skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Given what we know about USB sticks, especially their use in Iran, you would have to be ABSOLUTELY FUCKING RETARDED to trust them.

Oh so he encrypted his files, and walked them between his stand alone and his internet machines. Yeah, okay this established the file's integrity, and that's just fantastic.

But what assurance does he have that the USB stick isn't getting infected on the internet machine, and then deploying stealth hacksaw services onto the standalone, to buffer and relay data and commands each time it jacks in?

I mean, that's exactly what Stuxnet was designed to fucking do.
Thanks for mentioning these. I sleep on my back, occasionally with my arms above my head. I'll see if I changing my sleep position helps!
Encrypt your content with AES-128 with a random (from /dev/random) key; write the key down as 32 hexadecimal digits. Nobody is going to break it, ever.

There are caveats. Don't reuse your key, because if an attacker can trigger your AES encryption on demand, and you're reusing the same key, then the attacker can break your encryption after alarmingly few operations. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/315/articles/Cache%20Att...

(That's a different situation than "write down the key," but we're throwing around ideas in this thread, so I just wanted to make sure everyone knows not to write software that can be triggered on-demand to AES encrypt some content with an unchanging key. I could imagine someone being tempted to write a chat program like that, and an attacker will rip its security to shreds using sidechannel attacks.)
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It needs to go farther than that. Nation-wide.

In the US it is a myth that you own your home or land. This is true even if you've labored for thirty years and paid off your mortgage in full wothout ever being late even one day in the span of those thirty years.

How is that possible? Simple: Property and other taxes.

How is it ever right that the govenrment can take away your property? Property taxes in particular almost ensure that you are always on the edge of a precipice that can lead to the loss of your home. If, for any reason whatsoever, you can't pay your property taxes your home is gone. Poof!

It is my opinion that property taxes in the US ought to be eliminated. The obvious issue of how to pay for whatever is supported through property taxes is immaterial to the central argument here, that is: a person ought to be able to own their home and truly be "free and clear". If a property is encumbered with taxes you never really own it. It's an illusion.

Property taxes also have other ugly effects. For example, during the real estate boom cities found themselves with vastly more revenue than in the past. As often happens in these situations governments spent the money and made deals predicated upon the idea that the ride would never end. This, of course, was not true and whole cities have gone bankrupt as the result of their transgressions. With revenue locked to a stabilized metric (some kind of a ten year average of something, for example) this would not have happened.

Property taxes are the devil.
Not having a time limit is a big issue. Currently I have 5 games where the opponents are AWOL.
Oh, that's interesting. Do you have more information?
Yeah and my old Intel 486 Gateway 2000 had a Turbo button. What's your point?
"to demonstrate that global warming is not happening? If the warming stopped or reversed"

You can't stop/reverse something that's not happening, that's not even coherent.

If it's not happening you need better data showing it isn't happening or reasons why the current data is being massively misread.

If, all else being equal[1], global warming is happening and then stopped/reversed without anthropogenic carbon emissions going down then the case for rejecting AGW gets stronger. You'll need a replacement theory/model though. At what point does the new model become more convincing then the current one? Scientific consensus might be a good starting point.

[1] obviously if a bunch of volcanos or nuclear winter are responsible for the cooling that's not going to falsify the ideas behind AGW. For example, cooling in the 1940's.

"5 year period? 10? 20? 50?"

How much reversing are we talking about? We have 100+ years of warming to reverse. The fact that it's hard to easily falsify AGW isn't because AGW is unfalsifiable, it's because the science and data supporting AGW is enormous.
> Are they dumb asses?

Less so. Depending how informed and prepared they are.

Now people can kill themselves if they want to. Certainly only so much can be done to warn or stop them, but it also doesn't make them immune from being called dumb asses.

For example I don't see how knowing the risks and choosing to ignore them while climbing a mountain and getting killed in the process is more noble or worthy of praise than getting drunk and wanting to launch fireworks from your shirt pocket and getting killed in the process.
Searching Bible passages is needed, but random is God.

Let's ask God how He manages all the million of species. I wonder if He forgets a species and has to locate His folder.

God says...

Virtual-Notary.Org hereby notes that on
Date: Saturday September 14, 2013 00:35.43 EDT (UTC-0400)

a random drawing in the range [1, 100000], inclusive, based on
a hardware source of true randomness, yielded the following decision.

Random Value: 63519

against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting
confusion shall never be forgotten.

20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the
reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee
have I opened my cause.

20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered
the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my
mother bare me be blessed.

20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A
man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Sounds worse than TEAL. :(
This is about child pornography. I support this action by FBI for a change. The deep web is rotten in some respects. Child pornography cannot be allowed anywhere. If I were in the FBI, I would do anything to stop child abuse.
Err... sleep paralysis can be bad if you don't realize that its an instant gateway into a lucid dream. I had lucid dreams long before I realized this, but at some point in my life during a sleep paralysis event i realised it was a dream, and after that i could fly, have sex, and be magic for as long as i remembered i was dreaming. Have fun the next time you have sleep paralysis, its not awful, its awesome.
I don't remember too much from my college genetics, but I recall that since so much of our DNA isn't actively used it can evolve much further away than would otherwise be possible if every base pair was actively used. As soon as the proper start and stop codons are mutated back in (I'm simplifying), bam, you have a new active gene which could result in much more drastic change than any single mutation would provide.
The original hollaback website encouraged anonymous reporting and allowed anonymous photographs to be displayed of men that were alleged to be engaged in street harassment.

But there was no verification any of the alleged activity occurred.

And there was no way for a wrongly targeted person to have their photograph removed.

That doesn't seem like a tool meant for the US, though it seemed as though it would fit in quite nicely in East Germany.

Regardless, hollaback always received lots of good press and this article shows it still does.

But how did that original hollaback app with its anonymous reporting, no verification, and no appeal differ dramatically from reddit's /r/creepshots, or from the deservedly lambasted titstare app?

Topologically, they seem like identical apps.

Has the new launch addressed these problems?
What is a "fronted" person? Is that like a brogrammer?
The argument was that the fish in the Pacific aren't safe to eat. That argument is false.

Because of Fukushima, Germany has decided to abandon nuclear power entirely. The German's aren't stupid --- they recognize what Fukushima means, i.e. nuclear power is incredibly difficult to make safe, and to an increasing number of people, simply not worth the risk. As a result, Germany is becoming a pioneer in alternative energy sources:

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

Quote: "Germany is the world's top photovoltaics (PV) installer, with a solar PV capacity of 34.499 gigawatts (GW) at the end of July 2013.[2] The German new solar PV installations increased by about 7.6 GW in 2012, and solar PV provided 18 TWh (billion kilowatt-hours) of electricity in 2011, about 3% of total electricity.[3] Some market analysts expect this could reach 25 percent by 2050.[4] Germany has a goal of producing 35% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% by 2050."

We in the U.S. are far behind countries like Germany, and we have no excuse.

> Really, your response is arrogant.

Translation: "I know better than to argue using facts, so I will argue using opinions." Sadly noted.
Anonymous editing is a real problem for Wikipedia. There are already numerous "edit wars" by anonymous editors - mostly on ideological/political issues, but also celebrity people changing articles about them to remove criticism, for example. These abuses/debates will likely continue to get worse. That's why we at phdtree wiki project (http://phdtree.org/) don't allow anonymous editing.

What Wikipedia needs is a good karma system, like the one used by HN.
Hey, another one!

Right. Well, I don't want to open a can of worms but:

a.) biologically, men simply are predisposed for greater physical strength than women. So, with that, comes the consequent precautions one would have to take in life, as a less physically powerful being (in short: you can't walk through scary neighborhoods with scary creatures, as easily).

That said, it's NOT banishment to a lifetime of powerlessness. Anyone can get a taser/pepper spray/knife/gun and quickly gain the upper-hand in almost any situation.

So there's that..

b.) I don't doubt they face harassment. Catcalling has been going on forever, seeing as the primal urge to have attention of another whom you desire is fairly deeply rooted. That said if you are psychologically unable to cope with it, my feelings are that you'd benefit from treating your psyche, a bit.

Improve your self-esteem, confidence, see a therapist. The tools exist.

All of this said, I'm not envious of this aspect of the female existence. But I refuse to believe an iPhone app is the solution.
No it doesn't. Tax liens in the DC city government have fuck all to do with surveillance carried out by the federal government, notwithstanding Congressional authority over the DC government. Would it be appropriate for me to bring up the failings of Union Carbide or TEPCO in any thread mentioning a corporation? After they're business corporations too, and all business corporations are engaged in trying to increase their capital value...

...the point being that 'government' is not a unitary entity.

Furthermore, I don't think you're the arbiter of how HN discussions need to go down - so while you're entitled to talk about why you personally find a topic worthy of repeated discussion, trying to frame your individual opinion as a matter of objective fact is a rather cheap rhetorical trick unless you're speaking on pg's behalf.
Silly title of course. I don't want to criticize the kid, I just hate the sort of bullshit articles which have been screwing up my view of the world for my entire life in an attempt to sell eyeballs.I'm happy for the kid getting exposure which may end up with giving him an opportunity that few people in this world get (even in the U.S.) That's the craziness of luck.

I will just go ahead and say that I would place myself more on the idiot end of the spectrum rather than genius end. Yet, if a 15 year old kid were to show off the same things I know, that kid would be praised as a genius. What I know isn't rocket science, it's just a huge number of small, very easy things learned from many hours of determination to learn something.

Unfortunately, I never had this determination for anything in school. I had a stumble on the opening path to where I'm at today almost by accident. Perhaps that's the difference between what this article is referring to as genius and whatever this article might think of kids who aren't genius. Maybe the author could give us a term for it.

Hacker news discussions have talked about the 10X programmer and how that programmer perhaps should be paid 10x more than everyone else. But I agree with the counter arguments that programmers who aren't contributing are overpaid rather than the 10x programmer being underpaid.

I think we could apply this to schools as well. These kids aren't genius, but rather, it's school's which are failing to help kids find their own path to something they can be passionate for. The things this kid is doing may sound like some big step for someone who is non technical, but it's amazing what anyone can achieve with a bit of time and drive (and not having to deal with the issues of poverty.)
Because having kids is a joy of life that doesn't need huge money put upfront. Only the ones with enough money can afford to wait to have kids to enjoy life a little more and be more ready for said kids. The poor do not have that luxury.
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I know a guy who's a "Wikipedia consultant." He's a longtime editor who now sells his services to companies and people looking to polish their image. I'm glad the practice hasn't spread.
I see a new product. The air gap - a micro computer that takes simple commands, like mail, ftp and get, to serve as a simple go between layer for people who want this kind of privacy.

IMHO, the hard part would be creating the interface on the on the pc.
Helpless? I can't vote and have only a fraction of the rights that you do (assuming you're a US citizen) but I feel far from helpless about my standing relative to the government. Discussing the issue is healthy, obsessing about it so that nobody else is allowed to hold a conversation on a different subject without paying lip service to the NSA issue is not.
Furthermore, I don't think you're the arbiter of how HN discussions need to go down

Sorry, I forgot that position was taken. (he says, without a trace of apparent irony)
I get sleep paralysis regularly, especially recently with staying up late nights working on the dissertation.

I've learned I can "break" out of it--and it's an extremely difficult effort. It leaves me feeling exhausted for hours afterwards.
You can't stop/reverse something that's not happening, that's not even coherent.

You'll need a replacement theory/model though.

Wait, what??
'even with' might actually be 'because of' the troubling situations. There is nothing like hardship to motivate someone to improve their station in life.
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> What makes a coder to a rockstar-coder?

Who cares? Rockstar coders are not the avenue to quality, maintainable code. Quality code production results from discipline, cooperation and adherence to rigorous coding principles, the very traits that the rock star mentality finds annoying and injurious to their narcissism.

What businesses want are disciplined professionals, not rock stars. I've been in this business for 35 years and in my experience, the best, most reliable coders were disciplined and creative in equal measure, took their responsibilities very seriously, and avoided the spotlight.

Compare that to the sad stories coming out of Microsoft, where they really do have cowboy coders adding to and maintaining the Windows code base:

Title: "Ending Microsoft’s Cowboy Spaghetti Code"

Link: http://www.vexite.com/2005/ending-microsofts-cowboy-
spaghetti-code-culture/

Quote: "Provided that the new processes would be followed religiously by all Microsoft software engineers, Windows Vista should be able to exhibit a leap of improved level of quality."

Most of you know that as a product, Vista instead failed quickly and absolutely.
Okay, you are right. The comparison I was thinking of was actually about UTF-16, and of course that's not actually preferred to GB or Shift-JIS or whatever.
Your goes to 0x1001.
I don't agree. The McGuffin (the decryptor chip) is magic, the ethical conundrums are juvenile. It's teenage wish fulfilment for liberal geeks (and I say that as a liberal geek); a high-tech version of the Blues Brothers and just about every gang-of-mistfits-thwart-horrible-landlord film.

Sorry, but I saw it in the theater when it came out and it was just a total let-down - not my idea of a serious film at all.
Groupies and cocaine. Being able to code is optional.
I experienced sleep paralysis for several years before finding out that it was a phenomenon that happened to other people.

Less than 5% of those occurrences were hallucinogenic with extremely vivid hallucinations. Often the hallucinations involved a frightening but oddly archetypal witch hissing in my face.

Later, when I learned of the phenomenon I was both relieved (to know I wasn't alone) but also terrified that others who experienced this also saw witches.

I still don't understand the connection, and it's frightening still.

Curious if anyone else saw similar visions or otherwise had potent hallucinations accompany their paralysis. I have few other notable images; would be interesting to see if anyone else had similar ones.
> Why in the hell are these people "producing" children, if they aren't 100% certain that they'll be able to support them for the years until they are old enough to stand on their own feet?

Because childbearing is not a rational choice -- it's a visceral response to the most basic of biological drives, drives that won't brook interference from something as peripheral as intelligence.
Great tip! It's not exactly what you laid out, but here's the interview you're probably thinking of (ctrl+f verisign): http://wikileaks.org/Transcript-Meeting-Assange-Schmidt

Quoting Julian Assange: I have been told actually that VeriSign... has actually given keys to the US government. Not all, but a particular key.

Very interesting.
I didn't mention the NSA specifically, just the surveillance state. My example was actually a British journalist, being intimidated by the detainment of his Brazilian SO, in London, traveling from Berlin, to Rio de Janeiro, abusing Section 7 of the British Terrorism Act.

Its a lot deeper than "the NSA". Something's bad wrong. And yeah, I'm going to preach about it until it gets fixed or I end up a crazy man on the corner wearing a sandwich board. (I believe that's what usually happens to those doing "God's work").

The end is near, bro.
actually I think you can just stick some electrical tape over the data pins in a standard USB cable. not sure how this device does anything different.
In that case, I'll be on the look out when it's released!
http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/SectionDisplay.jsp?section=53...

Newer/remodeled hotels and airports are full of these things now. They don't exactly jump out at you, they would be easy enough to miss.

AFAIK these things are just dumb voltage sources, they don't have any USB controllers that could be hacked. At least, the ones you and I can buy don't. But there isn't, in principle, any reason why they couldn't have such controllers, either.
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That is what computing used to be in the Mac/Atari/Amiga/Acorn/PC days.

I miss those days, as it fostered innovation and provided integrated experiences.
> Following your reasoning, my background means that I should know that I shouldn't have a wireless network at all.

It would be argued that you should have taken 'reasonable' measures to prevent unauthorized access. It could then be argued that using WEP is not reasonable, especially it you know it is easily crackable.
"the right move for whom? Moto got bought."

Saying the decision to go with Android is what killed Motorola is like blaming the chef for the Titanic sinking. I mean they could have served duck that night instead of pheasant.
And, anyone who does run across the setting can not hope to understand the privacy implication. I certainly did not.

Why not? I see 'back up my settings' and I assume it means everything. For a computer security reporter to clutch his pearls and say 'I certainly did not' makes me wonder why he think he's qualified to write a column on this subject. Strictly outrage bait.
Wow, there is a term for it! I get this all the time and didn't think enough of it to seek out understanding of it. It's it bit scary, but mostly annoying. If I'm sleeping I want to be sleeping, if I'm awake I want to be awake. Being somewhere in the middle isn't fun.

For me it's like a dream where I can see what I would be seeing if I were awake and I can make the decision to try to wake myself up, but moving is really difficult. In fact, I'm not sure that I'm actually moving myself at all or if I'm just dreaming that I am. So, I have to try to move my arms and shoulders, first very slowly and then I pick up momentum until I finally wake up. It's as if I'm trying to learn how to move again.

I never feel like there are demons in the room, but I do get a feeling of paranoia that someone could be messing with me and I couldn't do anything. Not really a rational thought since people could have been messing with me while I was totally asleep anyways.
You are right, it doesn't have to. But there are a lot of newcomers to front-end web app development (either moving from other technologies, or new to dev altogether) that might think this library is fit for all sorts of projects and businesses.

That being said, this library does try to solve a problem, it's not useless. In my opinion, it's just not the right tool.. yet.
I experienced sleep paralysis a long time ago in the form of too darker than black dog like creatures standing near my bed in my bedroom. They'd been hitting me with small bolts of electricity until I managed to overcome the paralysis then I just woke up in the same place.

I guess the condition and the visions had something to do with a therapy I was going through at that time.
Well, have you watched Mad Men? That's approximately what $50k in 1960 got you. Most people would probably describe Donald Draper as wealthy in the show. He started at $45k in season one if I remember correctly.
My 2005 Prediction of Wikipedia's Failure By 2010 Was Wrong

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/01/my_2005_predict...
not sure what your other respondent is on about.

considering there are usb devices which are self powered, i doubt the host controller would be a problem in this situation.

without power on the bus, your phone or kindle might not realize they're connected to something, or wake up and try to communicate with it.

you basically just need to cut one wire of the cheapest usb cable you can get your hands on, and then you'll know for sure.
The switch is electrical and advisory. The SD card reader is free to ignore it.

Search for "Bootable SD Card Method" here: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Prepare_your_SD_card (I have a Canon camera that runs CHDK. Those instructions work, and the camera can write to the SD card.)
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Considered by whom, based on what evidence?
My thoughts exactly, word for word. If you have ever built a UI heavy app, you would know how important it is to have the separation between html, css and js. It's not just about putting them in different files, it's about the context. It's separation of duties.
Police having military weapons and vehicles is actually a huge problem, especially when they are punished with no more than a paid vacation for misusing them.