skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I became really embarrassed about the screenshots sometimes. If I looked up something online or accidentally left something visible with personal information on it I would sometimes delete those 10 minutes of work just to avoid it being seen.
Yep, definitely Fourier analysis, I haven't studied it formally at all.

Thanks for the pointer to Osgood's lectures. A co-worker recommended Stein's "Fourier Analysis" after a bit of work on my part. Do you have any thoughts on that text?
Perhaps the fact a young woman, aged 9, presented her hack at the same event.
Seems the onus is on those arguing that the surveillance is limited:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-...
While what you say isn't false per se, there still is no better avenue of approach.

This is like the fifth time today that I'm seeing this sort of inward-looking anti-intellectual sentiment. Was there some dimwitted reddit thread that led to the consensus that since crypto is hard to understand, it's only for elites and shouldn't be trusted? Or that we should throw away the ideas that open development and the scientific method are our best tools for creating foundations for progress?

Or maybe these newly created accounts are just NSA psyops attempting to dissuade people away from the idea that the NSA can even be thwarted?

Sorry kids, these Snowden revelations are apparently hitting you quite hard as you'd resigned yourselves to trusting one of corporations, the government, or the populist mob and are shocked that the first two are colluding to undermine the third. But for those who've been analyzing security all along, this news is just confirmation of existing speculation and another opportunity to shout from the rooftops to convince people that security matters.
As I said, there is nothing offensive about noticing an attractive woman, I even admitted to doing it myself. But that doesn't, in any way, excuse the behaviour that motivated this discussion. That's my point. Even your bringing it up just distracts from the real issues, which are sexism, acceptance of potentially offensive actions, and the casual attitude with which those things are treated.
i wish i could sit down with you and a few beers and explain it cuz it would take all night.

in a nutshell: we are conditioned to blame others to make us easier to control. This begins when we're children and for must of us continues through our working life until we're dead. A nation full of complainers is easier to ignore and run than a nation of people utilizing the nation's resources directly. (As Herman Hesse said, "A teacher would rather have a classroom full of donkeys than a single genius.") Just watch a group of grumbling work employees scatter when the boss comes around instead of grouping together to tell him/her how they really feel.

however, some of us learn to take responsibility for our own reactions. I now no longer have anyone else to blame for my own negative feelings (since watching a Jack Canfield video about 5 months ago. I tried to find it on the 'tube for ya just now but there are too many). Many might think this is bad, but just as Jack suggests, my mind simply works toward improving my situations instead of bitching about them. Instead of bitching about crappy music, I design new instruments.

I could go on and relate to you about all the screwed up examples of people I've seen, who set themselves up for the One Big Trauma they can milk for the rest of their lives for shallow sympathy for their con games, but I'm gonna take a sweet bike ride before the sun goes down and I've already given enough advice. peace, bastardus carborundum and all that.
The agency's purpose is espionage. Espionage, last I checked, was illegal everywhere. Yet every country has spies. Being just or unethical doesn't factor into it.

We know spying is unfair, but it is also something people have been doing since the dawn of civilization in order to get a leg up on the competition.
Hilarious if you're a male teenager. Not so hilarious if you're a woman, or the parent of a girl interested in tech, or generally someone who is well aware of the detrimental effect of sexism.
The following isn't directly applicable to your suggestion, but it's a reminder that an FPGA, just like a CPU, may not be doing exactly and only what you told it to do:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sps32/sec_news.html#Backdoor

> Abstract. This paper is a short summary of the first real world detection of a backdoor in a military grade FPGA. [....] The backdoor was found to exist on the silicon itself, it was not present in any firmware loaded onto the chip. [....]
From my understanding that hackathon is basically just a way to get free tickets to Disrupt. Thus no one takes it seriously and you get things like this.
LOL, i have that feeling sometimes, you want a whole new realm to conquer, well listen grasshopper, you need to look to the world of FPGA,http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?No=593
that will keep you busy! but if that does not do it for you, then try these guys https://www.sparkfun.com/ they always have something going on. Hardware is the new software.
>Property tax is primarily a disincentive to buy lots of land you can't do anything with and sit on it...

No. Property tax is primarily a means for localities to raise revenue. If what you were saying were true, then developed land, including primary residences, would have no associated property taxes. It'd be exempt.
If there were kids there then this was certainly done in poor taste, but clearly this was a prank. As for not screening, I can see how they would trust the good in people but just like anything tech related, you never trust anything user submitted.
Inheritance taxes aren't an issue if the estate is valued - this is after all expenses, debts, etc. have been taken care of- at less than $5.25 million.

Numbers vary, but it's definitely fewer than 5% and possibly fewer than 1% of households that need to do anything at all to avoid the estate tax. And these are people who have benefited immensely from services provided by the government (if only the services that keeps people from stealing their wealth!) and are really doing quite alright; adjusting the tax code to make them do even better seems unfair.

Secondly I have never heard of anyone who didn't want to make more money because of their tax bracket. I do not believe this phenomenon exists, and even if it did, it wouldn't strike me as all that much of a problem in a population with unemployment as high as our own.
Really hope you're joking. If you encourage stuff like this, you should prepare for a long, lonely unsuccessful career riddled with lawsuits.
I thought this was a great comparison of the popular talent marketplaces, but it skipped over the most important trait: the typical hourly or project rate.

All of the services have good workers, but they've also all been participating in a race to the bottom. As a developer, it's hard to ask for more than $100/hr on a site where you're listed alongside those asking for $10/hr. Even if you are 10 times more productive, it's simply hard to explain why or how that's possible in a marketplace setting.

After spending some time working as a consultant, I just launched a new marketplace for high-end contract work: http://getlambda.com/. We have a clear minimum ($100/hr) and personally interview everyone looking to participate (both clients and consultants).
Sorry but I really think everyone should collectively loosen up.
... and here is why I would never use odesk or these services as a coder.
We have no idea if they were being manipulated. The NSA of 1998 is not the same organization as the NSA of 2013.
Link is 404, but previously posted to HN as

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6348891
Everything you need to know about Strategy in 6 mins- solving prisoner's dilemma
You made it sound like you had inside knowledge of Intel's decision making process that is relevant here. If that's the case I think you should disclose it instead of getting mad at me or assuming it is universal knowledge.

Our thread from last week is totally unrelated to any of this. I would rather not engage in discussion that is based on personal animosity. Let's stay on topic.
Ahhh... I use Noscript and the result is when I scroll down about 20 lines there's blank space, so I stopped reading and figured it was the end of a very short article...

So the $197,000 was likely the appraised value, with the $71,000 the actual sale value when the predators unloaded it.

But it sounds from the article like the original owner does lose everything, which I hope is so ridiculous as to be untrue, but I can't tell...

EDIT: I wonder if I got downvoted for using Noscript, or what...
Wait, let me understand this... You're implying that investors have more than 50% voting shares then right?
The alternative is for the district to carry the burden of foreclosing, which costs taxpayers money (foreclosures are involved to protect homeowners) or alternatively just forgiving the tax debts of Alzheimer's patients.

These foreclosure don't just happen one day. They happen after six months of warnings, letters, phone calls, etc.
Someone is hacking Twitter accounts to defend TitStare:

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23titstare%20is%20awesome&src=...

"#TitStare is awesome. Stop hating you feminazis (or whiteknights) and take a joke"
Wow, thanks a bunch for that hint!
Maybe because Brazil does not trust USA, after the WWII interference (long story, I won't explain now... I explained it in past comments), and what happened in cold war (US backed a military coup, sending aircraft carriers even, to ensure it would happen), and what it still do with our media (the biggest print company for example, has as backer the Ford Foundation, and the company was created when Ford Foundation was a sort of front for the CIA, their magazines still are greatly pro-US, and it is obvious they also help with US espionage)

Or you know, re-creating the south-american navy fleet right after Brazil officially announces it found massive amounts of oil on its coast!

Thus, since US do that, and Brazil does not trust US, Brazil closed ties with Russia and China, that actually help (specially Russia... For example, when US sent its newly reactivated fleet to our shores right after the oil news, Brazil invited Russia to do massive military drills, and yay! Russia did came, and ÚS ships started to stay very wide of brazillian waters)
> No, that's not what happened at all.

What part are you saying I still don't understand? The point I was trying to make is that Mr. Coleman does get some money from the sale, although unjustly much less than the house is worth. But the reporter is obscuring this simple fact.
It's reassuring to see, based on the comments here, that a large majority of HN users see this issue with this type of behavior and are against it. There are still a few I noticed who haven't matured beyond their teen years yet, though.
Freedom of speech exists in the public, not private spheres.

In this case, apps such as Titstare being presented at an event (aimed at all ages), such as this, only reinforce the perception that such events are boys clubs for 18-35 year old guys who like staring at tits. Presumably, you want that image to change: isn't it worth imposing restrictions to reduce the amount of "offence" caused to people in order to bring this about?
Does or shouldn't this contradict some law set by the government themselves? I need to do some research on the origins of taxes now. This seems unbelievable to me, I'm literally dumbfounded.
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1) Yes, probably a lot of people was here to get the free ticket (including myself)

2) Most people (including myself) still took it very seriously (proof all the people who worked 20 hours straight and slept on floors for few minutes).
What do you think was happening in the months and months before the lien sale happened? There were a million opportunities to avoid the whole process through a straightforward administrative process, no lawyers involved.
We are currently looking for a front-end developer. Do you offer only programmers or would we be able to find a quality front-end developer?
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Why does that section of the 14th amendment not apply?
Ethics? I would want to know how is that even an apropos penalty given the defaulter's age and mental health. This is literally bordering on the insanity!
"no one" is your own opinion. Plenty of people take it seriously because the tech industry has a problem with this type of behavior, and these presentations don't help its image any.
>here I was thinking that the NSA's surveillance resources were supposed to be used to gather intelligence on foreign threats.

Not necessarily.

From their mission statement:

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.

http://www.nsa.gov/about/mission/index.shtml
The world’s thinnest touch surface proves pretty easy to type on
Or, just maybe, you should care about the sort of atmosphere and culture that this app contributes to just that bit more.
Theoretically. In practice, as soon as you get power, you have very little incentive to serve those who elected you and all the incentives in the world to make money from special interest groups. You can't fix that with any number of new rules and legislation. Instead, think about this: why do you need some people sitting in a pathetic building ruling over you? Why do you think society cannot do without them and what is it that only governments can do, but people and companies can't?
I didn't have an HN identity. I felt like this might be an interesting discussion, so I created an account.

Is it a big secret that men like to look at boobs? I'd like to meet the women who were so offended by such an obvious joke. In the entire circle of women I know, I really can't think of one who wouldn't recognize the playfulness of the idea (and not take it seriously).

If a female made an app that included men's butts, would people have the same reaction?
http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg123...

Every once in a while, someone not an NSA employee, but who had longstanding ties to NSA, would make a suggestion that reduced privacy or security, but which seemed to make sense when viewed by people who didn't know much about crypto. For example, using the same IV (initialization vector) throughout a session, rather than making a new one for each packet. Or, retaining a way to for this encryption protocol to specify that no encryption is to be applied.
"We could not make it the company we wanted." ???
Hear hear.

For example, I always drop the n-word when I'm walking around. People should be more like me, I don't get offended by that kind of language, why should anyone else? Sometimes people do, and I'm like, "What? Why're you getting so offended? I'm not offended, why are you?"

I'm kidding. I don't ask "why are you?" -- that doesn't matter LOL 8-)

For some reason, black people get especially offended at this kind of stuff. No clue why. I mean, I don't get offended and that's literally the only thing that matters when considering whether something should or shouldn't be said. Not the audience, the venue or the event.

Literally, only my own sensibilities matter. Everyone else should loosen up. Like me.
When I first saw the TitStare thing, I thought it was a Google Glass hack to let you stare at boobs without actually looking at them directly.

While still a really sexist thing, I thought such an app would be an interesting hack, and make quite a statement about the future of these wearable technologies... might be considered an art project if cast in the right light (and also probably renamed).

But a boob-photo sharing app? Sexist and boring.
Did you even read the article?

It points out this arose from a change in 2001 that occurred because the agency was trying to do LESS work, not more.

"But the work overwhelmed the agency, and in 2001, city leaders made a critical change: They told investors to head directly to court to file a foreclosure case.
The move empowered investors to start charging legal fees and court costs — a game changer that allowed them to turn minor delinquencies into insurmountable debts."
Can we get the names of the presenters?
Ocean Cleanup Foundation
IMHO both apps are tacky, however, I feel the whole thing is clearly a joke that some people found funny and some didn't. In any event, I feel the whole thing has been blown out of proportion.

I watched the videos and, while the Circle Shake presentation was cringeworthy, it was very mildly sexual at a conference that's aimed at adults, not children. There will have been people in the audience swearing in casual conversation too, possibly within earshot of the kid. I don't think anybody's equally upset about that though.

Regarding TitStare, I feel as though tackiness has been conflated with sexism. I just cannot see how such an app is sexist, especially given the fact there are plenty of bisexual and lesbian women. Conversely, if there were an app called ManButtStare, I'm really just not sure there would be the same response.

The reason I'm not offended by either of these apps is not because I'm a man (I'm not in the demographic for TitStare anyway given the fact I'm gay), but because the developers' intent didn't appear to be malicious or bad. It just seemed to be a joke that some people got offended over, but then again, I'm not sure why people think the world has to be so sterile so as to prevent people from getting offended.

I'm open to being wrong.
Other articles of discussion:

http://robots.net/article/3556.html

http://vr-zone.com/articles/19-year-old-inventor-finds-way-t...
Political correctness is sensitivity to the minority, and is generally not a bad thing.
Well, perhaps we disagree, but I don't think mathematics is about "proofs". I think proofs are a by-product of folks doing mathematics. They're the output of a long chain of mathematical thinking and can take many forms. I would agree that being able to follow contemporary mathematical writing is important, but one should learn the formalisms after they have a grounding in mathematical thinking.

The formalisms aren't the point. For example, I wouldn't stress out if a student couldn't follow Newton's * Principia Mathematica*. I've tried and I can't, really.

This is why the way we introduce "proofs" in high school in the US (via tedious and seemingly arbitrary geometric arguments) is so destructive. It's all formalism and, honestly, very little mathematics.

I can and have explained the Pythagorean theorem to folks with virtually no mathematical training. The only prerequisite is the ability to find the area of a rectangle and perhaps a little but of high school algebra.

We're not talking about diagram chasing, here.
> Sexism aside, these two presentations are too funny for me not to think they were done intentionally.

As opposed to being done accidentally?

These presentations were, of course, intended to be jokes. In fact, I'm sure they were designed to be harmless, unoffensive jokes.

Who cares?

Children and adults who were rightfully offended were all in the audience. TechCrunch showcasing an app designed to turn objectifying women into a social network is absolutely absurd.

I'm not a woman, but I also don't think that these types of "jokes" are acceptable at any sort of conference. If you want to joke around with your friends, fine. Hell, if you want to make an app called TitStare on your own time and publish it, great--but for an all-ages industry conference to publicize it? That's wrong.

I believe that the tech industry as a whole is doing great work towards being less misogynistic and being more diverse. Stunts like this at well-known events are huge road blocks towards that goal.
It really depends on how you view the event. If it is just a bunch of blokes hanging out, I can see (but do not agree!) with your point of view.

If you see it is as even a semi professional event, then I do know how you could justify it.
Could you please provide an extensive list of things that are ok to be offended by and that others have to accommodate?
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It's an app to take and share pictures of a part of the female body. It's socially reinforced sexual objectification.

Perhaps you should go loosen up your knowledge and find out exactly WHY this is offensive before dropping another ignorant comment.
I've always wondered why in the US everyone loses their shit over a tittie app, but in Europe you can have billboards containing nothing but naked breasts advertising a conference.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2009/09/11/giant-boobs-advert-turns-heads...

Related question: would everyone lose their shit if the app was called GuyStare and was aimed at women to look at hot guys?
> "Sexism aside..."

Well, there's your problem.
a brief description...

Whoever was reading the "brief descriptions" should have known better.
The problem with these particular presentations is that it distorts the whole event. There have been about 250 presentations so far today (and they're still going).

You can watch here: http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-hackathon-2013/live-...
I'm so sad that that account seems to be defunct. There's some gold in there. Was good for a chuckle.
I don't understand why the presentations in question were sexist/mysoginistic. Immature? Yes. Crude? Yes. Probably shouldn't have made it on stage? Yes. Sexist? I'm unconvinced.

I also don't understand why they were only a problem because they were "sexist". The apps were parodying behavior that well... many men engage in -- which is something you can acknowledge regardless of your gender. The immaturity alone should have been grounds for exclusion. Calling them out specifically for sexism seems to be a little heavy handed.
BlackBerry's mail system "is known to be very secure". Known by whom, exactly. Can you cite a source? Any source? I'm an expert in cybersec, I know lots of experts, and I nobody I know thinks...

The author puts his credibility on the line dismissing RIM's security as obviously flawed, and then admits he hasn't the most basic clue about their services. Of course BES and BBM are (or: were at one stage) secure enough that the Indian government threatened to shut down RIM, if they did not provide a direct link the servers for Indian security forces.

Update: @ChrisEng points out that there's a difference between normal BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS) provided by your phone carrier, and BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) provided by your company.

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The relevance of BES:

What is key here, is that when running a BES neither RIM nor the wireless carrier can assist law enforcement in accessing email, Internet browsing (which can be encrypted by default) or BlackBerry messenger contents (assuming that the organization isn’t using the same global encryption key consumer messenger traffic relies on). If the BES and surrounding corporate IT infrastructure is outside a country’s legal reach then secured communications can be provided without worrying about government actually going after the mail or messaging servers themselves. Further, if a corporation’s legal assets and identity are also outside the nation, the government may be unable to legally compel the company to turn over the contents of BlackBerry communications. Needless to say, the full encryption of communications prevents the nation’s wireless carriers from effectively tapping BlackBerry device communications. Of course, this degree of security does depend on the device itself being protected from side-attacks...