skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This looks seriously cool! I immigrated to the United States when I was a teenager and I was very disappointed by the scouting program here. It didn't seem like a lot of the scouts had been taught practical skills any more than required to advance to the next rank. Perhaps I just wasn't in the best troops, but I think applying the hacker mindset to scouting would produce interesting results.
That said, I don't see how another "non populist" argument could be justified by a government...

Both the left and right of their government has approved this law. While I understand this is more in line with authoritarian politicking than libertarian politicking, they do make a decent locale/culture argument against a cultureless behemoth like Amazon.
Anyone else catch that their security group is called "Yahoo Paranoids"? Hilarious!
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In the court transcript the judge says something to the effect of "lavabit is an email provider and email providers in the US are required to comply with US laws. The government has requested information which it is legally entitled to. The fact that you designed your system in such a way to make that difficult does not take precedence over the fact that they are legally entitled to this information."

So basically, due to design decisions, the only way for the government to get access to the data they are entitled to, was to hand over the master private key. If lavabit had designed in such a way as to have one key per customer, then the government would have only been legally able to request the single key for that customer.

I'm not saying that lavabit should have had an SSL cert per customer, just that the designed in a way which didn't mesh well with US law and they paid the price.
This was one of my favorites. Try out my comments system as well--I collapse everything by default, because I found it's easier to tap to expand than it is to scroll forever. It seems odd, but it works really well for me. appsto.re/i6xC4GD
I have several friend who have left New York and moved to France, mostly because they find the lifestyle so relaxed. The French work less than citizens of the USA, and yet they manage to remain a highly affluent society:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomin...

Consider these OECD stats on hours worked:

http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ANHRS

Average hours worked: 1,479 hours worked in France in 2012, versus 1,790 in the USA. Over 300 hours, which is more than 7 weeks of full time work, which the French avoid. That's over 7 weeks of vacation that the French enjoy, while the people of the USA are working. The French accept a smaller per capita income in exchange for a great deal of leisure.

My friends tell me that France is especially pleasant as a nation to raise children in, as the relaxed lifestyle makes it easier to achieve something like a balance between family and work. In the USA politicians, and movies, tend to adopt a strong rhetoric about being pro-family, but having the leisure to spend time with one's kids is, from what I'm told, easier to achieve in France.

France manages its economy in a manner that is heavy handed, when compared to the style that's been adopted in most of the English speaking countries. The advantages of this heavy handed management should be carefully considered: an affluent yet relaxed lifestyle.
But you can simply scan 11 pages in and run a software over it that reads all characters. There´s lots of software like that.

This would have taken the FBI 20 mins...
Wow, rappers were surprisingly prescient in predicting the fall of newspapers and the rise of the Internet:

http://rapgenius.com/rapstats?q=Newspaper%2C%20internet
Wonder if Boeing will Reciprocate the offer to help them figure it out. If I were Boeing's PR person and felt a tad cheeky this morning I just might.
Predatory pricing and monopolistic practices are not good for consumers. That's why they are illegal.
Inside Wall Street's sketchy early access schemes
I look forward to it then, thanks.
> I couldn't bring myself to do a Java version but I'd expect it to be several times larger

I'm a big fan of Clojure and don't have much love for Java, but this is a little unfair. I especially think doing a Java 8 version with lambdas would be an interesting comparison.
French lawmakers approve 'anti-Amazon' bill
Exercising to live longer actually works against us because it speeds up cellular division which we actually want to retard if we want to live longer.
There are plenty of things to catch on fire in a normal car. I've only own 3 cars and I've been in 4 car fires. (no one was hurt in any of them.) None of them involved the gas tank.
It does look nicer than most. For better or worse, though, I find the discussions to be more informative than most articles ;)
Show HN: Weekend project - a Magic: the Gathering historical pricing tool
Actually, VIMperator, the VIM-inspired Firefox addon I use, does let me cancel HTTP requests. Even plain Firefox allowed that (with ESC) until a couple of years ago or so.

VIM is an expert's tool, I don't see what's the big problem with allowing users to do potentially dangerous actions.
Yes. Just like the store next to me who expects me to pay for their food. They have so much and I need that or I will die.

No, it is business. Yahoo has no right to expect you to work for free for them.
More context from the front page: http://urbit.org.

Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6438320

This is a perfectly serious type system that infers perfectly serious types all day long. It is moronic, though.
> But my point was that even with probability 1/260, it's likely to be much higher than for gas cars, or you wouldn't have to dig up 20-year-old articles about "freak accidents".

Gas cars have electrical fires all the time. We don't read about it because it's not news.

Admittedly, those cars tend to be poorly maintained, and not nearly new high end expensive vehicles.
One quote springs to mind, given Jennifer's background as an artist, and the fact that key to her success has been finishing things and releasing them to the world, over and over again:

"Real artists ship."
- Steve Jobs
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No, I get what you're saying. But they originally DID do this task for free. The work they did was already done regardless of what Yahoo did with their report next. If they were expecting or counting on a charity gift from Yahoo, that seems like a mistake.
I didn't buy at $33, cause I thought the run was over.

Yeah. that one worked out well.
Holy crap. I know that HN is all about issuing poisonous put-downs towards people who make things, but seldomly have I been reminded of that with such an artfully distilled piece of bile.

Something is deeply wrong with this community. Not everyone was born with 10 famous startups and 10k Twitter followers under their belt, but things can and do change.

And no, I'm not in favor of spamming indices, either.
Some of your data is bad. For instance, your pics of the VW Golf (Also NB - synonyms...searching VW results in 0 matches) shows a leather interior...which you can't get in the US.
"the drug is interfering with your higher centres, like your cortex, where a lot of decision making goes on."

This line was pretty funny, at least in a 'man that's some impressive scientific illiteracy' kind of way. The cortex is a huge portion of the brain where most of your sensory processing and nearly all of your cognition takes place.
I would encourage her to try things other than web development. Make a desktop application, or a program in C, or do some performance coding on an embedded system, or write a webserver from scratch, or wrestle with writing a program with multiple threads. You might say this is too much to expect from a beginner, but no one would have said that 20 years ago. It only seems hard because of how easy web development is today.

Nowadays we have so much scaffolding to work from that it's easy to mistake results for software engineering skill. Many of these projects are mash-ups.

I do admire her dedication, it's a rare quality, but I can't help but think this is the easy way out. Or maybe I'm just getting old.
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Ask HN: Using mTurk to morally/legally get around a robots.txt disallow?
A site offers any visitor (authenticated or not) free download of documents at a certain path. This path is disallowed from being crawled by all user agents in robots.txt. What is the consensus around using something like Mechanical Turk to distribute the process of physically clicking the free download link and collecting the documents? Would this fall into the "avoiding a technological control" category? I know, I know, I should ask a lawyer, but I'm interested in the community's opinion on the practice.
Tangential, but I took a class with one of the professors in the linked paper (Sethi). It was a great class - many of the homeworks and exam questions were based around Intrade. (We didn't trade any actual money, but it really helped to illustrate the concepts of financial economics, which can get very abstract).
cgroups (and lmctfy) does support limiting memory usage on a per-application basis, as well as a bunch of other resources (ability to run on particular CPUs, access certain network ports, disk/IO, etc).

You can also prevent applications from stomping on each others' files, with a combination of permissions, chroots and mount namespaces.

This is basically a low-level API for a controller daemon. The daemon knows (via a centralized cluster scheduler) what jobs need to be running on the machine, and how much of each kind of resource they're guaranteed and/or are limited to. lmctfy translates those requirements into kernel calls to set up cgroups that implement the required resource limits/guarantees.

While you could use it for hand administration of a box, or even config-file-based administration of a box, you probably wouldn't want to (lxc may well be more appropriate for that).
The FP Scala vs. OO Scala was nice to include. All too often you see simply OO Scala.
TellSpec identifies food ingredients and calories using science, magic
> Because it's pretty much an industry standard now, for those with a prominent web presence, to have an official bug bounty program

This is so wrong, it's not even funny. Bug bounty programs are awesome -- I've participated in many of them -- but they're a tiny, tiny, TINY minority. Of the top 500 websites, how many have bug bounties? 10? That's not an industry standard; it's a nicety.

That's changing, but seriously, there's absolutely nothing wrong with not having a bug bounty program right now.
No. Lavabit complied with earlier demands for the data of specific users. Only this time the request was effectively for unwarranted access to everything, direcly against the business of Lavabit.
>The fire department was able to put out the fire with a single truck.

Goodness I hope so... A modern fire engine can pump a couple thousand gallons of water and foam every minute...
Another enthusiastic customer here. The biggest thing I've gotten out of 1Password is that I've been using it for so long and have integrated it into so many of my computers and devices that I just don't worry about forgetting logins anymore. I know with 98% confidence that I'll be able to find it in 1Password, even if I signed up years ago.

I also use it to store secure account information like bank accounts and CC numbers. Ever needed your credit card or some account number but only had your phone on you? With services like 1Password that's no problem.
Ask HN: Is anyone looking for a non-programming Night worker?
I am looking for night time work in a start-up. I have customer service, international sales, and financial operations experience.
Because it's a statement in front of a court. Specifically, in giving the rationale for why handing over the private key is a 4th amendment violation, it's helpful to point out that lawbreakers (for whom specific, particular, narrow warrants have been issued) have no expectation of privacy even on Lavabit's system.
You can run many different types of applications on the same host without the risk of one of them utilizing all of the system resources and leaving none for the others.
This site came out of a some code I wrote to automate the pricing (and selling) of some cards on eBay. It turns out that the demand for historical information is greater than the demand for my cards :)

It's purely a side project for now but it's running along nicely at 1 million searches a month and is making enough on the side to pay for hosting and the occasional contract developer to help out.
If I may ask, what skills and how many projects did you have when you joined as a junior?
Society allows me to be a part of it because it has no objections to my behaviour. I actively tell the people around me I block ads. Therefore, if your social contract did exist, I would not be in breach of it.

Morals are subjective, the people that surround me believe there is nothing wrong with my actions, if your only standing point is that it's "morally wrong" then you have failed to convince me.

That, of course, is not your only point. You also believe that without the advertisements the content I enjoy wouldn't be produced. This argument has some grounds. The only problem is how actively degenerate ads are. I can outright improve almost all media just by removing them.

Let's say the "nightmare scenario" happens, and almost everyone blocks ads with ad block. Ad Block is running an initiative of acceptable ads. Ads that arn't decietful, distracting, or annoying (which, in my opinion, is a far more morally abhorrent act). So if everyone started using ad block. The world would actually get measurably better. Not worse.
I have always been a big fan of rap vocabulary, and I've already lost an hour poring over different results. What would be amazing would be a cross-reference to the Google Trends results for the same words. You could try to see the difference between cultural events (global) and specific events in the rap community (local) that caused certain words to spike or ebb.
Has anyone used OpenVZ along with either ProxMox or the free openvz webpanel, as I have?

With all the noise about LXC based solutions I wonder if some wouldn't be just as happy with OpenVZ.
Why One SaaS Startup is Baring It All
When Will Twitter Buy or Compete with Pocket?
A schema allows for declarative validation and allows it to be defined once and once per consumer.
I'd be interested to hear what issues you had with Bitbucket - we just started using them (switched from Github) and haven't had any issues just yet... but I'd be interested to know what to be wary of!
With iCloud sync now, all you need to memorize is your Apple ID password (to install 1Password from the App Store and have it sync from iCloud) and your 1Password password and you can bootstrap your whole password database onto every computer you own. Typing 20-30 character randomized strings is something I try to avoid. What a pain in the ass.
No, it doesn't still stand. You just adjusted from your initial 20% up to 35%, which essentially eliminates most of the 'savings' money you mentioned in your post. Also, the apartment assumption isn't that generous. If you want to live in SF by yourself, that's what you will pay for a decent apt.
"Coding is free" except for the $2000 laptop, the thousands of people working for pennies to make it, the military required to project enough power to keep them working, the endless supply of Starbucks to power through the coding process, the thousands of people working for pennies to grow that, and the military required to project enough power to keep them working as well.

Free otherwise though.
Don't most new cars carry some kind of data recorder? If a failure is due to pilot error or lack of maintenance, we can at least use the data pulled from the melted, twisted wreck to rule out design flaws.
I would think he avoided the concept of paying them by giving a gift instead, which sidesteps the concept of "pay" the same way an honorarium[1] would.

I was at a company where someone reported a security problem to the support team. I didn't quite believe it, but they got me on the phone, and within 10 seconds the guy had said the right words to tell me he had found something. So we fixed it.

What then? The company had no formal bounty system in place. I said we should send him something, so I got him an Amazon gift card and sent it to him along with a letter of thanks.

He said thank you back to us.

It all seemed good, but maybe it was just luck of the draw that an Internet mob didn't show up for me the next day.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorarium
I'm not saying the Tesla is less safe: I'm saying that, contrary to what the parent post implied in his wording, it's almost certainly more likely for the battery to catch fire than for a gas tank.
That's called a Hackerspace! You can find your nearest one @ http://hackerspaces.org
I'm okay with paying for the Mac update. What I'm not okay with is them disabling Dropbox support in the old iOS program and then making the new version a $18 app. That means I'll need to spend $51.58 ($33.59 for Mac + Windows upgrade plus $17.99 for iOS app) to regain functionality the worked perfectly fine until they crippled the iOS app.

I'm doubting that I'll actually do this because I'm so steamed about the disabling of perfectly working features.
They explicitly state in the court proceedings that if it were possible to give a key which only decrypted the data of the unnamed party, then they would accept that instead of the master private key. Unfortunately such a key did not exist because of the design of Lavabit's software.
Could we have loser-pays-cost only for patent lawsuits?
One thing you may want to add, if you're willing, is a link to a virtual test drive such as the ones done by winding road magazine on youtube. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the traffic, and it gives you a good first impression of how it drives.

But it's a good start. I would love to see something besides car.com, edmunds, or kbb to do a little research. All the info is all over the place and I've ended up having multiple tabs open with the manufacturer websites.
They aren't legal in the US generally. A few like the Iowa Electronic Market have a special exemption and very low upper limits on spending. Others like Betfair and Intrade when it existed are hosted in other countries, e.g. Ireland.
Scottish dance tunes: just from a quick Google on the subject, I'd recommend talking to http://www.scottishdance.net/ about it, probably also the Scottish Arts Council, /r/scotland and so forth.

Reflections on philosophical readings? /r/philosophy has 148k subscribers.

180 new meals? Write 'em up on eGullet (I've had very positive responses to my writing up foodie experiments there), /r/food, tell the massive foodie blogosphere about them.

It also doesn't matter, in all cases, how large your audience is, only that they appreciate your work - at least, if you're looking to finish rather than to become famous (which I think was the purpose of this blog post). I've spent 1-2 hours worldbuilding and game desiging every week for the past 4 years for a total audience of two people: the players in my weekly RPG. That's a big enough audience to keep me motivated and keep me creating that particular work - over 200 times so far.
Hmm... I guess I'd say half assing your way through beginner tutorials is better than doing nothing (if it is on the path to your goal). That said, flywheels are slow to start up, and you can't expect to do one or two or ten tutorials and have it spinning fast.

As Aristotle said: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
> If you want to live in SF by yourself

Oh, sorry, I thought we were talking about someone who is making the bare minimum effort to save money. My mistake.
"girl" is used in place of "guy" because "guy" has a masculine connotation. I'd be happy to see "gal" but it's a little anachronistic.
Gasoline car fires take seconds, not minutes and there are lots of places where things can go wrong, pretty much every junction of the gas line plumbing, the tank and the injection system.
Integrity and embedded devices (rooting the Samsung Chromebook)
Puff piece.

Focuses on Musk's gently stated opinion that carbon taxes are "a better way" than subsidies for green technology.

Skip it.
Print a working paper computer on an $80 inkjet
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Other than the pretty interface, what is the added value of using this over just going directly to edmunds.com?
Its seems they have much better filters, sorting, etc. edmunds.com may not be the absolution best interface, but its functional, and doesn't seem to difficult.
Not sure what you mean. Are you having problems with the purchase process?

Contact me via email and I'll get you a copy for free.
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There are several fundamental problems with prediction markets:

1) Every market participant is not a savvy investor. InTrade was notorious for political bias and emotional trading (check out the comment section). The idea is that a true insider will place a large bet that provides valuable information to the market. This is rarely the case. Most of the people bet based on what they want to happen rather than what they know will happen. [1] This problem is compounded by the fact that most of the bets on intrade in particular were rather small, hundreds of dollars. People tend to speak more accurately with their wallets as opposed to their mouths, but only with significant amounts of money on the line.

2) The markets themselves are never large enough. The system doesn't work unless the people that place big bets are experts or insiders. The majority of people aren't familiar with the concept of prediction markets, much less any particular sites. One of the best cases for an information market would be someone who works on a political campaign placing a big bet for or against their candidate based on inside knowledge. But something like this can't happen until the average political staffer has heard of a prediction market site, which we are still a long way away from.

3) The best way to make money from a market is to out think the other participants. Accurately calculating prices based on the current supply and demand situation works too, but it's slower and more difficult. Instead of asking "Who do I think will be elected president?" people might themselves "Who do the other participants think will be elected president?" This leads to a functioning market but it doesn't do much for the goal of aggregating knowledge to make accurate predictions.

I like the concept of prediction markets because I love the idea of utilizing collective intelligence. But I'm constantly disappointed by the implementations that I see. It's a very tricky thing to do but I think that whoever finally figures it out will have built something valuable for all of us.

[1] http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2012-06-29/intrade...
Wait! So it just failed and returned everything?
I seriously wish there will be one in Houston. I love for my little cousin to share the technical interest with me but I suck at teaching.

But then, Houston is probably at the very end of the list any way.
"Only this time the request was effectively for unwarranted access to everything"

Yes it was. Access to everything _for that user_. Which they are explicitly allowed to request with a warrant (which they had) under US law. Just because Lavabit could not provide the information for that user without giving away everyone eles's information does not mean that the government can't have the information for that one user.
I'm still waiting for a good Bitcoin-based prediction market. I think that would be a nice application for the cryptocurrency.
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