skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That actually happened to me at the beginning of the year. If I remember right I was in a foreign country (UK) (or just back from it) and Facebook asked me to log in and to scan my government ID (French one actually). However it was optional and there was a small link at the bottom of the page offering to skip that step (which i did without an hesitation).

Is there a difference here? I mean, can they still skip the step? The article does not say much. Anyway the design was made such that it was hard to know you could skip the step.
Relativistic physics often measures the passage of time in units of distance

The explanation or rationalization of this 36 year old joke explains that so does driving in Los Angeles....

How much longer till we get to Disneyland? Just another 10 miles honey.

Regardless, I always preferred 'less than 12 parsecs' as a measurement of the maneuvering within a gravitational well.
Because it's supposedly antisocial behaviour as you don't follow the herd and it has been noted that high profile serial killers and mass murderers don't have facebook.

To me it's either people who can't be bothered or people who actually care, are knowledgeable enough and value their time and privacy.
I feel like a lot of people don't realize just how omnipresent facebook is in places like college campuses. I personally know about four people who aren't on facebook. There's a whole sphere of social interaction that you can't be a part of if you're not on facebook.
Even on our single planet, handcrafted goods command a premium.
Ubuntu’s Mark Shuttleworth wins Austria’s Big Brother Award
This is the page about verifying your account:

https://www.facebook.com/help/385569904840341

Facebook accepts any government-issued ID that contains name and date of birth. Examples include:

Birth certificate,
Driver’s license,
Passport,
Marriage certificate,
Official name change paperwork,
Personal or vehicle insurance card,
Non-driver's government ID (ex. disability, SNAP or national ID card),
Green card, residence permit or immigration papers,
Social Security card,
Voter ID card

If you don't have a government-issued ID, Facebook will also accept two of the following items that combined must show name and date of birth. Examples include:

Bank statement,
Bus card,
Check,
Credit card,
Employment verification,
Library card,
Mail,
Magazine subscription stub,
Medical record,
Membership ID (ex. pension card, union membership, working or professional ID),
Paycheck stub,
Permit,
School card,
School record,
Utility bill,
Yearbook photo (actual scan or photograph of the page in your yearbook),
Please cover up any personal information we don't need to verify your identity (ex: credit card number, social security number).
It's worth to mention that being 1-2 years ahead of the programme gives you early successes, something to fall back when things go little rough later on.

No school, and no teacher in the world can make you feel "bad at math", if your mother taught you elementary arithmetic at the age of 5. Thanks mom.
one of my NYC2 droplet went down. It's like 2 or 3 times in the last 4 days. few mins downtime each.
I'd love to hear some of your thoughts about how technically feasible this actually is (under a single discussion thread).

[1] Sirkneeland states that it's going to be tough to engineer the antenna

[2] nwh states that "Any extendability it has will be stunted by the bus abatable to it; you won't get an external screen or upgraded processor on a flimsy usb-alike connector"

Any other thoughts?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6632641
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6632597
Thats the problem. I wish people would care more about their data. Lots of us who build stuff are more aware of how stuff works and the repercussions of putting data up just once.
It would make a good data sample for comparing user ID photos with actual tagged photos.
I think you misunderstood me, the "agreeing" I was referring to was them agreeing with the DoJ to not break the law instead of the DoJ doing their job.
I very rarely buy a months subscription for Photoshop, maybe one or two months a year, so because of that I never allowed Adobe to save my card details. Seems I just dodged a bullet.
From pg's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule:

When we were working on our own startup, back in the 90s, I evolved another trick for partitioning the day. I used to program from dinner till about 3 am every day, because at night no one could interrupt me. Then I'd sleep till about 11 am, and come in and work until dinner on what I called "business stuff."
For younger generations who grew up with this kind of tech, it's just not conceivable. For them, Facebook is a synonym for having contact with their friends.

In a discussion we once had in class, I mentioned that an option that hadn't been listed besides Facebook, Google+, Diaspora, etc was "none of the above". I got bewildered stares of disbelief in return.
I've got these ones:

- MacBook Pro
- iMac at work running OSX
- iMac at work running Win7
- iMac at home
- Mac Mini at home as a server
- Mac Mini at work as a server

Soon we'll have another laptop...
7 days a week, 12 hours a day. Every other I take a trip (but still bring along needed tech)
I'm from Europe. If they will do it to me I will be forced to stop using Facebook. And I will laugh if they will make it happen in uk as people here don't have such ID's
Always cool to read stories like this. Crowdfunding seems to easy to pull off, but doing it well requires a lot of planning.
What do you think would happen if we just submitted fake data.

Back before facebook went gigantic people used social networks with avatar like display pics & put up loads of fake data.
Let me know if you ever write an emulator.
You say that like it's a pro but I'm pretty sure it's a con.
I'm always willing to change my mind if I see anything different, but Umair articles are pretty formulaic.

Also, if a bunch of us are pointing to a problem, maybe there is a problem.

Ideologically, I suspect that I have different ideas and opinions than tokenadult. Maybe I have some common ground with Umair. But I cannot stand the hand wavy, ranty approach.
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This was my attempt to explain it after I had a similar experience: http://www.everything2.com/title/Dog+incompleteness I tried the same thing for the halting problem: http://everything2.com/title/halting+dog+problem
That's been the question of a lot of debate, which is why we're focusing on policy right now (hopefully eventually law).

The Telemedia Act specifically allows use of non-government-issued ID online. This has been the subject of a big lawsuit with Facebook: http://fusion.net/modern_life/story/german-state-fine-facebo...

Regarding the second set of questions, that's the big question right now. IANAL, but the "my house" is a domicile related context. While Facebook is not a domicile, they are a company, and a company can set their own policies. The challenge is that the people using Facebook aren't really employees, and they are using it like a public forum, which it isn't. There are a lot of social issues revolving around this. There's also the 3rd party doctrine to take into account (which incidentally is how NSA is justifying a lot of their monitoring).

In terms of government ID being mandatory, you have two issues: one, that while many countries do have a national ID, the US does not. Second, if you require an ID for a website, then you run into all kinds of issues: data retention, access privilege, fraud problems, etc. South Korea had a related law which they abandoned in 2012 after several years, and China just adopted one.

So the general answer is "it's complicated, it's a discussion much longer than a hnn thread offers, and nobody really knows yet." Hope that helped :)
>You realise that, especially where I live, one can make tax deductible donations to a wide variety of organisations? I give away thousands and get to write off much of the tax. In fact, I give away a few thousand and can technically qualify for a different tax bracket, I believe.

But most people doing this are still experiencing a net negative. You might donate $1000 to save $200 off your taxes. This is a rather small incentive.

>No, you would have charities spending this money on advertising and gimmicks to get their share of your dollar. Some charities today spend large proportions of their budgets advertising and engaging in lawsuits (e.g. Susan B Komen)

Fine, but these organizations would not last. People want results, not more/better commercials. Did you not read my whole post? I mentioned that these orgs would be performance analyzed and all the data published. All their financial records would be public.

>What the government does is use it's uniquely large scale to help people. Education, healthcare, housing, welfare - for many countries in the world, having the government provide these services results in an relatively efficient system. I for one would rather pay the Medicare Levy in Australia than pay for private healthcare in the US - last time I was living there, the US system left me about $1500 worse off, and that was a year without any medical mishaps.

It is far from efficient, even if it was - the greatest benefit would be humanizing citizens (this would naturally branch into and benefit many other facets of society). Also I am talking about welfare/social services here, not medical services.
Under the guise of user protection "we've locked your account to protect it from suspicious activity, prove you are the owner" they actually confirm the identity they're not sure about and force those who use false names, pseudonyms or multiple accounts to switch to real names or risk being locked out of their contacts and data.

Reducing false accounts and such increases valuation of the data they sit on. When you buy a database of people on the black market it either comes in cheap truckloads of unverified data or expensive chest of verified detailed accounts.
I wouldn't disagree that its not smart, It increases the value of the data they have.

On the downside it does incur a social cost to do this.

Facebook's brand is more and more thought of negatively and associated more with a bad reputation with how they use their data. At its core the usage is optional and they're testing the waters further and further offshore.

There could come a time user's just don't want to use it anymore or more readily move to an alternative that pops up some day.

The social experience comes from viewing our friends picture's and knowing what they're up to, this is at the core of why we like facebook. Getting our government ID's doesn't help enhance this experience and the social cost of it is way more than the benefits in my opinion.
Many people will cheat until they think someone can see them, and then stop[1]. By just reminding people that someone is watching, you'll vastly increase the proportion of people who pay.

I think this is the best way to combat hidden "just data-copying" computer crimes - because people think they can't be seen while doing them, they just need to be shown that someone can see and they'll stop. (This should work on all but the small fraction of people who will steal whatever you do - again, see [1]!)

[1] "The honest truth about dishonesty", Dan Ariely http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007477333
Yes definitely. People who doesn't use facebook by choice are thought of being crazy. I use facebook, for me its a great to keep in touch with my friends and family members who are all over the world. I have a friend who doesn't want to jump in to the facebook bandwagon and our mutual friends thinks he is crazy for not using facebook. The side effect is he almost never gets invited if there is a get together and have no idea whats going with most of our mutual friends. He does have a close group of friends he keeps in touch with (like me, on phone or whatsapp).

I hate facebook's privacy implications, I sympathize with his views. But facebook, the platform, is actually useful to me so I continue to use until a better alternative comes out.
Childhood poverty, stress can hurt brain development
Structure Sensor 3D Scanner Works with New iPad Air and iPad Mini
We started our project from the get go in closure because this overhead can be automated.
The benefits outweigh the pitfalls IMO, and a week spent on process will pay huge dividends down the line.
Become a project manager. Everybody is not cut out to be excellent coders, but you probably have heaps more of knowledge than the average joe.

Having a project manager that knows the development process, understand coders and know the basics of programming is so valuable both to us developers and the overall success of a project.

Also, there are a lot of different types of coding and niches. I can't wrap my head around most algorithms, I'll never be nothing but a mediocre C coder. Cryptography makes my head explode... But I know how to craft and architect a web app that scales and lives on without (too much) technical debt.

Turn your weakness into a strength.
When Apple provides customer service directly, it's nearly always stellar, but their user-to-user support forums tend to vary between "deserted wasteland" and "noise factory".

Apple's philosophy is deliver a kick-ass experience, or if they can't, then do nothing at all. If they can't deliver as good of an experience as StackExchange at minimum, and ideally employ real staff to answer questions, they should archive the forums and advise users to take advantage of the rest of the internet.
This is the point everyone seems to be missing. Microsoft tried releasing tablets with styluses, keyboards, and a desktop OS before - they failed, big time. The market hasn't suddenly changed in the intervening years to one that wants that kind of form-factor. As Apple proved, the market wants a very minimal tablet, with an on-screen keyboard, a great touchscreen, and an OS optimised for those features. For FUN, not for work. A handful of people will use tablets for 'work' and for being creative, a couple of niche industries will find they can integrate tablets into their workflow, but for the average office worker who wants to watch some videos, the iPad is perfect, the surface is 'overkill'.

(edit to correct incorrect autocorrect on ... iPad ;-)
Have a varied diet and be somewhat physically active regularly?
>Does anyone think Google's floating barge is a way to evade compliance when it comes to data monitoring? Theoretically they could go further offshore

the compliance is mainly enforced through the company execs being onshore, not the data/servers. The barges will be waiving 2 Irish flags with 1 Dutch flag in-between at the same time.
This supports my point. My point is that Gittip is irrelevant and there's no reason to believe it will become relevant. If it were a technical problem and yet had reached its current level of success, I would think that if they fixed their technical problems, it might become relevant. Since it's a non-technical problem (social problem, positioning problem), how to fix it is unknown. The quickest path would very likely involve tearing the whole thing down and starting over again.
if you watched the 8 minute video you would see the actual concrete printer in action.
It has a Mini Display port so "technically" it can support 4, but I've heard of people successfully using 2 with a splitter.
I am going to get a lot of downvotes for this but I am still curious to hear what solutions the HN community could come up with for the problem Facebook is facing:

Some of the accounts have been hacked.

You locked the accounts as a security measure.

Now you need to validate that some person is the actual owner of the account.

How would you solve this problem? (Sending a code via text message to the owners mobile device wont work in every case since old accounts didn't have to validate via phone number on registration)
Lessig's own post is at #78, in spite of 233 points within 17 hours of submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6627331

Did it drop off the home page so fast, or is it being flagged?
Oddly enough, this happened for me on day one when I considered joining. They asked to provide my email password so they could build up a list of contacts. Oddly enough I was one of the few who thought this is "not done" because it lowers the bar for online security, i.e. it would be considered normal after a while if websites started asking this. It didn't pan out, but as a result I never got a FB account.
Those files are executables. There is a function 'ls' which wraps ls command and adds --indicator-style=classify parameter to make output more readable.
The UK issues both passports and photographic driving licences. Most people will have at least one of those.
Pumping random numbers in to CSS is not, and never will be, "design". You might occasionally come up with something aesthetically pleasing, although it's likely you'd come up with better things faster doing it manually, but that's not really the point here. The point is that design is not "making things pretty".

Randomly generating a color scheme is possible, although even then I'd go down the route of generating a base color and using an algorithm to pick the rest (triadic colors work well), or perhaps using something like ColorBrewer to select a scheme programmatically, but that isn't "design".

Design is the process of making things usable. The skill in designing a good website is in placing elements in a logical order, using color and whitespace to guide users around the page, prompting users to do things in a sensible way that won't confuse them, and at the same time giving the user something that they will actively want to participate in.

Calling this "automated web design" is pretty much an insult to anyone who designs things for the web.
Well said. I try to optimize for happiness and I'm much happier using fish than bash (which I'm reminded of every time I have to temporarily use bash).
I'm just wondering why this is impressive. Is it partly because it's Javascript and it's in a browser? I mean, would it have been just as impressive if you had to download a C++ program and compile it to get the same thing?
Samsung steps out from behind Google to woo developers
It's not going to beat "dedicated smartphone"; think "hardware for low-volume product" or "add a nice touch UI to an existing product".
Silicon Valley dreams of secession
So I got locked out about 10h ago and as I saw lots of people like me on twitter then I just went to bed without verifying anything. Wake up, account unlocked without questions.

I suspect this was related to the earlier news where Obama's facebook was hacked [1]. Some junior dev at FB forgot a WHERE clause at a sql query or did something equally dumb to mitigate this.

[1] http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/uk-usa-obama-twitte...
So it's actually even worse than that - you need to know not only what will stand a good chance of killing you, but what is sensitive to intervention too. You need a causal link that you can break, not just correlation and that's so hard to research that there's much less known about it.

For example, studies tell us that sitting more than three hours per day correlates with a reduced life expectancy: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/09/study-excessi... but that doesn't tell you that if you take someone who is sitting that much and make them stop it'll make any difference at all.
I have seen a few google questions, and feel they are good quality, and nothing like the quoted question. I suspect google learned from the points rasied in thr book "how would you move mount fuji" (a now famous microsoft question). The book is well researched and has some well thoughtout advice at the back. The quoted question looks like an old microsoft question, but, I might be wrong.
Recording of yoga workouts for developers.
I like how how those people think they know better than to provide their personal information to Facebook on a login dialog that is supposed to help them get onto Facebook in the first place. The irony is just so thick I don't even...
When you click on Linux tab under 'Go fish' section, it will list the Linux packages.
For me, it is 6 days per week, starting promptly at 7, ending between 6pm and 11 pm. I found that getting in early I can get organized and drive through priorities easier. The first two hours are golden, where I am fresh and focused. I also found after my first startup that regular, patterned, reliable sleep is incredibly important for your brain and mood. Mood being the biggest surprise, it matters a lot to the people you work with and customers that you're not a jerk. Go figure.
I am fairly sure I have seen tutorials on using the two together.
Yeah, me too.

Witggenstein has a good take. René Guénon also,

http://www.sophiaperennis.com/books/rene-guenon-series/the-m...

It seems that mathematics is presented in this sort of way that makes it seem free of the doubts and struggles and vagaries of other disciplines.
Also having at least one day off has helped me keep my friends, some sanity, my hair, and my wife.
That's not what happened at all. The link shortener that Obama used was hacked and previously shortened links where redirected. That article says nothing about his Facebook being hacked.
I guess most users won't bother making it complicated to track down: same IP, cookies, session, whatever.
You'd no doubt be committing all sorts of criminal offences in both the US and whatever (Western) country you send them from.
It makes for a much better reason for getting the authorities involved in a hacked account than just the initial hack.

It's also much less likely that someone will do it due to the hassle and lack of automation. Though no doubt some hot startup idea is about to be born...
Just so people know where to find this in case they forget, it's in the header of `env/bin/activate.fish`.

# This file must be used with ". bin/activate.fish" from fish (http://fishshell.org)*
>I think there is an inconsistency in your argument. You've just suggested a mode of action by government, not something government cannot do.

You have a logical point but I think everyone understood what I was saying just fine - so your point does not apply to the reality and context of the situation. Some might say you are "trolling" myself, I think that you are just very anal.

>...is fundamentally flawed. The theoretical efficiency of competitive markets is intimately tied to the assumption that both the benefits and costs are known to and born by the participants in the decision making processes, aligning rational self-interest with efficient decision making. In the charities competing for money from givers to provide services to those in need, the features which make markets theoretically efficient do not apply.

Your argument may again carry weight by logical reasoning, but that is your fallacy. The competition would be maintained by the citizens emotional and humane (these are not logical things) drive to see the money coming out of their pocket actually directly and effectively help someone in a meaningful and lasting manner. That is what the competition is all about.

>That's because bad news is good for selling media (the perception that the world is a dangerous place and you need to keep consuming the media source from which you got that impression to know where the next imminent danger is very useful to holding an audience, independently of any connection it has to real circumstances), not because lives aren't turned around by welfare and other social services.

You missed my point. I was merely stating this example because the majority of people never see any tax dollars taken from their paycheck helping a fellow citizen. They never see any emotional or inspiring linked good come of it. The majority see what is in their local community and what is on the news. They have no natural connection to the needy. This is a very bad thing IMO.