skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What will the alternative cloud solutions be? I assume that many will rush to fill the gap as clients vacate US providers, offering increased privacy as a specific selling point.

As a non-US startup, we're still using Heroku and AWS because we don't have the resources to make the jump to something more secure, even though we'd really like to. As soon as an accessible alternative appears we'd switch in a heartbeat.
Really? You don't confront a colleague about not doing what he promised, but you go to your boss, because it could turn violent? You don't confront your neighbour about the noisy party, but you call the landlord, because it could turn violent? You don't confront your teammate about not giving enough passes, but you complain to your coach, because it could turn violent?

You are showing quite a lack of imagination in applying the maxim you complain about in your top-level post.
Way back when, I knocked up a graph of this:

http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/EveryLanguageFixesSomething.ht...

There is also an enhanced version that brought it a little further up to date. Problem is, people keep insisting that it must be wrong, because X doesn't descend from Y, etc. That's why the text at the top tries to emphasise that this is a graph of "developed because of a perceived short-coming."

Added in edit: Now submitted as a separate link for more specific discussion.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6970017
Maybe users could install browser extensions, and coordinate to gather datasets of which ads are displayed to whom. Cross-correlating this with personal information on the users (volunteered to a trustworthy third party, vetted by EFF lawyers), you could make inferences as to what Google probably knows about which user. And may provide a service to warn the user, in a privacy-respecting way, and give advice as to how to avoid further privacy invasions.

Ironically enough, it might be illegal to do this, since it would injure Google's corporate privacy ("trade secrets").
Yes, to backspace, and I recommend everyone do the same. Think about how many times a day you hit backspace, it makes no sense for it to be way up there on a pinky, move it to your home row and be happy! :)
Correct, Calling Bitcoin as illegal is absolutely rubbish.

They want to give Bitcoin the same treatment which they gave to PayPal that is, make it unusable.
Tilde can be used as an operator in Vim, so typing ~w will change the case from the cursor to the end of the (w)ord :)
Related: The Transparent Chinese http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131120/c20murong/en-us/
Cool! I decided to try this configuration. Easy directions on how to do it on OS X using both native settings and KeyRemap4MacBook: https://coderwall.com/p/63nzva
I'm using it right now and it supports Github flavor partially. No strikethrough, no autolinking, no code syntax highlighting.
Every Language Fixes Something - Visualizing PG's essay
Say you use Windows,
1. Turn on automatic updates (default option, I think)
2. Use something like MS Security essentials

And, if you use Linux,
1. Update regularly, again I guess most distros have a default option to check for updates on boot.
And, you don't need to upgrade your OS unless you want/have to.

How much more do you want to dumb it down? For basic use as you mentioned, to research and write articles, you are almost doing nothing already with windows/linux
Submitted in response to this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6968775
The 'authorities' does not just mean 'the police/government'. In most situations in life there are 'authorities' and the point is that you shouldn't immediately involve them.

You confront a colleague about not doing what he promised and don't immediately go to your boss. You confront your neighbour about the noisy party and don't immediately complain to the landlord. You confront your teammate about not giving enough passes and don't immediately complain to your coach. In general, you solve the problem on your own, directly with the person you have a problem with, before asking someone else, usually someone with more authority, to do it for you. That is the point of the maxim.
I thought about my life latey and I am starting today with my New Year resolutions.

* Improve my english

* Learn math - I have graduated only high school and I have been scared of math my whole life. Time to change it!

* Learn as much as I can about data mining. - After reading http://guidetodatamining.com, I found it really interesting.

* Learn Python.

* Improve work/fun time management.
The modern extension is urban gypsying; inflatable air mattress and a laptop.

Also, for the adventurous: vehicle life (van, bus, boat, plane, etc) &| squatting.

That is until some folks that choose to have kids.
Why? Even without interesting remappings, aren't you more used to your own keyboard than someone else's?
Not if I do it first!
Withdraw cash and flee to a non-extradition-treaty country in your newly-purchased cargo plane?
Stop caring about unwanted git commit messages ("merge with branch" because I merge/rebase something old or "oops typo" because I didn't amend previous commit to add an extra change in it) because in the end, it's the current state of `master` which is important. To me.
> On a semi-related note: incredibly glad that HN auto-kills Valleywag links.

I think censorship is a terrible idea, even when the censored articles come from places you don't hold in very high esteem.
I feel sorry for this guy.

I've bought bitcoins from him in the past and I think he was doing a good job, at least for ensuring that his services are not used for money laundering.

ID and address verification documents were needed and a copy of the PAN Card was also taken.

Since all payments are made via bank accounts, It won't be difficult for ED to list out the bitcoin traders even if they were not collecting this information. I wonder how the website's users would be impacted.
Funny how people believe things that get repeated, no matter how false.

> A Chromebook can only be used to surf the web. It's the polar opposite of what an educational institute needs.

Chrome OS is a highly customized version of Gentoo at its core. When you activate developer mode, you get access to a full Linux distro. Some people use Portage to install extra tools, some use Crouton to install Ubuntu alongside Chrome OS (they share the same kernel as opposed to dual-booting).

Heck, even if you don't use developer mode, there are some cool JavaScript programming tools that you can download and run locally in the browser.
Testing the ‘Apple tax’
Make and sell at least one app.
I've been dealing with this for what seems like ages now. At my last job I actually had to go a get a new service shut down because the people who provisioned it didn't realise or understand that it was a problem that all the PID was being stored in the US.

I've read the Safe Harbor rules and audit information and I don't trust it one bit. I really can't blame corporations, especially EU ones, from stating very plainly that they don't want their data stored in the US.
any looking for a decent web app dedicated to markdown editing
https://stackedit.io/
Cdhere: change console directory to what you're looking at in Windows Explorer
Not awkward, just with a little steep learning curve.
The only way to type math notation (which isn't the same character set as Greek. Compare \varepsilon with \epsilon, for example: http://www.w3.org/2003/entities/2007doc/#epsilon) is LaTeX. And for that, the only keys you really need are the dollar sign and backwards-slash.
I'm actively trying not to spend too much time reading other people's opinions on the internet these days, it's such a time sink and you do come away with such a negative opinion of the world.

But I'll go through the comments if it's a subject I'm interested in and the comments are constructive or add to the original link. Often I've noticed a pattern where the largest discussions start with a comment along the lines of "This article is wrong because ..." and the reply "<quote from above comment> No, it's not because ...". That's a sign to just close the tab.

I have Greasemonkey and the "Hacker News collapsible comments" script installed:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138037

I do recommend that for an improved HN procrastinating experience.
Learn spanish.
Also only for Mac. Should say in title.
Super nice! Thanks for suggesting
TANRI TEYİDİ: GHSSWA DÜNYA KUTSAL İNANCI VE DÜNYA
In support of point 1, point 2 should be "learn more maths". Use of the abbreviated, antiquated adjective 'mathematic' as a plural is a peculiarity of American English and is probably not something you want to emulate. Have fun :)
Well, in defense of NYC, it has a lot of industries, not just media and finance. There's advertising, fashion, entertainment, art, food... This makes the city much more diverse than San Francisco, IMHO.

It breaks my heart to say it. I loved San Francisco for many, many years -and lived there briefly-. But every time I go back now I can't help but realize everybody looks the same and have the same interest and goals and take on life. This makes the city much less interesting.

Of course this is a generalization. I'm sure there are fantastic different kinds of people around, but as a casual observer, the valley has become a very homogeneous area.
Maybe he's not that smart. He's an assistant professor, and who knows how many times he had cheated or plagiarized to even get to that position.
http://larsoninstitute.com/quotes/
You should read about Russia-Finland relations before WW2, there wasn't big chance of Finland staying neutral.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Finland_dur...

As for the rest of my comment, I assume you just don't want to start thinking about these questions lest they cause cognitive dissonance and endanger your precious fixed point of view.
Sure kids will hate all kinds of subjects. I always hated math in school until I started using it in programming. I think getting kids from poor families on a computer with the compiler set up can get the ones who had a knack for it but never had the opportunity to maybe start pursuing a career in it.
People who later became programmers/engineers soaked up any kind of programming/CS class like sponges and went way beyond the scope once they got excited.
What about those in India who traded using localbitcoins.com? Is there any possibility that they too can get into legal trouble or affected in some other way?
We charge per month.

0. A monthly profit makes a business that can be sold (growth helps but is not required).
1. Same issues getting clients.
2. After some years, you have a steady income.
3. Some initial problems with cashflow (so we did consultancy also to earn money. Now we don't).
4. Provide a useful service with some customisation. Clients can't be bothered to change unless you are causing pain.
> If it's not important, you'll probably fail in the commitment.

As anecdotal evidence against this, my 2013 resolutions[1] were both unimportant and resounding successes. The trick, I think, is that they were just different ways of doing things I already did, not new things to do every day. They required some willpower but no planning or time, and they were difficult to ignore or forget about.

That is a fairly limiting description, though, and I did stumble onto it by chance. It will inform my future resolutions, though. I probably won't decide to "write a little every day" because it's too easy a promise to break. On the other hand, something like "no using the tablet in bed before dinner" will probably work.

1: use my non-dominant hand for everything, and always stand under the shower when I turn it on.
This curriculum seems a bit absurd. One of the sample questions from:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-c...

requires students to understand the difference between Integer and int (and therefore understand autoboxing), but they don't need to learn trees in the entire course. It seems like their use of Java limits the concepts that they can teach, which means the test ends up being primarily "Can you figure out what this program does" rather than "Use code to solve an interesting problem."

As an aside, these kinds of tests are also awful on students who are dyslexic. Especially questions such as #3, because you have to keep track of a lot of tiny variables, in the correct order, in order to make the code "run correctly". Which means, if you flip even two arguments in the lengthy list of 8 (which is more than most people can keep in their head), you'll get the wrong answer despite really understanding what's going on under the hood.
I agree. If a company is not actually delivering value to your customer segment, then they're not a competitor. Just another wannabe and irrelevant IMO.
To work harder and smarter in school, panic less on tests, and use my free time to work on interesting and progressively difficult hacking projects.
C fixed Fortran 66 as well as assembly being too low level (very manual memory allocations).
Ah I forgot, I will skip this New Year party (I will sit at home and learn instead of drinking). I will party next year but only if I manage to keep my resolutions.
Making something a resolution to change something at New Year is giving yourself permission to fail. Everyone breaks their New Year resolutions, so why shouldn't you?

The fact is, if we can resolve to change at the beginning of January then we can commit to self-improvement at the drop of a hat (assuming the 'drop of a hat' means a time when we have the necessary resources, time, inclination, etc). The date makes absolutely no difference at all. Why not a birthday resolution, or easter, or mid-summer (surely a far better time if you're going to be more active or eat more healthily)? I have no data, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see people who resolve to do things at times of the year other than New Year are much, much more successful than anyone who'll make a change next week. Their reasons (a choice rather than a tradition) will be more inclined to success.
> European Union privacy legislation demands that sensitive data is stored within the EU

While this may be officially promoted as a way of protecting against EU citizens against NSA (US access) to the data, it is also a way for the EU to ensure that EU can get to the data when the EU wants access.
But note that if they do then it'll be the lawyers who actually get all the compensation they extract.
that explains it I created a facebook account just prior as there was no other way to use the app without a facebook account.
I don't see anyone getting into trouble, as long as the money which you used to purchase bitcoins from them was not already stained.

Of course, people who bought using these sites might have the ED Scanner go over them, but again, nothing to worry unless you have undeclared assets or anything otherwise illegal.

Indians can still do a wire transfer to MTGox and purchase bitcoins.
You know, you are right, this all seems wrong on paper. But that fact remains that it works. It works in impressing your boss and others. It helps in promotion. It's like marketing. I don't believe in doing so personally, because I lack this skill. But I am working on developing it.
1 project (hardware, software, art, self-improvement) of 5+ hours per week.
>> effectively creating FUD around US-based services.

FUD?

No, it's been explicit in law for some time that people's data was protected in Europe in ways it wasn't in the US.
Salamat for the downvotes. You could comment on your reasoning ;)
There is also nice Texts[1] and working on Windows and Mac OS X.

[1] http://www.texts.io/
Which is better, a billion dollars in the hands of one person or one dollar each in the hands of a billion people? Gates has done large, prominent good works, while the microsoft business practices and their effect on the overall tech industry have made hundreds of millions of people's lives slightly worse in small, almost unnoticeable ways. Yes, I do believe the world is worse off on the whole.

(Which is not to say that the foundation isn't a great thing, or that he hasn't done better things with his ill-gotten gains than the overwhelming majority of rich people)
But the oil-related infrastructure will stay and will keep generating some revenue.

I live in an oil city and the number of Scottish workers or companies that have regional headquarters or major locations in Aberdeen is huge.
I do use it as backspace (I got the idea from Colemak, which I didn't like that much, but I found this particular idea great). It's very convenient especially for deleting entire words (it's ctrl + backspace normally, but ctrl + capslock only requires one hand and it just feels easier).
rPi might seem ok at first, but I'm really not sure it's the best solution for cases like this, I find it's too much of a 'hacker' device? Sure if it works, it gives you a pretty usable general purpose OS (kinda slow though) but if it breaks (and it will sooner than the ordinary laptop/PC, either in software or in hardware) you'll have to have quite some linux experience in order to fix it.

I agree with your last sentence though. One single device tied to a single OS is a bad choice. I'd rather give them a laptop that dual-boots Linux and Windows. That at least gives children a taste of the real world where more than one OS is used and learns them how to use both.
”No one at Google is Returning Our Calls”
By many reports Facebook's native app is still pretty flawed so maybe they just suck.

Your battery argument only holds if the 'html overhead' is a major part of power usage and there is no evidence it will be (screen on time, radio usage etc., native calls will probably dwarf drawing the UI).

Your security argument also strikes me as weak. 'Wrapped' HTML apps presumably benefit much the same security infrastructure as native apps. Once your app is vulnerable to injection it's pretty much game over no matter what your choice of language.
This is just a Qt SDK and a tutorial on how to write a WebView app. It's like opening up Android Studio/XCode and adding a WebView.

I would have expected to see something where I only write HTML/JS.
Focus on family and friends.
Also, stop biting my nails. I've got myself a simple little manicure set (the little scissors and a nail file) and whenever I'm on the phone, I gently grind & shape a couple nails.

Bonus: typing feels much better with smooth nails than with awful bitten fingers.
That definition of "right" is going to be tricky...
Any professional sport also comes to mind. Especially full contacts. But there the risk reward ratio seems to be greater.
Isn't the joke over?

Alternatively, if dogecoin is not a joke, what does it add to Bitcoin?
Is there anything it does that Bitcoin yet doesn't do and that can't be added to Bitcoin if enough people in the Bitcoin community want it ?
The title claimed it's "the best", but I find it hard to consider any software the best of its kind when it's only available on one platform.
LOL. Medical choices.

Medical care is not subject to normal market forces, nobody shops around in an emergency. And by the way, nobody tells you which practitioner you can see in the UK where we have had socialised medicine for decades. You're free to move between practitioners in the state system, and you're free to go private if you wish.

Your posts are just right wing and libertarian talking points, your description of 'Big government' hopelessly biased and 'Small government' a whitewash.

I also notice that in none of your posts are you in any way opposed to massive defence spending, only healthcare. And you call others 'sheep'!!
There are already many villages in northern India where there are gangs of unmarried men simply sitting there without marriage. Most are uneducated, and have no skills to secure any employment.

Gender related crimes against women already very common in India. I believe they will intensify in the future.

Either way with <850F:1000M gender ratio, for India's population scale there will states full of unmarried men. I believe though crime will be a common place, it won't be possible for all men to indulge in crimes(Which will be a civil war situation at the scale we are talking about).

Either way a lot of men will have to marry men.
* Learn more, lot more by working with people smarter than me.

* Do more for others. In that vein, I'm contributing to a local co-working setup by helping people with Product Design.

* On a bigger experiment, I'm planning a Product Design Tour[1] of Silicon Valley.

1. http://design-tour.brajeshwar.com/
No, that is definitely a factor here: non-US companies are taking advantage of the recent growth in anti-US feeling to make themselves look more attractive to potential customers and investors. No one should really be surprised by this: it simply makes good business sense.

The politicians will be on the ball too, at at least those whose remit covers national/international business or who have a constituency with a large workforce that could benefit. You can see a push in the other direction too: the "buy American" campaigns state-side have grown in volume, more so than can be explained purely by economic factors (which have been the key driver for that sort of thing since 2008) and an interest in protecting manufacturing jobs. If the large (relatively affluent) American market can be discouraged from buying goods/services without a US connection, companies will be discouraged from distancing themselves from US interests.

Of course there has always been a certain amount of keeping business information in particular places. Some regulated industries have to by law and have had to for a long time (you can't properly regulate something if you allow it to move out of your jurisdiction), and all businesses should be aware of the issue (though sadly many aren't) when dealing with personal data. In the UK the Data Protection Act has clauses covering information security which mean you need to be care careful not only how you store personal data but where, and I assume most countries have something equivalent. A little healthy paranoia always snook in to: if the data is more local to you there is less chance you will loose access due to either technical, political, or local issues.

The big difference right now compared to a-year-or-two ago is that the US has fallen off the secondary safe location list for many, and for EU based companies (and individuals) the balance in "I'd rather it be local, but if we can save a bit by hosting in the US, where market scale currently makes it cheaper, I might" has changed.
Autonomous Helicopter Aerobatics through Apprenticeship Learning
Super, I love it!
My Leopold 660M has a DIP switch that swaps Caps Lock and Ctrl. So necessary.
I think that the base premise is faulty here. I use shell (fish, specifically), git and sublime text every day. However, I use them for specific purposes.

If you want to show people what's so good about git, put them in situation where renaming files won't cut it. If the task they have at hand can be effectively solved with renaming files and emailing them, then they don't really need git. Another example: excel. It's an excellent tool for data analysis, especially on the first stage; on my bioinformatics course, it was the first, and by far, the most useful tool I've been taught.
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers - Paul Hofman on Paul Erdos [video]
Speak Ruby in Japanese (2010)