skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's generally a good idea to use git add -p, even without a sensitive scroll wheel.
Does Stripe deal with scoring and fraud prevention etc. or do I have to implement my own countermeasures?
China suffers major DDoS attack on .cn domain
Tl;dr: Airline consultant writes long justification for bad air travel experience.

Let's get those self-driving cars soon, so we can give the airlines what they deserve for not pushing back on behalf of their customers.
IOS 7 available to the public on September 10th 
After news leaked of Apple's upcoming iPhone event on September 10th, it was assumed the new iOS 7 would be announced at the same time — but now there's proof. Today, a developer named Owen Williams received an email indicating that iOS 7 would be released to the general public on the 10th, giving non-developers their first peek at the controversial operating system. The email comes from Nuance, which works closely enough with Apple to know the date in advance.
I use it all the time. Literally.
Because it leeches potential talent away from other projects?

I don't really have a big ax to grind with Gnome, but I don't understand why it remained relevant after the KDE/Qt licensing issue was resolved.
I'm sorry about misinterpreting, it's just how I interpreted the comment. My bad.
From Julian Assange's old blog:

http://cryptome.org/0002/ja-conspiracies.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20071020051936/http://iq.org/#The...

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Sun 31 Dec 2006 : The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance

You may want to read The Road to Hanoi or Conspiracy as Governance ; an obscure motivational document, almost useless in light of its decontextualization and perhaps even then. But if you read this latter document while thinking about how different structures of power are differentially affected by leaks (the defection of the inner to the outer) its motivations may become clearer.

The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie. This must result in minimization of efficient internal communications mechanisms (an increase in cognitive "secrecy tax") and consequent system-wide cognitive decline resulting in decreased ability to hold onto power as the environment demands adaption.

Hence in a world where leaking is easy, secretive or unjust systems are nonlinearly hit relative to open, just systems. Since unjust systems, by their nature induce opponents, and in many places barely have the upper hand, mass leaking leaves them exquisitely vulnerable to those who seek to replace them with more open forms of governance.

Only revealed injustice can be answered; for man to do anything intelligent he has to know what's actually going on.
Am I crazy, or does it not agree with the color relations from http://colorschemedesigner.com/?

Using #602375 (dark purple) as a seed color with Complement mode yields the complement as being a dark green, whereas in ColorSchemeDesigner the complement is more of an olive color?
I hated this feature of Gnome, but I will probably hate what they're replacing it with even more. I use the middle click to open links in new tabs and to close said tabs, and every other window manager I've used does it that way. What's next? Draw a small circle around the things you want to select with the cursor instead of left clicking on them?
What is the difference in your view? Very interested to hear this. The sums involved in this case ($20000) are less than those involved in most employment scenarios.
It reminded me of this clever hack used to store the source code of DeCSS (CSS descrambler that let you bypass the DVD DRM) in DNS records: http://decss.zoy.org/ (method 9).

"Mark Baker noticed that you could do the request to any nameserver. Which means for instance that the DeCSS source code is available from the DVDCCA's nameservers !"

Classic.
Middle mouse button is used for a lot things - paste, new tab click, scroll. If your mouse is prone to misclicks it's a shitty mouse. Disable middle button at all then.
Even without any knowledge about meditation it should be clear that attention control = brain activity, brain activity = brain rewiring (relearning). Rewired brain = different behavior and different thoughts. One meditation may yield insignificant rewiring, but make it routinely, and the effect adds up. Science will catch up later, because we all know it is difficult to quantify and measure anything related to brain.
We're throwing a new type of hackathon to tell stories that matter
-> (Yes || Maybe) -> ...
Front-running is the obvious (and most profitable) application.
We (ShopKeep) are using Puma for our thin web-services around our platform. Specifically, we send all of our data to a two nodes load-balanced running Puma for our analytics aggregation. It's pretty amazing how a single instance running Puma replaces an entire cluster of Unicorn workers.

p.s. We are also hiring Ruby, and iOS folks. Contact information is in my profile.
Why would your scroll wheel be a button? Sounds like hardware UX fail.
Playing with the random() SCSS function on CodePen.io
Logstash joins Elasticsearch
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(I also chose PowerDNS years ago.)

I'm not sure about "rebooting" -- if this was just a language error -- but PowerDNS can run with a MySQL or Postgres backend with instant updates to records. i.e., no reload or other configuration re-read required.

With DB replication up and running, you can get a fairly robust domain name server pool going without the usual headaches associated with copying updates to multiple servers.
A lot of us are Gnome users.
How on Earth is ten days enough to test anything in regards to diet? Pretty sure humans don't notice much change in that time, let alone enough to measure? Day to day numbers fluctuate by a lot, so wouldn't it have to be tested over a longer period for it to be valid?
Show HN: New York, New York - a (very) small Sinatra clone
Coming from Ian Blair, this is fairly unsurprising. It's amazing he's even being put in print, given his prior behaviour.
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Big site update to socialfunders.org
I agree that the football analogy is weak. As an outsider looking in, it seems as though the 'secret plays' are secret just because that's the way it's become... not because it's the only way.

I mean, you just have to look at pretty much every other team sport out there: none of those have secret playbooks. The team is smart enough to work together to determine the best course of action, sometimes taking the advantage, sometimes responding to the loss of that advantage.

So what we have is one sport out of dozens that has a particular quirk, and then we use that weirdness to justify what the government is currently doing?

Odd.
Totalitarianism is on the rise and the mass surveillance age is proof of it. It could also be an observation that we the public bought the lies of safety and security that was being fed to us in erecting all of these government programs.

I guess now many of us are seeing the light that it seems much more likely that this is really all about controlling the masses to the benefit of the state and not about security at all. However, those being given such powers may very well have figured that we would later figure this out but by then it would be too late for us to do anything about it. I would like to believe that we the people will prove them wrong.
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Dambusters: 'Lost' faces of the squadron revealed
I disagree with that. Used correctly types are exactly a lightweight simulation layer. Values are not always what you need to know about and, again used correctly, types can reveal a lot of interesting emergent dtructure of your code.
In general they don't seem so bothered about the scientific method.
I have been trying to use KDE lately. I can configure it in every way imaginable, which scratches an itch for sure, but: it takes forever to start up. After login, the gnome desktop will come up almost instantly, but KDE will sit on the splash screen for a solid thirty seconds. Is there some 'go faster' setting that everyone knows about but me?
I am sure I have seen this before on HN, but I thought there was a good amount of criticism regarding Angular.js and making customized HTML tags. I am sure it is not a new invention in Brick, but is this so different? (I do not know what I am talking about; please feel free to correct if I am wrong).

Negativity aside, thanks to Mozilla for more cool code. You guys support stuff all over the place web-wise, and whether or not I use it, I appreciate the hell out of your efforts.
The curious case of Ali Hussain
Use Your Anger To Smash Creative Blocks
Funny that you should say that. I read HN every day and I don't know what's in the documents that Snowden leaked. Granted, I usually only skim these types of posts trying to glean any insightful comments.

Anyway, the point is that if I don't know what Snowden leaked, I bet most people don't know either.
Why do developers prefer US-EAST over US-WEST?
I agree that we should push our government in that direction, but should also keep protecting our privacy ourselves whenever possible. If we can't avoid inevitable, we could at least postpone it for a decade or two.

There's an old (Russian?) saying that goes like: "Pray to the God, but keep swimming to the coast!"
It's less informative to say 'Power is its own end' than to explain why people try to acquire power, what they do with it, and what they do to keep it. Since we're doing quotes:

"As if giving grounds did not come to an end sometime. But the end is not an ungrounded presupposition: it is an ungrounded way of acting."
You don't define a win state. The event handlers do. Your goals will be different from the event handlers goals. And that's fine. You should have different goals.
It's funny that in your comment meaning to be as ridiculous as possible there are a few very sane ideas i.e. getting rid of caps lock and num lock keys which nobody uses and everybody is pissed of when they pressed accidentally.
That, is a different story. As I have the habit of moving out the cursor to an edge to keep the window clear when I type, I never use this in any WM settings.
Just Thinking about Science Triggers Moral Behavior
True. If you use it for long time-lapses or other "less traditional uses" I can absolutely see you running out of shutter cycles.
In Japan, a similar-to-PC architecture did have sprite and background layer scrolling support in hardware. In the US it was more a result of graphics cards being optimized for windowing OSs and not gaming that drove video card development.

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

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=968&st=1
Talks on large scale data mining and analysis of [social] networks
Good point. This is not ISA-mandated behavior, but an implementation quirk.
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6281881
If you have never done this before, I think going on a six month trip is too ambitious. I suggest starting with two weeks first, and then continuing only if you still feel comfortable. An extreme change of lifestyle is more difficult than you think. I also think that the hermit life has been overly romanticized. It might not necessarily solve the underlying problem, which I assume is your frustration with your current routine. Not everyone is Thoreau or Emerson.

IMHO it's more worthwhile to do something active (a hiking trip with friends for example) in nature than to just isolate yourself. Some of my best memories have been week long trips in nature with a handful of close pals. I remember going almost insane with modern life and seeing all the anger and hatred fade away after a few weeks of physical activity in a new setting.

That said I think your desire to abandon technology for a while and taste freedom is laudable. Good luck to you, sir. All I ask is that you do not abandon human contact but instead seek new people to meet.
We told them they cant profile, so they just spy on everyone and call it fair. Careful what you complain about.
They're at the point of making changes to "taste, texture, and smell" - the dietary side of the formula is nailed down already, and I am willing to believe was tested more rigorously.
Plus you should be checking diffs before committing anything.
From the bug report:

(In reply to comment #2)

> Breaking a default that has been in X forever is not desirable. In this case,

> it is a good default. Leave it alone. Bastien, please do not do this.

Disabling broken behaviour by default is a good thing. It would be a GTK+ specific XSetting, which would only be disabled by default based on your XSettings manager. If you use gnome-settings-daemon, then it would be disabled
by default.

The people that paste their passwords to IRC will thank us.

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And there you have their use case. People who use IRC. Instead of giving an option of disabling middle clicking in the IRC application (or per-application) they will, instead, be removing this commonly used feature, because "won't someone think of the users?"
Any plans for Latin American countries?
To have a stop-gap measure against the chicken-and-egg problem. Connect it now, let your friends know that you are transitioning to this much cooler service and once a good number of them are there, then you will have enough momentum to cancel your FB account.
Even though it isn't for me (I actually like food, finding it one of the greatest pleasures in life), the Soylent story still presents an interesting storyline to me. But I've always wondered: Why the name Soylent? Aren't there some negative connotations to that? Is it...made of people?

An aspect of Soylent that I don't get is the assumption that it gets you out of the drudgery of eating, for those people for whom it is such a chore: the idea of chugging multiple cups of gray, sludgy drink daily sounds like an enormous burden that would grow tiring really quickly. It sounds like something that would make you dread the passing of the day, as another cup of slurry draws ever closer.

I speak at least a bit from experience, as one stage in my life had me working out daily, starting each with a big protein drink. Over time I realized that I was dreading, if not even skipping, the workout because of the protein drink that went with it.
Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 RTM; no early access to final bits
"<x-slider>"

FFS… can't you just implement it properly like everyone else has done. Instead of investing time in stopgaps
They are probably treating it like more of a smoke test. In 10 days you can certainly get a good idea about changes in flavor, texture, preparation, etc. You also ought to get some feedback on whether a formula change resulted in any immediate health concerns.
By focus, do you mean automatically making the window containing the mouse the active one? It will send scroll events to whatever window the mouse is over, which I find really nice when I have two open, typing in one but reading from something else (like a PDF or web page). It saves me two clicks to not change focus just to scroll, but not let the other window take over. I guess it's all just a preference then.
I wouldn't mind loosing some gray matter areas which makes me nervous, angry and lazy.
It's a bit idealistic, but I'm certainly not telling you what you can or can't do. I can only speak to the effects I've observed from working in similar environments (most of this is anecdotal so take it as you will):

-People will get burned out. But instead of having a place to seek refuge (friends outside of work) the only place they have to go is the very place that is causing it, creating a negative feedback loop. Don't get me wrong, having co-workers who are friends are great, but it shouldn't be a requirement of the job. If work crew is small enough it may work for some length of time, but your theory on everyone being friends breaks down, somewhere I'd wager above 5 people.

-I've met extremely smart people who are great to work with in the sense they can get stuff done in a timely manner, but who prefer to stay in with their family or be home for dinner, you are missing out on great candidates like that.

-The biggest thing for me however, is the importance of giving programmers free time. We're in a fast moving world, and to only be able to focus on one subset is damaging to a persons professional growth. People should have the spare time to pursue things on their own, 40 hours is barely enough, 60 you can forget it.
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> Well they refunded the BTC. In order to get a response, all I had to do was post on several BTC related forums and chat, contact the founders on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, and file a complaint with the government.

Note that the user did not actually have to do any of those things for a response. It made no difference. Coinbase has a queue and they get through the whole thing - you're attended to when they get to your place in line. You can make all those other posts if you want, however there's no evidence to suggest that any of it affects how quickly they get back to you.

Also, by "verification process" you really mean "ach bank transfer", which is not exactly something Coinbase invented. Interfacing with banks is difficult and time consuming and stupid - that's part of why bitcoin exists - but as long as ach is around you kind of have to deal with that. Two parties are involved in an ach transfer, and the banks are the end that take that long. You're blaming Coinbase for the problem they're helping to solve.
I would assume they mean testing it for factors like taste, etc. which would be immediate rather than doing it for nutritional testing.
He is a Ruby hipster. They are all about smart one liners.
So? For 60 odd bucks a year per employee you can know that should something happen to one of your employees - you will have done something to ease the situation.

The tone of the article seemed to be about doing something for your employees that, whether appreciated or not, is good for them and your own piece of mind. Taking care of them. Obviously it depends on size etc, but it seems like a good fit.
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I don't know how many different formulas they'll make in the future, but I'd love one with some sort of crushed up powdered oats mix instead of maltodextrin or other not-so-great carb sources. There are very few meal replacements in the supplement market that aren't filled with maltodextrin or sugar alcohols. I'd love something that's the equivalent of a meal I could put in a blender (e.g. banana, natural peanut butter, oats, and maybe some protein powder) without all the added chemicals.
If you are interested in meditation but wary of the eastern mumbo jumbo, I suggest checking out Jon Kabat-Zinn and his works on mindfulness from a scientific perspective.
I've been doing DIY soylent for a few months now. I have to say it really does liberate much of the day, and it isn't at all a chore. It's easy to drink, I just sip it throughout the day. It has only a vague taste, and is a bit like drinking thick water. It might sound like it would be unpleasant or boring, but it isn't. I still have normal meals in the evening, but more and more I've come to feel like going all-soylent.
Gold has a factor that has to be reviewed, if this happens
This blog entry is a example of how cheaply one can buy sycophants. Someday he will write about how lovely his bottom bunk at the reeducation camp was.

EDIT: Oh man. After a bit of searching, it looks like Steven Frischling is exactly the man to represent the TSA's position. He was born to the task.
That's one of the nice things about the Haskell community. The experts tend to be much, much better than in other places. There's much more depth there than memorization of quirks and ability to hold large numbers of arbitrary, disconnected pieces in your head all at once.

So, while becoming an expert haskeller is enviable, intermediate still suggests an ability to tackle a
Fantastic array of problems.
They don't want to. Coinbase is in the business of payment processing, not speculating on obscure forex spreads.
"And I didn't think about the energy angle until now"

It doesn't matter except for greenwashing / guilt tripping purposes. Engineering analysis below or you can just trust me.

The embedded energy in food is very high, enough to cremate the food quite easily. Actually enough to cremate the food and vaporize the ashes. Takes an astounding amount of diesel to make a can of corn and deliver it to your table, for example.

WRT dishwasher salmon from the 70s (rediscovered periodically in the 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s, just like acid, but I digress) I googled around and found a "Kentucky State University" presentation claiming farmed salmon takes 11 MJ per portion to create and deliver to your kitchen before it gets cooked. To about one sig fig 1 MJ = 1 KWh so for a family of 4 you're looking at an embedded energy of "forty" KWh to provide the salmon. Its hard to envision a cooking technique requiring more than "forty" hours at a KW or 40 KW for an hour unless you get ridiculous like using a literal rocket engine or thousands (millions?) of green eco friendly watch batteries. Maybe if you burned organically grown truffle oil in a camp stove, or made charcoal out of beef instead of hardwood and grilled on it. Its not physically possible for my dishwasher to approach even 4 KWh... I did the wiring, I know you can't draw that much current over as short of a time as one cycle...

The article also fixated on running the washer with soap on a normal load so you're really only "wasting" a fraction of its capacity, and most people don't run a washer at full capacity anyway, therefore the "waste" is typically zero.

The amortized medical costs are much higher. So one time in a thousand the package un-noticably leaks all over and everyone in the family gets horribly food poisoned when using the contaminated dishes, leading to multiple days lost labor, and little billy needs an ER visit for IV rehydration at $2K blah blah and suddenly using a crock pot or buying a real sous vide cooker starts looking like the cheapest alternative by far.
Shon Hopwood is a unicorn. He committed five armed bank robberies in Nebraska in the late 1990's (though he didn't shoot anyone). When he was sentenced to prison, he spent his time writing cert petitions (briefs arguing to the Supreme Court for why an appeal should be accepted for their review). A couple of them were granted, which is extremely rare (most lawyers who had a case accepted to be argued in front of the Supreme Court would crow about it at every cocktail party for the rest of their lives). After he got out, he went to law school and accepted a position clerking on the D.C. Circuit (one of the most sought-after positions you can get out of law school).

So basically, yeah, it's a fantasy alternate reality. A guy like him is extremely rare. The recidivism rate for robbers is 70%.
> don't know any one that uses the middle button for pasting.

Well now you know several people who do. I use it all the time, and hate using windows which doesn't have the feature.

You can't use keyboard shortcuts in terminals, so that's not a replacement of middle click.

Start using it - you'll quickly find it indispensable.
My DIY blend uses oat flour. There are a lot of soylent recipes out there - the hacker school soylent recipe [1] is a nice oat-flour based one with a decent default nutritional profile.

1: http://www.cookingfor20.com/2013/06/18/hacker-school-soylent...

edit: also note, the only synthesised 'chemicals' most recipes include are potassium gluconate and calcium citrate. Everything else is a food or food extract.
Oh man, I'm pretty keen to write many types of subsystems, but thread scheduling?

I'll take stuff I don't want to mess with for 300, Alex.
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You need to love the sun. Without it there is no life. Go to India.
And the title is still wrong, "debate" implies some disagreement, which I don't really see in either party's comments.