skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
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SEEKING WORK - Based in Northern California

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Marc Carson

Email: marc[at]marccarson[dot]com

Skype: friendlyskies

Web Work: http://www.marccarson.com/portfolio

Illustration & GFX: http://www.flickr.com/photos/porkfriedrice

Other Creative Projects: http://www.friendlyskies.net

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Web Design / Light Development / Illustration

Currently scheduling one to two months out

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Specialties:

ProcessWire CMS Builds

CMS Builds for Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses

Visual Design (Including Responsive Design, CSS Work)

Logo Design

Typography

Illustration

Semantic HTML5 and SEO work

Responsive Support

Video Training for Business Staff

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About Me:

I have been building websites since 1996. I love the way a strong, lightweight CMS turns a website into a platform for integrating all sorts of fun ideas and technologies. I estimate that I have helped create 25 new jobs in the past 5 years by building custom CMS workflows that help my clients move their marketing and business tasks online. Most of my clients like keeping me in a webmaster role, as I am a strong generalist and can suggest and manage third-party resources where needed. I am an award-winning "full-stack artist", draw and design like an animal, and get high marks for aesthetic design work from my clients. I'm also a former college-level instructor, and my clients like the way I give friendly, helpful support.

If you need strong visual design with strong thinking behind it, from someone who is technically-minded and can contribute with code as needed, that's my sweet spot.
Yep, you're right :). I opened the Standard ML book, and there on p75 they list * :: num * num -> num. Then at the bottom they say each function declared as such really has two definitions, one with num replaced by int and one with num replaced by real.

So yes, +. is just an ocaml thing. Not sure about caml.
Nailing down climate uncertainty hints at greater future warming
And given a little time, this should have significant economic benefits (more tax revenue, less spending) to help with the "browbeating."
I could have sworn credit cards will be rejected if you hit your credit limit.
What should you do if someone puts a gun to your head?
Justin Freeman, Former Patrol Officer answers on Quora
There was also no stated warranty at the time you backed (there is now), yet we replaced a device for you that failed, free of charge and without any hassle.

We have acted in good faith with you at every step of the process. I'm sorry it didn't work out in the end, but I'm at a loss what more we could have done. I think we've spent more money paying people to try to answer your questions than we ever took from your Kickstarter pledge.
OmniUpdate - Camarillo, CA

INTERNships are available, in addition to the FULLTIME positions below. See our website for more information.

Come join us in sunny Southern California! (Today, Jan 1, the high is forecast to be 72F!) We're a 30+ year old company with a startup mentality, writing the best SaaS web content management tools for the higher education market.

More info about the perks, benefits, location, etc are available on our careers page: http://omniupdate.com/company/careers/

We're currently hiring for the following positions:

- Web Developer (working with .edus around the country to implement our applications)
- UI/UX Design Engineer
- Technical Product Specialist / Sales Engineer
- Sales Director
- Front End Web Developer (working with our development team to build these applications)

To view the requirements for each position, and to apply online: http://omniupdate.com/company/careers/job_list.html
Most credit cards let you set the spending limit as low as you like (I don't know if there's a floor, but I would bet you could set it to $100. )
The entertainment "possibilities" are a symptom of the boredom.
We're ramping up an effort to change the way private parties change ownership of a premium used vehicle ($15K+ through marketplace such as Craigslist); we're looking for a mobile dev guy to complement our skill set.

Our background: hardcore backend dev; basic front-end; understanding of the used car market. We have a world-class UI/UX designer helping us out as well.
Our weakness: native mobile app dev (we've done some app development before but nothing too serious).

location: SF

send inquiries to: ahconsidered@hushmail.com

EDIT: btw, this is super early, so this isn't some kind of "be our first employee" deal disguised as co-foundership.
Taking stock of the companies we bet against in 2013
Potter the commerce clause, it is actually the federal government's job to ensure the drugs don't cross state lines. Hence the Justice department's insistence.
The main problem with Verified By Visa (and whatever MasterCard calls it) is that in using it, you agree to be liable for it as if it were a card-present transaction, which is ludicrous for online purchases. Whenever I'm stopped to sign my card up for "Verified By Visa," I immediately switch to a different card because of the reduced protection I would have to agree to with "Verified" transactions. It's simply a way to shift responsibility onto the purchaser with no additional protection.
> wealth destruction on a gigantic scale.

Who gives a damn about destroying the master's wealth if you're a slave? That's the problem.

To be clear, I'm not saying it's that bad, but things sure seem to be moving in that direction.
The premise of your argument (that you own the Space Monkey device) is totally unfounded. In order to win this debate, you're going to need a stronger claim to ownership than "I thought I owned it, so I own it!"
I'm pretty sure that is exactly what does go on, dude. Apart from the living on the moon bit, obviously.
Actually, this is the opposite of ruining it.

Cities love to have tourists come, spend money, use hotels, etc
...Pick up that can.
Not ready to cofound anything at the moment and my dev skills aren't that good but I'd be willing to chat and join your mastermind group at least.
If your struct covers more than one cache line, you may want to think about which members are accessed together and put those in the same cache line. E.g. if you manage to fit all frequently accessed members in the first cache line, you will bring likely useful data into the cache when you access any of them. At the same time you avoid cache pollution with not so useful data from other cache lines.
Correct. The payment gateway usually has a setting to enable/disable 3D secure as a feature.

You also get a failed transaction report, some people can have 4-5 goes before giving up on their purchase. Sometimes to countries somewhere abroad the customer gets a form to fill in to apply for having this extra check on their account (because there is no 3D secure in the country where they have their card registered or it is not customary to use it).

It would be nice to use 3D secure as an extra feature, and, as a retailer, set it on a case by case basis, e.g. to an order that is for somewhere overseas or over a certain value.

In the UK a fraudulent order is a fraudulent order, as a retailer you are on your own dealing with it. Putting someone's card address in Google Street View and seeing how big their house is often turns out to be a good way of deciding whether to 'ship' or not.

Address verification is a 'soft fail' if you want it to be. It will compare the address by numbers, so someone entering 'Flat 2' in the primary address line will fail the system if the address is actually 'Flat 2, 34 Church Street' as '34' is expected for the match.

There is no system guaranteed to work, except Paypal, that you pay for in fees.

These matters aside, the system of swipe only in the US just gives most people in the UK scary feelings.
"I did not break the official algorithm. I do not know the secret value used to compute the Q constant, and thus cannot break the default implementation. Only NSA (and people with access to the key) can exploit the PRNG weakness."

I found this note interesting. How big is the secret value used to compute the Q constant? Is it a single static value or does it vary? Would it be possible to brute force this? I'm not a crypto expert and want to understand this a bit better.

One of the big arguments about the NSA introducing weaknesses into these algorithms is "this makes them insecure for everyone and flaws exploited by the government could be exploited by anyone", but this makes it sound like ONLY the NSA could exploit this.

I'm not saying this is better. I just think, if true, it's an interesting discussion point in the debate.

[Cross-posted and answered at /r/netsec]: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1u5jvw/dual_ec_drbg_...
Napa and Sonoma don't seem to mind the alcohol tourism.
It doesn't seem like the problems listed are new. Could the system ever have had legitimacy w/r/t these issues to begin with?

Also, have we gotten more transparency into these issues as time has progressed?
No, they plan on removing the PRNG from their release. I understand better why my POC worked without triggering the bug. From the mail archive:
". When the discard occurs the data must not be output and the Dual EC DRBG state must be updated, but that state update isn't done. In the case of no additional input this has no effect, but additional input is used by the "FIPS capable" OpenSSL. Note that additional input does not effectively defeat the backdoor vulnerability[3]."

I do not use the reseed functionality either, because I only generate two or three output blocs and never call an explicit reseed.
I don't see how the "burn it to the ground" solution works, given that the reason why the system has the nature it does, is that people think the way they do, and so it seems inevitable to me that if you "burn it to the ground" it will simply rise from the ashes the very next day, and arguably, in an even worse form.
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Graphic designer
Remote/London

I create websites and brands which are simple, effective and human.

Past clients include: Topshop, Tate, BMW Guggenheim, Whistles,
RBS, British Council and Mackintosh.

www.avdisco.net
An odd rant. The judge in question appears to be an alcoholic, and came to the court drunk. Surely this is professional misconduct (and to my mind warrants firing), but it really doesn't justify the author's charges of system-rigging. Seems to me that Clark is trying to mislead people into thinking that Pollack was under the influence of e.g heroin. Pretty despicable.

Also, the smallest bit of Googling shows that Pollack heads was responsible for the creation of some sort of special "marijuana court" which expressly sent users to rehab, not jail.

I don't know much about this Clark guy (girl?), and I agree with some of the points in the article, but he/she seems pretty close to a flat-out liar.
David Simon (creator of The Wire) also recently talked about our hell-in-a-handbasket situation, a bit less ragefully: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/david-simon-cap...
Equity after 2 co-founders take vacations. Not asking. They Just did it.
I was specifically talking about the communication with moon. I find it funny how back in the day, futurologists were obsessed with it.
I found that one particularly interesting, as That was a core theme of his "Foundation" novels. Those who were able to gadgetize nuclear energy were at a distinct advantage over others.
But they offered to give the money back and he didn't take it.
Too many smart and intelligent people are in charge

Evidence?
I tend to only use packed structures when I need to match a binary format or know I'll create huge arrays of structures.

For the rest I blindly trust the compiler to choose optimal boundaries and alignments.
Wow, well PaidEZ is awesome then!
I'm interested as well. I sent you an email
5 Privacy Predictions for 2014
HN is not a monolith. You are implying hypocrisy where none necessarily exists.

The leaked database: doesn't have full phone numbers and I don't think it should have been posted either -- I didn't upvote it.

Nobody should have their personal contact details posted against their wishes. I do not particularly care about Mark Zuckerberg.
> No device is promised

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"Early-bird special. 1 Terabyte of Space Monkey storage for 12 months (device included in your subscription)."

Obviously there are two ways of taking that -

1) You don't have to buy a device to use the service

or

2) that the purchase of the device is included in the subscription.

Considering the trivial nature of claim 1, claim 2 is not an entirely unreasonable interpretation for someone to have come to.
Yes but people who come explicitly for the drugs don't tend to be the best tourists. While not everyone will cause trouble there will undoubtedly be a few. It just depends on whether the towns are happy to put up with a few stoned idiots roaming the streets causing trouble for the extra money it brings in from the people not causing trouble.
Under the lease model ($10/mo) or under the 1yr warranty for the ownership model, yes.
Deutsche Bank online banking allows authorizing bank card use in foreign countries. The feature is only available on the German version of their website. I can also set daily / weekly limits for my bank card. For online transactions, I think 2 factor authorization is used. (e.g. enter a TAN)

For my bank account in US, I am not aware of any option for authorizing foreign transactions online (only calling the bank), nor setting usage limits. I can set alerts to be notified for transactions, but only $100+ transactions.

The one time I did get "hacked", it was with another card where I got notified immediately by email each time it was used. So found out quickly when thousands of dollars were being spent on iTunes! I think those were in a rapid series of smaller transactions (can't remember, less than $100 or more, but maybe less). The notifications allowed me to promptly get my card cancelled to at least limit the damage and then was able to get my money back. Lesson is for stuff like iTunes (well, I don't like to use them anymore), but generally to buy gift cards, when possible, for online shopping/services and put the credit onto my account. For more popular places like Amazon or iTunes, gift cards can be bought in many brick and mortar places with cash. Then I don't have to give them my credit card or bank info.
The database is censored (XX instead of the last two numbers of each number)
Blue Origin - Kent, WA - Full Time

Blue Origin is developing technologies to enable private human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability. We're looking for top-notch people who are passionate about space and our mission. We have multiple openings for software engineers with a variety of skillsets. C++, Java and Python are the primary languages, but we also do lots of work with other technologies to supplement: Angular, Bootstrap, GWT, Spring, Neo4J, MongoDB and AWS to name a few. We're looking for both experienced folks and new graduates looking to gain experience.

Visit us at http://www.blueorigin.com -- some of our positions are listed and some are unlisted, so don't hesitate to contact us even if you don't see an exact match.

Send us your resume: jobs@blueorigin.com
Yes, under the subscription plan, the company is responsible for reasonable device replacement when they fail (if not due to abuse, etc).

That's why the subscription plan costs more: pure subscribers are subsidizing device replacement costs (perhaps for users other than themselves).

Under the ownership model, devices come with a 1-yr minimum warranty (we may service other components for free longer, e.g. harddrive has a longer warranty from vendor -- we're still sorting out how to apply that).
My employer, MMJMenu :)
EMV (known as Chip and PIN in the UK) is coming to the US in 2015: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/interviews/visa-on-emv-in-us...
Coinbase account deletion is bullshit
They could always just go ahead and give him the money back.
Is your New Year's resolution to learn to code?
Greenwald's keynote at 30c3: priorities for privacy activists
Anywhere there is money there is corruption. The source doesn't matter.
10/22/2013
NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/nasa-laser-communicat...
If you're running on one microarchitecture, I agree. But if you're running on more than one, manual structure packing may actually give more unpredictable performance than letting GCC handle it. At least GCC will make an effort to optimize for each one and hopefully avoid things that are absolutely terrible to do on that arch (orders-of-magnitude performance loss type stuff), while a manually chosen packing optimized for one microarch can be hugely pessimal on another one.

That's a guess though, no numbers. :)
Of course it's not unreasonable. Space Monkey said many times that they are unhappy about the clarity of the issue and thus offered a full refund with shipment at their cost to anyone who wanted it.
For a guy who thinks that x86 is a modern architecture and all architectures that can only do aligned memory access are "older"? I guess it is.
Clever - San Francisco, CA - Full time & Summer Intern

Clever helps schools bring digital learning to the classroom. We take care of the massive amount of data that needs to move behind the scenes, letting schools focus on using technology to improve learning.

We're hiring engineers - full-stack generalists, as well as specialists in security and infrastructure/high availability.

Join a small team (15, half engineers) that's on to something big. Over 1/9 schools in the US use Clever today. Most development is in Javascript, Python & Go.

Learn more & apply online: https://getclever.com/about or send me an email if you have questions (dan@, I'm cofounder/head of product)

(Just realized we don't have an internship opening posted - just apply for the "Full-stack" position & mention that you're interested in an internship in your email!)
Qubole - Mountain View, CA or Remote, Full time (H1B)
At Qubole we are building the next generation cloud based data management and processing platform. Our customers include some of the top advertising and media companies in the world.

We are looking for strong candidates who can work on our backend infrastructure. If your background includes
- Building and operating large scale web services like search engines and advertising networks
- Experience with building complex software systems like distributed databases and file systems or other distributed systems
- Experience with virtualization and cloud technologies

If you think this is interesting and you would be a good fit please send us an email at jobs@qubole.com
Indeed. While there was the famous http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment apparently most space communication happens via the usual parabolic/phased array antennae: http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub1/bapna_deepak_1996_1/bap...

KISS is doubly important in space I suppose.

EDIT: reading that wiki article it seems the first lunar laser experiments happened in 1962, so we may have found Asimov's inspiration.

EDIT2: nope, apparently he was spot on after all ;)
At Unfilled, we are trying to rethink and improve the way people learn how to read, write and code and we are currently looking for a Designer to be part of our co-founding team.

You will find yourself designing the wireframes for the mobile app, newsletters, presentations about the product and more. You will also be working with other teammates sharing knowledge and learning from each other.

Furthermore, you can play a role in changing the world, as the platform we're creating could potentially impact millions of lives.

If you are interested in being part of our team, take a look at the key points we are looking for: http://unfilled.org/get-involved/

If you think this position fits to you, just send an email to jeroen[at]unfilled.org and we'll get back to you!

http://unfilled.org/
I don't mind his informal language given the context. He's not citing an exact mechanism, just heuristics/results.

I think, very respectfully, that you are a bit mistaken where you write "leads to higher price given demand, NOT a shift in the demand curve". It actually does both. And not only does an actual scarcity of supply often lead to a shift in the demand curve - even the illusion or impression of a scarcity of supply does so.[1]

Beyond that, the price is higher given demand - but another way to read "the higher the demand" is "the greater the volumes that clear at the usual price points." Given that he's talking about valuations, that's not the one he means.

It's unclear exactly what he means formally with "The more scarce a supply (e.g., your equity in a hot new patented technology business), the higher the demand", whether he's talking about a shift in demand curve due to a response to the knowledge or illusion of scarcity (which is a real effect) or just the normal price adjustment given a static demand curve. Either way, he's not being that formal, and the result is the same: you can get a higher price.

Of course, this isn't true of everything that is scarce. If Mars, Inc stops the sale of red M&M's, the existing supply doesn't shoot up in price. That's why he stated 'hot new patented technology business.' Presumably, some people want in at "any price", and so he's probably talking about just moving along the static demand curve. But the other way you could read it is just as valid IMHO.

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[1] a gallon of air doesn't cost anything, and it's free in limitless quantities to anyone. Everyone knows this. Correspondingly, you could not sell a gallon of air for any nonzero amount. However, by convincing people that it is scarce, or about to be, you can shift the demand curve at a higher price-point up, and sell air at that price point (even though in fact it is still available free.)

This literally happens all the time in every industry. (Driving up demand through bluffing scarcity, or even causing actual scarcity by not releasing any supply at any price, in order to 'drive up demand'. Sometimes you can get something to sell for $100 by making it impossible to get and advertising this fact - even though during the impossible-to-get period it couldn't actually sell even for $10 if it were available. Thus you are demonstrably shifting the demand curve through creating artificial scarcity - as though the demand at all prices were higher. Which works since it leads to the same outcome - "unavailability", which I suppose consumers factor into their judgment of willingness to pay, which I guess depends fair market price, scarcity, whatever.)
Space Monkey said they would give refunds with shipment at their cost to anyone who requests them.
Except the federal govt's job would be complete if it allowed intrastate commerce. It's circular. Marijuana isn't a scheduled drug b/c it needs to be kept out of interstate commerce. It's part of interstate commerce b/c it's a scheduled drug for some other reason or reasons that don't really make a great deal of sense.
Education Startup in NYC, Remote OK

I created http://www.learneroo.com to teach programming and more online. I have users and will be starting to earn revenue this month (hopefully)!

I'm looking for a Ruby on Rails and Javascript developer to help develop it further. Significant equity available!

Also looking for subject experts in Java (and other areas) to create or edit content or to mentor students.

Email me at ak@learneroo.com if interested, preferably with a link to your Github profile or the like.
To be fair, his claim to have sold "six dollars worth" based on the one or two dudes who said they were drinking it on Untappd (which is sort of like Foursquare for beer) not actual sales numbers. I'm not begrudging him for it, but he was being fudgy with numbers for the sake of splashiness.