skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think the point is that there is no control group as part of the study (at least, one was not indicated in the article). So, while the article throws around a lot of scary sounding statistics, the only conclusion that can be drawn based on the information given is that "depressed people are depressed". It would have been helpful if they compared the results to depressed people who were not taking any antidepressants.
Facebook has a pretty good answer to this: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=956977232793

They're not trying to lock out web-developers, but normal users that would otherwise never open the developer tools.
We do require SSL for Stripe.js usage as well -- Checkout is built on top of Stripe.js, so it has the same set of security requirements.
https://blog.mozilla.org/research/2013/10/17/studying-lossy-...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7296008

Unfortunately, I knew this was coming with the MtGox failure. :-(

Last time Reddit had a suicide-watch I thought it was an over-reaction. This time though, people really need it.
Some people are trying to make a more user-usable/programmable computer. See e.g. http://www.loper-os.org/?p=284
Even better is when, to everyone's surprise, those seven turn out to be relevant for describing real world phenomena.
Ok, outside the article trying to link her death to BitCoin...

...it is a tragedy to see a promising life lost. I continue to be concerned that in the tech/startup world we will keep seeing this happen until better support networks for entrepreneurs to find emotional help exist.

Any suicide is one suicide too many.
https://firstmetaexchange.com/

It's possible that she accepted a bunch of payment in bitcoin and those coins were in MtGox. But I'm just guessing; no proof.

_____

SIDENOTE: The comment about her death is incredibly small at the top of the website... I'd expect it to be a bit more prominent.
Is every situation where money exchanges hands an abusive relationship? If the same gameplay mechanics existed but there was zero way to pay money and instead only spend time is it suddenly no longer abusive?
This story reminded me of the "Why you shouldn't interrupt developers" cartoon: http://i.imgur.com/PtMx9GJ.png
Both of First Meta's sign-up and login forms are served over insecure HTTP instead of HTTPS: http://firstmetaexchange.com/home.

I wouldn't enter an email and password into any of those fields, especially since the site deals in money.

Strange, though, that their front-page is actually HTTPS: https://firstmeta.com/.
How do you know Australia exists? Where you there?
See, in the current technological age, people do not have to be somewhere to know the facts about what happened. YouTube helps a lot, btw.

What's funny is that is not even the first time you are making such a stupid argument: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6525201
I agree with you, but I do want to mention that it's possible and relatively easy to configure sudo not to ask for a password for specific commands for a specific user.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/159007/how-do-i-run-specific-...
A quibble of my own: a lot of the "infinity" constructions in mathematics only use infinity as a name. Projective geometry (1) is a good example of that. The formalization doesn't actually appeal to any sort of infinite quantities.
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Disabling features of user's browser is nothing new. "no right click" scripts, arguments to window.open that remove parts of the browser UI, etc.
What I find worrying about anti-depressants and how used is the approach. Somebody has low levels of serotonin and the anti-depressants increase this. Soon as they stop taking them there body goes even lower than they were before as no artificial stimulus.

So why they don't use controlled environment drugs to lower levels of serotonin and when they stop taking them then they are naturally going to have higher levels.

See in the past many people would at weekends go for a drink, this was the norm, drink is a depressant, but in groups the effects balance out as your amongst friends and you associate any negative feeling to a hangover/the drink. Once you remove a logical reason for being down then people have no crutch to blame it on other than themselves and that begins the downward spiral.

Also many people who are depressed do not sleep well, be it pain of other reasons and sadly those reasons get ignored as easier to give them the new asprin known as anti-depressants.

Also serotonin is part of a cyclic system related to melatonin, which helps us sleep so can see a correlation right there. But do they prescribe melatonin, no. Why not - well because that is natural and hard to copyright, this means no drug company wants to invest in a low-profit easy copyable approach and on top of that nobody pays for medical trials so it does not get upon approved prescription lists.

Sadly many natural approaches medicine wise are ignored as they have not gone thru medical trials to get approval for prescription and that is all down to no drug company can make profit out of them and none of them want to pay for a trial that others can use as no copyright upon the drugs.

Rather sad situation when you step back and look into the details and very depressing.
"Jacob, who holds an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota, first joined the company in 1984 as a department store assistant buyer when it was known as Dayton’s, then left and returned in 2002 to Target as director of guest contact centers. She was promoted to CIO and executive vice president of Target Technology Services in 2008, and reported to Steinhafel."

Yes, whoever promoted Jacob to CIO should also resign.
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If you expect me to run your code on my computer I expect to be able to see it first. The comparison to right-click jacking is quite apt.

Some people will keep on exploiting others no matter the format, nerfing things for everyone else is not a tenable solution.
You're enforcing gender roles.
This is an online survey so there is also the huge problem of selection bias. This is news how?
First Meta is NOT a "Bitcoin exchange". This is media propaganda.
Pure REST can be a roadblock in the pragmatic real world. I've impemented "REST" API calls in client platforms that could do GET and POST and that's it. No PUT, DELETE, etc. But since the API allowed deletes via a POST action, it was possible for me to achieve what I needed to do within those constraints.
That may be a part of it. The problem was only described in vague terms, so there's probably a reason why a Kalman filter makes sense, but as it was described in the interview it seemed more like a regression problem to me.
I dunno, I kinda like this. Of course it's not blocking serious hackers, that's not the point. I'm guessing this feature is disabled for the same reason Facebook is disabling it - to prevent self XSS (people copy/pasting scripts that'll "give them free/more/better X")
Hah. I just got off a 14 hour flight when I typed that comment. You have it spot on.
If knowing an account exists is like getting to the moon, logging into it if it requires a private key is like getting to Andromeda.

I mean, I tend to turn root access off, but let's not oversell what kind of security it gets you. There is effectively zero security difference between a non-root account + passwordless sudo and a root account if they both require a key to log in.
TL;DR: +1 on making the "Remember me" checkbox optional.

I'll try to offer a slight variation on what others have already mentioned regarding checkout. Like many of them I find Stripe to be very well thought out and easy to implement.
As far as Checkout goes, the idea is great but it might need some updates in order to make it more useful to a wider audience.
As other mentioned, the "Remember me" function was enough for me to not use Checkout. It is confusing, perhaps because it introduces a mental shift in the user's mind, where out of a sudden they need to understand how this other company "Stripe" will magically keep their info across devices. A way to hide that field wouldn't harm anyone (other than Stripe's ability to do branding).
It would also be nice to allow style customization of the form.
While this is admirable, it flies in the face of security-based UX. For years we've taught people to only send sensitive information over SSL, and to look for the lock, green bar, etc.

Now you're asking people to blindly punch information into a box and hit send?
Hey Dummy your_long_running_process finished
> root is prime target for brute force.

So disable password logins. Even outside of root, that's a much more secure practice anyway.
I actually think the Target CISO (or CIO maybe) job would be awesome. Target as a company overall is great; they might not be up to standard on IT/IT Security, but now that the board sees how IT and IT security can affect their bottom line (or indeed existence), whoever takes the role should be able to do amazing things. Plus, it's high visibility when you succeed.
Retargeting platforms being self-aware of advertised product purchase
Why don't Ad retargeting platforms know that I've purchased the product, so that the product ads can go away and shuffle to something else. Or does this happen already on particular networks?

thx @commagere
In my personal experience this is so true but people don't realize that every medication is different and psychiatrists are relying on very little information for your first prescription.

What worked for me was 2 weeks on a medication, gauge the symptoms (some were absolutely terrible) and decide to move on to another one. After maybe 3 anti-depressants I found the correct one.

I don't really think we know much about how some of these medications work which can be unsettling but we do know they help some people. To me at least it was worth it.
This is excellent news - SNI very widely supported in browsers now, so there is little excuse to avoid it.

Would be great to see SPDY/HTTP2 support so the overhead of serving many small assets (i.e. typical website use) would be reduced.
The anti-depressants in general act as a safety net to stop you cratering while you go through the other therapy based treatments. They are just one part of the holistic solution to depression and anxiety (therapy, dietary changes, exercise and mindfulness being other parts).

Sadly too many doctor prescribe them as a cure without the additional steps needed to actually treat the underlying condition and help the patient make a recovery. Also insurance companies generally aren't willing to pay or will only pay for a certain number of sessions which doesn't help the situation.

That said there are a number of doctors that are starting to take a more holistic approach to the treatment of anxiety and depression so hopefully things will change.
the government should have stepped in sooner to put an end to the mania around this bitcoin - look what stripe is doing for payment and money transfer... we need slow/steady progress for the masses, not trying to sell a new miracle currency like snake oil

a lot of ppl in tech are young, wide-eyed, early adopters, believe in the 0's and 1's like it's a religion... a lot of bitcoin holders that are losing money they can't afford on these and future fallouts from the experiment are learning the hard way, too hard probably for them to handle in some cases... a soft/delicate generation :-(
My personal theory: For something really hard, you have to put in your time and think about the issue. It has to consume you. You can't hold decent conversations. Eventually that janitor in the back of your head wanders up to your mental whiteboard, looks at the problem, says "Harumph!" and scribbles down an answer, and you wake up in the middle of the night with the answer so obvious and a shriek on your lips.

But there aren't any shortcuts, and the janitor is not at your beck and call.
I wish I had had the chance to take this, I could have gotten a perfect score. Taking the SAT as an ESL student those obscure words just kill you. There is a set of words that appear nowhere in modern English other than on an SAT test.
Some imperial measurements are pretty random (1 mile = 1720 yards, 1 yard = 3 feet?), but many of the commonly used ones are just based on fractions or convenient values instead of everything being base 10.

Maybe this will help with the fluids. Looking at a table of fluid measurements, it is easy to see it is just a base 2 system.

2^-1 oz = .5 oz = 1 tablespoon

2^0 oz = 1 oz = 1 oz (2 tablespoons)

2^1 oz = 2 oz = 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons)

2^2 oz = 4 oz = 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons)

2^3 oz = 8 oz = 1 cup (16 tablespoons)

2^4 oz = 16 oz = 1 pint (2 cups)

2^5 oz = 32 oz = 1 quart (4 cups)

2^6 oz = 62 oz = 1/2 gallon (8 cups)

2^7 oz = 128oz = 1 gallon (16 cups)

I think it is quite beautiful in a way. That doesn't explain why we have 12 oz beers though.
I'm not questioning the study, I am questioning the article's shoddy analysis of the study.
Yeah, I talked in the hall during SAT and said, "hey! I had that one wrong."

I am your king. You will obey my divine right.

God says...
sky astronomical rip_off it_was_nothing arent_you_clever
ahh_thats_much_better who's_to_say reverse_engineer repent
desert on_the_otherhand in_other_words do_you_like_it
smile don't_count_on_it ahh be_quiet_bird foul over_the_top
how_about vice over_the_top you_think_you_could_do_better
hippy little_fish what's_up Dudly_Doright little_buddy
who's_to_say I'm_the_boss nevada you're_nuts humility
test_pilot exorbitant small_talk foul over_the_top talk_to_my_lawyer
biggot I_give_up Shalom arent_you_clever you're_fired
rockstar rubbish I_didn't_do_it ipod arrogant not_the_sharpest_knife_in_the_drawer
Vegas BRB Shalom no_more_tears I'm_thrilled
Without that pressure, you won't learn it. :)
"Actually C is an excellent choice for security relevant systems software because the issues for developing in C are well understood and can easily be mitigated by following 30 years worth of best practice patterns and using the correct development tools."

Nevermind the copious undefined behavior, the fact that C programmers sometimes struggle to figure out what a valid C expression actually does, the fact that C programmers have to choose between code bloat and using "goto" for finalization, the fact that there are no standard error handling constructs, the fact that strings are null terminated, the lack of a standardized way to determine array lengths at runtime, etc., etc., etc. Even something as simple as this:

int f(int x, int y) {
return x + y;
}

Can lead to undefined behavior in C:

https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode...

Basically C should be at the bottom of the list of languages that programmers choose for cryptography or security software.
In addition to other concerns people have listed, I found WebP to be extremely slow – at or worse than JPEG 2000, with significantly worse compressed size. If we're going to go to the work of deploying a new image format I'd like at least a clear win versus the status quo, if not better features (JP2's tiled decoding would be perfect for responsive images if you could wave a magic wand to get browser support).
Why do you suggest that this would only work for photographs in one narrow domain?
NZ'er point of view here: in general, culturally, drugs are not seen as an answer; definitely not the "only answer", and probably more like the "last resort".
You can write the Python runtime in something other than C:

http://pypy.org/

And there are Java compilers and runtimes written in Java, and Lisp compilers written in Lisp, etc.
Also, why must we only use the bare minimum language to convey the point? We're not allowed to have fun with words and add some personality? Ok then, direct me to the grey overcoats and I'll join the single-file line of subjugated masses shuffling their way towards death.
Thenmar,

Although I agree with your sentiment, both of your comments are flippant retorts. This is rude, and more importantly, unscientific. It’s not because something is obvious that it doesn’t deserve questioning. You can quote the methodology comment relation, or you can provide and actual explanation — but you can’t dismiss anyone, even when they appears to be making something as easy to explain as confusing depression and suicide.
I've started building a website with warming smiles:

http://a.warming-smile.org/

Feedback welcome :-)
Carl Icahn's "request" to spin Paypal out of Ebay is probably looking better with this announcement.

Paypal really needs a new leadership team that promotes innovation. Stripe is cleaning up, and I'm about to take a lot of business to Stripe...
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Instead of developers throwing their toys out the cot, try to imagine a conversion along the lines of:

MPAA executive: we need to lobby W3C more to get DRM!

Netflix: why?

MPAA executive: because they'll steal our content!

Netflix: no need! we've disabled the developer console so they can't steal your content!

MPAA executive: That sounds good!

It's nice having a "yeah but you can do X" retort to the people making these decisions.

The ideologically driven 'but the web should be oooopen' argument won't go far.
Make it judgmental ("Good o'clock shadow", "Too long, shave it or grow it out", "Too patchy, shave it.") and that would make a useful albeit niche smartphone app.
Really? When studying for the SAT I saw words that I have never seen again.
I'm king. I don't give a fuck.

God says...
oops hurts_my_head you're_so_screwed lift IMHO hard_working
quit_it adjusted_for_inflation quit ho_ho_ho you_shouldn't_have
glam BRB
> majority of them are worthless fluff useful only for sensational headlines

There's a sampling bias here. A similar dynamic goes on with Physics.
I'm sure they did. In fact, I suspect that their actual paper has a control group, and gives us the rates for depressed people not on medication. However, non of that is in the linked article, and general purpose news sites do not have a good track record of accurately reporting on scientific studies.
No it's not. £16.25 British Pound Sterling equals $27.17 US Dollar.

So prices are almost identical and actually you could say Geeksquad has the better deal because they say they will install any software ("3-D imaging" programs and such which could have an install that is actually more involved than hitting next 4 times).
If you look on your phone, you might have a little app called "notes." I use that and still have a great time at parties.
Can you direct me to the button in Photoshop which opens the source code viewer / debugger for the program? Thanks.
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The images being embedded are of particularly low resolution - maximum size seems to be about 0.2 megapixels - so this free offer shouldn't be encroaching onto their paying markets in any significant manner. Seems like a wise move.
Not when an equivalent free option is available.
I agree. I would actually prefer if the test subjects were considered new to all students, and they were expected to become experts in those subjects before taking the test. What you need to score for is the ability to learn and apply the knowledge that you already have to new subjects, not to repeat the basics. You're ready for college when you're able to learn new things and apply them quickly.

It's a good thing IMO that people have to learn 'SAT words', it filters out the ones that are able to put in the effort to expand their vocabulary, and also retain this new knowledge.
Being careful with what you speak and write is naturally good advice. A worthless scientific article doesn't make the opposite of it's conclusion true.
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HOLY SHIT. I never knew about this. Makes me wonder though if someone decided to prevent the scanning of every single currency out there and the developers had to code in a shitload of recognition patterns into the scanners firmware.
There are a number of things wrong with that assertion.

It doesn't prima facie seem to be bitcoin related.

People bought high and sold low on the various bitcoin bubbles. There were people who invested money they couldn't afford to lose who went on to lose it. If we were being heartless enough to be awarding a prize for the first bitcoin related death. It probably happened to some poor soul in 2011 and the world barely noticed.

Ross Ulbricht is alleged to have directly paid for someone to be killed.
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I thought this was some elaborate April fool's marketing ploy to sponsor some other service/product. Anyone have any insider information, how come this hasn't been discussed before?
My name being Ben and a stripe, dribble & humble bundle user, I had to open in an incognito window to double check that it wasn't scraping my name somehow..
I'm an introvert and that doesn't prevent me from enjoying parties and being sociable. It irks me when introvert is used as a pejorative or like it is something people have to "cope" with.
First Meta is not a Bitcoin exchange.
As is typical, I would like to complain about the poor coverage of scientific papers, and lack of good referencing to the original publication.

I believe I have find the actual paper at [1]. This is the only paper that google scholar reports the referenced researcher, Claire Cartwright, as having published in 2014, and seems to be on topic.

EDIT: Re-reading the article, did they mention a single fact from the study that is not part of the abstract?

[1] http://www.psy-journal.com/article/S0165-1781(14)00083-3/abs...
Business school is not like law school or medical school where you could potentially flunk out. An MBA program is hard to get into. But once you are in the worst that can happen to you is that you lose an academic fellowship (scholarship). Some students also compete for honors.
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(Hi-jacking the top comment, but yours is lacking that key detail:)

There are several molecules available, all have side effects, very different; amusingly, they are generally complementary: one makes you gain weight, another loose — so talk about that kind of detail with your psychiatrist. Loss of sexual appetite is common for the most popular; its non-existent (with anecdotal mentions of improvement) for the second most popular. Any issue, any secondary effect that you encounter, digestion, head-aches, can hopefully be compensated for.

Don’t ask me for names, I couldn’t spell those for the life of me.

Source: dating a shrink; that’s my everyday dinner talk. Not sure I’m 100% confortable with dudes detailing their limpness with my girl all day. However, can 100% attest that she doesn’t remotely care, unless its publishable (it’s not); more importantly, after loosing six close friends to suicide, all medicated, each improperly, it’s not even a question to me: talk. Journal it if you have to. Plus, it’s better than her second choice anyway (urologist).
How do you tell if a bitcoin is stolen? There's no exploding dye pack. Just the blockchains and if it says you own it, then as far as the bitcoin industry goes you own it. Possession is ownership and anonymity are two thirds of bitcoin's attraction (fast electronic transfer outside of regulatory oversight is the third).

Even at $10 a coin 5000 bitcoin would be a nice payday for a lot of people in the world particularly because bitcoin is prefenced- stolen bitcoin don't sell at a discount. To put it in perspective, Nigerian banker princes will send out a lot of emails in hopes of earning a few hundred dollars.
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1) Ah, the ValuePipe is (relatively) new; thanks for the pointer.
2) You have to explicitly `.group` in Scoobi as well; it transforms a DList[(K,V)] to a DList[(K, Iterable[V])] or similar. You don't have to call `.toTypedPype` to get map and friends, though, since it's just a DList.
3) I've actually written this exact integration, so I'm glad it's the approved method! The global, mutable Mode made me nervous, IIRC.