skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A proposal for adopting a new Internet architecture: Pursuit
Looking for an Attachments.me alternative?
On the Play store probably, which doesn't sell physical devices here.
My conversation with a user who tried to steal our bitcoins
Something, something, xkcd, $5 wrench.
Thanks for the heads up, I used another browser and was able to buy it.
it seems to be intermittent... sometimes both black and white version of 16gb show as out of stock, sometimes (like now) both show Nov 8th.

Probably sessions that people left open and didn't buy.
if i'm not using latex (MS word replacement), i'm using office.

Google's Spreadsheets are nice for collaborative work, but i'm not just impressed with word/presentation/drawing/etc.

I actually do a lot of drawing with MS PowerPoint (figures for papers/presentations/hw/recitations/etc), and love OneNote + Skydrive syncing (just so easy to organize, add different media, and access). If i did more with spreadsheets (as opposed to just loading batches of numbers into Matlab), i might do more with Google Docs....but i don't see that happening anytime soon.
I use google docs, and feel like everyone I know professionally in the sfbay tech world does too.
I guess when there are some more established exchange services they could slowly pull some of that money out in relatively good anonymity. (Assuming that a more established service would not sell their name to the press.)
Cloudify Your Business with Google Docs & MS Office Web Apps
My main concern with these bond requirement bills (of which there have been many, most notably the SHIELD act introduced by DeFazio and Chaffetz) is the creation of "super trolls" due to smaller trolls offloading assets since litigation would no longer be as profitable. Such a troll would easily be able to show "that it has and will have the ability to pay the accused infringer’s fees and other expenses if ordered to do so," and while the other factors may be considered, I can see this one being determinative. So you flush out a slew of smaller trolls and give somewhat of windfall to existing, larger trolls. Although this is all hypothetical and perhaps having a few "big" targets is easier to deal with in the long run.
The phone supports CDMA..? I'm on Verizon and really want this phone (eventually). Are you seeing that it doesn't work with Verizon somewhere specifically?

Edit: More comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6648976 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6648664 but not seeing links, feels like hearsay.
Nearly ordered one. Last minute I though "Is this phone going to anything my nexus 4 can't?" And the answer was nope for me
I thought Canada was still in love with blackberry. It makes me wonder if this is some sort of marketing ploy microsoft tried with the surface having lines and being sold out.
A number of investigative tools come to mind: Faraday cage, anechoic chamber, Amiga 500 with Ethernet, Conway's Game of Life, and ummmm.... arp -a
It seems to me that this is a situation similar to the one Dropbox found itself in when starting out - the key obstacle for getting a file hosting service to take off was universal device compatibility, and they spent a ton of time on it and nailed it.

For any startup or other competitors to Office, the one key feature they must get right is document compatibility. I know Microsoft doesn't play fair in that regard, but I'm sure a motivated enough team could crack it.

Office is actually decent for being MS software, but a simplified and streamlined web experience, reduced feature bloat, with online collaborative tools, and made available free or cheap could steal a lot of market share.
ECB Isn't a Mode of Operation
They seem to still have the 32GB black and white in stock actually.
There are people who say that they have to do some things that can only be done by Excel, or Word, or whatever. There are other people who say that some office suite is what everyone else is using and they can't cope with the constant demands for compatibility help if they use something else.

I love Abiword, and Gnumeric, and LibreOffice. I recognise that general people hate computers and can't understand them, and they want something very familiar. One of the (many) things I'd do if I had the money is create excellent quality documentation for these projects, in a variety of formats, and pay for them to hire researchers / designers.

EDIT: I'm not comfortable using Google products. Partly for the privacy stuff, but mostly because of the online need.
For less than 2 years? That's worse than Apple, and not just a little.
Not everyone sees a "large exit" as the end goal of their work.
Fans can actually make you cooler by increasing evaporation of your sweat.
I have the basics up on GitHub at https://github.com/madisonpdx. I also plan to teach them how to use Git, but while version control is important, it didn't seem like the most exciting thing to begin with. I have been directing the students to the GitHub page though to get them comfortable with the idea of browsing open source code and possibly looking for other projects that interest them.
Touché Peter, touché.
I just refreshed the page and now it's back to the 8th for some reason.
That is not how things will work. Your drive will be copied before you are even asked for a passphrase. Whatever cryptosystem you have will be modified to be non-destructive.

Now, smartcards are another story. Smartcards can be designed to self-destruct after too many bad passphrases are entered. I suspect, though, that a forensic lab could back up the secret before you are allowed to enter anything.
iOS devices (and Android?) can already be configured to wipe their data after so many incorrect PINs are entered. I suspect the creation of a "self-destruct" PIN would be no worse a crime than an "I'm under attack" detection scheme.
I just like to build things, especially things that may make a buck or two.
Recipes for LoopBack Models: Model Synchronization with Relational Databases
Beyond capturing it locally, if the goal was to actually forward messages out to the internet a simple sniffer at the gateway would see attempts to phone home. This is definitely an area where more information would be needed but it's entirely plausible that someone would choose to have a way for targeted air-gapped systems to smuggle data out slowly if no better option is available.
Nexus 5 Phone and Android Kit 4.4 Released • vlogg.com
Oh, an edit.

> by discounting it as privilege

He didn't. Calling it privilege didn't discount it to me, and I doubt it discounts it to those who have a basic understanding of privilege. I found it respectful that he was able to recognize it, call it out, and acknowledge its influence on his perspective.

The only person discounting his contribution is you.
U.N. to create asteroid defense group
HN blocking some IPs?
So since about 6 Hours ago I can't access HN through my normal IP, but it's working fine when I go through VPN.

Is it related to recent HN downtime?
This is in stark contrast to iOS, which runs on a phone released in June 2010.
> - Troubleshooting a bug in a site, view source.... and see SQL in the JS.

this is why I refuse to do "View Source" on the HealthCare.gov website. I'm afraid of what I might see.
This is expected, wondering if kiosk mode can be supported as it's supported in chromium.
I've been working on this project for 2-3 months. I've realized I don't have enough time to devote to it so I'm open sourcing it. All feedback is appreciated.
5in screen... Man. I'm quite content with my 4.7'' screen. Why are we slowly and steadily moving the sizes of our phone screens up? A year or two ago we were happily at 4.3
LibreOffice. I can download it and install it faster than Microsoft Office, even if the Office disc is in the drive. (I use Office stuff rarely enough where that actually matters.)

Plus, LibreOffice is kind of the only option on Linux.

I don't use my Mac for anything serious outside of XCode.
No offense, but your proof here is purely anecdotal. I've worked for employers who offer less than two weeks. My first STEM job offered 5 days your first year, with 5 more each additional year, capping at 20. 2 weeks may be thought of as the norm, but since there is no actual law about it, its only a suggestion.

For professional jobs in the US, the average paid vacation after the first year of service is 10 days (2 weeks)[1]. Sadly they don't have statistics for 0-1 years so I don't know if your package was atypical.

That said, we certainly don't match our European counterparts, but then again, we don't even use most of the vacation time we are given every year[2]. The US simply doesn't have a culture of taking vacations like Europe.

[1] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm

[2] http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/18/news/economy/unused_vacation...
The device was available for about 20 minutes before running out. Sounds identical to the Nexus 4 so far...
The submitter of this article, pg, is in fact a major contributor to the FWD.us intiative [1]. But it's probably better to assume there's a good faith basis in the submission of this article, since we've no reason to believe otherwise. You're very right that Berlin in recent years has been aggressively pushing itself as the next Valley (and I guess to some extent it is succeeding -- you're seeing a few big players emerge from there, Soundcloud being one that everyone knows about).

The reason why it'll never be the next full-on Valley though, in my opinion (as another poster has already mentioned) is the racism there. As a brown guy who's been to a lot of places, let me tell you that there is racism basically everywhere but in America (and Canada). It is of a particularly sharp type in Berlin (and the rest of East Germany). It really puts a burden on you mentally when you have to make everyday life decisions (should I take the train at this time? alone? at $X place?) in efforts of just escaping harassment. For as much as I rail on America for the eroding civil liberties and all, I can not imagine leaving this place for any other.

[1]: http://www.fwd.us/our_supporters
If your not using Firefox on Android, your browser woes are your own fault :D <3 Mozilla
While we're at it, is it possible to opt out a pension/unemployment insurance from the income tax?
Once in a Lifetime Experience
Neat write-up, but I feel the primary usage of a smartphone is for when you're NOT connected to WiFi. I can use Google Voice / Hangouts to make calls from my laptop. Do you carry a hotspot or anything for on-the-go use?
Was the Canadian populace ever in love with Blackberry?
The best and brightest = MBA people?

Im not saying that is not, or that it is.. But the "best and brightest" its very subjective and cant be measured by objective means; and why by their vision the "best and the brightest" are MBA's and not people from Physics, Enginnering or Social Sciences?

Its ok to say that people with MBA do not like the financial sector anymore, and are going to other hot sectors.. but that headline are pretty much misleading;

I know bright, as i know stupid people with MBA , and the MBA itself doesnt happen to change the stupidity case..
Sadly it's just another Band-Aid. Until the government has the balls to step up and illegalize software patents and "business-method" patents altogether, any patent "reform" is a sham.
Wow!

What age range are these pupils?

Is your wife planning to describe this club and its impact on the general motivation and development of the pupils to her school governors and local professional development forums?
> Microsoft's biggest competitor for office suites is Google Apps,

Disagree. I'm a spreadsheet-fan and Numbers (mac version of Excel) is waaay better than Google Doc's spreadsheet. In fact, Numbers rivals Excel in many ways. For those who haven't used it, Numbers is more of a container that holds all kinds of objects, like media files, text fields, and including spreadsheets. This model, I've found, is way more effective at communicating concepts that require textual descriptions alongside small blocks of spreadsheets.
I have iOS 7.0.3 on my iPhone 4S. Released a month before the Galaxy Nexus.
There is a big fallacy with the reasoning behind this article. I grew up in impoverished areas (both the inner city, and in rural areas) with the typical high minority population. I have observed a LOT of poor people and their spending habits. Here are my thoughts.

(I am not disputing the claim of the author's story and that experience, I am merely pointing out that his example is not the case most of the time.)

It is true that a very small minority of people dress and talk nicely because they realize that they will be treated better by the middle and upper class. Now in this group, some spend lavish amounts of money (like in the article), and some shop at thrift stores and/or buy knock off designer purses, belts, ETC. This fact alone blurs the argument that the author is presenting. It is very possible (and proven so) to live in poverty in America and dress well by choosing alternative resources.

The other (and more devastating) counter argument that applies to other poor people is merely by observation of what the status symbols that many in these groups purchase.

Let me use the example that was laid out in the article. The typical poor black women/man in a white world scenario. Well then why do the majority of poor black men and women who make expensive status symbol purchases look ghetto and drive "ghetto" cars? I don't mean beat up and worn out clothes and cars, I mean the style of clothing/jewelry and pimped out cars. These same people aren't talking "nicely" either. Their heavy use of Ebonics/Redneck/Slang and constant expletives while wearing their gold chains, starter athletic jerseys and Le-Brons (expensive basketball shoes) ETC. Tell a different story. They are seeking status among their piers, not the middle/upper class that they envy. They are not doing it to help them work their way up economically. It is in fact keeping them down. How are they better off overall now? They could have saved that money and invested it on going to school or moving to an area of better geographic opportunity. Now instead they just look like more expensively dressed thugs.

My personal belief is that most poor people live for today. They don't have long term goals and plans. They were never taught good habits like saving up money and conveying to the non-minority class that they don't have a ghetto mentality or live in the rap/hip hop culture (during job interviews ETC).

They have no hope, because they have no vision or dreams. All that they typically observe is their small world and the twisted fantasy of television/movies/commercials. Sure, it feels great to go into a department store and feel wealthy for a day, wear expensive things and feel better about yourself, but most poor people buying designer status symbols - this is what it is really all about. Living a fantasy with no real benefit to their actual social, economic, or productive member of society status.
No "rational reason" except for the fact that the pay in the US for software engineers is probably double (or even triple) what it is in Germany.
My bad, I have the Galaxy Nexus through Verizon and assumed it was the same for other carriers. I forgot it was available unlocked through the Play store. I'm used to ignoring all of the news from Google and waiting an extra 6+ months for every update.
HTC One, 468 ppi
There is a FAQ page that confirm the deprecation of the support of the gnex : https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085

Well, I'm a little bit disappointed, I hoped to have the update too.
That's because you are in the startup ecosystem (I'm guessing - which is totally valid) - it is a totally different story once you are talking Enterprise and everything that comes with it (Sarbanes Oxley etc.).

It will also be interesting to see how this shifts now that Google is charging everyone to use Google Apps from the get go.
I like wearing suits. I like the tailoring. I like wearing shirts and ties. I'm glad I get the opportunity to do so. I strongly agree that if you like wearing the clobber you feel good doing so, and that helps with confidence, especially in interview situations.

There is some antipathy among a few HN readers about people who wear suits, so I guess there's some important cultural differences.

> I paid my share of the rent late,

A minor point. In the UK it is very important to try to pay rent above any other debt (apart from anything from courts).

Non payment of rent is one of the easiest ways for a landlord to evict a tenant.

Non payment of utility bills is, if you must not pay something, better.
Greg, superb!!! Can't praise you enough for this. Well done!
Bravo arstechnica, you got us.

IMHO this is a purposefully written scare piece to be released on Halloween.

Who says computer scientists don't like scary stories?
This was likely an inode issue on the operating system/kernel and how it represents S3 on the filesystem, especially if you're using something like S3FS.
It's "iWork", not "iWorks". It doesn't care what bloggers say about it, as long as they spell its name right ;-)
Cookies may disappear, but privacy isn't coming back
I have an iPhone 4S, but I guess I could buy a new Nexus phone every year and it would cost me less. :-)
Any news on the nexus 10 refresh? Either that device does not exist or google and asus have done an exceptional job keeping a lid on it.
Unless you actually look at economic performance.
[1]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-25/democratic-presiden...
[2]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/economy-ha...
This statement pretty much covers it:

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085
I believe the device itself is smaller, they've just thinned the bezel and made the screen use the entire front surface of the device.
I love my Nexus S, but I'm running CyanogenMod. I highly recommend trying it, especially if you aren't happy.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Crespo_Info

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Crespo4g_Info (4G)
Also, google docs has been renamed to google drive, even if no one wants to call it google drive.
this is why given a choice between theory/plans/estimates/schedules or, say... reality and iterating and observing what-actually-happens ... I always prefer the latter. in software engineering, in human relationships, and in the physical world around me in general.
Not sure what you mean by the Skype thing - as far as I know, Skype is already released.
> This article will try to convince you...

Failed.
I live in the country that their EU Headquarters is based. They won't sell any hardware to me either.
The new floor for health plans is quite high, so we can be sure at least the latter. E.g. the old "I'll cover my healthcare, you cover catastrophes" major medical insurance plan is now outlawed, with very little grandfathering, if your policy changed in any way but increased premiums.

Problem is, roughly one half of the nation decided none of us were fit to make a whole set of quality and cost trade-offs. One should not be surprised a good fraction of the other half are not happy. They knew they were being lied to, and, surprise, surprise....

And I'm seeing indications that people who used to have what they thought were high quality, Cadillac plans are now having to pay much more for much less, e.g. this domain expert: http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/2013/10/mr-preside...
Google keeps rolling more and more up under them. I can understand the "good" argument...it rids the platform of fragmentation.

...but Android is slowly becoming less open. Scares me a little. Why shouldn't it?
Automating Front-end Workflow
I have done all three in the past three years and honestly prefer Office. Powerpoint is just a hundred times better than Keynote and Presently (Google Apps). Probably the only thing I'd like to have is a "Office for Dummies" mode that turns off all the complicated bits of the suite and just gives me the stuff that 90% of people use.
FAR 91.21 is the rule that is being enforced:

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may operate, nor may any operator or pilot in command of an aircraft allow the operation of, any portable electronic device on any of the following U.S.-registered civil aircraft:
(1) Aircraft operated by a holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an operating certificate; or
(2) Any other aircraft while it is operated under IFR.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—
(1) Portable voice recorders;
(2) Hearing aids;
(3) Heart pacemakers;
(4) Electric shavers; or
(5) Any other portable electronic device that the operator of the aircraft has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
(c) In the case of an aircraft operated by a holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an operating certificate, the determination required by paragraph (b)(5) of this section shall be made by that operator of the aircraft on which the particular device is to be used. In the case of other aircraft, the determination may be made by the pilot in command or other operator of the aircraft.

Advisory Circular (AC) 91.21-1B is the recommended implementation of FAR 91.21 and includes the take off/landing and operation below 10,000 rules and seems to be what everyone is using.

I assume that it's AC 91.21-1B that is being modified. Its text is too big to paste here but you can read it here: http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/A...
"Chrome for Android supports a few features which aren't enabled in the WebView, including:
WebGL 3D canvas
WebRTC
WebAudio
Fullscreen API
Form validation"
Since Fullscreen API is unsupported, so no Kiosk.
Hit refresh. I saw it sold out, then when I reloaded there was one in stock. Also be sure to check the 16/32 & white/black permutations.
Obviously Skype is released but not well integrated with the rest of Microsoft's suite. It can be far far more and better integrated than it is right now.
Ordered one even though I didn't really NEED a new phone...
Lync is the primary way to communicate in the large corporation I work for today. It replaced my desk phone. I would never want to go back to a traditional physical phone.
Some new design stuff, too:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RomanNurik/posts/EURexV9yF32

http://phandroid.com/2013/10/31/android-kit-kat-videos/
I think you are right, I was able to purchase it a few minutes ago, I think they'll all be gone shortly though
I think when you read my comment you may have been reading it with an eye toward whatever story you have of yourself?

I didn't make any wise choices. That one guy, my manager at the Kenneth Cole, made those choices for me. I wanted to get my family gifts instead of getting interview clothes for myself, I would never have even thought to apply to Kenneth Cole, instead I was poached away from a job that paid me so little that I was gathering leftover food from the theater floor for meals. And within a year or so of the context of this story, I also found myself worrying that I may have gotten someone pregnant.

What I did have, that I always had, was an outgoing personality and a strong work ethic. The rest of it was a series of chance events and one forceful personality on the part of that manager. I think that maybe the larger connotation of the word "privelege" may be what has rubbed you the wrong way. How about this:

"And that brings up another stroke of luck"

I wasn't out there making wise choices, I was getting lucky, and I when I can ask myself what has allowed me to be lucky, I can learn about myself and the larger context of my life. When I can learn about myself and the larger context of my life, I can better understand and empathize with others.
Video: What's new in Android 4.4 KitKat
I just did, following your suggestion. Unfortunately, it's still the same unusable garbage.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnl8m9ioi9ric5v/2013-10-31%2020.04... - latest chrome beta (release looks absolutely identical)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/867wrehnqsiu3oc/2013-10-31%2020.04... - CM10.1.3 stock browser