information? This is what you have to be ready to deal with. As a journalist, you're not above the law either.

To be clear, I'm not saying the government is always right either, I'm saying that the government is just doing what it's job is: keep top secret information from reaching sensitive hands.
Think of this as 'sending a message'. It's backfiring spectacularly but the intended goal was evidently not the destruction of data, they can't be that stupid.
Would just like to mention mailpile: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mailpile-taking-e-mail-bac...

They aim to create an self-hosted e-mail client with (among other things) a new take on encryption usability. I think this is one step in the right directoin of making e-mail encryption easier to use. If you think so too, back them :)
Need to use the best if you're wanting to catch up to the rest..
I'm not clear on the specifics of the actual law, but this seems like what the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act was trying to protect.

There's no link between a physical hardware failure and flashing an aftermarket ROM, and as such they would be really hard pressed to have a legally valid reason to deny you coverage for the micro-USB port being defective.

There's a lot of grey area - if your display goes out, maybe it's because of software - but something purely physical is pretty clear cut.
Actually, if you're in the US the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act covers you in the case of customizations [1]. Under this law, manufacturers are only able to claim your warranty as void if the modifications are what caused your warranty claim. I doubt they would be able to claim that your custom ROM caused your hardware failure on the USB port, so legally they had to fix it. More info on this FTC law [2].

[1] http://www.examiner.com/article/what-modifications-will-void...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_...
In David Hoffman's excellent book "The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race" he describes how Reagan and John Paul II came up with a plan that saw the smuggling of large quantities of office equipment (photocopies, faxes etc.) into Poland.

This Time article gives some details: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,159069,00.h...

I love the idea of subverting a regime by supplying communication tools!
Can someone remind me, since when did "journalist" become synonymous with "terrorist" again?
If you can't build a PayPal, what chance do you have of building a Tesla? It makes complete sense that only the already-proven entrepreneurs are the only ones being funded for the moonshots.
The way I understand it, this allows people/companies to do their accounting at least in parts in Bitcoin and then pay taxes (in Euros, of course) on the resulting revenue, rather than treating Bitcoins as goods that are sold/bought for ‘real’ money.

But I am neither an accountant, nor a lawyer, nor an economist, so the likelihood of my guess being correct is rather slim.
What, and get added to his 3 hops surveillance circle?

http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/17/3_degre...

Heh.
Since you never traverse the list, the order of elements obviously doesn't matter. In that case, you can just swap the element to remove with the last element.

A vector will still give you better cache-locality and also amortize the number of allocations.
Let me rephrase: "The Home Office" is defending the airport detention.

I doubt anyone in this country agrees with them under the circumstances[1] and by no means do they act on behalf of us.

[1] bar some Daily Mail reading crackheads.
3 Red Flags to Avoid When Pitching Investors
Just watched the screencast. Very interesting! And very well presented.

Some things that went through my head as I watched....

1. The open source geek in me says "Where's the code?" - If you're
keeping the algorithm closed source, then I guess it may be worth
making that clear and perhaps explicitly inviting potential investment
partners (if that's what you're aiming for).

2. And if not source code, where can I download the holo binary?
The very definition of "chilling speech" at work.
Ah. True. Metadata. Maybe e-mail in its current shape has run its course.
I tend to get lost in customizing bootstrap sometimes. This, however, is amazing. http://yui.github.io/skinbuilder/?mode=pure
The Age of Quantum Information Teleportation Dawns
If Musk put down his money, isn't he a VC by definition?
> Email does not fit that medium.

Why not?

Email can be implemented in a global p2p file database. Every "email" simply adds another file. Privacy can be ensured with encryption (as long as the encryption is not broken, at least). See existing Freenet message boards for an example.

It may not be Internet RFC821/822 (and subsequent standards) Email, but it is email.

What part of this will not fit the Freenet model?
Simplified Multiple Provider Authorization
As a Rust, Ruby, and HTTP enthusiast, this gets a hearty +1 from me as well.

It's been a while since I checked out the Ragel backend, does it still generate decent Rust code?
One of the Wikileaks releases contained allegations that Qatar was leaning on Al-Jazeera:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/05/wikileaks-cable...
Gladly.
Quantum Computing: Where This New Technology Is Headed This Decade
The citizenry will not overcome the tyranny because most of the citizens are either (1) unaware of how the power effects them (2) do not understand it.
Which Web browser crashes the most?
This is being covered a lot more widely because it's a distraction.
I was going to post this on Medium too, but thought it might be in bad taste
> if terrorists want to destroy our way of life

We should stop thinking the things that we've been brainwashed with.

The basics are really simple: Don't be a d#ck and people will not hate you (and crazies will not be able to recruit "terrorists").

(If we had the chance to really get to know the people we call "terrorists", we'd find that even they would like to live their lives in peace and respect, before anything else, just like the rest of us.)
>It starts when somebody makes a legitimate observation that a very specific set of functionality has been shown to have serious flaws in practice, and then suggests that perhaps the best course of action is to remove this very specific, and broken, functionality.

I missed that. I saw a link that says that we shouldn't have verbs because no one implemented them, LOL SPACEJUMP.

Do you really think that it's a "legitimate observation" that because node.js has a shitty http parser, the parts of http that it parsed badly should be thrown out?

I read two smart-ass comments here, and a civility troll.
Also this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Monaghan_bombings
The British Army helped unionist terrorists bomb Ireland.
Indeed.

The BBC don't cite sources - they state everything as fact and editorialise terribly. You don't know if you're reading a product press release (like their tech news comes across as) or a political statement from the government (which ALL of their health news comes across as).

This makes me distrust them more than most I think.
My personal decision is to get off of the Internet to the degree it's possible. I'm just an ordinary person. But I really know, after all my research and some serious thinking things through, that I can't stay online personally without losing my humanness, now that I know that ensuring privacy online is impossible. I find myself unable to write....

-- the crux
To subscribe to the Guardian : http://subscribe.theguardian.com/

To send Alan Rusbridger an email of support: alan.rusbridger@theguardian.com

I'm drafting an email here http://blog.mikadosoftware.com/2013/08/20/supporting-a-free-... but send something - a few people standing up are worth supporting.
Wow. I completely missed that first time around. Good catch!
He can still get online stuff with it. Online subscriptions. Video games. Pornography. Etc.
> It's an objective reality. Point at ONE positive thing the US has done on the world stage since 1945. It's all coups, black ops, war, more war, war, and war.

Marshall plan. Defense of South Korea. Support for Taiwan. Public and private responses to natural disasters throughout the world.

Argument by hyperbole isn't very interesting or useful and analysis of historical events is always difficult because the alternatives not taken are hard to evaluate against the actual choices that were made.
All this tells me is that our government are doing worse things we don't even know about yet, and they're doing everything they can to keep it quiet.
It would be great if many more people use a subscription as a form of support. The Guardian has been making a loss for a number of years now and the next logical step to silence them would be to put financial pressure on them. Now would be the perfect time for the Guardian to launch a web subscription level (they only seem to do print + IPad sub atm.)
Petition: review the use of Schedule 7 of Terrorism Act
>a lot of money for a small piece of plastic

Oakley lenses are practically bulletproof. They're well worth the cost if you need protective eyewear, just ask the US military. Being a fashion statement is just a byproduct of that. Some would venture to say Oakley has advanced technology more than RED.
I may have missed it, but I don't recall any back channel information from Deep Throat type sources there. What I recall was a lot of documents readily available to lawyers but somewhat a pain in the ass for average people to track down and get copies of, especially for free.

Note that I am not saying there were none...just that I never noticed them. Anyone have an example or two?
That's a technological solution to a political problem. We should always have an expectation of privacy.
Sure; time spent investigating me is time spent not investigating somebody important :P
Ask HN: can I visit your Dublin office?
I happen to be in Dublin for the Node.js conference on September 8-13 and I'd love to visit any startup office or IT workplace there, maybe meet some passionate developers and share some ideas.
Also, I'd like to have a coffee with anyone or/and maybe hack a MVP during my stay there.

Also if anyone would recommend some cool places to see there and fun stuff to do I would really appreciate it ;)
> Just let the free market decide things like this, it is extremely efficient at that.

Yes, it absolutely did not take an EU intervention to standardise mobile phone chargers on Micro USB, instead, the manufacturers recognised that it is a good thing to get rid off proprietary chargers as consumers all only bought the phones with the standardised chargers.

Or are you saying that needing a new, different, charger for your phone is actually a good thing™?
The actual title is "David Miranda in legal challenge over seized data", not "UK defends Miranda airport detention", it looks like it has been changed on the BBC site.
Anyone else notice Tesla's flying rear view mirror that nearly hit the dummy in the face? Maybe they forgot to apply the little alcohol wipe before gluing it on the windshield :).
You forgot the UK government helping loyalists commit assassinations: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/12/pat-finucane-army-...
Does anyone know what the actual voltages are?

Just because it is high relative to the usual 12V of cars does not mean it is terrifically fatal.

An anecdote to give you a picture of things: Electric arc welders operate at around 60V with a very large amount of current. However the electricity is not particularly the dangerous thing about them, it is the 9000F arc you are making and the molten steel. So to demonstrate that we shouldn't freak out about the electric danger and worry more about the heat, my instructor had someone touch the business end with one hand and the ground electrode with the other. Bit of a tingle but certainly didn't stop their heart or anything. Welders are kept at low voltage for this reason.

I assume that it must be somewhat dangerous because of the responder guides warning, but I would want to know the actual voltage before drawing conclusions. If the voltage is 112 or less (or even 220 or less), it should be possible to be pretty safe with some fairly manageable precautions.
Colours in your terminal, for golang
I've built a site on it:
http://audioterror.com/
YMail also lets you sign in with GMail. Obv, we're all aware of the Mayer connection, but it's still a curious move. What's Yahoo's play here? "Users." Okay, but what's the play? Cast aside all notions of vanity, and keep your eye on what you really want? (To train eyes on their content portal?) (Can it really be the case that Y.com is last man standing in the portal wars? Huh!)
The Internet makes it much harder to govern in the same way that a free press in the 1700s made it harder to govern - when you have viewpoints outside of government propaganda available people might choose to take those viewpoints over the government's own. So the government has to listen to the people to have at least an air of legitimacy, and there's nothing that pisses off a bureaucrat more than having to listen to those they are accountable to.
Agreed. Some time ago on HN: Law firms forcing online newspapers to delete older articles. No one cares, it's old news right? Step by step they're changing history.
That's exactly what they're there for. They encourage and reward a white-hat culture.
wercker is a continuous delivery platform which is also free for open source (and private projects as well)

http://wercker.com

disclosure: I work for wercker.
U.K. gov't thought destroying Guardian hard drives would stop Snowden stories
How would you send the new file to your recipient?
$push to sorted array
I am confused as to how this is news. But yes, Pure does a good job. I feel like it influenced the new version of Bootstrap a bit.
There are plenty of cases where you can roll without intending to roll. If you are forced off the road (by another driver, by ice, poor reaction to deer crossing the road, etc), hitting a ditch at 50mph at the right angle will almost surely launch your car sideways. Being hit by another car running a red light could easily launch you sideways as well.
That's the whole point, bitcoin not being treated as a good you trade.
53 Electrifying Minutes with the Stanford superstar, Feross Aboukhadijeh
She makes the observation that any encrypted email is held on to for ~5 years--this may be why she didn't want to bother with the GPG bollocks.
Probably because by the time it became usual to plug them in often (read: portable computers), they were already commonplace to a degree that made it impractical to replace them.

And nowadays there’s Wifi/UMTS available for most such usecases – I have a docking station at home and use the Thinkpad’s internal Ethernet port maybe twice a year; mostly relying on wireless data transfers when not at home.
Probably around the time that journalists decided they would write what they think rather than what they are told to write.

Journalist is a risky profession, even when you're not going into some warzone.
Nice. And thanks for the upvote - I feel better now.