skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's not unbelievable if the maintenance was low enough to hold another full time job. 75k untaxed spending money is no pocket change. Also, they may have all been pushing products/services, as well.
The European Court of Human Rights said there was no violation of the defendants' right to a fair trial.

This is from the linked article on Radio Free Europe site.
... this doesn't sound easier, this sounds much more annoying. But each to is own.
As am I! Also, what was the place like during and shortly after The Bubble?
Don’t Be Scared to Hire Someone Better Than You
I'm getting a "Page Not Found" message.Here's another version of the article: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rs...
Something Called "The Object" Stops World's Largest Tunneling Machine
Gigi's Story: Gigi's Cupcakes Owner Gigi Butler
Tip for gaining more donations: once they get 501c(3) status, many larger companies have established charity matching programs. Usually it just takes some employee initiative to ask for an organization to be added (/ paperwork verified) and then companies will match donations. In addition, philanthropy departments can be petitioned for grants. Given all the recent news, that might generate a decent amount of grants.
To be fair, fashion does have a lot to answer for.
Yeah, I was getting a bit ahead of myself there. Fair enough. Also, Firefox.

But still:

> So yes, I'd say that the above group probably does have access to $5.

This doesn't mean it's not still a week's of income for where they're from, and money missed dearly. Even if it's not the "the top priority", which I never claimed, I find shrugging it off because it's (supposedly) not a problem for anyone in the first world a bit meh. Would it still deter driveby spammers if it cost 3$? 2$? Are there other ways to ensure this? To not even go further because "meh, just five bucks", kinda sucks. On the other hand, it's also stupid to tell Google how much to charge, let them suck :P
What to do about it? ..... I often wish I could get points for pointing new users in the right direction.
I reread the Cuckoo's Egg only last week, it's still very enjoyable. One striking thing, given recent relevations, was the role of the NSA - Stoll had slight counterculture suspicions of what they were capable of, but generally they were treated as trustworthy security experts. This line - when Stoll hears about a vulnerability in VMS 4.5 - is especially funny in retrospect:

"Wait a second. That operating system was certified by NSA. They tested it and certified it secure."
Not really. This is the value of crowdsourcing. The audit itself is being conducted by a professional software security firm (our sister company, as it happens) and their portion of it might only have cost a small factor more had complete source code not been available. It's the money and expertise that are making this possible, not the source code.

(Don't get me wrong: I strongly prefer open source software to closed.)
Lucky Green on the NSA paying RSA? (from September 2013)
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Message in a bottle found 54 years later in Arctic
Microsoft has made source code available to governments for quite a long time now. However I don't think Microsoft has ever made buildable source code available, nor does it intend to.
They were covered when I took my first CS math class (discrete math) - I'd imagine they are still part of the standard basic CS core (that was 24 years ago so it might have changed)
Qwest Ex-CEO Says Firm Denied Pacts After Spurning NSA (2007)
What I do is just not read the usernames (beyond roughly scanning the word to figure out who replied to who). No really, I mean that, I don't even know your username.

That makes for a wonderful experience really. I interact with this nameless entity and each post is largely valued by its responses (I often leave an article open for a few hours to let the comments ripen a bit, that also adds a lot).
Really interesting. Says we might do this unintentionally (because can't recognize talent). Or subconsciously. But doesn't suggest that we do this consciously... I wonder how often this happens.
Yes. Pretty much the only thing I really dislike about Scala is the speed of the compiler, and Heroku magnifies this about 70 times by requiring a complete rebuild of the slug on every push. It would be nice if it cached the build artifacts and only recompiled source files that changed - that would be a huge time saver and would mean I could deploy several times a day instead of only the one time I allow myself. Perhaps a workaround exists but I just haven't seen a way to accomplish this

To be honest I love using Git push to deploy. I just wish it was faster. This doesn't really solve that problem for me - building the slug on my own machine or as part of a CI setup seems like a step back.

That and Heroku's MySQL-compatible service, ClearDB, is very inconsistent, with query times for simple queries ranging from normal to a couple of seconds inexplicably.
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But what about Martha?
>Do you have any?

Don't really have a dog in this fight, but: up until today, there was no evidence "the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a "back door" in encryption products".

Were people wrong to be suspicious?
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Web developers know too well the trap of testing only on one browser, which when Dart comes to Chrome, will be Chrome. Testing all input data in a space that exceeds the integral domain of double is hard. Murphy says there will be bugs in other browsers when one's app tests "work in Chrome".

For a wannabe-cross-browser, wannabe-standard (Ecma has a sorry history of proprietary standards: C#, OOXML) language pushed by a super-rich big company with what? 60 or more engineers on the project, optics must matter. Why not fix the bignum-not-emulated-in-JS bug? It's easy, GWT has BigInteger emulation code in JS lying around the Googleplex. Just plug that in if the code needs it.

The obvious risk remains what I cited in HN two years ago: Google letting dart2js be sub-standard, using all its strength and leverage to promote Dart in combination with DartVM, letting users of other browsers "blame their browser" when things don't quite work as well as in Chrome.

Given market share among browsers currently, I think this will backfire, but it could inflict collateral damage too -- on developers as well as on users. And it just plain looks bad. People expect better of Google, and they ought to.

/be
Mac Pro: How many effects you can apply to a RED 4K clip without frame dropping?
I hate the word "techie". It sounds like something a four-year-old came up with. Can we fucking retire it, please?

The article is right that the average character of professional software engineers and technologists is quite good-- and far better than that of the VC-istan "cool kids". The problem? The former don't matter much, not in terms of the ability to set the terms of cultural and civic life. It's the Randtard billionaires who get to play that game; they have the free time, influence, and disposable income.

The upsetting thing is that this backlash, like all, will target all the wrong people. Do rank-and-file Googlers, commuting by bus for two hours each day, deserve to bear the brunt of it? Of course not. They're not the ones who pushed through the NIMBY codes and caused San Francisco's rent problem, and they're victims of this bullshit system just as much as anyone else.
That's fine... you're only an asshole who broke the rules.

JK – I'll let if fly. :)
“We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files…”
No, I just comment when I see posts I want to respond. I don't always look at the usernames. It just so happens you made two weird, hyperbolic posts on the same thread. :)
I posted this in the comment section of that article when it was posted here earlier, his response in 2010 made me love the dude, even if he couldn't see 15 years into the future:

"Of my many mistakes, flubs, and howlers, few have been as public as my 1995 howler.

Wrong? Yep.

At the time, I was trying to speak against the tide of futuristic commentary on how The Internet Will Solve Our Problems.
Gives me pause. Most of my screwups have had limited publicity: Forgetting my lines in my 4th grade play. Misidentifying a Gilbert and Sullivan song while suddenly drafted to fill in as announcer on a classical radio station. Wasting a week hunting for planets interior to Mercury’s orbit using an infrared system with a noise level so high that it couldn’t possibly detect ‘em. Heck – trying to dry my sneakers in a microwave oven (a quarter century later, there’s still a smudge on the kitchen ceiling)

And, as I’ve laughed at others’ foibles, I think back to some of my own cringeworthy contributions.

Now, whenever I think I know what’s happening, I temper my thoughts: Might be wrong, Cliff…

Warm cheers to all, -Cliff Stoll on a rainy Friday afternoon in Oakland"

http://boingboing.net/2010/02/26/curmudgeony-essay-on.html#c...
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Of course he did receive a fair trial. The only unjust thing here is that all other oligarchs went away free. It is understandable why this had to be that way, every country has to go through the period of original accumulation of capital.
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It is taking us towards a libertarian utopia where those with money decide where we go.
eBay avoids a lot of headaches by not touching the merchandise, for example sales tax (in the US). Unlike amazon, which is caving to sales tax demands in one state after another.

Ever since Amazon started charging sales tax in my state, people I know have been showrooming products on Amazon, then buying them on eBay, buydig, etc. As long as eBay isn't forced to deal with taxes, they have an inherent advantage.

The morality and legality of avoiding paying sales taxes is quite another discussion, and an interesting one.
you really should read a bit about the philosophy of science

Sounds like you're quite well-educated on this topic. Can you list a few recent philosophy of science books that you've read? I'm also interested in hearing your personal thoughts on each book you recommend, because I will not accept a simple copy/pasted list of coursework from Wikipedia. I want to hear about material you've personally read and your thoughts on each one, seeing as how you're thrusting these expectations on me.

It's not like what I am saying is totally new here. I'm plenty well read on the topic, and most of what I've said is similar in vein to Hume [1] (and others') work on the problem of induction [2]. For such a well-educated "philosophy of science" man as yourself, I'm surprised you've missed that obvious connection.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume#Induction
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction
Can you explain what you mean? How is it the source code if it's not buildable?
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Absolutely so. The fact that they create technology has nothing to do with the protest.
I am suggesting that doing direct action, when you are few in number and susceptible to arbitrary brutality, makes the movement weaker. If they really care about success then they would do it differently. It doesn't take great genius to get arrested.

To win you need to be strong, skillful or lucky. When you are none of these things you are wasting your time seeking confrontation.

David won against goliath because he was skillful.
2013 #EPICFAIL: IAC PR Chief's Horrible Tweet
That is just birth rate. In Alaska, everyone in these oil towns are migrants, and most are men. The migrant situation is more analogous to what is going on in SV then what is going on in India (people in SV aren't having sex-selection abortions!).
That's simply not true. There are a ton of applications out there that need true 64-bit integers, not 53-bit integers. Games, crypto, graphics, etc are all fields where you can end up needing 64 bits of integral precision (if not more!)

And this isn't based on 'I've only hit one case where I needed them'; this is based on how many users of compilers like Emscripten and JSIL actively utilize 64-bit arithmetic - sometimes they use it so much that they demand high performance! A half-assed implementation that relies on doubles being 'good enough' is just not going to cut it.
BTC China CEO Attempts To Calm The Bitcoin Market After RMB Deposit Shutdown
I wonder if something like Reddit Enhancement Suite considered to be "multi-purpose."
There are trans people (e.g. me) that consider transitioning is a choice. no more different than choosing toyoya vs Porsche
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NSA IA is actually the lead for all IT/technical intelligence defense for both USG and other US entities vs. foreign intelligence/military agencies.
I didn't assert that it was easier, just potentially more secure. Similarly, it's arguably annoying to only access financial accounts (and the email accounts that are associated with the financial accounts) using a dedicated banking computer, but I think that having a banking computer is worth it. Others will disagree.
He was a bit crazy in some ways - I tried to read his books, but they are full of too many self-invented words to be readily made sense of.

He was a visionary who saw much earlier than most that our planet has finite resources that should be used wisely, and that, through appropriate engineering, we have the ability to provide a good quality of life for everyone on earth if we so choose.

There's a superb theatrical "biography" of Bucky Fuller called "The History (and Mystery) of the Universe" -- definitely go see it if you have the opportunity. It's inspiring, informative, and entertaining.

It's playing early next year in San Jose CA (Jan 30 to Feb 23), and Cambridge MA (Jan 14 to Feb 5), and probably other places too.

CA: http://ticketing.sjrep.com/single/psDetail.aspx?psn=3026

MA: http://americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/r-buckminste...
> Please stop. This attitude is offensive to both men and women.
There were lots of tech layoffs, and a lot of people were leaving the city around that time, so it was a _little bit_ tumbleweed-y. The Mission is the most markedly changed. Back then it was still a little sketchy with all the heroin addicts and prostitution on happening around Capp. Lower Haight was also iffy. Though it had its fair share of gentrification during the dotcom boom, there were still regular shootings in that area.
Yeah, it is surprising. Must be a reason for it. Clearly he's lost most if not all of his money, but Im sure he has some public appeal which would be dangerous for Putin. Or maybe he just agreed to come to Europe, buy a football club and shut up.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Single parent households are the single biggest cause of child poverty...there are cultural and lifestyle factors at play.
Justine Sacco, head of PR for IAC, who owns OkCupid, Match.com, Vimeo, CollegeHumor, etc. sent this tweet out before jumping on a long flight from London to Africa. There is a lot of speculation on what will happen when she lands and gets Internet access.
Does anyone know any details regarding why the moderators are each being charged with "one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking"? I cringe at the thought that this is only because they happened to commit crimes using a computer.
MacPass makes the client tolerable on OSX too:

https://github.com/mstarke/MacPass

It's alpha but been stable for me for a month or two.
Yes, Borodin is an excellent example. Never participated in politics in any form or shape. Set a new record for the most expensive house ever sold in Britain. Verdict? Victim of political persecution by evil Putin the mobster/warlord/thug/KayGeBee/whatever...
God talks. I'm your boss, by my logic, FBI.

God says...
enough_said Dad spoiled_brat hopefully nasty
A high salary, a hot girlfriend, nice house in Hawaii.

Good relationship with parents.

I'd say that is a lot to give up, in order to take the risk of being a whistleblower.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1...
Interesting; my experiences on eBay have been quite different. They do make me log in repeatedly, but my browser remembers the form data so it's just one click. By the way, Amazon also makes me log in repeatedly; I see no difference there.

I try to pick reputable sellers and I've learned to avoid the Hong Kong and China based sellers, some of whom really do sell junk and are hard to deal with. Recently I had a bad experience with one, and eBay quickly credited me the money even though it was long past the eight weeks which is the maximum.

As for shipping, almost everything I buy on eBay is trackable, except for stuff coming from Asia. It's a different shopping experience from Amazon and other online retailers, but sometimes I prefer it actually. I do prefer Amazon's review system which often provides invaluable advice about the product and feedback on the seller.
I think that Bruce Schneier has in some regards become to HN what "Neil deGrasse Tyson" is to reddit.
Detroit-Based "Write A House" Awarding Free, Permanent Houses To Writers
Protesters vandalize Google bus, block Apple shuttle
It sounded to me like the legal firms wanted to do the formal code review themselves, independently.
It's going to be interesting what this does to the RSA Conference in SF 24-28 FEB; I wonder if people will pull out, or what?

I'm looking at how to incorporate this as an example in my talk.
Pando:

http://pando.com/2013/12/20/breaking-protesters-attack-googl...
Ask HN: Outsourced personal project manager
I'm a scientist and I find I'm much more productive when I get to do a daily standup and talk about the day, have some project management guidance, etc. This is especially important because at any given time I'm involved with 4-5 simultaneous projects in various states of completion. I'd like to find someone I can pay to skype/phone/IM every day for about 15 minutes as a sort of "Daily personal stand-up" meeting.

Does anyone know how I might go about finding someone like this?
I have a problem with the whole notion that runs throughout this conversation -- the notion that psychopathy is a binary state. Everyone should do a mental find-and-replace of "psychopathy" with "homosexuality," and re-evaluate their views in light of the existence of the Kinsey scale.

One thing you can say about the human mind is that there's nothing binary about it.
The "I'm an engineer, not a copywriter" line is part of his sales message. Not an issue, because he is an engineer who also writes copy, and helps other engineers sell software. This is the sales message that drives the point home directly to the "Need." I'd rather (pay to) learn about sales and marketing from an engineer who takes data seriously. Which is his business, and selling point.
I was involved in this incident, as one of the friends who helped track him down. I believe contacting the police was a good move because his letters indicated that he was a danger to himself and to others.
Ask HN: Problems with Hacker News Site lately?
Site over the last few days has gone very slow for me and when I ever click on links for comments or next page it downloads some random file named "item" or "x" in the background and I can never get to the next page, I'm confused why this is, anyone else experiencing this?
I think you are conflating issues, the Nexus 5 is only unlocked in the sense of being able to take it to any carrier. The bootloader is shipped locked but is easily unlockable by the user.
I'd say he was an engineer AND a philosopher.
I sort of agree with you, but I'd tweak it a little. I think we need to move to a situation where we refuse to use languages unless they offer "compiler as a service." Ideally, this would be open source for each programming language.

As a result, every developer wouldn't need to know how to write a parser/compiler, but rather would need to master the usage of the API the compiler-as-a-service offers. (For example, imagine JetBrains Idea for Java or Resharper for C# as a suite of open source, api-driven libraries).

Then, we could have IDE's with all kinds of features. In addition, we could write programs that transformed or modified our code bases.

This lets the "hard work" of compiler/parser building be centralized to a few developers, but spreads the benefits around to most everyone.

Since this is already happening in some languages (JetBrains, what Google is doing with clang for C/C++, and apparently Rosyln from Microsoft), it seems like only a matter of time before its power becomes apparent and it becomes a requirement for a language to be taken seriously.

I see no reason why Python and Ruby couldn't expose the compiler's AST as a service as well (obviously it would be limited by metaprogramming and dynamic typing ... perhaps in those cases we'd need "interpreter as a service" ... hmmm).
You might have to give the join a name in the query in either case, because what if you want to go two levels deep, e.g. join in your boss's boss? Both can't be manager.

All I'm interested in is making the queries more concise. Otherwise, I like the loose coupling between related entities in the relational model. I would have been hesitant to add join information to the table declaration if it wasn't already there. But since it's already there as a constraint, you might as well get all the mileage you can out of it.
I honestly think for security purposes in general you shouldn't auto fill in a form regardless of the domain and the extension builders should just not build that feature because it exposes issues like this.
I think HN might be designed to encourage this, judging from the lighter color given to the post metadata line.
"Psychopath" could just be the degenerate form of the personality type that evolved to lead those groups. In other words, a leader is a psychopath with better impulse control.
As a software engineer, here are some rough statistical generalizations I can make based on the thousands of engineers [...]

While I find his summary congenial to my own beliefs, here the author commits the same sin that Paul Graham (and Eric Raymond before him) committed: making a broad claim about the beliefs of a class of people that one belongs to that sounds an awful lot like a specific claim about ones own beliefs. A real engineer, as it turns out, is someone who looks an awful lot like Paul Graham. Or like Eric Raymond. Or like David Auerbach.

Shall we break it down a little? Well:

* There are plenty of socially conservative engineers. They tend not to live in San Francisco. But did you happen to notice how socially liberal San Franciscan tax accountants are?

* More software engineers go to church than to Burning Man. I have no idea how basic arithmetic could have failed to make this clear to Auerbach.

* Every software engineer I know complains about taxes. Particularly property taxes.

* I don't know a single software engineer who thinks about the millions of dead victims of communism that are metaphorically spat upon when someone claims Obamacare is "communist". This, by the way, was the point where it became clear in this post that Auerbach had decided that he was the everyengineer.
These people are essentially upset that Google pays their employees more than they get paid.
This would need to extend to the contractors at Booz Allen, SAIC, CSC, etc...
For those of us that don't live in the city, or the valley, or the west coast at all (though I work in Mountain View), wouldn't anything else be considered an improvement?

I've been to the Mission, the Tenderloin, and while yeah, there's the occasionally deranged individual doing the occasionally deranged thing, the situation I saw wasn't anywhere close to what you described, so I assume it's been improved?