skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> In practical terms this means that any individual or business hosting having a Facebook profile page or blog on Tumblr could be sued.

This just says that they're responsible for the effects of the services they contract, in addition to acts they undertake directly.

Should a person building a bridge get out of the liability because they contracted out parts of the work? No.

Neither should the operator of a website because they opted to use services provided from a third party for part (or all) of their web services.
I've been using my Chromecast to play local content since day one. Then again, I have a whitelisted application that I'm using and I'm not distributing it. There is nothing really stopping developers from developing such services... local content plays fine. Google just doesn't want you distributing them until the dust settles and they lock down their API. If it takes them more than a month or so to do so, or if they then prohibit such uses of the Chromecast, then maybe you have a story, but until then -- geez.
> Can you not open your eyes to the multitude of problems that exist out there, in the REAL WORLD, and fix those?

I am minimizing my risks in ways the OP is not, but I fully intend to transition to game development full time because building things that make people happy is of value to me. A paucity of art that communicates what I want to communicate, that entertains in the way I wish to entertain and be entertained, is a problem.

As for you: trivializing art is a sign of a deeper misunderstanding of the world than anything this guy has managed. So be less of a douchebag. You might even be a happier person for it.
Very worth noting that Carmack here is talking much about "pure functional programming" above just functional programming.
This has been discussed before, but a political problem requires a political solution (cessation of surveillance through legislation and holding violators to account with imprisonment and fines.)
All the more reason to open a private mailbox and conceal your real address from banks, employers, and when making purchases. Also, since I live outside of the city, shipping is cheaper too. I doubt the UPS store has a bad credit rating.
nice! just ordered a used copy =)
I'm not really sure what you're getting at, as this is just one company. Companies are also pretty good at cooking their books, too, and I haven't seen too much in the last 5 years to make me trust that the SEC is doing their job.
Xbox is brought up a lot in these threads although it has been a total business failure. Even after losing billions over many quarters, making a quarterly profit only recently, it's still in a virtual 3-way tie for the tiny gaming console market.
Data, I suppose.

They want to make as many loans as possible. The want to loan you money or grant credit. But if they find a correlation that indicates too much risk they'll say no.

The questions then are, is the correlation real, and is doing the correlation legal in the local jurisdiction.
Not at all. Incan society had a caste system, nobles, royalty, etc. Nobles owned estates and laborers. Workers did not own the means of production.
I don't think it quite works this way... if you deposit $1000, the bank isn't required to keep $1000 on hand, so with your 1/30 ratio, it means they would hold onto about $34 and loan out the rest with interest.

I am definitely not an expert on banking.
google.ps has not been hacked.

The .ps registry was. Google DNS servers have been changed to omar.genious.net and hamza.genious.net
I think it would be more fun to go the other way. Make it possible for anyone to conduct surveillance on anyone else.

What would be the reaction of politicians if their every phone call, email, message were able to be read and published?
Doesn't look like a fake defacement, google.ps has looked like google since 2009 according to archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20090812080241/http://www.google....
Much is shared, yes, but compared to a traditional approach with static arrays, there is a _lot_ of copying in a typical FP approach.
Obvious to who? The people being subjected to the same?
How does this relate to what I've been reading about lately with docker and "containers"?
You and tieTYT have convinced me. :-) But when I worked at a dev shop around 2000-2005 we did have our own app server (begun in the 90s), with its own templating language (two actually), its own "NoSQL" database, and its own scripting language (all operators and function calls in Reverse Polish Notation). And it was written in C. It was pretty fun to work on it, actually. But there's no way I'd build something like that today. And I think my desire to make games is stronger than my desire to make a game engine.
I wonder if that post (or this post) will be around in 22 years (2035).
What happens if Bill Gates friends me?
If work is life, if you hang out with your coworkers outside of work, if you come in on Sunday to chill with a colleague, then your argument isn't relevant. Work is life, and your relationships are balanced by virtue of the fact that you're actually friends with the people you work with.

You get everything you're saying a young person needs, and you also work 60 hours a week, without even realizing it.

That's the kind of environment worth fostering.
We didn't have this type of insurance at YC but now we're going to get it. So thanks for the tip Jason.
He has more in common with Bill Gates than he probably would like to admit (640k aught to be ...), yeah yeah, snopes. ;)
I wonder if it's down to the lack of other places for these pre-cooked startups to pitch? They just want the audience. (Though this happens in Silicon Valley, for sure, where one certainly can't argue there aren't any pitch soapboxes.)

Perhaps two judging categories could help. Best technical feat this weekend, and best business concept. Bonus points for the business concept that actually built some kind of MVP this weekend.

There's a grey area between new hacks that use existing APIs/tech from a startup (vs. publicly available tech) and completely new projects. Not sure how that should be handled, perhaps just a case-by-case basis (is this a feature for the startup, or is it a brand new project that happens to leverage existing knowledge?)
Perhaps you should learn to kill meanness with love, not more meanness. In this case, YOU are the mean person, and by your own logic, deserve an unhappy life. But I don't think you do deserve that any more than I think you have the right or justification to be mean to a border agent based on some superficial judgement and prejudice against authority figures. Not only is it likely to result in a negative outcome for yourself, but it misses the opportunity to brighten what may very well be an overworked person with a troubled home life and a sick parent. Are you serving humanity better by being mean to them and making them feel miserable, or by smiling and treating them kindly so they may treat the next person better?

You judge people as mean, and then are mean to them. If you can't see how incredibly myopic, narcissistic, and unevolved that makes you sound, I suggest spending less time traveling and more time getting to know your fellow humans.
"The page was restored within an hour of defacement."

Not it wasn't. It's still hacked for me.
>WRT "paleo" I'm talking specifically about applying the same anatomical/digestive/biochemical analysis that works pretty well with any other animal

That has nothing to do with paleo, so forgive me for not guessing that. Paleo specifically means the time period before recorded human history. Dissecting a cow has absolutely nothing to do with paleo anything. Paleo is commonly used as a short hand for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet which is the naturalistic fallacy applied to modern human behavior. It is not supported by evidence.
I was only six at the time, so I don't have first hand knowledge, but from what I gather there was no really free kernel/operating system at that time. Minix was under license restrictions, the BSDs was tied up in legal battles, and GNU was still on it's endless search for the perfect kernel.

Linux was sorely needed at the time!
Past performance isn't the only indicator of future performance. What will you say when it's revealed that the Chromcast is Google's first foray into locked hardware, and that they liked how it was well-received by consumers?
OK, I hear you, I do. You say you want to cut off.

At least, that's what you think you want. Is it possible this is an over-reaction?

You say you want out of the concrete jungle. That seems more plausible.

You're in Canada, so I'm guessing GTA or Vancouver?

Before heading "up north" (if you haven't been, you have no idea, sorry - don't mean to patronize, but you don't - one doesn't just "go up north" without having visited with competent guides), why not head out of town for a bit? If you are GTA, why not Perth or Smith's Falls or Arnprior? (Yeah, these are more my neck of the woods, but you need to get far from your neck to get to the woods, know what I mean?)

Consider a change of pace, before considering a harsh and radical cut off. Maybe some place that still has running water and electricity and where the amenities of civilization are only 1-3 hours away by car.

Rent a farm north of Bancroft, near Algonquin. Someplace rural but with folks not so far away. Close enough but not too far, you know?

You want even more remote, but still sort of civilized? How about Fermont, QC? (Last spot before Labrador, road pretty much ends there.)

If you're not GTA, folks from your neck of the woods can suggest places comparable to the above....

(I moved to T.O. after university - small place out east - and I hated the jungle, it went on forever. Moved to Ottawa after a couple of years. Been here over 23. It's grown, but it's way less jungle than the GTA. I'm in the burbs, I can be on a farm in 5 minutes and not see anyone for miles....)

Heck, why not just go canoeing in Algonquin for a week? A buddy of mine unplugs that way for a week every year - keeps him sane, and it's a less radical prescription.
If they hacked the .ps registry, did they redirect any other sites?
Very, a merry, centric.
> assessing credit risk based on social profiles is almost definitely illegal

I doubt it, do you have a citation for that?
Windows does not include Windows Server, in Microsoft-land. Windows Server is definitely in the Server and Tools Business (now Enterprise and Cloud). SQL Server is also in Enterprise and Cloud.
Number of people is actually not as big a factor as it is made out to be. For major medical and certain supplemental health like dental, there is a load for small groups, but it isn't very much. The risk is certainly higher, but one large claim can make a group's loss ratio beyond what can be recovered, so the additional premium has to be spread across the small group category. The biggest factor which is often overlooked is that the insured is "actively at work" which lowers the potential risk, because working people are healthier and the insurance company can add underwriting factors for certain industries. Another thing to note is even if you are allowed to select a voluntary product like dental or health indemnity product, there is little or no choice on the specific riders or benefit amounts which lowers the "anti-selection" for riders. Products that are partially employer-paid like major med and/or a group's participation percentage being high also limits the potential anti-selection.
Disclaimer: work in Actuarial
With hands in pocket he has not been captured mid motion. He is therefore purposefully guarding entrance into the "Y". The blue exit door is for anyone who cannot answer his questions three.
You're right, the ents will be pissed ;)

It's a really good name for forum software - better than Discourse for a few reasons:

- one syllable, one easy phonetic spelling
- archaic, so it won't be confused in everyday speech
- it doesn't sound like it might do something else. Discourse could be online learning, golf venue rankings, etc.
Of all the places to grind this ax, you'd pick the place where we're discussing Linus's historical announcement of his brand new kernel? A year before the word "Linux" was ever coined? In a discussion of a message where he talks about porting two specific GNU programs as evidence of how serious he is?
From the GP:

Maternity Leave - The good news is that this covers maternity leave of 3 months
for our lady employees. This is a nice benefit to offer.
It also explains the higher rates based on gender.

Maternity leave is much more likely to be utilized than long term disability insurance.
Somehow the difference between O(1) and O(log32 n) has never actually been an issue for me in Clojure.
If you work with the same people you socialize with, work and leisure starts to blend. You think of your office as a place to be around your friends, and you think of your work as a problem you and your buddies figure out together.

Many, many people crave working in places like this, and with people who want to experience this. Apparently Stripe is one of those places. Apparently not everyone wants to work like this.

I do. They do. Who are you to tell us we can't work like that, and hire people who also want to work like that?
relevant to? google maps being more sensitive & accurate? DNS hijacking and bigger companies protecting their trademarks better? I dunno.
Right, but someone just changed the domain to point to a new IP address. So no one hacked Google's server.
I split a $300 Behmor purchase with my friend. My $150 contribution will pay for itself in 4 months. Green coffee beans are significantly cheaper.
Hmm, since I'm female, I'm a little worried my sperm count might be low... I do have plenty of icons on my desktop though. Do you think that will help?
Isn't that how they got in trouble last time? That's hardly a value for the consumer.

(I know that's not what happened before, but it's still anti-competitive)
That's even worse. You were pretending to be more successful than you are, just to make the guy feel worse.

"I own a software company. It pretty much runs itself these days, and I just check in every once in a while to see how things are going"

Translation: I make lots of money and don't work. Suck it, bitch.
I totally agree, but swap Valve for Yahoo and Gabe Newell for Mayers
Still kicking myself for selling my stock at $90.
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That's not the exact opposite. Because most people are familiar with SQL databases, that's usually what they use. That's the case with the grandparent post. "Use what you know, and works for your case" is better for a startup than learning a trendy technology because you believe it might be better for your use case.

Three years ago at IndexTank we were looking for a SimpleDB replacement because it just didn't work as advertised. We explored a bunch of options, and we paid a significant cost to find out that deploying Cassandra would not be worth it for us. If you have never used Cassandra and choose it because you "want a Key-value store with secondary indexes and lots of scaling capabilities" then you're in for a world of hurt.
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The labor system is not at all comparable to socialism. Try feudalism.
This is nice, but I can't help but feel it's a little wrong that we're still making free-lists like in the olden days.
I like how you downvoted me for factual information. Please look up their competitors, as well as their tinier ones. The margins in the sector are similar across the board. The financial statements are audited by third party accountants. Studies from healthcare researchers use those margins. I didn't know I was responding to a conspiracy theorist, which I hope you're not.
People might be unable to leave because they need their current employer's health insurance, but not leaving because of losing disability? That's a new one.
I read the GP as referring to Linux being 50% right in the "big and professional" prediction.
I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't Tesla's game plan all along. Start with cool; move into affordable.
Affordability and availability ? This is silly.

Tesla is making electric cars that rich people would actually buy. Not low-end electric cars for the masses.
> The machines no longer store or display images of your body - they store and display images of a generic body with the data received from you.

How about a bit of warranted cynicism: How do we know the high-res versions aren't being stored? It would be useful for them to do so, the images have been stored in the past, and the announcements don't mention storage, only display.

(For those unfamiliar: High-res versions have to be taken, they definitely do exist. The vague images the TSA personal see are the result of the original images being run through ATD (sometimes called ATR or AID) filters that boil the original image down to the important parts.)

Storing the original high-res versions would probably be fantastically useful. It would provide a good data source for real-world benchmarks and operational feedback for L3, but most enticingly it would provide an audit trail for post-incident analysis so investigators could re-examine the scanned data for a targeted individual.

Given that this is the age where, by default, we store everything and analyze it later, people did talk about storing the images, even if it was entirely low key. It's just too obviously useful.

I was looking into this recently, and I couldn't find anything about the new L3 ATD machines that mentioned whether the images are stored. The parent comment's links say nothing about it and I couldn't find anything else that did, including the L3 ProVision ATD product page[1].

It certainly seems strongly implied that the images are not stored. We read phrases from L3 like "processed by software without human intervention", but that sounds somewhat suspiciously specific. OK, no one is definitely and actively looking at it, but what about potentially and passively? Is it just bad wording on their part, or is someone actually trying to leave a loophole?

If they're going to scan us in a way we feel is invasive, is it too much to get some sort of assurance that the images are being handled properly? Frankly, an audit of the machines would be more than in proper order, given that it's handling sensitive data that needs to be carefully handled.

Can anyone point out something I've missed? Is there anything that talks about image storage, not just display?

[1]: http://www.sds.l-3com.com/advancedimaging/provision-at.htm
I would assume that any friend that helps your score would have their score hurt by being your friend.
The problem is that when you don't have insurance your inaction can drive up costs for everyone else (higher prices at the hospital).
Any chance you'd be willing to put the code up on GitHub so other Chromecast users can just add it locally and whitelist it?
Important note:

If the company pays for your disability with pre-tax dollars, your disability payments are taxed as income.

If you pay for your disability with after-tax dollars, you are not taxed on the income.

Keep this in mind when designing the plan. If taxing the employees on their disability benefits makes the benefits tax-free, you should give your employees that option.
Here's a map of the UK displaying areas' most popular surnames: http://www.uncertaintyofidentity.com/GB_Names/Mapping.aspx

It's Smith and Jones almost everywhere, but in cities like London and Birmingham there are distinct groupings of Patel, Kaur, Begum etc.
Back then all the people that used Unix at work or school didn't really have a descent option for home use. Linux filled that void and came at a perfect time when a lot of the GNU utilities existed but without a completed open source kernel. Today, we see a lot of announcements for social sites and android apps that are a variation of a dozen other existing projects. It really is a different world now.
There is literally zero appropriate use cases for mysql. If you need a relational database, use one. If you need a network hash table, use one. Don't use mysql at all.
I am totally in the Tesla camp, but to play devil's advocate, isn't profitability the real important number here? Tesla just became profitable, but Porsche is the most profitable car company (http://www.dw.de/porsche-emerges-as-worlds-most-profitable-c...)
That's actually a very interesting question. I've noticed for a while that the people who are best at giving advice to startups tend to be funny. It's not a job where it would be good to be the humorless variety of smart. I think the reason is not that being funny is important per se, but that being funny and having good ideas about startups are so similar that it's impossible to find one without the other.
Excellent! I had this same idea in 2011, kudos on the execution! The size difference between animated GIF and actual video codecs is vast and the idea seemed obvious. I made a quick mashup with ffmpeg+Django (I'd use Go/MongoDB for web instead of Django these days.)

HTML5 video wasn't uniformly supported across browsers (and remember Google announced Chrome would drop h.264 around that time) and I didn't get positive responses on the idea. Maybe with more tools to support HTML5 video in animated GIF use cases and educational tools showing the difference in loading times and encoding algorithms this idea could take hold.

Also the WebP engineers have developed an animated WebP format which I disagree with but could be a step toward breaking GIF's monopoly on short animations.