skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"You have reached the limit of 5 free articles a month"
I haven't even used this site ever, and I'm using a mobile broadband connection so my IP is changing every time I restart my MIFI modem...
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...it is about time.
It's entertainment mostly, distraction. Is it all bad? It depends.
spread the word.
The Face Behind Bitcoin
Technically English allows the same, only that compound words are separated by spaces instead of either concatenated or joined with hyphens.
How is the public served by learning about all of the relatives of someone that might be the real creator of Bitcoin? Even if he is correct in his research, what have we really learned?

This basically reads like a random infodump from stalking someone.
I don't know, there is a place for the low-value occasional use site.
CIOs are actively discouraged from possessing any IT background.

Just look at the retardation UW is teaching:

https://www.coursera.org/course/inforiskman

https://www.coursera.org/course/inforisk

https://www.coursera.org/course/infosec

Those "people", they call themselves teachers/professionals in the field, will tell you that Information Security is ALL about covering your ass and shifting blame to a third party. All three courses are about getting a slip of paper that says you delegated responsibility clearing your company from any lawful obligations in case of a breach. Not a single peep about technical aspects or real security of data/infrastructure. Its all about getting that "we paid company X to do it for us" waiver.

There was (deleted now) a huge thread on Coursera forum titled Disappointment covering this topic and demonstrating total lack of professionalism or any real world knowledge. Whole UW program is a government funds skimming scheme. Just look at this garbage:

"Center of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington, designated by the NSA/DHS as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research"

I highly encourage you to check out those courses (I think there is preview available for old lectures) if you are in need of a laugh, or reality check concerning state of CIO education.
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The page just takes me to an ad. Mirror?
Whether or not this man really is the creator of Bitcoin, Newsweek have behaved unconscionably in publishing personal details about him. This isn't some fame-seeking celebrity whose personal life is fair game, nor a powerful politician who is subject to public interest. This is a private individual whose privacy they have violated, despite him making it clear that he did not wish to speak about Bitcoin.
Newsweek are a bunch of assholes for posting pictures of this guys house. Even if he isn't Satoshi, he needs to hire some bodyguards.
Previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7353109
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Paywall free: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eIDjXrk...
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Though it is said the word comes from Spanish, I, as a Portuguese can only think of the pre-historic Celtic tradition... This year it happened again just two days ago...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careto
How would a noncompete agreement stop them from relicensing a work they did before signing the agreement?
That might be the most important reason to dislike bitcoin right now. It is obvious why people who have a public ledger that claims they have a bunch of money would be fanatical about wanting other people to recognize that claimed wealth but not at all obvious what is in it for others.

However, even if that is fixed (e.g. some other similar cryptocurrency without that issue) I would add two more issues: 1) The system as a whole, for any possible system similar to bitcoin, seems vulnerable to being disrupted by anyone with enough money (at best this would still cost a fair amount of money, but I'm fairly sure it would cost a lot less and be less recoverable than trying to similarly disrupt (at least most) other currencies). 2) The estimates I've seen suggest that a huge amount of power is going into cryptocurrencies for no good reason. This seems like both a horrible response to global warming and (per point 1) is making the same cryptographic mistake that hashcash made on a much smaller scale. Hashcash seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm not sure why it seems like a good idea to anyone now.

I would love to see more work done on various ways to implement robust local currencies rather than all this effort on trying to create fragile global currencies that suck huge amounts of power. Last I looked there were a few things available but it seems like a lot more can be done.
> Gavin Andresen: I'm disappointed Newsweek decided to dox the Nakamoto family, and regret talking to Leah.

https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/441547758827474946
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Should have respected his privacy. He never wanted to be publicly known figure and this is anyway not an interview.
It's still out there, it's just drowning in a sea of linkbait, lazy reportage, even lazier "curation", and other bullshit.
It sounds like the previous commenter is just getting the groceries themselves because the ASDA is so close by.
Nah, I bet she has a bunch of certs and knows PCI by heart. I also bet that Target is covered on paper.

This is how big business operates. They dont care about real security of data, all they care is compliance.
FTA:
Busoni said that a hacker took advantage of a processing flaw in the Bitcoin exchange post. When users submit a withdrawal request, the input is checked against your balance, deducted, and the new amount recorded within a database. However, it was discovered that placing several withdrawals all in practically the same instant meant each request was processed at more-or-less the same time, resulting in a negative balance but "valid insertions into the database, which then get picked up by the withdrawal daemon."

Isn't ACID the solution to these problems for like 30 years?
>“I’m going to try to make sure I don’t spill anything on my tie,” he responded.

I don't get what that means or adds to the story. Is he ignoring the question? Dismissing the question? Didn't hear the question? Or so stunned by the allegation he just sprayed soup across the table? Or is it something I've missed?
I was the OP of the original thread. I felt like Newsweek really violated the privacy of Satoshi, if it is allegedly him, as an individual, by making all of this public. So I decided to delete this for ethical reasons.
Because it's a creepy and pointless article that says absolutely nothing at all.
Can the guy that wrote the article get raped? Fast please, he can't do that and get away with it.

Just do it.
I thought about posting the article text here since some people can't seem to get to it, but honestly, it's a hatchet job. They did everything they (legally) could to publish personally identifiable information about some guy who has severe health and money issues and just wants to be left alone. There are no compelling facts presented as to why he would actually be SN and several details seem to contradict this theory. It's just horrible reporting, whether it turns out to be true or not.
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But I'm wondering, if a word only appears one time, in a single book, how do we know it is a real word and not a new word invented by his author or a mistake?
There's no fundamental difference between MJPEG and streaming a sequence of independent JPEG files over HTTP.

The MJPEG format doesn't really exist anymore: it was designed in the '90s to account for interlaced video content, but that's a rare breed nowadays. For progressive video, Photo-JPEG is equivalent.

Many popular intraframe video codecs are basically the JPEG algorithm with some modifications for specific pixel formats and some custom metadata. These include Apple ProRes, Avid DNxHD and the stalwart DV format (as in MiniDV tapes).
Projective geometry: even in the simple case I outlined, you have lines being circles of infinite diameter. That infinity is just an additional closure point on the plane for shapes (and you can think of the similar projective line providing the complementary notion of displacement we can use to measure the diameter of infinite circles) doesn't stop the geometry from representing shapes with infinite attributes.

It is the case that all of this can be finitely represented. But this is true of a quite large part of large cardinal set theory as well, which can be represented in constructive type theory - mathematicians make it their business to transform the infinitary into the finitary.
Hyphen concatenation is also allowed in German, and widely used.
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Cool stuff! I hope the kid keeps his interest and goes on to do truly amazing stuff.

I think that this is an example of amazing teachers more than anything else. The kid had the interest and his head teacher actually helped him, even if it must've meant a risk for him as well. I know that if I would've tried something similar at that age there's not a chance in hell that I would've gotten funding or the help I needed.

Applauds to Mr Hourigan for nurturing an interest that might've died if had turned the opportunity down.
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This looks great. I was not able to find out myself: Where is the source-code hosted?
That doesn't sound too bad... It's definitely not the same as using psychological tricks to coax people to pay. As long as the game is not designed around getting your money, it should be okay, I think.
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Reporting like this puts this man's life in danger. Imagine all the other people's lives out there that have been significantly damaged due to bitcoin.

If we're having CEOs of companies dying and massive fraud in other companies all related to bitcoin, something this personal should never be published.
The article is pretty vague as to the evidence as to whether he is actually the inventor of bitcoin.

There's obviously privacy issues, but if newsweek have strong evidence as to him being the inventor there is a public interest argument due to the fact his background is working on classified projects for the US government.
And withdrawals are even the classic example used in schoolbooks too...
You: Make me a sandwich.
Apple: Do it yourself

You: Sudo, make me a sandwich.
Google: OK

I'm referring to rooting a device and customizing the experience. That's why i prefer Android.

PS. Notice i didn't generalize it?
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> In order to manage risk, you need to understand the risk, and a lot of people just don't

Does that excuse them from responsibility for engaging in risky transactions?

> You make it sound like they intentionally threw money away

No, I'm simply advocating taking personal responsibility for one's decisions, and pointing out that safe Bitcoin use is entirely possible without regulatory oversight [1].

> They didn't expect this, didn't understand this was possible, not to mention likely

MtGox and multiple exchanges have been hacked long prior to this event. That sets a reasonable expectation of what could happen in the near future. Again, if you don't do your homework you must expect to get burned.

Bitcoin is an experiment. Just like any other experiment it can end in all sorts of ways, some good, some bad. You seem to believe that people should be protected from making mistakes all the time -- if that were the case we would never have invented the airplane, performed nuclear power (weapons) research, etc. We can't jump into F1 cars before learning how to drive and expect not to get hurt.

Sometimes you have to make mistakes to make progress, particularly in a field that is completely new and unlike anything that has come before it; the people who cannot deal with the consequences of those mistakes should not be in the game until the consequences of mistake making is more suitable for them. Sure it sucks watching all those 15 year old kids become millionaires over night and you may be tempted to sell your house for Bitcoin, but that's life - don't be a fool.

[1] Caveat:

(1) unfortunately the operating systems we run today are not very secure, and this is one risk that is very difficult to mitigate until companies take OS security to e.g. a capabilities-based level where application confinement can be guaranteed

(2) this is not to say that I think putting your money in it is a good idea today, just that fundamentally there's nothing stopping the situation from improving without regulators, even though - as I said previously - I support regulation similar to that applicable to similar financial services institutions
This is a repeat from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7340908
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I threw together an extension during my lunch that should work against these types console disables [0], using the method the poster suggested.

[0] https://github.com/Decad/ConsoleDefender
Awesome. I'll look into this when writing my thesis.
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I liked the recent tweet:

"It's like all these bitcoin sites are running a bug bounty without even realizing it.."

https://twitter.com/jjarmoc/status/440927360821764097
Would have been an interesting experiment if it wasn't 60 dollars.
The reporter seems to have harass everone from him to his family. Interesting results but troubling ways of getting them.
You can use an ACID compliant database and run into this problem, it's a classical race condition. The solution is to implement double bookkeeping and bank reconciliation, but it's tedious and complex to implement. I saw a pretty nice blog post with detailed information on the subject, but I can't remember where, didn't bookmark and my google-fu is weak at the moment. So either somebody remembers or you'll have to google yourself :)
It's News. They would argue it is "in the public interest" and that this trumps an individual's right of privacy.

Compare and contrast to news coverage of the personal "private" lives of celebrities, royalty, sports personalities. Do these people have the same right of privacy? What's different in other people's cases? I'd imagine however that the average Hacker News reader is generally less interested in these stories, possibly finding them at best distracting and at worst distasteful. I find it distasteful and unnecessary. But I would be lying if I thought that this article was not of interest to many people (even if I am not in that group), and I would also feel uncomfortable endorsing the banning of this type of journalism.
I didn't say it was secure "because it uses OpenSSL". I said the much more limited "and it uses OpenSSL for secure connections."

Copyright is sticky. The hypothetical "SecureTalk" program might only use 500 lines of OpenSSL, where that 500 lines was security audited by crypto experts, static code checkers, and formal program analysis, and run in a chroot'ed jail.

A clueful re-use of OpenSSL for secure connections still needs that advertising clause, even if the software really is more secure than anything else out there. In that case, the required advertisement is a false clue to experts, no?
What the hell - they posted pictures of his house, mentioned his address, etc.

Woah - they even write about his _family_ including names, what they do, where they live and how many children they have.

Is this fucking disgusting or is it just me?
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Hey, thanks for your comment and all the work you put in Redis!

I talked to my co workers, and we agreed to put some more time into researching and giving sentinel a shot. You are right about the documentation though.. It isn't very clear and that is probably one of the reasons why we didn't go for it right away.
> basing your humour on SEO is like basing a long-term relationship on a rigorous analysis of the chemical composition of your partner’s skin

Comparing SEO and chemistry, the fiend! GO back to the hole you crawled from
FairTutor went through a nice little closed Beta, got a bunch of good feedback, had a good group of remote tutors interviewed and ready to go...

... and then I had a kid.

It's still that ready. I just need to kick myself back in to gear and find a couple spare weeks to re-interview a new crop of teachers, fix what needs fixing, and flip it live.

Any day now...

http://www.fairtutor.com/
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The Face Behind Bitcoin?
Molecular markup?

Microschemas?

Turtles all the way down?

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Dear HN, you can't censor Newsweek's Satoshi article
Information wants to be free

http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html
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HN can't decry censorship and keep flagging this article because it includes Satoshi's dox.
"Anything less is going to deliver lacklustre [sic] results – you’ve got to provide the best content in the industry, every time."

Talking about best content and failing to proofread the very content you're providing is the very meaning of irony.

Also, saying that "this industry is one of the most demanding, challenging sectors in existence" and then providing a dozen links to follow if you "Want To Be An SEO" defeats the whole purpose of the article.

All in all, something that shouldn't have never been wrote and I regret reading.
I wouldn't use ASDA delivery - you're right: they are total incompetent. I walk to the shop and carry it back.

To be fair I've tried Sainsburys, Tesco, Ocado and ASDA delivery. Ocado is the best delivery by miles but it's overpriced and you get screwed around Christmas time religiously even if you have a subscription delivery.

Decided to just do the shopping myself in the end. I'm spoiled with a Waitrose, ASDA and Tesco within 0.5 mile of me but choose ASDA as to be honest the meat is better than Waitrose. Tesco - everything is universally shit from there.

I spend less, eat better and throw less away if I do the shopping myself a couple of times a week. The only killer is Pringles on offer :)
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Seems very implausible indeed. The following passage is key: I am no longer involved in "that", probably means computer security not bitcoin.

"I am no longer involved in that and I cannot discuss it," he says, dismissing all further queries with a swat of his left hand. "It's been turned over to other people. They are in charge of it now. I no longer have any connection."

Why would SN admit to it - risking his safety? And he invented bitcoin so that he can order model trains? give me a break.
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Not sure why this keeps getting deleted.

Newsweek have already made it public, no point trying to protect his identity now
This one?

http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/5/1/myth-eric-brewer-on...

"What accounts for the consistency of bank data is not the consistency of its databases but the fact that everything is written down twice and sorted out later using a permanent and unalterable record that is reconciled later."

But isn't that talking about "traditional" financial institutions that (in my experience) have staggeringly complex (messy) computing environments just by the nature of how these businesses grow (e.g. lots of acquisitions).

Surely for a brand new service such a Bitcoin exchange there isn't that excuse?
I get your point, but to play Devil's Advocate: Assembly is about as simple as it gets. The venerable 6502 chip only had around 40 instructions. At one point it was the most popular programming language in the world (if you clump all the variants together). Every other programming language you can write just gets compiled down into more Assembly than you would have if you just wrote Assembly by hand, and it will probably be less efficient. Yet despite all of that, there are very clearly some big wins to be had by writing in those other languages.
Can we ban paywalled articles?
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The reason is that hapax means "one time" in Greek, while legomenon means "that which is said". So, the noun is legomenon, which will be the word in plural.

A (not very good) analogy is "visible phenomenon". You would not say "visibles phenomenon", but "visible phenomena".
It's been a few years but at least in theory ACID should avoid any race conditions. So you mean you'll face problems in a concrete implementation or due to performance optimizations? I can't image that ACID has a theoretical possibility for race-conditions - I'd like to learn if this is the case - Google did not turn up anything.
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Right at the very top of the page, they explain that. in case of "Thread Breakage" you should "try re-threading the machine", and also "make sure the thread goes through all guides".

It appears that their web designer has taken this advice to heart.
Open it in private browsing/Incognito mode and you'll be fine.
Fwiw, I don't get a paywall. Might be one of my ad blocking things.
Does this work internationally (eg international phone numbers + translated explanation)?
HN - wtf? censoring this is pretty nutty.
As much as I love idea of Om, I'd still like if there was a JS only version of it.
Wait, it was just a single smart dude whose actual real name is Satoshi Nakamoto, and here we've been theorizing shadowy pseudonymous cabals of libertarian cryptographers?

I feel very silly.
Well, there are multiple people here, so differing views aren't really inconsistent.

But it's also possible to believe that certain government powers should be very limited while at the same time believing that individuals should strive not to be assholes to each other.

Information wants a banana.
That would be fine with me! http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?strip=1&q=cache...
Just block cookies from them, it works on most sites with a similar set-up.. Some sites you have to set to remove when you close the browser instead though.
What about follicle width? There is variation from person to person, and even on a single person, but I am sure you could find an average that is suitable.
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One poster chose to delete his (I saw his comment to this effect). I imagine users flagged the second one dead.
Private browsing didn't work for me. Just a blank page for 5 seconds, then a full-page ad and no article.
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I was going to say a telephone book.. but I think it should be like the BBC's Just A Minute show, but in book form.
> the GPL disallows any other restrictions

As a minor quibble, section 7 of GPLv3 allows a few other restrictions. That is, there's a general blacklist, as you say, with a specific whitelist of what additional restrictions are allowed.

For example, "b) Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices displayed by works containing it;"
Apparently the author of this newsweek piece will be on CNBC sometime this morning:

https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/441544016421978112
This isn't an "article". This is DOXing someone.
I don't know why, but I liked this... It sort of reminded me of some of Monty Python's publications.

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