skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> If you're going to talk about following the law, how about the fact that the bus is illegally parked in a public bus stop? That's why these guys are protesting, because the individuals in the city have one set of laws they're supposed to follow while the tech companies are apparently immune.

and from below:

> Again, that's the main point of the main protest

This is just dishonest. When the organizing groups say they're going to have another protest in january and keep protesting until the Ellis Act is repealed, it's silly in the extreme to suggest that the "main point" has anything to do with using MUNI stops without permission. And that of course has nothing to do with the protest in Oakland (where the window was smashed), but I notice you put in "the main protest" there, so I assume you're referring to the one in the Mission.

Gentrification is a very real issue and constantly being brought up in these protests. When signs read "TECHIES: Your World Is Not Welcome Here" and that fake Google employee is saying "This is a city for the right people who can afford it", no, bus parking is an outlet for ire and certainly not "the main point".
what about the laws in SF that prevents developers from building new places to live? - go to the alley between 17th and 18th on mission and you'll see a picture of 'danny the developer' and gentrification references - this is their attitude although it's inherently wrong - more housing would lower prices but the city (it's rabid pro government constituents) in particular has made it insanely hard to build new projects -- got a neighbor w/3 stories and you want to build a 12 story project? good luck - not going to happen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanization

the same protestors that are big-government (these aren't anarchists - "anarchists" in america are nothing short of hand to mouth socialists) have found out they can't have their cake and eat it too - fuck them and fuck their precious little government as well
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http://openinviter.com has a tool to extract contacts. You can use the resulting list to send invites.
Can't malware just keylog your passphrase?
You can't just throw the Windows source code into VS and have it compile. If you don't have the build specs and toolchain, which likely has a few purpose-built tools, you ain't building.
This all are nice-to-haves, except for the impressive camera.

See.

iPhone: a sleek, compact, highly integrated, fashionable-statement smartphone vs large clumsy geeky devices.

BB: corporate-controlled employee smartphone vs employee-controlled smarthpone.

Android: $300 smartphone vs $700 smartphone (and if you fancy to produce your own, you can join for free).

Each is a solid, obvious deal for some large market segment. For efficient adoption, WM needs a deal like these, large and unique. Yes, good MSO integration, and other types of (MS-centric) corporate integration, security features, etc might be it. The niche of corporate-friendly smartphone is a bit vacant with BB's demise.
> we have all four seasons

In my experience, people leave the Midwest for the West Coast specifically to escape that. Or at least the winter.
I've always assumed that GPG must be the work of a team.
Academy of Art and UCSF shuttles have their own stops, usually fronting the massive amount of real estate that they own. I've never seen one idling at a muni stop.
The linked article is pretty thin regarding the legal rationale for the ruling. A US paper giving a one page summary might be similarly superficial.

Yet, I see your point. Along the lines you suggest, US Constitutional jurisprudence has many secondary doctrines that have been established over the years. One illustration (relevant if this were an American case) is the notion of "strict scrutiny" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_scrutiny). Basically, this is a more refined interpretation of the Constitution in cases where individual rights are being traded off against legislative power.

I wonder if someone could link to a more refined interpretation of this case?
As part of our continuing security efforts, we’re announcing a stronger measure to protect Windows users: starting in January on the Windows stable and beta channels, we’ll require all extensions to be hosted in the Chrome Web Store. We’ll continue to support local extension installs during development as well as installs via Enterprise policy, and Chrome Apps will also continue to be supported normally. [1]

My understanding is that you won't be able to sideload extensions locally anymore, unless you're using the dev channel.

Yes, this sucks big time.

[1] http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/protecting-windows-users-fr...
Actually, if you live in Oakland, you'll realize that indeed, there are a lot of people looking for an excuse just to fuck up a bus.

Look at the difference between the SF and Oakland protests on the same issue.
Changing Chef Resources at Runtime
Because it's useful to have two ways to contact someone in case the exchange goes awry. It's already come in handy today.
And this is why you don't give leftist communities economic development. They don't even appreciate it, nor do they know what to do with it. Let them live in their equally-distributed poverty.
note, -> note:

guy -> guy,

using 'but' twice in the sentence

etc -> etc. (noted by author)

in general, the phrasing of the second sentence is questionable. perhaps it should be two sentences with a period after "I'm lying"
A Letter From Gandhi to Hitler
It pisses me off, for example, that I have to pay taxes on every employee I hire, regardless of whether or not my company is profitable.

== A Complaint about taxes. Right there. =D

Seriously though, you are conflating assets and income. Low income and low assets are not the same thing. Frankly, owning assets and controlling them are also a grey area. Lots of wealthy companies and many "non-profits" are set up to maximize expednitures and minimize-or-otherwise shelter "profits" from the tax man.
Redd - reddit client for iPhone
What's the alternative? Generate randomized passwords and memorize them all? I have 250+ passwords for different websites, and not a great deal of choice about it. This is certainly way better than the actual likely alternative -- using the same password on all 250+ sites.
Why Work As We Know It May Be Immoral
I hate to say this sort of, because it is going to sound snobby, and I do not believe in being snobby. But the undeniable truth is, there's a fraction of the world's population of programmers who simply do not have the particular mental traits that would allow them to ever be completely comfortable and confident with a concept as abstract as monad.

Some people will call me Satan now, and others will jump on what I said and say, "Hell yeah, the world is full of dumb blub programmers." But both those groups are misunderstanding me.

I think a programmer who cannot understand this level of abstraction can still do plenty of valuable things as a programmer. I would not call them dumb. They may be -- and many are -- fabulously creative, driven, capable and highly productive.

There's a certain type of programmer who is more comfortable with abstraction and whose brain is more wired to deal with these amorphous, unnamed concepts. The same kind of brain wiring is needed to go far with mathematics.

But as FP becomes more prominent, this is going to become a dividing issue. Some will not make the transition, or will do so only partially. I think it's great to try to communicate better where possible, but even the best communication is not going to completely erase the issue.
Android has two versions of Keepass. Make sure your read the details before you choose which one you want to install. The difference between the two is how/where you store your key file, either on their server or on the local sd card.
>I hope everyone of these protesters standing in the way of the bus gets arrested

Technically there is something called "civil disobedience" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience) and I think this guy kinda made it famous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi
Since we're being 'reasonable', let's pay attention to the logic.

First, "declining to disagree" is not at all the same as agreeing. Declining to disagree with violent tactics isn't agreeing with or even condoning said violent tactics. It's simply declining to disagree.

Consider: you're either with us or you're with the terrorists. But wait, what if I'm not with either of you? What then?

This construct propagates a lot of hatred and dysfunction.

Second, remaining silent -- i.e. refraining to comment at all -- isn't implicit agreement or condoning. As far as I can tell, nobody other than whoever slashed the bus's tires condoned slashing the bus's tires.

I can't find anywhere in the posted article where the "other group" condoned any of the violent actions that occurred (e.g. slashed tire, broken window). So I don't know where you're getting that the "other group" condoned the actions of the hoodlums. Unless you're inferring from their "declining to disagree" with the tactics that the "other group" condoned the tactics". Which if that is the case, we've just shown how that logic isn't tenable.
I wonder why there are no cases of NSA whistleblowing on bribes placed by American.companies in any foreign auctions... Because American companies don't cheat, or...?
When an entire class of a city are being priced out of their homes it's a bit fickle to say a smashed window and a 100 angry protestors makes you think they deserve no respect.

"Sorry, but they've reduced themselves to common hoodlums and should be treated as such."

I think you'll laugh at that some day.

Edit: I hope you'll laugh at that some day.
So if they move their buses to a legal area for pickup, will you be satisfied? Or is that not the real issue here?
My two goals are to understand how to view a simple algorithm like a quicksort and be able to replicate it intuitively with much less 'fight through' than I currently have. The other thing is to get comfortable with learning web frameworks and MVC well enough that I can learn any number of them confidently within a week or less.
Some Seemingly Complex IQ Questions, Their Solutions, and Techniques
Delirious! Who knew glibertarian Thielians were into social justice?
Almost every single person I know in California who would be considered part of the tech industry "rich" definitely agree with you regarding the taxes.

What I hate is that no one in politics or even in the news wants to talk about the tax situation. Income inequality is already bad and only getting worse- readjusting taxes seems like a viable plan. I think we need to raise tax rates way up for the top earners (including most of us in the tech industry). But, it's never going to happen because our nation is ruled by the rich in politics and in the media, virtually guaranteeing no change to the current system.

I feel very strongly about this. So strong I left the US for Germany where I'm enjoying higher taxes, universal health care, and a stronger social safety net.
FWIW, Google Chicago is expanding and moving to the old Fulton Market Warehouse:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/06/21/google-moving-chicago...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Speaking of "trust", Bloomberg lost quite a lot of it when their reporters spied on their customers.

Bloomberg Spying Went On For Years After Execs Knew: Report
http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/08/bloomberg-spying-went-on-fo...

You were probably just as horrified as most of the other employees at Bloomberg when that info became public. The bad apples cost Bloomberg a lot of reputation. My point is that "trust" is very elusive, very easy to lose, very hard to gain.

OTOH, are the "bad apples" at Bloomberg who condoned that behavior still in positions of power? Did they even get a slap on the wrist? If I were at Goldman, JPM, Citi, etc. I wouldn't "trust" Bloomberg until I saw some higher up people fall on their sword for that fiasco.
And they have Chrome Blend coffee. Reason enough to visit :)
The choice is not "tech employees live in Oakland and commute by car" vs "tech employees live in Oakland and commute by bus". Get rid of the buses, and the tech employees will move closer to work. It's a classic straw man argument.

I don't have a problem with gentrification, but I do think it's tone-deaf (at best), and maybe counter-productive (at worst) to ferry rich people into low-income neighborhoods via fancy white buses on a daily basis. Turning Oakland into a bedroom community for silicon valley does nothing for the people who have lived in Oakland for decades -- they're raising rents far more than they're building low-income housing with the taxes on their rent checks.

If the tech companies want to encourage their employees to live in Oakland, they should open offices in Oakland, pay their taxes in Oakland, and otherwise encourage people to live, work and play in Oakland. Bussing folks out of town in the morning and into town at night is the worst possible outcome for everyone but the people on the bus.
Yes jail is an awesome solution!
Comparing someone with high comment karma to the president is a bit absurd, no? The president could more aptly be compared to forum moderators on any given discussion website, as both have some executive power.
> However, to get the Play Store, as well as other first-part Google apps, a device has to pass Google's strict compliance tests.

If you're talking about officially, when the device is shipped, then this is true. However, one of the first steps after installing a custom rom is to flash a Google Apps package for your device (which includes Google Play). People still install Google's applications without the device passing any test.
Note that these hipsters moved to Oakland/SF thanks to paying higher rent compared to the black people they kicked out.
Good list. My friend, also a hb mentor, is working on this https://handup.us/
Thanks for the detailed comment, that makes a lot of sense to me. Also, what an awesome book that looks like. I've just grabbed it. Thanks.
hacker news on the other hand...
That's what I tell people - you can't take advantage of me, I give freely of myself. Nothing I do is without my consent, so you can't "win". There is no contest.
Which means that no one can verify that the source code MS gives them is the source code that they are running, which means NSA backdoor etc. blah tinfoil hat blah.
rm -rf .git && git init .
I love that flyer message. So Fight Club-ish
here's one example i remember arguing against: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5486945/asking-for-algori...

the question was "closed as duplicate" in a knee-jerk manner, whereas if you note that the questioner is a beginner, and read what they're actually asking, pointing out the duplicate is useless.
What is the usual process for exchanging a domain name? Do you use a domain escrow service?

Those buydomains.com numbers are the asking prices. I'm sure most of those are never going to sell or will sell far below asking price.
Oh, I'm well aware of that, though it's a good addition to the discussion. The thing about transitioning is that it's a long process, there are many points where you can turn back if it's not working, and not everyone takes the same steps anyway.

For some people, "The Surgery", (sometimes called Sexual Reassignment Surgery, but many people prefer the term Gender Confirmation Surgery, or just "bottom surgery", as opposed to breast implants which are "top surgery"), is the main thing, but for an awful lot of people, it isn't -- even though most non-trans folk seem to think of it that way. For a lot of trans people, living day to day life as their real gender is the important thing, and they're not so hung up on what's between their legs. For some people, hormones help them feel like they're "supposed to", and that's the main thing. For others, they hate their chest, and top surgery is most important. While others may think that Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) is the most crucial -- not least because for many trans women, FFS is the difference between passing and not passing, which makes an enormous practical difference in day-to-day life and often even in terms of personal safety.

For me, I've read a lot about this, including many personal accounts, and heard a number of first hand stories from a group I've started attending. I honestly don't know how things will work out for me if/when I start transitioning. I've heard enough horror stories to go into the process with the appropriate level of fear and caution.

But at some point when your life becomes one big well of depression that doesn't respond to medication and you start to lose your ability to function in day-to-day life, there's really nothing left to do but start trying to explore the remaining options. So, I'm not transitioning, but I'm looking into it and trying to figure out what the hell I'm going to do.
Do not get a degree you will use
Intuitive Compressive Sensing
It really is quite convincing.

I used Kiva during one of their "Free $25 Loan" promos. Unfortunately, several months before "my" borrower was able to finish repaying her loan, I received an E-mail saying that she had passed away. The thing is, Kiva still shows the final few months' repayment as having been received.

This made me question the numbers that I was seeing; while it's definitely possible that her family paid everything off, I'm not sure that I trust them.

I don't believe that anything malicious is going here, just misrepresentation.

For this reason I'd much rather support the microfinance institutions themselves (even though Kiva doesn't take a cut).
Are the same people protesting the Megabuses and Bolt buses when they 'illegally' use the same bus stops as municipal buses? Otherwise this does look like it's targeted.

I'd support the buses loading unloading on side streets, but still, imagine all the cars which would have to be on the road to replace the buses, if they were made illegal. Having buses bus people is actually a good thing.

What I think bothers some of the protesters is that the careers they chose aren't as remunerating as those chosen by 'techies'. I know artists who resent the fact the the average person does not value 'Art' as much as they value low brow entertainment. They feel at a loss and upset at the fact they have to 'sell out' doing advertising gigs to make money --that doing 'Art' is not profitable and that the government should subsidize it more because "they know it's good and it's an intangible part of a good society, etc." Much of that may be true, but the reality is most people (the proletarians and the vilified middled classes) don't have an appreciation for 'Art' and ironically it's the wealthy who 'get' 'Art'.
Reuters just broke this link. So here's the new one:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/21/us-usa-security-rs...
Canada's constitution includes some very broad provisions -- most notably, section 7, which provides for the "right to life, liberty and security of the person" and has been applied to issues ranging from the abortion (Morgentaler) to private medical insurance (Chaoulli) to the operation of supervised drug injection sites (Insite) to the prohibition of penal sentences for absolute liability offences (Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act) -- but they are limited by section 1 which states that these rights are "subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society".

A very large number constitutional cases end up hinging on the words "demonstrably justified", which is why it looks like judges are making decisions based on what seems "fair": They are, quite literally, called upon to decide whether there are good reasons for laws or if the laws are arbitrary, broader than necessary to achieve their purpose, et cetera. As a result, it's necessary to look at external evidence to determine the constitutionality of laws, and a law which is constitutional today might be unconstitutional tomorrow.

Or as one lawyer I know put it: If Canada's constitution were a normal law, it would be ruled unconstitutional on the grounds of vagueness.
NIST, NIST, NIST.... wait, aren't those the same guys we were supposed to trust on the 9/11 commission report....
Really? Disappointing comment from you.

Care to make a wager, how about just for $100, of course you'll lay me 99 to 1 odds given your certain right?

There's been several local papers that have reported they don't have permission (e.g., http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Google-riders-under-si... ) and talking to a Muni driver he indicated they don't have permission. If you're willing to take the bet though, I know one of the PR guys over at MUNI who I could get a hold of to provide us a definitive answer.
Could Bitcoin's frothy venture funding dry up?
And the Queen of England can dissolve the parliament. It's a pretty strong thing to do, but she is absolutely able to.
I think your comment would be clearer if you could answer the question "what would seem to be a better alternative?".

Google's PNaCl is more elegant since it doesn't involve js-that-is-also-bytecode but it accomplishes essentially the same task.

Creating a new cross-platform UI framework would be essentially recreating HTML5 anyway, so I don't think there would be a big advantage there.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume II
So, you're saying big businessman like Warren buffett are too?
Here's the pricing, which took a little while to find: https://vuo.org/subscription
Copy & paste from a friend who called this over 2 weeks ago:
"12/3/13
>Free pussy riot!
>But I hear he's giving them amnesty. Khordokovsky too. All hail Putin!"

Look for Pussy Riot to be the next to be released...
That did not work for me either.
I strongly agree.

Crypto is something where reputation is sine qua non. After the 2011 data breech they lost a lot of it. Now how can anyone trust them ever again?
You don't need the CVV unless you're in the UK (or somewhere that requires it). I've made plenty of online cc forms for US based companies that did not have include it (that doesn't sound very good now that I write it out).
New York City Extends Indoor Smoking Ban To Include E-Cigarettes
So affected cities have a few choices: fine every delivery vehicle and bus which parks 'illegally or illegally uses municipal bus stops. Modify code to allow stop sharing. Disallow non municipal buses from using municipal bus stops. Allow them to use side street. Or, if they mean to disallow private buses altogether, prepare for an increase in traffic and commute times.

Interestingly, I don't recall protesters protesting the delivery vehicles who constantly block traffic lanes all over SF. That gives me pause and think the protesters' 'narrative' is questionable.
This title is hyperbolic linkbait and should probably be changed.

From skimming the paper, the only real flaw that seems broadly applicable is in autofill features which I'm not sure 1Password even has. Those intuitively seem like a bad idea and are easy to disable.