skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Whoops. I guess writing about a bright bitcoin future is a good promotion for his business then. I'm still waiting for it to be replaced by a company that doesn't need PR nightmares popping up on HN before they start processing orders in a reliable and timely fashion.
Wow - I'm surprised that there would be any money left after all the legal wrangling.
This is really one of the worst kinds of stories. It's just not true, and not only is it not true, it purports to cover DNSSEC as a technology that people RELY or NEED, when in fact, DNSSEC adoption never gained traction, and actually decreases every single day.

Someone spun some crazy PR for this one.
I hope you can run faster than a bullet.

Otherwise you'll die tired.

What if your kid was with you?

Your girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other?

You just gonna take off running and hope for the best?
The literal meaning of the individual kanji is not the same as the entire word. You might want to do a bit more research into what a geisha actually is ...
"Physical cash" stored at a third-party like a bank or credit union does have mugger protections - they have safes and vaults and security guards and insurance. If a bitcoin "wallet" service opened that offered those things, consumers would be more likely to take it seriously.

Putting a fortune into Mt. Gox or someone similar is like burying your cash in someone else's backyard. You don't need mugger protection, you need common sense.
Is Startup Culture Derailing the MBA?
We are talking about the front page of reddit. In the face of psyops we all free to make our own phpBB forum, doesn't mean there still isn't covert censorship.
I use Windows 8 every day at work. It's not that bad as some would have you believe, but I like it less than Windows 7, and every release should be more enjoyable and better. I consider Windows 7 to be the best version of Windows ever. It has a pretty clean windowing UI, it's stable and secure and generally just works.

It's an OS that really appeals to MS's core audience. Why mess with it?

I have my Windows 8 machine set to boot straight to desktop mode, and I have the start menu back; so it's pretty similar to using Windows 7. But every now and then you accidentally open up an app or file in Metro mode, and it's a really disorienting experience when one of my windows is in metro mode and the other is in desktop mode.

The core issue of Windows 8 is that it tries to merge two pretty good UI concepts together, and in the process makes both worse. I like Metro as a tablet and phone UI. I like the Windows 7 UI for desktop computing. It's when you have to use Metro on a desktop or Windows 7 windowing on a tablet that it all goes to hell.

I would suggest that MS end this, and make Windows 9 the best traditional Windows it can. Aim it at businesses and people who want to use the same OS they use at work at home. Focus on networking and cloud support (take OneDrive even further), improving multithreaded support (make it easier for developers to harness 4-12 and more core computers) and improving the file system.

The UI concepts of Windows 7 are pretty good. You can iterate on the UI and add new features like Apple does with OS X, but there is no reason to get away from windowing for desktop computing. It's a conceptual model that works well, particularly for power users and work that benefits from multiple-monitors and multitasking.

Microsoft should then spin off Metro into its own OS without the Windows name, while still using the Windows kernel. This is what Apple does with iOS, and it works very well.

I use OS X at home, and think Mavericks is what MS should be aiming for, not Windows 8. Mavericks is the best desktop OS I've ever used, and, while I really like iOS, I wouldn't want to use iOS on my desktop computer.
I can certainly say with confidence that 9 of the top 10 companies do hire undergraduates readily. ( Not sure about Exxon ).

Happy Apping :)
Why is it a currency's job to provide consumer protection? That's like saying that it's a kitchen stove's job to tell you what things you can cook with it, or that it's TCP's job to provide built-in encryption and authentication. It's not; it's the job of third-party services built on top. Systems are better when they're modular and distinct components are not arbitrarily bunched together, allowing separate innovation in each one. And the Bitcoin community is developing such third-party services as well; I know of at least three Bitcoin businesses working on providing arbitration services and secure Bitcoin wallets using multisignature transactions.
I think you're looking for the phrase "debit card."
Did it at least come with stock options?
citation: see bitcoin

/snark

But seriously, it is difficult to not approach the question with sarcasm as it is so self-evident. Put yourself in the shoes of one of the hundreds of people who lost their bitcoins via the Mt. Gox fiasco and ponder your own question anew.
A company having unreliable infrastructure and unresponsive customer service does not necessarily mean its CEO doesn't understand the potential of the market they're in.
> he's just another kid power-tripping on Reddit over some silly policy

The primary purpose of the subreddit moderators is to enforce the rules. If the moderator does not enforce this so-called "silly policy" then he is not doing his job.
Connor Barwin of Philadelphia Eagles describes NFL locker room culture
The glaring ethical issue remains that the core of Atom is nonfree. From what I've read, the source code will be viewable but not redistributable and the public can submit pull requests. If this is true, it means that GitHub is intending to trick users into providing gratis labor for their product without retention of copyright for their contribution.
The difference that I see is that a software development intern can occasionally provide an immense level of value immediately upon being hired, whereas many in traditional internships are really just glorified office managers. Just from my experience doing internships in the music business.
Just because the specific regulations imposed by a mostly corrupt government led to failure and a subsequent bailout does not mean all regulations are inherently flawed.
No, actually, one cannot create a new (default) subreddit.
BDNT has probably the closest replica of this map. It is for the front range of Colorado, USA:

http://bdnt.org/
It does sound like a perfectly reasonable response. But any competent censor would be able to justify his actions with a reasonable sounding response.

We want to hear a response like this, since it sets our minds at ease. But we should resist that urge and be objective ourselves. We can ask:

* Is the article in question, in fact, composed entirely of analysis and does it lack objectivity?
* Does the article lack objectivity to the same degree as other articles banned from r/new?

As to the first question, my opinion is that the article in fact contains significant objective reporting. A major component of the article consists of the slide themselves, which are inherently objective. There are additionally quotes, responses, and factual contextual information presented on the parties involved.

But the article also contains some analysis. Though the content analysis itself doesn't seem particularly bold or controversial, it does present a viewpoint.

So if r/news only allows articles that present a litany of facts and provide no analysis, I suppose this article wouldn't fit the bill. But I'm not familiar enough with r/news to know whether if that's the case.
Xbanish – banish the mouse cursor when typing
He makes an interesting analogy to email, which, like Bitcoin, is constantly under attack from scammers, and criminals. And email wasn't designed to be hardened.

So far, so good.

But, and this is a very big "but," what's really going unsaid is that Bitcoin might also be under attack from governments who think it might be a threat to the effectiveness of central banks and to the survival of weaker currencies.

That's a whole other ball game.
Congratulations, glad you're using Ghost. You should give away some "Code Keyboard" to your readers to commemorate the 10th anniversary. Keep it up
That "nit" that he's picked is kinda huge.

But I agree it's not the only factor.
They also made a pretty killer guide with Shopify:

http://www.viralsweep.com/advanced-sweepstakes-guide/
Perhaps it fails in that it's less efficient than an open unregulated market.

And it's a monopoly.

But outside of economic theory and beliefs, how is that necessarily a bad thing?

The US Dollar is a single currency, so it is a monopoly, but it has allowed for the growth of interstate commerce, as opposed to allowing any institution to use it's own currency.

The Euro is another example--now I know many of my EU brethren may not be happy by the Euro, but as a consumer, using a single currency while in Europe has distinct advantages.
All auto manufacturers are subsidized, especially the Japanese.
As for aspersions/dispersions, I tend to miss a lot of autocorrects on my phone these days when I believe I've typed a word correctly, so I came back to fix it and saw your response, which I'll take a closer look at after work.

My major bugaboo is that I think the field of psychology is broader than the DSM, I don't argue with its failings, just that there is more to the entire field of psychology.
Show HN: Sixty Large – wallet generator for cryptocurrencies
Multi-tasking is now the only task there is.
Well, and how is "give us your money and you'll later get it back, just minus some fees" possibly an investment operation, be it fraudulent or not? I mean, where did MtGox ever suggest they would pay any returns, let alone where did they ever pay returns?
Calling it a requirement and then saying it is self-evident because it's something you require and imagine other people do as well doesn't actually make it a requirement.

A lot of people are perfectly comfortable with some amount of risk, and those people use bitcoin. It's not like legal tender is going anywhere, despite what some dreamers may say.

Disclaimer: I own zero bitcoins.
The smartphone market in 2013
So this is a tiny bit of a pet peeve of mine:

I do not think changing strictly more informative titles to the version in the article itself is a good idea. Changing "Brian Armstrong: What's Not Being Said About Bitcoin" to "What's Not Being Said About Bitcoin" helps nobody. "Brian Armstrong" is not editorializing. It's a fact.

Proposal: Instead, put the non-canonical part in brackets at the end, like so:

What's Not Being Said Aboit Bitcoin [Brian Armstrong]

Editorializing additions would still be banned.
Above a certain size, the goals of the organization, and the goals of individuals, diverge sharply.
Recently, a number of my non-computer-y friends have asked me how to start using bitcoins. To my surprise, they had no trouble doing everything properly. I told them to use electrum, and they managed to A)encrypt the wallet and B) back up the seed with no help from me.

I helped them back up their wallets online, and also buy bitcoins via localbitcoin. I'm confident they would have figured those out on their own eventually.

Of course, these folks are mostly using OS X or linux and are relatively competent, so I'm not worried too much about malware. If they were using windows I wouldn't be as confident.
My memory isn't wrong.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Windows-...

> Required memory 2GB

> Required video card 1366 × 768 screen resolution; DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver
Gold was currency. Silver was currency. No central authority was required to back them.

Your conclusions may be correct, but your argument is rubbish.
Baghdad
Bahrain
Kabul

I had surgery yesterday and on some good pain meds, otherwise I think I could come up with two or more cities.
When did it become ok to openly curse on blog posts? Between this and the gizmodo article today about the Funny or Die Time Warner / Comcast merger... Freedom of speech aside, keep in mind, it's not just people in IT reading your blog...

Anyways - sounds like your having some sort of interference. I have multiple bluetooth Magic Mice, Apple keyboards, headsets, etc... and I never have any problems. Turn the mouse on, click a few time and it connects. Turn the keyboard on, hit a few keys, done. Even my BT headset that I pair with my laptop and iPhone works fine when switching between the 2.

When was the last time you rebooted? :)
This is very much the field of Econometrics, perhaps the subset of Mathematics with the weakest theoretical footing. The short answer is not 100% because you can never 100% prove there isn't some other bigger cause that you just don't see. [1] Once you accept that, there are ways to test theories on the data (requires some knowledge of the subject matter) to piece it out. In this case, you're not going to get an absolute law of science, but you might get a clue for a policy decision.

James Heckman [0] is one of several who make this their life's work. He has applied this analysis to fields like early childhood education.

[0] http://www.nber.org/papers/w13934

[1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Econometric_Theory/Regression_v...
Defaults are being altered to produce less spams as we speak : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966692
That's not what strawman means, and the point is that different measures protect you from different things and you shouldn't fault one for not protecting against others (outside its "threat model").

Paper dollars are designed to protect against counterfeit. That's all. To protect against muggers requires either a) sacrificing the desirable properties of paper dollars, or b) use of a separate security layer (vaults, safes, holding little at a time on you, etc). In no case are those limitations a failing of the paper dollar itself.

They likewise don't themselves protect against someone convincing you to give them your paper dollars under false pretenses. Same points apply: to handle that threat, you rely on laws, trust networks, escrows (like credit card arbitration) etc. Still not a problem with the dollar, just outside its threat model.

I made the previous comment in the hopes of compressing that point into one sentence. Perhaps I failed, but at no point did I misattribute a position to the GGP. "Your position implies X" != "you are advocating X" ... even and especially if you're not advocating X!
Thanks! I've wondered about this.. I do like the parens better, and it looks like PEP-8 agrees with you: http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#maximum-line-len...
Without divulging anything, I can safely say it's responsible for at least 32 apps that made it in the Google Play Top 100 games last year, so it's doing pretty good.

For anyone else that wants to focus on iOS where they will make the most money but not compromise on Android and provide it with the same experience without having to rewrite everything, it's working great. I will say that if you are building a game it works out of the box today better but we have a lot of people using in ways we could never imagined.

The newly rewritten UIKit support is coming soon which will make it a viable solution for anyone that wants a single push button solution for all kinds of apps. For a few users, they choose to use the native UI on Android and bind that to their Objective-C/C++ backends with Apportable. There are a lot of options with Apportable.
if $exchange provided his users with the same guarantees that normal banks do (i.e. insurance) it wouldn't really matter that it's not from the government, IMO.

On the other hand, I don't think anyone does.
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Right. (hah) The non-establishment right wing and tea party appears just as much angry/worried about the increasing collusion between government and wall street as the non-establishment left, if not even more. Increasingly, big govt and big business are becoming harder to tell apart. Corruption is everywhere, but the scariest part is the ability of US govt to silence and intimidate critics both without and within.
Sphinx will do the job nicely. Have a look at the documentation for Flask for inspiration http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/
Usenet isn't gone; people just don't use it anymore because it became terrible.
put your email in your profile :) or just email me. I have one left.
I'm surprised by the reaction to Mt Gox's bankruptcy. There appears to be a lot more people treating it as a real bank then I thought. Which is disconcerting not because people lost money, but because it could lead to premature regulation of Bitcoin before we really understand what the ecosystem can sort out for itself. I'd love to see Bitcoin as an alternative economy that's left alone except to the extent it threatens the dollar denominated economy. If only because I think people can decide for themselves if they want to take the risk of participating. Nobody is holding a gun to your head making you use Bitcoin.
http://mumbaimade.net/
I used to say the Japanese were more subsidized than the US, but after the GM bailout I'm not sure you can say that anymore.
Lets assume you're correct.

Why is Bitcoin still around? Why didn't it vanish a long time ago? Why don't people see the truth?
"There was nowhere else to go"... so, meh, throw in the towel? I do hope I'm just reading that part wrong.
"Why is it a currency's job to provide consumer protection?"

I think you are misunderstanding what I'm saying. It isn't the currency's "job". It is a fundamental prerequisite that the currency have a backer for said currency to be used widely.

The mistake that people make with bitcoin is to put the cart before the horse. That is, they think that achieving critical mass [1] means that a currency has 'succeeded'.

In fact, you first need to provide a reason for people to trust the currency (central authority) which then leads to critical mass... and then 'success'.

The essence of bitcoin is ephemeral with no control, no central authority and no recourse. This stuff is built in. Unlike our current 'old style' currencies, bitcoin prides itself on standing apart this way.

When a currency is built in such a way that it EXPLICITLY removes the ability to have such necessary characteristics of a currency, you better believe it matters.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass_%28sociodynamics%...
Do you mean names like RAII? I always break my tongue on this one.
The gold and silver standards were established by central authorities. Where do you think they came from?
Have you tried to use the latest Qt to integrate your code in mobile apps ?
I don't think this rises to the level of an ethical issue.
"Here in Germany there are very few guns"

Not even close. Official, legally registered guns? Perhaps. But memories are long. Per the Small Arms Survey, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_c... you're in 15th place, tied with Iceland, in a cluster of countries at around 30 per 100 residents also including Uruguay, Sweden, Norway, France, Canada, and Austria.

For that matter, as of late Western Europe has been suffering more and worse such incidents than the US, and that includes German school shootings in Winnenden in 2009, Emsdetten in 2006, Rötz in 2005, Coburg in 2003 and Erfurt in 2002 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting#Europe). 3 of these incidents were small scale, but 2 resulted in 16 and 17 dead respectively, and another miraculously ended with only the shooter killing himself, but 37 injured, 4 students shot, etc.

I always find it ... amusing when Germans try to lecture Americans on this topic.

Ah, have you stopped institutionizing your seriously mentally ill like the US did starting in the early-mid '60s?
The USD doesn't provide these protections either.

Customers will flock to the first exchange that implements cryptographic proof of ownership.

Where is your evidence that a current requires backing by a central authority. Gold has often functioned as a true currency without a central authority. We moved away from gold because it's not as easy to carry or divide as cash. Bitcoin has all of the desirable properties of gold and the desirable properties of cash.
What's Not Being Said About Coinbase:

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-legal-and-technical-setup-...
Here, it's not about whether their current quality of life is good or not (obviously not), but about whether there's hope for eventual recovery. Treatments like this suggest there could be.
Why the hell are they still processing withdrawals and simultaneously filing for bankruptcy?
Hm, and I'm of the opposite opinion. I like methods that fail early. Gigantic if-chains are hella-hard to parse.

I should go consult Code Complete again, actually...
I personaly have not had problems with blueetooth as bad as this, though I have not used a IOS device to pair with anything.

Though it does work close to the WIFI frequencies and we all know a WIFI router on say channel 3 can bleed over and seen some devices spread over 4 channels with frequency bleed.

With that not all WIFI is the same and not all routers configured well and with that is blueetooth suffering from congestion.

I would also say somebody of Paul Grahams status who's time can be costed higher than most should learn to let go of these trivial matters and delegate. Not that they can't diagnose and go thru logs, just that there time is more valueuable and than dealing with such teadious matters.

Still the only device interconnect standard that has held up well to time IMHO has been LEGO and with that, very few things are perfect and live upto what is expected from them. Bluetooth included.
There was a mall shooting in Portland where the shooter when confronted by an armed citizen, disengaged, then shot himself.

http://www.kgw.com/news/Clackamas-man-armed-confronts-mall-s...

It seems that these shooters seek out soft targets where they are unlikely to encounter armed resistance. Not saying that we should put an armory in every school, just that these shooters aren't looking to get in a shoot out. If they were they'd go try to shoot up a police station.
BipolarBear0 has stated that he's an independent contractor for the DoD:
http://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1z0zao/reddit_mods_bu...
in the interests of transparency: parent's business (OpenDNS) will have severe problems operating (replacing legitimate responses with spoofed ones) when DNSSEC is adopted.
O Mais Alto Edificio da Áustria – Donaucity 1
Show HN: YouNonStop (YouTube – Clutter): My Open Source JS project
Response tab can now have any amount of width in Nightlies. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956357
not saying it justifies the name, but Geishas don't carry the same connotation as hookers.
I think you should reconsider watching the video.

Don't support elections in the first place? So continue business as usual? I am not sure I understood correctly, but your solution IS the non-solution we're practicing today.

It's really difficult to summarize this video, just watch the first 5-10 minutes (that's what I tried) and you'll be hooked.

For added value: I'll buy you a beer for each filler/non-lexical sound (eg, "uhm", "eh", etc) you catch Lessig making whenever you're in the south bay.