skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Google controls the entire browser, meaning they are in absolute control, ultimately. They could inject code into your banking web sites, they could block all the porn, whatever they want.

The idea isn't that the certificates would wrest control away from Google, it's that they wouldn't be able to use "omg the malwares" as a shield for their intentions. If there's a root CA that's handing out certs for malware extensions then sure, pull the plug, but if the root CA is handing out certs for ad blockers and Google pulls the plug then it'll be plain as day what they're doing.

Heck, all the browsers nowadays use extensions of some sort, maybe they could form a consortium for extension certifications so no one company would be in complete control. You could bet Mozilla would keep that sort of behavior in check, at least.
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You are in for a treat man. I read it once every year (not cover to cover just my favorite parts esp the prison) just to fire myself up.

Side note: The movie is also quite good.
But what made you think the primary reason for their failures is the lack of good engineers?
Using Datomic Pro at work for a data warehouse and soon for another project for <REDACTED>.

I'm working on a migration toolkit for Datomic. (Migrating schemas, not between database kinds.)

Ask me questions about the API, my experience with ops, or anything else if you like.
It's worth it to go through the archives of Friday Q&A on Mike Ash's site.
Problems with incompetent leaders in Software/Startups.

1) Throwing engineers at something without asking the engineers

a) Twitter
b) Spotify
c) Soundcloud

Tweetie.app Lorens vs current twitter application.

2) Not allowing remote work.

3) Shitty domain knowledge that isn't worth crap.
Shouldn't you explicitly ask the user's permission before letting the searches leak out?
Ad supported content is compensated by the advertiser. I can read a free paper without browsing the adverts, but the bet by the advertiser is that they will get enough views that it doesn't matter. Also, adverts that drive people away are bad for the advertiser and if ads are universally blocked then the advertiser will go elsewhere, though if we are in a situation where 100% of people are blocking ads then something else is already afoot and other business models will emerge.
It depends on how creative they get. If they're just rounding the corners on the squares to make it look more fluid, then it's definitely not a full 20% being used. If they're plopping a logo into the center of it, then it depends on how large the logo is proportional to the code's size.
* I love absolutely terrible things., bro
If you wanted to work as a banker prior to the adoption of computers you'd need an education advanced enough to calculate amortization tables. Now you'd simply need to know where to put the numbers into a spreadsheet. Same for accountant. Attorneys can now run instant searches for relevant case law rather than spending time in a law library. Construction workers have instant access to information on a variety of materials and methods. Doctors have computers giving guidance on diagnosis as opposed to consulting experts. Students worldwide can learn from the best teachers in many subjects. I could make this list much longer.

In general, the individual knowledge requirements for most jobs have gone down drastically, and the potential paths to acquire that knowledge have grown.
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Oh, for sure - worked in capital markets and getting any integration between the different teams was an unpleasant affair. However, it usually wasn't due to a lack of talent, but due to politics or personality - somebody who likes to say "no" a bunch, or refuses to allow some other approach. Most of the devs were grumpy, but liked the steady pay and stuck around. Probably the root of the problem - if retention became an issue, perhaps things would change?
To be fair, I think they shifted their messaging a little bit (vis-a-vis whether G+ was intended as a FB-style destination network or a social layer that happens to have a stream) to take advantage of the initial burst of interest/success in the actual social-network-stream part of Google+. But yea, there are plenty of people who are too stupid/disingenuous to understand the "social layer" concept they're going for even in cases where it's very straightforward.
Not really. You give up that right when you traded it in for a cool billion.

Users should maybe be more pissed at him for selling, than Google for tying Youtube to their overall Google strategy.

(Not that anybody should be pissed over such an issue. Just saying.)
Last time I disagreed with nitrogen however I was hellbanned

I'm not anybody special around here. Whatever happened, it didn't have anything to do with me.
> And though Second Commenter is lazy, we recognize the dismissive potato-potahto sentiment. “Come on, don’t be a party pooper.” We feel that in social situations. Don’t challenge. It’ll be awkward. If someone posts the Time piece on their Facebook wall, it’s a little jerky to post LaPrade’s rebuttal in the comments. That’s why the good doctor’s post won’t have as strong legs in correcting the record; a lot of the people who cared about posting the “discovery” the first time will shy from posting that it actually wasn’t. It makes them look duped.

This seems to me like the most important takeaway here. I've corrected people on Facebook many times and gotten pretty nasty replies for doing so, but honestly it's for the better if just one person isn't fooled by a misleading story or outright lie.

On the same note, I give things a lot of time and thought before posting anything on any network, especially if it's opinionated.
Wasn't referring to their earnings at all. XBox is one of the few MSOFT products that has a positive brand image overall.
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Brazil orders Google to hand over Street View data
Nice extension! Small suggestion to get more installs: https://developers.google.com/chrome/web-store/docs/inline_i... - We use it on http://www.synergyse.com
Aw man! I live in Chicago and there are soooo many Onion news stands; one right next to each legit stand like the tribune. And they always kept it up to date, which always made their joke that much funnier.
* I posted this comment on the same story elsewhere.

Face it, battery technology is not sufficiently advanced to deliver good range without some serious trade offs. The trade off of the Tesla may prove to be the wrong choice long term.

No one would ever suggest lining the bottom of a car with a gasoline tank, fortunately we don't have too because the power density is so high. Hence they can put tanks where a collision or road debris damage are least likely to damage them.

However Tesla needs a stupendous amount of battery to get its range. Hence we get large cars where they have chosen to isolate the entire pack at the floor of the car. They made the choice to dispense with a central tunnel which could hold more batteries, not use the front engine area or any trunk space.

There were two or more reasons for their design choice, first because of the sheer amount of batteries needed and second because of pack swapping. I don't think the trade off is worth it.

They can use some of the front "frunk" area to have a raised stack of batteries where the traditional firewall is and do similar in the rear. The could have a raised tunnel down the center line and reduce the need of having batteries so far forward. There were many choices available but they wanted swappable packs.

What statistic I want to see is, how many penetration events have their been versus how many fires. How many cells have to be penetrated to create a fire? Is there some flaw that another component is failing during these minor accidents that is causing the fires?
Mentioned on http://tynan.com/cruisework - Why Cruises are a great place for development/focus.
there are also tools like crazybump: http://www.crazybump.com/

that generate normal maps from photos without human intervention.

What sprite lamp needs is integration with a 2d game engine. I'm not totally familiar with 2d engines, but they would have to support dynamic lighting with normal maps to make this work right?
OK. Let me rephrase. Hopefully it will clarify.

I'm saying ignoring behavior like the ones I mentioned for the sake of argument leads to fallacious reasoning with respect to the causes of (and probably the solutions to) poverty and inequality.

You could chalk decisions up to DNA and brain chemistry, but at that point we're having a metaphysical argument. You could say that we should be considering trends in populations and not individual behavior but then we'd be having another philosophical discussion.

Or maybe you agree with all that and I'm misunderstanding your point.
The point is similar though - need the cheap internet connection on both.
Companies really need to do a better job of making ELI5 descriptions. This means nothing to me:

> Datomic is a database of flexible, time-based facts, supporting queries and joins, with elastic scalability, and ACID transactions.
> Datomic can leverage highly-available, distributed storage services, and puts declarative power into the hands of application developers.

What does that even mean? I'm pretty good at databases, and I know what transactions and queries and joins and stuff, but this explanation does a pretty poor job of explaining what Datatomic is and why I should use it.

What's a "time-based fact"? What does putting "declarative power in the hands of application developers" mean? Don't all databases support queries? Don't most relational databases support joins and transactions?

It just seems like a buzz-word filled fluff phrase that says "Datatomic is a database," but I don't know why I would use it over, say, MySQL or Mongo or whatever.

I had to go to Cognitect's site (http://cognitect.com/datomic) to get a better explanation:

>Datomic is built on immutable data; facts are never forgotten or overwritten. This means complete auditability is built in from the start - including the transactions that modify your database. And because Datomic is built on immutable data, you can explore possible future scenarios by issuing transactions against a database and decide to commit them only after verifying the results.

Ok, that makes a little more sense, but it's still not clear what differentiates this from other database systems.

I'm not affiliated with them at all, but I think SiftScience.com does a great job of explaining their product simply and efficiently: https://siftscience.com/

> Fight Fraud with Machine Learning
> Sift Science monitors your site's traffic in real time and alerts you instantly to fraudulent activity.

Simply detects fraud. Done.

Or EasyPost.com:

> Shipping for developers
> EasyPost allows you to integrate shipping APIs into any application in minutes.

Don't just spit buzz words and technical terms at me. Tell me what it does.

> Datomic is a database that, among other things, specializes in tracking data over time, allowing you to test a transaction before saving the data. True accountability from the beginning!

Probably not even accurate (again, I don't understand Datomic's premise), but that sounds more explanatory than their current buzz word-filled blurb.

To any startups watching: have something on your front page that is an ELI5 description of your product.
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> If you don't like it by all means call your senator, donate to opponents of the trade deal, fight against it

Well, I would LIKE to do that. I would LIKE to contact my president and the administration officials who are negotiating the treaty and provide them with my feedback and comments on the proposed wording. I would even like to spend some of my hard-earned money paying world-renowned experts (such as those who work with the EFF) to review it and provide even more insightful feedback.

Unfortunately, the text of the treaty is secret so I cannot do these things. I complain that I am being prevented from participating in democracy and you write that if I don't like it I should participate in democracy. Perhaps you don't understand the complaint that is being raised.
Also they're making a very transparent play away from games being the primary focus. IMO it's a very sensible move as long as gaming doesn't get neglected.
I had this same experience working in Cuba for a month. I was writing, so I didn't need internet. They don't have it there, except for occasional slow access in certain access points, where I went to handle correspondence once a week.

I stayed in a family's house. They cooked, cleaned and made coffee. I had zero responsibilities. Results:

I wrote 50% more than usual. I read 7 novels, including Moby Dick. I socialized more than usual. I exercised and went for long walks every day. I studied for the GMAT.

Not having internet was very helpful, but outsourcing all domestic tasks made a huge difference.
As always, university press super hype press releases without any useful hyperlinks. This must be corrected:

Lit:

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2493486
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090233237

Interesting read, but then again I agree that this is a prototype only protocol with little use because of the fragile nature of the circuits.
And as for prototyping, aren't there software suites around that bring sufficient capability in this regard?
I would ask coolsunglasses as he's been using it in production for far longer in a bigger installation than we have.
-90% false

-100% true

-100% false for people using Google+ (absolute percentage unknown)

-50% false

-80% true
Depends on your contract. But usually yes.
...you could just not visit that website until the problem is resolved.

That's my plan. But, ads can be more than just annoying. Adblock with FlashBlock/click-to-play make the web quite a bit safer from 0-days on the desktop; I should probably have installed an ad blocker on my phone a long time ago for the same reason.
I don't know about OWaz, but I get bored quickly, so if I read one book last night, I'm not likely to want to read the same book tonight. If I have no other book in the queue I'll probably end up reading HN on the iPad, if I do have other books, well then I'll read them.
Here, read this article about how you can achieve the same effect for real life objects using only 4 photographs - http://zarria.net/nrmphoto/nrmphoto.html
"2) Internet is expensive, slow, and charges by the minute). "

When I've been on cruises (this dates back to as early as 2002 iirc) I've always been concerned with this.

And there are times as well (when sailing) that you are out of reach by satellite and have no connectivity at all. Unless things have changed you aren't going to be streaming video or doing anything that requires bandwidth. Once again, from my experience, things could have changed as I haven't cruised in at least 4 years.

With respect to internet on cruises it's a totally YMMV. I was concerned enough about access that I actually tracked down and contacted the operator of the service [1] for the particular ship I was on (and they do this for many cruise lines) and spoke to an engineer to ask questions before taking a particular cruise. I wasn't going to rely on what the cruise ship customer service told me. One of the questions I had was "do you block any ports"? The engineer (quite knowledgeable not customer service but engineering) said they didn't but it turned out that (at the time) they blocked anything that carried voice or obviously video (like ichat, skype etc.). Have no idea if that is still the case.

But here is the strangest thing. Back in perhaps 2004 on a particular ship you couldn't (get this) connect by wifi with a Mac!.

That's right you had to have a windows machine to connect to the ships wifi. Made no sense. But true. Nobody on the ship with a mac could connect only PC laptops. Ended up having to use the crap in the "Internet Cafe" which made 1996 using AOL seem quick. Literally couldn't even get email during certain times since all ship traffic went through one pipe.

For the next cruise I also brought a PC laptop. (But on that ship I didn't need it).

[1] It was this company: http://www.mtnsat.com/
It can trivially be requested though. Moreover this doesn't really matter much if you can send distributed queries to the consoles. You'll be able to identify and locate more than 50% of males between 18 and 30.
From my Google terminal, I can see the same thing. :D

What's more important is the percent of the company you're getting with a share. (Obviously the same information in a different form), but I think more important to the small investor than share price.

121.45M - TSLA

4.56B - ORCL

So you're getting significantly more share of the company for your investment when you go for TSLA.
Linux is not quite so anti-commercial as people make it out to be. Many contributions that go into the kernel come from paid developers working at the behest of a company, and there are companies offering support contracts and services for Linux.
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But is it completely improbable that a gasoline-powered car could suffer from the same result?

It just feels like somebody's looking for an excuse to go after Tesla. I read these articles about people leaping over concrete barriers and wrapping their car around a tree and just wonder "what the hell did you expect would happen?"
I'm not an expert in either cloud-computing or 3d rendering, so I'm not saying that I've got it all figured out; "easy-peasy". But I do think there are some ways to transform the problem that could be more beneficial than the "traditional" render-farm approach that most of the industry seems tied to.

Things like, progressive enhancement rendering -- either quality or resolution -- like wavelet compression for rendering. Massively parallelized rendering pipelines -- borrowing from the high performance password cracking on GPUs, and real-time game inspired rendering pipelines. Static scene analysis/dynamic compositing; rather than require the artist to think about layering and compositing, let the computer algorithmically break down a scene and maximize rendering speed.

Perhaps it will eventually be determined to not be cost effective -- and I'm sure people much smarter than I are working on it -- but I think we will see some really interesting and novel changes in this space in the next 5 years after being relatively unchanged for the past 20.

And just for the record, I think Clara.io is fantastic, not saying you guys are doing anything wrong, just talking. :)
I had to look up what ELI5 meant :)

For any others that are wondering, "Explain Like I'm 5"
Over quite some time Chinese mothers avoided Chinese formula.

Surprisingly though, milk powder might have been the single safest food product on the Chinese market. Why? Well, the authorities don't want to get caught with their pants down again, and there were death sentences related to the melamin poisoning....
The Algarve rocks for work, surfing, sunny weather...and not much else ;-)

Might head down for the winter again, would be my my 4th I think, and I still only grok about 5% of the language (Brazilian Portuguese is worlds easier for me to comprehend).

My remote work setup is simple: rent an apartment with high speed internet for a few months and dive in.
Been waiting for this, since the first articles like this appeared about 30 years ago.
> Gnome configs are only an issue if you still use gnome :)

See, that's the problem. The old system is abandoned and I have to decide "is it worth learning the brand new system?" Keep in mind this brand new system will not be used in 5 years, either.

I also don't sit around watching the forum discussions so when someone says "oh you need to uninstall gnome and install farknootz" I just say huh.
Gasoline powered vehicles are not exempt from fire issues. Fact is, one of the best selling vehicles[1] in the U.S. had a recall due to how it would catch fire while parked. I personally saw one on fire on a parking lot. It was baffling.

Another recall from the 70's was this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_tank_defect
People seem to forget that they are driving around with gallons of combustible liquid.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/automobiles/27FORD.html?_r...
But, task preemption is most likely not correlated with the contents of secret data. It's pauses that correlate with different values in secret data that allow data to leak via timing attacks.
I wouldn't mind doing that, but not what sure you mean with "wifi hotspot functionality"?
Right, but now you're arguing that their work is useful. That's a different argument than simply arguing we're spending the money on earth. If people think the space programs are wasteful, then presumably they don't think the work done is useful.
How did you arrange a roomshare at a hotel? friend or online service?
I took a cruise earlier this year with my girlfriend and we paid $600 combined. After tips and a lot of boozing, we ended up spending around $1000 combined an average of $100 per day. You can do it for a lot cheaper as well, plus we weren't using the internet.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat and work if there was a steady internet connection.
has anyone tried accessing this data?
Posts like this seem self-congratulatory, to me. Working in this field, we're well-compensated, and in a position of relative privilege based on that alone. Add to that the flexibility (when we have it) to not be tied down to a daily commute or an office/cube-farm, and we're living in another world entirely. We shouldn't forget this.
The EFF is an advocacy organization. They advocate.

The NY Times is a journalist organization. Although they express their opinions in the OpEd page, I still expect a different style from them than I do from the EFF.

That being said, I also hold the EFF to a high standard, not because they are an advocacy organization, but because they are my FAVORITE advocacy organization. I wish that they would not characterize the NY Times editorial as "endorsing" the treaty when it merely "speaks well of it".