skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
$10 per US citizen is over 3 billion dollars. I'm pretty sure you could do something useful with 3 billion dollars.

Hell, there are 10,000 employees at the DEA, in the most simplistic case you could replace them with drug rehab folks and that's a couple of hundred extra per state. That's enough to have an impact.

(-edit-- yeah ok, I may have overestimated the budget of the DEA, but 3 billion is not to be sniffed at, and the DEA is really only the tip of the iceberg)
Can we denote in Swiss Franks (at the current exchange rate)?
debatable yes, but not irrelevant. if you want to stop taking your drug of choice, and you're spared from having to cope with physical withdrawal symptoms, then that's a big plus.
Time to take the Bitcoin bubble seriously
I got fucked up by the cops in Germany for putting a not-checked-by-TÜV selfmade wood casing upon the top of my car. These guys did this in Berlin... man, they're LUCKY to having gotten out without any consequences.
Am I missing something? In an effort to "Fuck Google", they're driving like jerks and endangering people's lives and property.

Edit: This comment is from watching them dangerously cutting off cyclists and cars on the video.
you shouldn't avoid a glossary. and put in jQuery there as well, it is a vital component. it wont hurt to touch on responsive design across different devices. simplify that and you got a winner.
> we are at the same forefront of technology that those who created the atomic bombs were

If the point you're making is that software developers should be as suspicious of harmful consequences of their work as the people at Los Alamos should have been of theirs -- well, it seems to me that the biggest hint of possible harmful consequences of the Los Alamos work probably wasn't the fact that they were working with new technology, so much as the fact that they were (explicitly, by design) working on more powerful devices for killing and destroying than the world had ever seen.

I'm pretty sure all the scientists at Los Alamos had a pretty good idea they were developing things that might do harm. That was what they were for.
Since we are on the same page, could you help me in this discussion with nzkoz? https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/11509 we're talking about different things
Why would you buy from a criminal organisation if it's available in a shop???
I'm very happy with the Chromebook in my kitchen, which, by my own definition, has a single function: to just work. And guess what? It just works, quickly and efficiently allowing me access to the internet on a screen bigger than my phone's. That comes in handy frequently and the fact that it requires zero touch for maintenance is a boon. Now extrapolate this into the more general case of kiosks -- call centers, factories, schools, etc.... Computers that need some central management but only basic functionality, which increasingly means the ability to run web apps. There are a number of options of which ChromeOS is one, and frequently a more cost effective one than traditional thin clients or locked down Windows or Linux PCs. One thing you probably don't know unless you've purchased ChromeOS device to use in a Google Apps domain is the vast quantity of settings, flags and toggles available to tweak by admins. It's pretty comparable to the thousand or so Microsoft gives you to configure IE in kiosk mode, and very helpful.

Your point isn't lost on me, but you're aiming your anger in the wrong direction.
>> It's a myth that if Nokia made a high-end Android phone now/recently they would have gained a massive user base.

No, it's speculation.

>> If it was so "certain" that every commentator makes it out to be, they certainly would have tried by now.

This is far from certain, their leadership (since Stephen Elop came aboard) have been hell-bent on going MS exclusive, I doubt other options were even considered honestly.

>> And yes, they are too late. They were doing their thing, and suddenly iOS and Android happened. But WHEN they decided to go down the MS road, they were already too late for Android.

You underestimate the HUGE brand loyalty they had in the european market.

>> At least now, they have a differentiating factor to them.

And look where it's got them.
DC-API - A RESTful way to grab DannyChoo.com post details.
Or, he has a vested interest (as we all do) in reducing drug-related harm, and is trying to do so via any means possible. Developing a 'smart drug' that is as much fun as alcohol, but without the toxicity is probably the best way to try to accomplish this.

Also, getting publicly sacked from your job is not great marketing, so seems inconsistent with the money-focused approach you are suggesting. However, it is entirely consistent with standing up for your belief in harm reduction above all else.
Show HN: JKL - Private, encrypted, distributed open-source messaging
I have a cron job that looks at comments in a thread about every 2-5 minutes. At most it should be making a call to find a subreddit and then a call to find the comments.
The Artificial Intelligence Arms Race In Silicon Valley Is On
This is exactly how I have been sitting this week, on a sofa actually, since my chair was getting too uncomfortable, and now my neck feels alarmingly stiff.
NIT and basic income are "libertarian" ideas only in that they could eliminate other welfare instruments. This would not happen in practice.

Pure libertarianism not considered with pandering to socialists would not propose a nit or basic income.
It was a half-joke. Obviously, even evil companies do some things that are sensible, or even laudable. Nevertheless, there's little question that the world would be better off without Goldman-sachs in it. We're talking about a company that has happily speculated on third-world crop futures and started a famine just to line their pockets! I'd be honestly surprised if their charitable donations exceeded the optimum amount for tax deductions.
I like it. Minimalist, but all the required features for a good task management app.
If that were the case, how would people ever transport anything on a roof rack? That is effectively all the project is doing (somewhat pointlessly in my opinion, but each to their own). That's not to say that they won't get stopped for some kind of lack of photography permit, but not for any of the reasons you have outlined.
This is the same guy who claims he has created a type of alcohol without the negative side-effects associated with it:

http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/david-n...

I'm not deriding him in any way (I hope he is successful with this product). Just thought I'd mention it.
Similar lack of structure exists at CloudFlare.
The law may well differ across member states. Apparently there isn't a definitive law on the matter in the UK, but you could be prosecuted if your roof load is deemed to be dangerous or is excessively heavy or overhangs the car. There definitely isn't explicit rules that require roof loads to be checked or qualified in any way.

It's all moot though as they did it in Germany...
http://conceptcupboard.com
It's just that drugs are illegal there. Why not ask portugal about how their drug use is faring after decriminalization?
Mars One’s shipment of humans to the Red Planet is delayed two years
That's better, but still not entirely correct. An array of real numbers is not itself a vector. It is a representation of a vector in a particular basis. This is a technical point but very important to grok, especially when starting to look at vector spaces other than F^n.
A list of Google's corporate Active Directory users
Is it just a coincidence that I never hear again of a company that declared something like this?
Adblock Plus is available for Firefox on Android.
The Reddit Voting System's Fatal Flaw
> highly addictive

hacker news is highly addictive, should we ban it too?

> and easily lethal if taken in to high a dose or combined with other drugs

Just use common sense. Water is lethal taken in to high a dose [1]. Almost every substance is lethal if taken to much for body to handle. And mixing heroin with benzos is just plain stupid. Of course if heroin would be legal, it could be printed with warnings, etc. And people take heroin (or other opioids) with benzos for two main reasons:

a) Unknowingly take a mix then dealers mix diluted opioids with benzos for better effect and to hide that their shit is weak

b) Users mix themselves then opioid is weak or doesn't produce enough high (methadone, etc)

If users should have cheap source of medical grade heroin no one would use them with benzos. So legal heroin have only benefits. Of course some people are plain stupid (for example taking too much paracetamol and end being without kidneys)

So just don't do heroin alone, have a Naloxone for worst case scenario and heroin will be safe as milk.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
I apologize for bringing up the first assumption and running off it - I'd went off with it precisely because you talked about complete exclusion: but of course Apple can do a very well-considered nudge; I'm treading right over false equivocation here, but the question so is always "to what extent?" - we're happy to consider Android relatively unfettering, despite having a similarly "recessed" option like your projected one, but no doubt we're judging it differently because a phone never needs to hold much promise.

An equivalence to Microsoft - I'm raising a great deal of them only because I believe having everyone rush to emulate Apple's MO has a bit of their exceptionalism rub off - is suggested by your second, though: both have individual consumers, customers dependent on unique line-of-business setups (as to the standard business, media professionals), and independent developers (the last two make up the constituency with an interest in unfettered application installation) in precisely the same proportion - but not the same magnitude. The question, yet again, is in precisely how the proportion represented by "a little bit" turns out to be - and how much that'll be when applied. One has to measure precisely how much's been added back to FCP to the magnitude of their retargeting of the FCP line in the first place to get an impression of their influence. Apple's able to show a great deal of strength, though; I'm simply sizing up the opposing influence.

But neither do I doubt that Apple'd ever deny themselves an opportunity for a bit of bravado: I shouldn't ever be overtly hostile to someone projecting reasoning with overt change and incompatibility for the ideal's sake onto Apple.

Edit: and my thanks to you for the PortableApps as well - I remember lugging around a gaudily pimped-up Firefox (Aqua theme and a Ghostfox-like quick-hide addon, woot woot) on a 512MB flashdrive in middle school, and subsequently realizing that the show of ricer agency can neutralize anyone's ability to reasonably judge taste. A fairly good life lesson to be had early while getting to terms with a teenager's first pecking order.
Most companies also simply don't have redis-type data problems that can't be solved by throwing a pair of 768G ($40k) or 2TB servers ($120k) at them.

When that option is available it tends to beat complex software solutions in every way.
Ever noticed the "Ex" in a circle mark on any car component, x being a number? This is a signature that this product has been tested and approved for automobile usage. If your selfmade product does not have this (of course it doesn't), then you need to go to a local TÜV agency in Germany and let them have a look over it. If it's ok you'll get a permit for it.

Else, it's illegal to drive with your construction on the road.
Sure. If an analyst was directly looking at web traffic and behavioral patterns of mine, I'd certainly be a bit creeped out. But in reality it's fairly unlikely to occur.

I still don't think anyone should be suspect to that (without a formal warrant), but it's just not a concern for me.
I don't care about accessibility (2004)
Very neat. I'm the kind of person who likes having everything laid out before him, i.e. I don't like organization that relies too much on depth. For example, I usually prefer prefixing my file names rather than splitting them into subfolders.

It's a version 0.0.1, so here's my 2 cents: the only thing that really bothers me is the menu. The whole UI is quick and responsive, but this menu opens very slowly. The thing is, I don't think you actually need it. Why hide tools that users will probably interact with a lot? There's so much space in the header, left to the logo. Just put the buttons there and forget about the menu.

You're not the only one I see making this "mistake": not appropriately using the space available, especially when there are only a few elements to show. The greatest misuse I see is dropdowns [1]. On a personal level, I hate them (because, like I said, I prefer having all my options available before my eyes). But on a more general level, dropdowns are often used for a few items only, and remove any sense of hierarchy. They're just hidden lists of frequently-used options, put on the same level of importance.

To give an example related to your app: "add item" is on the same level as "email". But the former is both frequently used and non-penalizing (you can undo it easily), whereas the latter is rarely used and makes you leave the app, which might make the user lose some valuable data.

[1]: http://jgthms.com/dont-use-dropdowns-for-a-few-items-only.ht...
I certainly didn't. I've been drinking Tea all my life (British) and when I went without it for 3 days when I went abroad it was surprisingly hard.
I reckon paypal probably has enough volume to get a pretty sweet deal out of the credit-card processors compared to your average retailer. But you're right, they could take a cut of BTC transactions, and then the BTC folks would whine about high fees.
Hey nice project you got there!(if you're the developer)

At first it wasn't really working actually(I guess it was the config/menu thing), but after few reloads everything went smooth...

This is Dope! Starred :)
Most people understand that a[3] and *(a + 3) yield the same result, not that they are actually identical in terms of language syntax.
It's not just about 'getting a buzz on.' Personally it helps with creativity and relaxation. It's exciting because suddenly people are starting to realise that we shouldn't be punished for wanting to do something to our own bodies that harms nobody else in anyway shape or form.
A standard answer to "why?" is "why not?", or "because we can" but I really can't see any benefit to this? Is cosplay a thing for cars now?
Indoor Imagery Shows Mobile Devices the Way
I've been reading stories about the supposed wonders of Internet-connected fridges for at least a dozen years and I'm baffled as to why anyone would think that this is a good idea. I generally have a great idea of how much milk I have in my fridge and if I didn't I could just, you know, open the door and look. It's not that hard. I have about as much use for an Internet-connected coffee table that tells me it's time to dust.
It will probably make it harder to get if it's regulated. Plus you can open clinics that allow people to get 'weened' off of the drug instead of throwing them in a jail cell and watching them rot away.
Put your customer support on auto pilot with good user documentation
It's no stretch at all. If you read his article, they discriminate between 'bad for the users' (crack is worse) or 'bad for society' (alcohol is worse). http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/nov/01/alcohol-more-...

Alcohol is toxic to most major organs, is one of only a tiny number of drugs that can make normally passive people become violent, and is the world's most prolific date-rape drug. If you've ever seen the emergency room in a typical hospital on a Saturday night, you'd see that many of the millions who enjoy a drink get violent and antisocial, injuring themselves and others. Then there's domestic abuse, drunk driving, risky sex, etc etc.

You'd need to take figures on all of those effects into account before deciding whether it's a 'stretch' or not. Which is exactly what Prof. Nutt did in his paper.
6-year-old boy suspended from school for kissing student on the cheek
It would be interesting to know what type of door locks the hotel used. There's been numerous attacks on hotel door locks recently [1], and the current situation appears to be that a sizeable proportion of hotel door locks are incredibly vulnerable. It's a good reminder that if you have a security requirement, use full disk encryption.

[1]: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/133448-black-hat-hacker...
Thankyou very much, it's in it's infant stages, I'm just seeing if there is any interest in it and getting some feedback. I'm more than happy to take on suggestions etc.

Thanks again!
Hey bbx.
Thanks very much for the feedback. Yeah the menu is a strange one, because I wasn't sure whether people would like something tucked away or something they could see but then having just icons for buttons, do you think that would communicate enough? or is it worth it for people to just have that short learning curve for what the icons do?
This was my first prototype; http://jsfiddle.net/WtGYx/2/
I had icons in the header for that one.
It's really great to have people to discuss this with because obviously UX is important as the goal is to make it as simple and intuitive as possible.
I have to kinda agree on the dropdowns front ha.
Thanks again, really appreciated.
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Thanks very much for the feedback!
It's really appreciated.
Any suggestions or the likes I am more than happy to take on board.
I am just trying to get some exposure so I can see if it will gather some interest.
Thanks again.
Well, no. More like telnet (optionally over tls).
Well if you buy into the "Elop scuttled Nokia for MS" conspiracy it makes perfect sense.
You have to pay to access the article. Why even bother posting it?
Asus PadFone coming to a 'very big' US operator next year
I, too, like to go wherever I want. But it doesn't mean that every active member of the society HAS TO own one. I adore the freedom it gives me on nights/week-ends. But we don't need 2/3 cars per family. Carshare has something to offer too. I am not against cars, but it's way too unbalanced towards cars. Drivers should bear the costs of their habits and not out-source them. City centers must be made more liveable for urban dwellers. That means less surface parking, reducing parking minimums, paid parking, more bike paths, street designs with lower deisgn speed...
Some want to live in the suburbs, no one can oppose that, we are free to do so. But if you want to live in a liveable urban neighborhood, this choice needs to be catered too.
> The use case for these magic methods might seem small, and that may very well be true. I won't spend too much more time on reflection magic methods because they aren't very important

If you want a reason to use the instancecheck magic method, the mocking of test objects is a good one. I recently came unstuck with testing Django models and mocking out DateFields, and the instancecheck method was the solution - http://tech.yunojuno.com/mocking-dates-with-django
I'm actually why it didn't start up straight away for you. Do you mind me asking which browser you were using? I am currently only really playing with it in firefox and chrome but I think I have seen where you load the page and nothing happens but when you refresh it arrives so to speak ha.
EU court rejects Cisco challenge to Microsoft's Skype takeover
Please don't take the this the wrong way, usability is hard and hey, you actually built something, which can be a goal in and of itself, but: please go read a book on usability. Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis [1] is a great introduction. The first few things that stood out for me:

• It's my first time seeing the page, I want to know what it is. I definitely don't want to load a config. The default config should be the first thing the user sees, as it does a reasonable job of explaining the concepts.

• The button for adding a card is tiny and far away for where the cards get added.

• The menu being hidden by default means its items are not at all discoverable. It could still be collapsible, but open by default if you want users to actually use it.

• Pressing ESC in the initial modal ends up in an irreversibly (without refresh) broken state.

• The only way to save appears to be exporting a JSON file. You should look into LocalStorage or IndexedDB as a way to autosave so the user doesn't lose their content by inadvertently closing the tab, navigating or refreshing.

• Deleting a column is instant and irreversible. You should have confirmation, or, even better, undo.

I'm guessing you've built this to fulfil a personal niche, so kudos for getting it built. God knows I never finish anything I build for myself.

[1] http://pragprog.com/book/lmuse/designed-for-use (or if you google hard enough there are ahem totally legit free PDFs)
haha :D nice hack.
The car component needs to be approved, the cargo does not. The bike rack needs to be approved, the bike does not. GP is trying to pass this contraption as cargo, though I doubt it would be accepted as such.
Led Zeppelin launching on Spotify today, says NYT
The exact same thing can be said for alcohol. A substance which I can go and buy from the corner store.
"Initially Bitcoin was supposed to be a very democratic process. We could just open our laptop and start mining Bitcoins. Now to mine Bitcoins after 11 million have been mined, you have to have super computing power."

For the record, it's not the quantity of the already mined Bitcoins that determines the further mining requirements, it's the mining competition. If back then there would have been so much mining activity as there is today, a laptop would have been as useless as it is today.
Yep. I learned the hard way :/
Sweden aids NSA-led hacking ops: report
According to the AA the rule in the UK is as simple as "you must secure your load and it must not stick out dangerously".

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/loading-your-car-safely...
Think of this: face recognition is only as good as the pool of identities you're checking against. If the police car scans the plate of a car being trailed, it knows the owners identity. From there, the police mounted camera (you know that's coming) can check the drivers identity against the owner as well as the owner's social graph, and with a high degree of certainty have the identity of everybody in the car, within seconds of stopping the car. If you couple this with broad camera coverage, where you can track anybody backwards in time just long enough to get a shot of that person getting out of its car (it's easy to follow a body across cameras, much easier than identifying a face against 350 million possible persons), or from a public transport where you've used an identifiable rfid card, you now have a small pool to check against, and because you have a selection of headshots from every angle, you can confirm the identity.

Now just do that with everyone with every data's ounce you can get your hands on, and you've got yourself The Machine from Person of Interest, without the silly "identify crime before it happens" angle, but with enough information to also flesh out everybody's social graph independently of the attack surface you might have online. This is how A Scanner Darkly becomes true.

I remember watching PoI to you and thinking, "this is silly, it's impossible to do this, without human operators and secret access to private feeds". Now, it feels like the screen writers I was underestimating after years of silly "electrical outlet viruses" and the like in movies were much more forward thinking and acurate than I was.
Ubuntu Touch OS phones coming from unnamed OEM next year