skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not sure what's anachronistic about efficient use of disk space, but in any case that's nothing that can't be solved via hardlink deduplication.
Judge Rader once stood in front a class and told us the purpose of his court was to "strengthen intellectual property protections". Literal quote.

Last I checked, sane courts don't have policy goals and objectives (and this was not the goal of congress creating it).

Corrupt, maybe not, but they are highly ideological, and IMHO, it's way too ideological of a court when it comes to decision making.
does this mean users who had coin could get their coin[s] back? --- i think not (with the bankruptcy n' all)

so login or no login, i don't see the point

i think it's appropriate if i quote:
'frankly dear i dont give a damn'
Linux had centralized package management for like a decade before the iPhone. The App Store was hardly novel, just gorgeous and very successful. But I still use apt-get daily…
Blockchain down
A very informative piece by Mike Hearn breaking down the inconsistencies in the Newsweek piece: http://www.mikehearn.com/Hosted-Files/Nakamoto-Could-Newswee...
I love this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U - Balmer, I miss you.. there will never be someone so clueless as you.
Sorry, but I don't think this is even remotely true. Cops overwhelmingly don't testify against other cops. And, in my book, cops that put up the blue wall of silence are bad cops. Not as bad as the cop they're defending -- I don't mean to equate them -- but still bad.

While something like that may exist in some engineering-heavy workplaces (I've heard stories but never seen it), it's nowhere near as common or institutionalized.
I've built a few projects with Polymer, including this public-facing one (http://securesha.re), which is a poster child for why you shouldn't use pre-alpha software (see the blown stack in the console; this was working just fine a few browser releases ago). Thankfully, it's not a critical app and it's more of a proof-of-concept than anything else. The source is available below [1].

It was a joy to build Secureshare with Polymer and it really made me rethink what an HTML element can be and what it can do. You have to unlearn years or decades of assuming that an HTML element has almost no useful API; with Polymer, you're likely to define many core application functions directly on DOM elements themselves. It's a lot of fun once you get used to it. <polymer-localstorage> and <polymer-media-query> really opened my eyes to what was possible with this new paradigm, and it is unquestionably cleaner than what has come before.

More than anything, I'm excited for the inevitable deluge of web components; finally, UI libraries that can that be mixed and matched in any web application without regard for what other JS and CSS is on the page. True isolation allows us to create truly fantastic projects.

[1] https://github.com/STRML/securesha.re-client
The Unicorn's Travel to the Microcosm
If you were naive. You can probably cheat (ie be more clever in your construction).
> That's not true. It can be hitting on them, or it can not be.

Isn't that the point of many beer invites? It's a chance to socialize, and if you don't have an established relationship, it's a chance to establish one.

> If you think you might be in a grey area, maybe err on the side of making it feel safer by making it a group outing rather than putting them on the spot.

Safer?

I'm sorry, are we talking about children or adults? If someone can't manage a potentially ambiguous beer invite -- for instance, by inviting other people along themselves -- they ought to keep it to themselves and just say "no thanks"

> That's really the exception rather than the rule, however, and the real-life consequences happened in both directions.

Yes, it is the exception, but angry rhetorical baseball bats like "mansplaining" and "privilege" are being plastered all over the tech community these days, and it stops seeming like the exception.

I already feel uncomfortable attending an event that has adopted Ada Initiative-derived code of conduct, or otherwise aligned themselves with that vocal sector of the technology community.

It's clear that focus is being redirected to politics, and when people start using hostile language to describe my gender and race in broad strokes, I'm clearly in the cross-hairs for a small, vocal, and highly volatile minority; there are safer and more comfortable places for me to be.
Totally agree - Mono adds no value to Microsoft's .Net platform and was created because .Net was Windows-only and proprietary.
This doesn't work when you have more complex dependencies, because they in turn have dependencies, which may clash. You have no way of knowing what pkg c version packages a and b expect when you include a and b.
Insert tired Gretzky quote about skating to where the puck is going....
A Growth Spurt at 1,500 Years Old
Another example that shows that humans are not very good at predicting the future.
Is this really what we want to be encouraging, though? I mean, to look at it in another light, Chris was taken advantage of. He was in a somewhat stressful situation, and after bailing him out, GEICO immediately turns around and starts upselling him? Is that really ethical? I feel like if I was Chris' place, the last thing I'd want to talk about is spending more money, with the prospect of a $2000 or more transmission rebuild on the horizon.
I am very skeptical about this. Every language which needs a "package manager" tends to make building standalone applications painful.

I do think C++ is in dire need of being replaced, it is unsafe at any speed and full of legacy cruft. Unfortunately D jumped on the GC train and had other serious issues as well, allowing C++ to survive that attempt without a scratch.

Rust finally did the right thing, aiming for the same zero overhead/you only pay for what you use design which made C++ such a success.

However, C++ is a platform agnostic language, while Rust thus far has only supported Linux as a first class platform. I find the attitude of the Rust devs ("we will improve Windows support once the language is stable") deeply misguided. It meant that they largely missed out on feedback from Windows developers during the development of the language. "Windows developers" also means all the AAA PC(+console) game developers (the most diehard C++ users). Linux still is not a relevant platform there.

And the Rust developers seem to continue to go down that rabbit hole by enlisting Ruby developers to develop a "package manager". As a Windows guy the very word makes me cringe. How is that thing going to integrate with Visual Studio and other Windows specific concerns?
Ruby only really works on Linux, first advice you get as a Windows guy wanting to learn Ruby is "Install Linux, if you try to do Ruby development on Windows you are in for a world of pain". I do not trust any Ruby developer to write portable software, they are married to the GNU/Linux ecosystem. Would you expect Microsoft guys to develop something which actually works well on Linux?

Also remember that C++ does not have a "package manager". Some of the most complex and massive applications in the world are written in C++, yet you do not hear many C++ developers crying "When will we finally get a package manager?". It is not even on the agenda. C does not have one either.

"Package managers" are a Linux-ism, they deliver a certain UX you may or may not like (personally I hate it with passion), but they should not be part of a platform agnostic programming language. A package manager may belong to a Linux development environment for Rust, but the language itself and its library handling should be completely independent of it. Rust libraries should work just like C++ libraries so that they do integrate well with other development environments.

I see Rust becoming a new OCaml, utterly Linux-centric and thus leaving C++ as the sole competitor in the maximal performance + high-level abstractions + platform agnostic category.

For the sake of games no longer crashing randomly because of memory corruption bugs: change course now.
We used Zulip for some time. Overall it's pretty good - the clients could really need a bit more love though.

What I always found amazing was their support. No matter when I contacted them I got a response immediately and my issue was either taken care of or I got an explanation that it is intended to work this way.
Patent error
Notezilla (http://www.notezilla.io/library) is similar. It, too, plays real audio synced with visible and interactive sheet music, but it is for classical and pop music instead of guitar music. It doesn’t support guitar tabs, and it has a smaller library, but everything in its library is free.
Not really. It has morphed into Hyper-V, which runs just about everything.
You aren't the first to suggest this and it would possibly make it easier for people to get started. There are two main problems though: monetization (as you brought up), and also the fact that many privacy-conscious individuals may not even have a Dropbox account to begin with because of its implications.

I'm always open to suggestions though. If there was a viable way to charge for Turtl while also making it easier for people to adopt, I'm all ears =]. I think it would be hard to charge a one-time download fee for an open-source app though (and open source is essential for anything dealing with crypto).
Any comment on a comparison with html5/js? Especially for early-stage start-ups that need to prototype quickly.
That's just a thing that happens, I don't think there's a way you can 'fix' it.
>Additionally, the relationship between the visa sponsor and the applying individual in those circumstances is far, far, far less one-sided than it would be between potential founder and stake-holding VC.

I actually disagree with this statement - but agree with your point. There's a reason why mediocre colleges can successfully charge exorbitant amounts of money to rich international students, and it's not just the student:teacher ratio. The student visa and OPT in the US are extremely powerful tools which universities have both used and abused for many years.
Pre-schoolers outsmart college students in logic and reasoning
This is what the implicit grant is for in OAuth: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-1.3.2
Any plans for vocals as well?
You don't need to authenticate. You can use OAuth for just authorization: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-1.3.2
I'm not saying the Nokia Windows phones are good or bad, but they aren't amazing and rocking the market right now. But your comment brings up another point, it's not just about the hardware these days like it used to be for phones, software is just as important.
This.

In Europe, carrier and manufacturer were decoupled for some time before iPhone, so it was not revolutionary in that regard.
Lots of countries do have public health care.
> However, C++ is a platform agnostic language, while Rust thus far has only supported Linux as a first class platform. I find the attitude of the Rust devs ("we will improve Windows support once the language is stable") deeply misguided. It meant that they largely missed out on feedback from Windows developers during the development of the language. "Windows developers" also means all the AAA PC(+console) game developers (the most diehard C++ users). Linux still is not a relevant platform there.

This is not correct. Mac OSX is very much a first class platform supported as well as (or better than) Linux, and the "wait until the language is stable" is not the attitude that is being taken: firstly, every single changeset is required to pass tests on Windows to be merged (i.e. Windows is being regarded as first class too, even if there's a few lacking areas), and secondly, people are working on it, although slowly, such as the removal of the dependency on GCC's C++ runtime.

> A package manager may belong to a Linux development environment for Rust, but the language itself and its library handling should be completely independent of it. Rust libraries should work just like C++ libraries so that they do integrate well with other development environments.

I don't see this changing particularly. AIUI, cargo is more designed to be a (pluggable) dependency manager, exposing as much of its internals as possible (via CLIs, i.e. callable binaries) so that external tooling can hook into it in a sane way.
No. No visas. If we want these people, give them a green card.

I'm tired of watching the games around immigrant visas.
Austin Docker Meetup-II Focuses on Developer Workflows
I hate to unveil, but you guys realize that my post is a satire right? Told in the words of the self-proclaimed "sensitive hacker," e.g., the Asian and Caucasian American computer programmer in his mid-to-late 20's who go to Mexican burrito places for work lunches and talk of big dreams and sulk on lonely nights, imagining triumphs over past slights,

> But my conscience tells me that I have to tone it down a bit because I'm not a jock, I don't want to stoop down to the same level of those who've bullied me.

He's exactly like the jock in that he carry the same insecurities/low self-esteem and look for an arbitrary status symbol (e.g., funding, startup exit) in his given social circle to overcompensate, belittle those who don't have it. Except he can't admit it to himself and is convinced that he's better (when he's no better) than Jerry McGuire and Arnold Schwarzenegger aka the sales guy or the project manager who are slightly duchey and hits on the office manager and graphics designer girls.

> I live in Brooklyn (but not Williamsburg); I'm not a hipster ... I'm not a jock and I'm not a hipster, I'm a sensitive hacker.

Although he participates in the same consumerist activity as the "hipster", going to Whole Food's, indie shows, bicycle ride-along's etc. He consider himself a special and unique breed, a "sensitive hacker" just like the "hipster" who believe their outwardly bohemian, counter-mainstream "attitude" somehow validate themselves; When Arduino and HN, like American Apparel is just niche marketing.

> I'll start a blog with a side-bar with me as the Founder of X ... I'll tweet for a break, I'll share on your FB wall,

He is convinced that his goal to "give back" and "blogging/startuping" is altruistic and giving back to community - when it's really his need to feel altruistic. What he really wants is to have a soap box to stand on, a podium to have his voice heard. The irony is that as much as he wants to be heard (and validated), he doesn't think really to listen to those right besides by him but is scared that he isn't heard - so aims to shout louder and try to drown out all the other "shouters."

> I'm going to book a ticket on Stubhub for a show next weekend that I and my GF can go to, starred artist on her Spotify ... I'm saving money consciously for a down payment for a house after reading more about passive income because I'm growing to become an adult.

He follows life like a mom checks off a grocery list or a Cosmos reader following the sex tips on Cosmos. Does he really know his friend or significant other or himself, or does he just like the idea of the clique, traveling, the relationship, Brooklyn or fears the missing out as he hear those around him get "richer" and "happier."

The biggest tragedy or comedy in life, depending on how you look at it, is people locking themselves in mental prison and self-styled martyrdom all in the name of the pursuit of freedom. There comes a time when a man must ask themselves whether a Renee Zellweger nose completes him - just shut up ... reset that broken nose.
Yes, imagine to see two companies with such enormous software development capacity such as google and microsoft compete head to head using the same baseline, open android, where google are at least five years ahead, and to see if microsoft could catch up. I'd love to see that fight.

Samsung is already in this fight, but surely microsoft would at least beat them.
It wasn't just one writer or person in the industry saying this at the time. I'm not sure why this article got posted here today, but I think it's likely to make us reflect at how terrible some of these analysts and firms are even today.
In the world of Electrical Engineering ANYTHING can be knocked off without you knowing, because at some stage you just HAVE to assume that given circuitry works. With radio comms, the only way to check if antenna is actually working (a connector is still intact) is to use receiver. That's what commercial radio operators do
A large part of the linux|mac centering of the current development is that the lack of contributions from Windows developers. It's an open source project, and while we make sure it works on windows, more feedback and contribution from "Windows natives" would be fantastic.

I have never programmed on Windows, and wouldn't be able to gain the experience needed in time for a Rust 1.0 launch. Join the mailing list and IRC channel and offer feedback, if not patches!
Forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't the Nuget package manager becoming increasing more popular on .Net / Windows environments?

I've used Node extensively on Linux but working with Node + Windows (with the NPM package manager) in the last few months has been pretty smooth too.

I fail to understand why you think package managers are a Linux-only phenomenon.
You're jumping to conclusions needlessly.

Windows is a first-class platform for Rust. Windows is Firefox's most important platform, and Servo needs to demonstrate that opportunities for optimization that could be relevant to Gecko are applicable to browsers running on the Windows platform.

If Rust seems like it's less well-integrated into Windows than it is into Linux and OSX, it's because none of the Windows developers who keep complaining about Windows support seem to be willing to step up to the plate. I've made this same offer several times to self-proclaimed Windows devs on HN: if you want Rust to get better on Windows sooner, make it happen sooner. Until then, the Rust devteam will spend their resources finalizing the language itself, while the Linux and OSX and FreeBSD and Android/ARM contributors continue to provide better integration with their chosen platforms.

This is not hostility. Please help us. We know that Windows is important. We need experts.
"All code in Angular 2 is already being written in ES6. As ES6 doesn’t run in browsers today, we’re using the Traceur compiler to generate the nice ES5 that runs everywhere. We’re working with the Traceur team to build support for a few extensions like annotations and assertions."

That's pretty cool.
Weev might be freed if verdict is overturned
The Coming Real Estate Bubble
> I reject the notion that you can be your own victim. If you choose to make decisions that hurt you, you must suffer the consequences; it is not the state's place to protect you from yourself.

Forget the state for a moment and try to scale it down. In a village where everybody knows and depends on each other, what would you do if an outsider came along and tricked one of your fellow villagers out of all their means?

When winter came, would you let that person die? No, you would use your own means to keep them alive.

Now, the next time this trickster came to town, would you just let them prey on the less perceptive of your fellow villagers again?
My conspiracy theory:

The plane was hijacked and there has been contact with Malaysia/China/USA. One of the conditions for hostages to be held safely is that the Authorities do not make this public.

This would explain:

- the otherwise unbelievable delays and pure misinformation by the Malaysian government. Stalling for time.

- the fact that they did not publicly do background checks on all passengers until recently. They already know who the hijacker is. Now that there is pressure because of elapsed time and that people are seeing holes in the story, they need to be seen to be doing something.

What makes this implausible:

- it still does not explain where the plane landed and has been hidden without trace in the interim (perhaps they know - NW Pakistan, NE Afghanistan maybe, and just can't get to it without harming the hostages)

- it would be a diplomatic nightmare to have countries using their assets in a futile search when Malaysia already knows what has happened. (On the other hand, if they took 20 countries into their confidence then they would definitely have had a leak by now.)

- talking of leaks - I am sure even if it was a tightly held secret that they were in hostage negotiations, someone would have made it public by now. That's just the way things are these days.

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Free app from MS? I knew it is too good to be true. You can't even create a local notebook. Instantly uninstall.
And the current system is deadly, for police officers and civilians. I highly doubt those corner cases you're discussing will create more violence than already exists, in my opinion.
No, GP's comment is a black-and-black view, as it allows for no possibility for improvement.
Interestingly, several months ago I came across the following 1953 training video dealing with this same subject.

http://youtu.be/s1i-dnAH9Y4
The Times seems to quote officials as saying they know this via ACARS messages. However, assuming the primary radar returns are good enough, this is reasonably inferred by its radar track alone - the chances of hitting 4 separate navigation waypoints (IGARI, VAMPI, GIVAL, IGREX) based on random human flying is pretty much nil. So this may be just confirmation of what most investigators were already assuming.

Sad as it is to say, at this point I think the most likely cause is a bizarre pilot suicide. That night one of the pilots likely allowed a dark, dark thought they once had to overtake them for some reason.

First this person programmed a set of remote 5-letter nav waypoints into the FMC without the other pilot noticing - not a difficult task by my understanding. Most likely to hide the evidence for insurance reasons, or just out of shame, to hide his actions from the world (a long flight also ensures the CVR will tape over the relevant bits after its 120min loop - CVR/FDR is one of the few things that cannot be disabled from the cockpit of a 777).

After the radio handoff, the other pilot left the cockpit for a moment. The perpetrator then set the transponder to standby and disabled ACARS messages from being sent via both VHF and SATCOM. Finally, in order to ensure hypoxia took hold quickly, he set the plane to climb as high as the autopilot would take it (which ended up being ~FL450), and then depressurized the plane, quickly and painlessly killing everyone aboard, including himself. Multiple airline pilots in the airliners.net forums have been discussing these possibilities and they seem to agree that all of these things can be performed by a single pilot, in a few minutes time, entirely from the cockpit. The ghost plane then flew the programmed route until running out of fuel.

While this is certainly bizarre, unlikely, and hard to fathom, I posit that it is the least unlikely scenario, because it can be done entirely by one person whose motives we don't understand. Historically, there have been many people who have done bizarre, horrendous things for motives we can't begin to understand - whether due to insanity, sociopathy or zealotry. I truly hope I'm wrong, but I just can't see a grand multinational hijacking conspiracy as being more likely than a sad man wishing to end his sad life in an evil way.

If you're thinking of replying to this with your own theory, let me just add that I say all of this not to add flame to the fire of speculation, or to accuse a potentially innocent man of mass murder, but to try and finally put the whole thing to rest in my own mind - I seem to have been rather obsessed with the whole story over the past few days. While the past week has been a flurry of information and misinformation, it's quite likely we will never know what happened to MH370, at least not for a very long time. We need to find the explanations for ourselves that allow us to come to peace with the incident personally, so that we can collectively move on at some point.