skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The Internet is a town square.

You, sitting at home with your friends, might happen across an amusing picture and chuckle at it. Maybe even take some joy at some else's pain - we all do that occasionally, it's fairly human. While it's not a good thing to do all the time, you can enjoy yourself and your friends in privacy. Maybe even poke some good-natured fun.

But those comments should remain in your living room. If you saw this person in the middle of the town square, and pointed and laughed at them - that's an incredibly, stupendously dick thing to do. It not only is insulting and mean, it encourages others to do the same thing.

Real people get hurt. Children commit suicide every year due to online bullying, and adults too. The emotional scars that don't kill will still hurt for years. Don't be the biggest douchebag in the world, and keep your comments to your living room - and to yourself.
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Surely there must have been a way to have Levison decrypt that users account that would have been satisfactory to the government. I agree that him extracting the information himself isn't a solution, but surely there's a way to do it properly.

The solution isn't either of the extremes, 1) Give access to all Lavabit users or 2) Refuse to comply with a legal warrent, it's somewhere in the middle.
We were supposed to learn what from your comment?

You lost weight and now you're spewing judgmental advice. Am I now supposed to look at a fat person with scorn and immediately assume that they're lazy slobs? Should I suppress feelings of empathy? What is the actual point of what you're saying?

You spent 99% of your comment talking about your success and how you've gained insight into the unsatisfactory habits of others, and all of 1% acknowledging that it may be more complicated. And within that 1% you literally state that only 1% of fat people are losing to more than a simple mathematical equation. I know you coders like your elegant algorithms, but life is bit more messy than that.
Don't confuse disagreement with apathy. Remember that post-Snowden Congress had the ability to put a stop to the NSA program and didn't, and the public outcry (outside of HN) was fairly muted. So it seems that you've got to win some hearts and minds first.

And winning the hearts and minds is not going to be easy. Consider the Tea Party (and importantly consider your own feelings toward the Tea Party) A bona-fide grass roots movement that the establishment has marginalized, ridiculed and baselessly accused of violence and racism and now stands charged with holding the nation hostage, by exercising legal and constitutional rights. I suspect you're movement would not fair any better.
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Built a toy javascript utility along similar lines about a year ago. Breaks down your expected life remaining into blocks by month: http://novorobo.com/projects/hitpoints/index.html.
> what is destroying the world at large

I don’t take issue with anything you say. Dismayed by the shape of discourse as I see it, I have been loath to take a position on anything. I merely point out that phrases like this one trigger a dismissive reflex in me, and I do so only in the hope that a mechanical proscription (“don’t say that”) can foster worthwhile reflection. After all, I would like to see your viewpoint spread.

Do you think that the world at large is being destroyed? Are there offsetting Hacker News posts which make you forget this world-destruction for a time, in favor of enthusiastic praise? Consider how you would view this rhetoric from someone you disagreed with. Again, I think we agree on the substance. My comment is about the style.

Today I ran some code through jsLint for the first time, and I remembered reading in “Coders at Work” where Douglas Crockford said that it would “hurt your feelings.” Several of the “error” codes indeed seem like unwarranted nitpicking. But I did find some real errors in the process.

Without meaning to single out your comments (either on this thread or on the Internet at large), I wonder whether some Strunk-&-White-style algorithm couldn’t “warn” us about text referencing “most persons today.” Yes, I know when I say I’m “attached” to some outcome, that Thunderbird is going to ask whether I’m forgetting something, and I know that it's the ignorant reflex of a machine. But sometimes, I really just forgot an attachment.

So for the moment, I will perform the inglorious task of linting an otherwise good remark, with the view that next time you will push yourself further. I believe it is Ecclesiastes that says “The love of money is the root of all evil,” so your view about this “religious fervency” has a scriptural basis. If it was destroying the world then, I suppose it would be destroyed by now. So maybe it is like the sun's fusion: a slow-burning fire. But let's keep things in perspective, and say what we mean.
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Chesterton was a fan of distributism, a "third way" economic system that is neither capitalism (which favors Big Business) nor socialism (which favors Big Government).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism
I've always had the impression that the cash is the least important part of a Nobel prize. Even if you're being purely mercenary about it, Nobel laureates can probably get paid speaking engagements whenever they want. But it's the prestige that really matters, and I suspect that for most scientists a share of the cash would be a poor substitute.
>These are the guys who made a bad taste rape joke

I like how people just keep gradually dragging that whole thing further and further away from the truth. A rape joke is a joke about rape. They made a joke about quests in MMOGs that happened to mention rape. It even mentioned rape in a "it is the most horrible thing imaginable" context.
>The number one economic fallacy is this: he claims that doing a job, all other things being equal, removes bread from someone elses mouth. This is 100% false.

Russell agrees with you, through the medium of sarcasm and reductio ad absurdum:

>If this argument were valid, it would only be necessary for us all to be idle in order that we should all have our mouths full of bread.

He prefixes citing the argument with:

>Before advancing my own arguments for laziness, I must dispose of one which I cannot accept.

in case you don't get the sarcasm.
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If you have any doubt that is a desperately-needed product right now, go read the Amazon reviews for literally any other smoke detector on the market.

Frustratingly, this news arrives just weeks too late for us.
I've noticed this general tendency to focus on the edge cases to make the rules. This is how we end up with crazy security theatre instead of real security and pointlessly drifting away from the topic.

He is sharing his experience which probably applies to the majority of the people but no, use edge cases to justify your stance and feel good about having the moral high ground.

Congratulations on your ability to focus on the edge cases and not the majority of the bell curve.

EDIT - Guys, no don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about THIS specific article or about being fat or anything. It's just that for the past year or so I've been in any online community (even the other one) I've noticed this. Sure, I get it - Innocent until proven guilty and all, but sometimes, things really are as simple as they appear to be.

[Oh, and dear parent poster, I'm a bit sorry for the "Congratulations on your ability to ..." but that was just me getting upset that people aren't looking at the bigger picture.]
You clearly have never read the comic in question and have jumped on the band wagon. In no way was it a rape joke. Please show me how it was a joke about rape? I'm not a penny arcade fan but people who say that the original strip is a "rape joke" are the ones responsible for why the dickwolves saga will never be put behind us. You are perpetuating a myth that the original comic was a rape joke and in doing so are empowering rape culture.
You realize that the title is obviously exaggerated and that I didn't gain $4000 on day one. I did however gain the kind of validation that eventually allowed me to gain $4000 in cash when we launched a month later.

For every person that has criticized this, I have had another one saying this is great. I also know for a fact that I'm not the first startup entrepreneur to do this.

I have already apologized to each and every one of our customers. I have also mended the relationships (AFAIK) to the extent that the "angry" customers would consider being customers in future.

Ultimately, I think that this was ballsy publishing this and being open about the pro's & cons of this. I'm not saying that this is the best technique ever and neither am I saying that everyone should follow this approach. I am however saying that it worked for us and I am keen to engage others on this topic.
Put a retina display on it, make the screen frame shorter, 4 GB of RAM and >32 GB of space and you have something near perfect.

Edit: Oh and a backlight keyboard...
It's also always been legal to say "sorry, we never record any of that information". You can get a warrant asking a bartender to provide you with names, addresses, and arrival and departure times, and transcripts of every conversation of every patron of his bar, and he can stand up in court and say "sorry, I don't have that information, and I'm not prepared to start collecting it.". Would you be happy for the FBI to be able to compel a bar owner to start collecting those records for everybody who walks into his bar? Without letting either new patrons or regulars know he was doing so?
How does this work mathematically? Do you take, e.g., a waterfall track and manipulate its frequency spectrum? Or is it completely synthetically generated? If it's the latter, then I'm quite impressed that I can't tell the difference.
No. He says he 'cannot accept' that argument:

'Before advancing my own arguments for laziness, I must dispose of one which I cannot accept.'
I thought you were right for a second, but I'm fairly certain that 'passed' is what I meant. It's the past tense of pass, and thus the correct word. see http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/past_passed.h... for a good set of examples.

I appreciate that the which/that distinction is tricky, but one is a restrictive clause and the other is not, changing the meaning of the sentence.
Because she is overweight. Contrary to popular belief, this is not actually complicated. There are no magic "get twice as much energy from your food" disorders. Disorders that make you more likely to overeat do not mean that you are not overeating.
> but this chart and story don't accurately represent the US market for mobile data.

It says it's for prepaid in the title. Its not inaccurate just because it does not measure what you want it to measure.
I wonder what battery life is like on this? A typical smoke alarm battery can last years but this appears to have a lot of functions and WiFi and a light.

BTW Why do smoke alarm batteries die at night? Because temperature drops and a weak battery's voltage output drops with temperature.
Sounds a lot like WeFunder[1], which currently only allows accredited investors to take part, I believe, but because of the recent JOBS act will allow ordinary people to invest in the coming years.

[1] http://wefunder.com/
Not raising the debt ceiling is not a default.

If a credit card company refuses to raise your limit, that is not a default. A default is when you stop making payments on your debt. As long as the government has enough tax income to pay interest on its debt, there is no default. Calling it a default is a scare tactic to get their credit card limit raised.

The solution is for governments to spend only the tax revenue they receive - no more. Not only should the debt ceiling not be raised, it should be slowly lowered to zero over the next 10 years. If the government had to explain to everyone how much their taxes would need to be raised in order to invade Syria, etc., people might actually pay attention. Just my opinion.
>Where PCOS is associated with overweight or obesity, successful weight loss is the most effective method of restoring normal ovulation/menstruation

Imagine that.
sounded too good to be true. I guess we'll have to find it on bittorrent.
Only available in the UK and US. How unfortunate.

Following the link for the US to Amazon, the HP Chromebook is nowhere to be seen on the resulting page.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=2858603011
wtf? The site's [https://lavabit.com] SSL cert been revoked: http://d.pr/i/sc71 [IMG]
I love the Pathlight feature - an integrated motion controlled nightlight is a great idea. A nice example of an incremental feature that helps tell a story about the product and justify the relatively hefty price tag. Something you can talk about when you need to justify a $130 smoke/co alarm to your wife.
Could you please also post the slides in PDF? The current download is probably for Keynote, which works only for Mac/Keynote users.
Took me awhile for find - but full specs:

Full specs

Screen

* 11.6" display with 16:9 aspect ratio (IPS Panel)

* 1366 x 768

* 60% Color Gamut

* 300 nit screen

* Wide viewing angle (176 degree)

Inputs

* Chrome keyboard

* Fine-tuned, clickable touchpad

* VGA Webcam

Ports

* 2 x USB 2.0

* Micro-SIM slot (3G and 4G/LTE model only)

* Micro USB for 15.75W charging and SlimPort video out

Industrial design

* Magnesium chassis for strength

* Available in black or white with a choice of 4 accent colors

* Silent, fanless design

* No visible screws, vents, or speakers

Size

* 297 x 192 x 17.6 mm

Weight

* 2.3lb / 1.04kg

CPU

* Exynos 5250 GAIA Application Processor

Memory

* 2GB (4x 4Gbit) DDR3 RAM

* 16GB Solid State Drive1

Audio

* Combined headphone / microphone jack

* Digitally-tuned speakers with sound ported up through the keyboard

Battery

* Up to 6 hours of active use (30 Wh battery)2

Network

* Dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n

* Bluetooth® 4.0

* Verizon LTE connectivity (optional and coming soon)

Goodies

* 100 GB Google Drive cloud storage, free for two years3

* 60-day free trial with Google Play Music All Access, and $9.99/month pricing after that4

* 12 free sessions of GoGo® Inflight Internet5

http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/hp-chromebook-1...
Wow, it uses a micro USB charger.
Don't fret - I'm pretty sure it isn't the same in other Indian languages :-)

That said, I'm a bit leery about doing user management using third party libraries and I looked at the linked HN page to find the same concerns expressed. Please explain more about how you plan to address security concerns. Good luck!

P.S: "Mast" as posted by architgupta means "Cool/good". As always, have fun!
The more I read the less I have. why? Because it is individuals within the government, who know that what they truly need it limited access, but rely on the backing of the US Government to just get everything in hopes something neat falls out.

Worded differently, far too many of these agents are willing to abuse the power of the courts, the secrecy of it all, to intimidate anyone because it makes the feel equally powerful.

there is NO justice when the courts are secret. Justice does not exist where the public is not allowed to go.

the issues he faced proved that there is nothing you can do because they will simply slap "secret" on anything and then threaten you with jail, which once there your stuck because no one was allowed to know.
Looks great, although I did pick up a basic one for about £2 the other day.

However I would love to get one, along with the thermostat, should they ever come to the UK.
Initial impressions (probably all negative): What's the deal with "Just because it looks cool?" A 640x480 webcam in 2013 seems kinda sad (people have become obsessed with video chats these days, quality matters). Using stylized curse words in the copy? Childish. The font on the page is way too small—people have big screens and bad eyes (plus, lots of words/details/reading trying to figure out what/why this things exists).

What's the advantage of this thing over a tablet with an external keyboard?
BitPay offers new pricing plans for bitcoin payment processing
Hemingway said that one goes broke "gradually, then suddenly."

I hope the same thing is happening to Windows marketshare.

I hope the same thing is happening to iOS.

edit: Note that I said "marketshare." I'm not wishing bankruptcy on Apple and Microsoft. It would be a weird desire.
I'm beginning to think this is the problem of our time. We have the combined resources to solve any and all problems, but generally solve none of them, and the predicament spans individuals to governments. There is no readily apparent solution, because if there was, it would already be happening (is there a scientific term for that?)
The book The Harried Leisure Class (http://www.amazon.com/Harried-Leisure-Staffan-Burenstam-Lind...) suggests an interesting explanation for this.
What about an app that does that?
I wouldn't rule that sort of person out straight away. I think it depends on their other background. I think you can learn enough to make cool things in that time period, but it may be a tough sell.
I like the fact it uses a microusb charger but they removed all the other ports I wanted, like HDMI, Ethernet, VGA and sd. I was planning on getting an Acer C7 and this won't change that.
I'm not sure why you posted this. Are the pageviews from the controversy really enough to offset a long-term loss of reputation? Maybe you don't understand the line you crossed.

You advertised video courses taught by talented entrepreneurs. Later, you launched what is effectively a forum. These two things are hardly similar, but you charged users for the latter when they signed up to pay for the former.

Couch it in as many euphemisms as you want, but you tricked people for your own gain. I don't want someone to do that to me, and I won't do such a thing to someone else. Unfortunately, you didn't treat others as you like to be treated. I think that's unethical.

In the future, please treat your customers with more honesty and respect.
It already goes right up to my ethical "pain threshold" to have a "buy" button that links to a page that says "sorry! we're not quite ready yet. enter your email here" just to gauge interest. It's questionable.

This goes way beyond that. This is no longer a grey area. This is lying to potential customers. Justify it however you want, it's wrong.
When did HN-headlines start to be interchangeable with randomly selected YouTube scam comments?
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serious work=>Laptop,

casual work=>tablet,

? => chromebook
Polycystic ovary syndrome does not make you fat, and it's really not that difficult to overcome the weight issues you may think are caused by it.
Why the tech-savvy Obama administration launched a busted healthcare website
But you're assuming that she is not going to all reasonable lengths to address the issue, which is completely unfounded! The article even mentions how she has been adressing it, even though it's none of our business and completely besides the point, just to preempt your cries "just lose weight then, HEH". Sequeing into of "well she's still overweight so clearly she isn't trying hard enough" shows that you're just either trying to be provocative or don't understand how being overweight works.
What is wrong with the $7.50 Kidde?

http://www.amazon.com/Kidde-Sentry-Battery-Operated-Ionizati...

Reviews seem good.
This is deception which and walks a fine line between legit and fraud. It doesn't matter what you think about who should do this or not - someone will attempt to emulate it, and they will end up in prison for taking money and not producing anything. It degrades the reputation of entrepreneurs everywhere who are diligently trying to build their businesses the RIGHT way.

The fact that you brag about it so boastfully is atrocious to be honest.
I still don't get one thing about this story:

>> To make use of these keys, the F.B.I. would have to manually input all two thousand five hundred and sixty characters, and one incorrect keystroke in this laborious process would render the F.B.I. collection system incapable of collecting decrypted data

Don't FBI have some ultra DPI scanner with advanced OCR software? Let's say they live under a rock, it's still not so hard to manually type ~2k characters using magnifying glass. If so, what was the point to shut down Lavabit AFTER turning in printed keys?

P.S. I still highly respect Lavabit and people behind it, but this point in a story doesn't make sense at all.
The new HP Chromebook, made with Google
These things are getting increasingly more tempting. I'm actually in the market for something to give my parents, but I actually think an 11" screen is too small for them. 13" might be more like it, but in all honesty they probably still need a 15" machine.

But I'm getting increasingly close to picking up one of these just for the hell of it.
It's not about actual advice, but books (or maybe TED talks) full of "advice" like this: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=206
> I have nothing against the kickstarter approach. But it is insane to allow individuals to collectively donate millions to dollars to ventures without any ownership stake while at the same time barring them from funding the same projects and receiving an ownership stake in return.

In other words, "I have nothing against kickstarter, but it is insane to allow kickstarter to exist as it is". Contradiction alert!

> Almost all the criticisms of capitalism are derived from the pathologies of institutional fiduciary capitalism.

Having read on and discussed the topic extensively, I'd say that "almost all" is completely unjustified.

> However we can do better than allowing individuals to donate money on a hope and a prayer.

Odd seeing such a claim from a self-confessed supporter of capitalism.

> If we want capitalism to become less selfish, we need to enable each individual to become a capitalist.

Does he mean like owners of capital assets doing what they wish with it, as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others?
DigitalOcean Rolling In with New Features, Big Plans for Asia
Looks like it is coming to the UK: http://nest.com/uk/ (although not the thermostat yet)
Why is it "doing the right thing" working at a startup that's statistically unlikely to go anywhere rather than working at an established company that's more likely to provide value to society?
There are no integers in js, all numbers are floats. What you want to do is represent all values as integers choosing an arbitrary precision, then only do integer math.

In the example given, using node-bignum and assuming our precision is a thousand of a cent:

big(30000).mul(3) => 90000

Of course you'd get the same result in plain javascript with these numbers, but then you'd have to handle everywhere an operation could return decimals, and using bignum you have "unlimited" precision > 52bits.
The worst part is, I think we'd find many of the worst offenders are 14 or so ...

Based on some of the stupid comments my eleven year old has posted on Youtube, and the equally asinine replies, I find this very plausible. I've talked to him about what kind impression he makes for himself. He's not out to hurt anyone, he just posts stuff without thinking about it. Normal behavior for an eleven year old. I said some pretty dumb things when I was a kid, but none of it was broadcasted further than my classmates. Now I'm making my son think about what he says online and I think it's sinking in. I hope that in a few more years when he's old enough to go on the internet without parental supervision he'll be a decent online citizen. A lot of parents don't know how to do this, or it wouldn't occur to them to do so.