skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"it turns out that hosting email for the criminal class carries real risks and isn't terribly lucrative."

The criminal class? Do you really think that only criminals want private email? I have shocking news for you: some of us use email encryption to protect ourselves from the criminal class.

"Lavabit's business was not compatible with US laws"

Actually it was entirely compatible with US laws. There is nothing illegal about encryption of any kind in this country. The hacker and cypherpunks communities fought throughout the 80s and 90s for the public's right to use strong encryption without back doors, and we, the people, came out winners.
I'm very satisfied with the battery life of my HTC One. I use it quite a bit during the day (a few sessions of Duolingo per day, HN frequently, the odd email/chat, etc) and it's still at 40-50% at night (I charge it anyway when I'm asleep, though).

It's currently been on battery for 18 hours and it's still at 23%, and this includes listening to audiobooks for an hour in the car, etc. It's pretty great.
Fictional character in the movie Princess Bride. Also the name of a pirate in the 2004 remake of Sid Meiers Pirates also mentioned the name "Dread Pirate Roberts", or fairly close to where the character Bart Roberts refered to himself as "The dread pirate Bart Roberts".
Supposedly there has been at least one another person who was the original founder and who was bought out by the dude they arrested. Lemme find sauce.

EDIT:

Here's something http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/meet-th...
I believe he's suggesting that the doctor could have legally covered up the results of the first trial (by simply not releasing them,) then run a second trial on only the most beneficial population, releasing those results without mentioning the first trial.

At that point, his product would look great, hiding its failures.

This way, while he misinterpreted the P value in an illegal and fraudulent way, he did release all relevant information - ironically, better for the informed reader than if he had rerun the trial legally.
Hmm, that's weird. Mine has no tick marks, just a solid blue line. I did use it a lot today, but maybe some app was preventing it from sleeping completely?
They don't report whether that difference was significant though, do they...
Does anyone believe it?

I would need to see a lot more proof... remember that Julian Assange of Wikileaks was accused of rape in an attempt to discredit him.
I doubt they'd get a slap on the wrist. Maybe a sticky note saying "don't do that again, mmmkay?" Take a look at 20 years of FBI shootings without a single unjustified shooting: http://rt.com/usa/fbi-justified-every-shooting-report-035/
You got me. It's SEO. Can I interest you in some cheap college loans? Or perhaps some asbestos litigation?
Even the self-described anarcho-capitalist libertarians of my acquaintance usually see the use of force as legitimate, as long as it's a non-governmental actor such as a private police force, mutual defense pact, enforcer of contracts, publicly traded corporation, etc. The people who take on the somewhat more difficult task of imagining a society without the organized use of force at all tend to call themselves anarchists, in my experience.
32bit is a marketing gimmick too. 8bits is more than enough.
This is a happy supposition, but I don't think it's borne out by historical evidence.
They can create a hernetic environment to fsck a copy to find what files are on the original, and then copy the target file content from the discovered addresses.

Otherwise I could shred say some paper evidence, and the course would reject a taped-up copy that shows my original document. Which they wouldn't, of course.
Right. And if you recall "It is revealed during the course of the story that Roberts is not one man, but a series of individuals who periodically pass the name and reputation to a chosen successor." (edit: from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Pirate_Roberts but you should watch the movie :)
So how did they know that his original Stack Overflow name was changed?
Ask HN: What makes for "ideal recruitment"?
I want to unravel the problems and, ultimately, the underlying mechanics, economic and otherwise, that seem to allow "substandard" recruiters and recruitment practices to persist (and be rewarded).

Toward this end, I ask you to share, with as little or as much analysis as you like, what behaviors and qualities you believe the ideal recruiter and approach would exhibit.

Thanks!
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I agree, "The only problem is it's so tough, no one has managed to crack it yet" is a very silly comment. Anyone who's done high school computing can probably figure this one out :(
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The whole accreditation thing is an unnecessary barrier-to-entry. I can understand wanting to keep litigation risks of sore losers at bay (caveat investor), but I can't support red tape that gets in the way of potential investors, no matter their balance sheets.

Consider investments in most startups as defacto donations until there is substantial profit or the big exit check clears &| stock documents are finalized.
So does this new information validate that this service that provided for the exchange of illegal narcotics was in fact evil and should have been shut down much sooner.

How does this knowledge effect the ongoing debate about digital privacy ?
(fpgeek is right, I should have read further)

It was significant enough to stop the trial.

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19570573?dopt=Abstract)

> FINDINGS:
At the second interim analysis, the hazard ratio for mortality in patients on interferon gamma-1b showed absence of minimum benefit compared with placebo (1.15, 95% CI 0.77-1.71, p=0.497), and indicated that the study should be stopped. After a median duration of 64 weeks (IQR 41-84) on treatment, 80 (15%) patients on interferon gamma-1b and 35 (13%) on placebo had died. Almost all patients reported at least one adverse event, and more patients on interferon gamma-1b group had constitutional signs and symptoms (influenza-like illness, fatigue, fever, and chills) than did those on placebo. Occurrence of serious adverse events (eg, pneumonia, respiratory failure) was similar for both treatment groups. Treatment adherence was good and few patients discontinued treatment prematurely in either group.
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How much do you charge for "pest control?"
I think we can all agree that he's referring to the qualitative idea of 'influence'
Meaning Internet access for your phone.

The example in the article being login at the library - the library computer has Internet access, but your phone has to also connect to a wifi (if there is one), or the mobile network (if you are 3G subscriber and there's reception). Then factor in that you might go abroad, I don't know many places where they just give free internet access to anyone with a smartphone...
Heh. It didn't seem like an outlandish question to me, generally people quote others or don't add a name for "Rule # about X".
I agree. According to the article he evidently ordered another hit worth $150k. This idiot sounds like he was trying to become some sort of psuedo mob boss. Totally doesn't look the part though [1]

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2013/10/02/who-is-ross-u...
Which story is that in? Not in the linked article unless its being presented a different format for me.

EDIT - Gotcha now. Never watched the movie, just familiar with the name being used a few times.
Yeah, because in the time frame this was going down, it would have been a totally unreasonable assumption that someone matching those particular crimes described Edward Snowden.

Of course they knew who they were looking for - it was necessary for that to be disclosed in order for the government to even demand the information in the first place. That's what a warrant is.

For as much was wrong with the government's request, it's first request was at least reasonable: specific knowledge on Edward Snowden. The inherent architecture of Lavabit rendered this request unreasonable, and things escalated from there.

Sure enough, the court documents and transcripts clearly have "target" followed by blacked out spaces just wide enough for Snowden, spoken by both lawyers and Mr. Levison. This happens dozens of times throughout the recently unsealed documents.
(Adds lsc to the list of likely NSA collaborators…) ;-)

And yeah, you're right about hosting SLAs - I've got a hosting account which proudly advertises "100% uptime guarantee", which in the fineprint/t&cs offers "pro rata refunds for _twice_ your costs of any downtime!" – on a $48/year invoice - so if they go down for an entire _week_, they'll owe me not quite two whole dollars. Thanks...

Even the much more expensive/professional hosting I arrange for other clients always includes something like:

Limitation of Damages

Recovery of damages from $hostingCompany may not exceed
the amount of fees it has collected on the account.
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I'll give it another read in light of what you're saying, but in the meantime, to clarify one line:

"I don't presume it has anything to do with Bezos, but if it does, I hope stays on a buying spree!"

I don't presume it has anything to do with Bezos, either. I would assume (?) he hasn't really taken the reins yet, at any rate. I've since edited that statement for clarity. Not trying to blame him for anything, or attribute this to him in any way. Rather, I am hopeful that the quality improves under him.
Princess Bride.
For starters, Xtreme Labs has had 100% annual growth every year since 2007 -- http://www.xtremelabs.com/2013/01/how-to-double-your-growth-...
http://usevim.com/2012/05/16/mouse/

set mouse=a

Or startline,endline command: 10,20d
Here is some background:

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawful_interception#United_Sta...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tough_on_crime
And yet they don't. Do you know that the cost of prescriptions can vary greatly between pharmacies? Of course, you only pay your co-pay, but your insurance company pays the difference.

When's the last time you comparison-shopped your prescriptions or other medical services?
Is there some evidence that vindicates Julian Assange that I'm unaware of? If not, how do you know the accusations aren't valid?
Tone of the article was certainly skewed in Harkonen's favor, so I stopped mid-second page and turned to HN comments.

It's great that the journalist found the debunking study and mentioned it. But does the order matter? He goes on and on about how "a sizable proportion of [scientists] might be in jail today".

Most readers would drop half way through, as I did. What will they learn? Oh, there was evidence that drug can be lifesaving but technicality killed the white knight.

The problems with after-the-fact analyses are well known. I reckon there should be a strict mathematical proof why those are wrong.
We just got yet another example of that.
How else can you keep charlatans out if not by being rough on those who break the rules?
Especially when breaking the rules possibly has lethal consequences for less sophisticated yet desperate consumers.

I'm not saying Harkonen is a charlatan, but he certainly jumped the gun.
For whatever reason, but he did.
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Is the device actually called the Nexus 5? I have a feeling that people are calling it the Nexus 5, as it is the replacement for the Nexus 4, but that's not how the naming scheme works.

Isn't the 4 in Nexus 4 because the screen is 4 inches? Same with the Nexus 7 having a 7 inch screen. When the Nexus 7 replacement came out, it was called the Nexus 7, because it had the same size screen.

Does this new device have a 5 inch screen?

Pedantic minds need to know!
Malician, I'm not sure you and DanBC understand this fully?

It would be absolutely fine to run a new trial on the supposedly most beneficial population (those with mild/moderate lung damage; lets call them 'the subpopulation').

If that second trial succeeded, then it would be strong evidence that the drug was beneficial for the subpopulation.

There would be no need to hide the results of the first trial, as the first trial did not provide evidence that the drug didn't work on the subpopulation.

If you read the article to the end, they did in fact do such a trial on the subpopulation. And they got evidence it wasn't working on the subpopulation - which is how science goes.

The problem was that the first trial wasn't set up to examine the subpopulation, but they reported results as if it was. You can't do that with standard NHST, as it invalidates the assumptions of the statistical framework being used.

But you can absolutely decide to run a whole new test on a new sub population, based on hints you get from the first results.

And, while it'd in general be better if all test results (positive AND negative) were published, that is not relevant to this situation - the first trial said nothing bad about the effects on the subpopulation, so there'd be nothing to gain from hiding it, if you just wanted to claim it worked on the subpopulation.

Its not like a situation where they got evidence that the subpopulation would not benefit in the drug in the first test, and then decided to do another test, planning to only report the second.
Quoting yourself is a common rhetorical device. Deliberate, outlandish appeal to authority. It translates as "OMG I can't believe people are so dumb they didn't know this, but just for good measure I'll spell it out for you."

The irony/humor comes from the contrast of saying something completely obvious, but couching it in the quotable quotes phrasing of something remarkably insightful.
I'd be very surprised if this isn't the landmark case establishing demands for SSL certificates as being too general.

Just like Jewel v. NSA was always destined to be a landmark case, and now will be, after the executive privilege crap got thrown out.
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"If you aren't willing to sacrifice anything, you can't change anything"

Oddly enough, this is why I have issues with the way in which people now protest against unjust laws.

The effectiveness of civil disobedience comes from putting authorities in a position where they must enforce an unjust law to the letter, thus demonstrating to the general public the injustice of the law itself and rallying support to change the law.

This means that civil disobedience effectively requires the person engaging in it to suffer the consequences of disobedience. If a law is unjust, but violators who attempt to demonstrate this can simply walk away relatively unscathed, then it's a lot more difficult to make the case to the public at large that the law is unjust. After all, that guy jumped up and down on the law, and got away with it! How bad could it really be?

But it seems that what we have now is a generation of people who are willing to take the step of declaring the law unjust, and willing to take the step of breaking it to make a point, but unwilling to suffer the consequences which would demonstrate the injustice to the public. Which accomplishes little.
And people wonder why I like HN so much.
When HN generates a "Unknown or expired link" it would be nice to have a "Click here to return to homepage" link.
Wow! So his claim in the other indictment wasn't just a silly negotiating tactic. And he admitted his involvement to another person solely to try to save a few bitcoins when he allegedly had $80 million worth in his account! An amount so large that he would be lucky to be able to launder even a tiny fraction (even if he bought a car wash or laser tag arena).

This guy has been watching too many TV shows. He's actually lucky he got caught before he was on the receiving end of violent antics like his. The Walter Whites of the real world don't have a life full of adventures outsmarting criminals and staying one step ahead of the cops. They live desperately on edge until they make a small misstep that gets them thrown in prison or killed.
Did you read the indictment? Unless they are just making everything up, it's pretty detailed:
https://ia601904.us.archive.org/1/items/gov.uscourts.mdd.238...
Ask HN: What's The Best Alternative To Google Apps?
What's the best alternative to Google Apps for small businesses? I love gmail, but I'm not keen on creating another G+ account & I'd rather have something that weans me off the Google ecosystem as I'm relatively annoyed at having to opt into all of their services if I just want to use one.

I get that they want us to use everything, but sometimes I just want email. What's the best alternative out there? I figure you guys have some solid opinions.
Can anyone explain how the conversion works? I don't get how it works even after looking at the conversion table at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_36
The indictment is much better than the article.

An undercover agent posing as a smuggler, wants to unload 10 kilos. DPR sets him up with a major silkroad vendor who is also an employee. The undercover agent sends the drugs, and arrests DPR's employee. DPR doesn't realize that he was responsible for getting the employee arrested, and then hires the undercover agent to kill his ex-employee.
You can't catch the Dread Pirate Roberts. Another will rise.
Honestly? We only hear about the ones where it was an undercover cop, because that's when they get caught. Selection bias. It could be that 99% of the time, it's an actual hitman. Would you and I (the general public) ever really know about those times?
Strictly speaking, Lavabit always had a back door. Writing the code to exploit it does not in any way change the truth or lack of truth in any of Lavabit's business statements. At some point the secret keys of each Lavabit user were sitting in some part of the server's memory, in the clear, there for the taking.

At best Lavabit only ever provided security between logins i.e. when the data is "at rest." Any claims of security beyond that are, to be polite, overstated.
Paying $40k to someone to order them to torture or kill another American is not a "slip-up".
Teach me your one crazy discovery that makes doctors hate you.
Looks great. I'm on a Mac - do I need the "mac version"?
I haven't. It's smaller than the Rats though?
Google Australia salaries for Mid-Level Web Developers sit around the $110-150k mark. Senior Developers, team leads etc can be earning $180-300k.

Source: I know a lot of Googlers and find salaries interesting
God bless Gnu. Best thing that ever happened to Free Software,
Is there some evidence that says that god is not real?

That's not really a great argument... the burden of proof is on the person claiming it.
Cool. The Rat7 has weights, I like that. I'm really looking for form factor though -- my hand cramps bad using mice.
I thought most folks (at least US based) performed the work on the side. Such as receptionists with lots of down time or late night security guards. A lot of this is just busy work. Click this if it's porn... fill in an email from the linked page... categorize this image. Am I totally off base?
Supposing this story is true, no one got hurt except for people who went looking for trouble. That doesn't sound so bad itself.
A better title to post maybe?
Nigerian American here
Agreed.

Seems like the power got to him, made him a bit delusional...
Meteor is awesome. It considerably simplifies web-development. I just want to let the core team know that many many people really appreciate your efforts and I sincerely hope that negative comments such as those by Mr. Luc don't discourage your team and do not distract you from the really awesome work you are doing.
Personally I suspect that children are born with varying levels of intelligence (yes, some people are born less intelligent than others) and that the sort of nurturing one provides has a strong effect on how that intelligence develops. I suspect that nurturing can make up a lot of ground but that we do not all start from an even playing field.
Definitely true. What comes from including your name though? I think had someone less widely known said the same thing more people would have questioned their motives.

I'd point out his profile but I imagine that would garner even more negative attention. ;)
I'm a lot more concerned about paedophiles using tor to share images of child sexual abuse than I am people using Silk Road to buy very expensive drugs.

> How does this knowledge effect the ongoing debate about digital privacy ?

We need things like tor because governments have demonstrated willingness to break strict controls. More innocent regular people use anonymous or private communications. As a side effect genuinely bad guys have better protection. The blame lies with over-reaching governments, not with the technology.
Reading the alleged DPR dialog I can't help thinking this guy thought he was some Walter White character. Or maybe I just have Breaking Bad on the brain...
So you're of the opinion that it's invalid because the author has an open agenda, not because it's actually wrong?

You don't seem all that concerned about McArdles many biases.
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1) What?

2) Read the article, he never "snitched", DPR was just afraid he would
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