skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Why was it ever an option for states to create their own sites? Why bother with redundancy?
The complaint also said Snapchat transmitted users’ location information and collected sensitive data like address book contacts, despite its saying that it did not collect such information. The commission said the policies allowed security researchers to compile a database of 4.6 million user names and phone numbers during a recent security breach.
> If that were genuinely the company strategy then why would they bother to hire testers _at all?_

Because they can get kids to do it virtually for free, and it isn't completely without value.
It's fine for short documents, but not very pleasant for long math papers. PDF.js takes ~1 second to render a single page in my thesis. In Document Viewer (evince), the delay to render a page is barely perceptible (so I would guess < 0.1 seconds), and Adobe Reader renders pages instantaneously.
I conceive of science as being a methodology or a process. Can a process be "true"? Depends on what you mean by "true." I say no, and that Tyson's quoted statement is incoherent, also for the reasons in the article.

> Don't miss the forest for the trees.

And I agree with what phren0logy is saying, too.
- one-click "Get me home"

You can setup a Directions widget on your Android homescreen for a shortcut to 'Get me home'. Works well, but is a tucked away feature that I've never seen anyone else use.
Thank you for your work on Ionic! I have been using it the last few weeks and really like it. I think the navigation performs well. Honestly, outside of a few minor bugs that got fixed in the last release, the only real problem I have had with it has been learning Angular. But, that will come with work.
No Oauth2 support :(
Troll bait. Missing the point.
JFrog Leaps Ahead With Artifactory Support For npm
Great app. I've been using it for over a year, and I can tell that from noob developers to VIM jedis, this Mac app is one of the best dev tool I know on OS X.
Same here, I'm using Advanced REST client and very happy with it. Plus it is indeed advanced and have many features with Paw in common. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-rest-clie...)
My limited experience is that the company will do anything in its power to avoid doing the rollback, even in strategy games where one group of players was given a huge advantage. And the forums will have apologists saying that it's no big deal unless you are n00b.
The nice thing about the calculated predictions of propositions that have been carefully tested using a wide variety of real world measurements, is that they tend to provide accurate figures with well defined areas of uncertainty, whether you believe in them or not.
Local-perspective decision-making and "50 laboratories" are usually the general line for that kind of thing, with efficiency and consistency being the arguments in favor of federal control.

Funnily enough, the states with Republican governors which usually push the local line didn't build their own exchanges, while the states with Democratic governors who are usually friendlier to federal control tended to build one. Politics.
You're being needlessly difficult to no good end. I am not dropping the law of non-contradiction in my comments here, where I speak about logics that drop non-contradiction.

And the point you're trying to make here ignores what I said. It is certainly the case that if you permit every violation of non-contradiction, whether or not it violates any other rule, you wind up with nonsense. In no way does that establish that nonsense follows from any violation of non-contradiction even in the face of other rules. I don't have deep enough knowledge to say one way or the other, but some mathematicians seem to think there are things of interest there and your superficial rejection does nothing to prove them wrong.
on the page, I can't see anything in the "code generation" section
> If I were in netflix's shoes I'd just charge each comcast customer enough extra to cover the surcharge and mark it clearly on their bill. Let comcast deal with the deluge of complaints to their call centers.

Nothing is more clear than the fact that Comcast cares nothing about customer service. American ISPs regularly appear at the bottom of customer satisfaction surveys. They just don't care.

Putting the charge on the customer's Netflix bill might be effective if it led the customer to conclude that switching ISPs in order to remove the charge would be cost effective. But when the customer has no viable alternative ISP, all it does is make Netflix more expensive. Since presumably Netflix is already charging the profit-maximizing price for its service, adding an additional charge would do nothing for Netflix but exceed the profit-maximizing price and cause it to lose money.
Defending the Open Internet
Good catch, articles are saved as well.

I don't notice a shift in tenor from the crowd of old and the one we have now.
Good call, we are going to be more proactive about teaching Angular along with Ionic, so I'll throw your vote in for that :)
In my eyes it is unfortunate that the terminal standard we are stuck with is dictated by a device designed in the 70s (vt100). There have been more advanced terminals, that had support for graphics and so on.
CPA is ~meaningless when the 'acquisition' is mandated by law. It's not like there is any competitive "choice" here. this is simply y taxes spent divided by x people impacted by the law (who have complied). This is basically asking what is the "cost of user aquisition" for an IRS audit.

[edit: CPA reference was deleted by mods> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7716613 . NB: The "cost of signing up an enrollee" is logically consistent with the context; whereas "user acquisition cost" is really out of place in the context of compelled behaviour (ie, individual mandate).]
Large and Small Internet Companies call for the FCC to Keep the Internet Open
Yeah, but with Dynamic Values, you can totally overcome that problem.
I don't know if I'm the only one to have this problem but it also shows = signs as - signs.

(it doesn't always happen and I can't find a pdf where it does that now)
There might be something up with your install--- run away plugin? I read lots of journal articles in FF, many in the 15-30page range with figures, with no problem on an old dual-core iMac.
Science does not hold any less grey than does Philosophy. It is every generation's folly to believe that our facts are the facts.
I'm also not particularly versed in nontraditional logics. I'm just leery of saying a mathematical structure can't be interesting or has no applications, when mathematicians seem to disagree.
To get the legislation passed, basically. It was a nod to states rights issues.
Science can't be known to be true because of solipsism. Empiricists and scientists can say "yes, but let's assume reality exists" and that is fine, but the best argument against solipsism I've ever heard was by Russell who essentially said that it is boring.

Fine. But don't go around thinking that the big bang creating the universe is true in an absolute sense. You have no proof that there even is a universe, and realistically, even if I assume that reality exists, I'm still left with the simulation argument, which makes it even more likely that we're just sims in a complex economics experiment.

edit: Now excuse me while I go on a nice bike ride :)
I'd like to see what the projected ongoing costs are for enrollees that continue in the system for the next year. Surely, the cost of maintaining an enrollee is substantially lower?
A $2 application that I found before I knew about this one is GraphicalHTTPClient (available in the app store). Not as feature rich, but I've really found it handy
The argument the author makes that all truths are equal and therefore science is no "truer" that anything else is a straw-man. It's valid from the definition of the word, but misses the point. Science is "truer" than other things, because in reality we don't know the truth. Science "truths" are more likely to be true than many other things because they have stronger supporting evidence. For example gravity is better supported by the evidence than the existence and deeds of an historical figure.
Obama, new tech A-listers align
Without a doubt: How I Hacked Hacker News (with arc security advisory) by dfranke

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=639976
Very nice article. Capsule looks promising in regards to packaging. I'm going to have give 'er a try. One could also use the fatjar[1] or application[2] plugins (within the context of gradle).

[1] https://github.com/musketyr/gradle-fatjar-plugin
[2] http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/application_plu...
Yes, most Silicon Valley start-ups still seem very Silicon Valley/United States/Apple centric. That has worked well for them in the past, but now the opportunities are a lot bigger than just that market or target type of devices.
As someone who had tried to implement a modern rich text editor with custom plugins, this seems like a terrific solution to a real problem. I had used a fairly nice wrapper around contenteditable[0], but this seems like a much more featureful, easily extensible option. The other options (CKEditor seemed most popular) are heavyweight, complex, poorly documented solutions that don't seem amenable to easily creating lightweight plugins, modules, etc.

I have high hopes for what these guys produce.

EDIT: Just wanted to add that looking through the API docs, it seems to solve exactly the problems I had. Would have made a measurable difference to my business to have had this, if it does what it says it does.

[0] http://mindmup.github.io/bootstrap-wysiwyg/
A very big step forward in what way? C++ is a very big step backward in safety compared to Fortran, Algol, or Ada.
The problem is that a lot of those words are only a rough translation, and if you want to understand the concepts more profoundly then you're going to need something more to get by.

The Buddhist Mahayana concept of "emptiness" requires at the very least a few paragraphs to have a grasp, at best a couple of books on your belt. Same with "concentration" (samadhi), "insight" (vipassana), "life-energy" (prana), and so on and so forth.

To the uninformed reader they certainly add that confusion, but for someone versed in Eastern philosophy it's essential that the original concepts be preserved.
I wonder if this will finally replace WindowMaker on my desktops. Don't laugh, it works.
If you'd like to confirm this, spend five minutes reading the comments section on any mainstream-media article about climate change.
The greatest thing about science doesn't have anything to do with truth. Science constantly improves your quality of life, sometimes even for free, and you never even have to ask, show gratitude, or return the favor.

I think maybe NdGT was trying to distill that down to a sound bite, but didn't quite hit the mark.
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Multipath TCP: Dissecting Siri
>Some people have (mistakenly, in my mind) concluded that because we can't test a philosophical conjecture the way we can test a scientific conjecture, it's therefore not worth spending time pursuing philosophical truth. I think they just get so hung up on the scientific method that they try to apply it to things that are totally outside its domain.

I appreciate this sentiment and attitude. I am perturbed by those that tout the scientific method as a catch-all epistemological tool that solves all problems of human thought. As you said, there are many things that sit squarely outside of the realm of scientific observation, and they are just as valid as science as attempts to better understand our universe.
> Native development appears to be linear and straightforward because there is one language and one API - "one thing" to reason about.

No. There are X languages and X API's to reason about when doing native development, X being the device OS's you want to target. If you're only targeting iOS and nothing else, then I would agree with you. This is a point that's also glossed over by native app proponents.
I'm not sure that's an argument against "content is king". The thing is, Netflix produces almost no content. They have one self-produced show? For everything else, they're merely a distributor, and one of many.

If Netflix had a lot of popular original content, they would have a lot more leverage here. For an example of that, see how much HBO gets paid for letting the cable companies carry their stuff.
>Maybe I'm imagining things way better than they are

Yes, you are. Read the archives to learn more.
Stack Overflow Profile Pages Get a Makeover (Draft Phase)
Yandex, on a smaller scale, can get you a similar list of its services.
I wish I had read this before my job interview. I feel like I'm getting lowballed when I thought the offer I got was great. I'll definitely read this before my next job interview. Does this apply to freelance rate negotiation too?
The "no viable alternative ISP's" thing really isn't true as often as people on this site make it out to be. DSL is almost always available if cable is available. And some cities don't raise stupid regulatory barriers and have some real competition. In my zip code in Chicago, we had Comcast, RCN, AT&T U-Verse (with FTTN). Heck, there's a ton of FIOS households in the shadow of Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

If you really just have one ISP in a substantially-sized city, go blame your municipal government because it's almost always their fault. I just have Comcast or 1.5 mbps DSL here in Wilmington, and it's 100% the government's fault. Verizon wanted to build FIOS here, but the city killed the deal with ridiculous demands: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Dont-Actually-Demand-Anyt....
While the article was interesting, as I didn't know much about Alibaba to begin with, the site could use some design work. I didn't realize I was onto the next article with some type of ad in-between. Nothing was making sense till I got to the kidnapped girls of Nigeria article and realized what was happening.
What a strange blog post. Contrarian for the sake of being so.

Matt's first sentence sets the tone: he clearly harbors disdain for Tyson's "followers". I will admit that the recent aggression in the "science is truer than religion and any other study" argument is becoming obnoxious, and many who take it up aren't as enlightened as the company they attempt to put themselves in. That doesn't mean you can argue that scientific fact is not true. That is a faulty position to take.

This post reads like an argument over one's favorite music. "Lady GaGa sucks, because I'm into prog rock!"
Science has two unique properties:

• It eventually converges on the correct answer, no matter the starting point.

• It is universal, and not subject to the biases of the scientists (once the correct answer is found).

Any two intelligent rational species will eventually converge on the same scientific answer, no matter how far separated they are by space or genetics or history. The same can not be said of philosophy, art, or any of the other fields mentioned by the author (except history, which is just applied science when done right).
1. Because federalism and states-rights are considered by many Americans to be an important check/balance and 2. because the redundant work created by "upholding that philosophy" is an exploitable opportunity for those in power.

#1 = political capital
#2 = $$$

What's not to love (if you're a politician)?
made me smile :)
> Why was it ever an option for states to create their own sites?

Because the plans (as necessary because while the feds set some national standards, they have not displaced the states role as insurance regulators) are state-specific, and the exchange is supposed to provide gateways to both the state-specific insurance plans and the state-specific (and state-operated) Medicaid plans, and because it can also serve additional, related, state-specific functions.

The option to fallback to a federally-facilitate marketplace (which, even if it is a shared website for many states, is still state specific) was originally envisioned as the least preferred option for a state exchange.
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I don't get Netflix's business model. It's so thin. Distribute other peoples' content from other peoples' servers over other peoples' wires.
Hybrid apps allow you to ignore user patterns and speed, but that doesn't mean it's guaranteed. Case in point: Instagram uses webviews extensively, and most people are none the wiser.
so the website and organization behind it cost a small pittance. I still want to know what happened to the other forty million uninsured.
Could you explain your point of view? I'd like to understand both sides here and I think I understand why more competition would be good, but now why it wouldn't be.
In this statement, Tyson is referring to science as an objective reality. Science in human terms, as he often admits, has flaws that need to be explored and solved. However, in this quote, I understood him to be describing the pursuit of the objective truth, which is the primary mission of science in the first place. Scientists believe in an objective reality that can be described by thorough investigation and experimentation. Over the long-term, human science asymptotically approaches the truth, and to that truth, Tyson's statement refers.
Great article from 37signals. I built my app for Fitbit, Fitwatchr (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fitwatchr/id684005201?mt=8&u...), using web tech only. I leveraged PhoneGap for native access (OAuth via an InApp browser and Google Analytics) via plugins, PhoneGap Build for native iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 builds, and KendoUI Mobile to achieve native looking UI for all (handled mostly automatically!). They are correct - in 2010 the technology, tools, or performance may not have been quite there yet, but in 2014 things are much more viable.
For anyone wondering, this works just fine in Python 3 :)
Right, I didn't learn anything and I don't think I'm a bootstrap master.
If you actually study philosophy you come away with a deeper understanding of language and either nialism or science. The basic choice is to accept the is no way to seperate truth from illusion/random chance or accept that while the world might be an illusion it seems consistent so understanding reality or the illusion of such has value.

Which is all well and good but hardly much progress considering 2000 years ago people said the same thing.

PS: Actually building a human level AI solves none of the philosophical questions about consciousness which should say something.
No, what you're saying is the opposite of intriguing. It was exactly what I expected: an admission that CSS is insufficient for "really advanced layouts" without JavaScript.
I'd throttle the FCC. What is their internal IP block?
Get the search engines to never return hits for Comcast and related entities and I am pretty sure someone would take notice. The can pad for search results or simply not exist in them
I'd be happy to let the companies duke it out if there was any sort of meaningful competition.

The problem is that, in most places, broadband is a monopoly or at best a duopoly. Currently, I have two choices: Verizon or Cox. Luckily, Verizon's FiOS is pretty good, so I'm happy, but it would be pretty easy to get screwed.

Where I used to live, there was one choice for broadband: Comcast. Verizon might have been an option, but they only offered DSL, offered a max of 1.5Mbps speed, and they couldn't even tell me for sure whether or not the service was even available for me or not.

There are a lot of people for whom it's Comcast or no broadband internet at all, and that gives Comcast way too much power. Instead of "duke it out" it becomes a completely one-sided fight where Comcast just holds the other guy down and dictates terms. The only thing restraining them at all is the fear of government action if they go too far.
Indeed, one of the better aspects of scientific thinking is that everything should be held up to some degree of doubt and not accepted as The Final Truth for All Time.

The scientific method offers a best attempt to establish a truth at a given time for some given body of knowledge, but knowledge and understand can change.
For some reason this article seems flawed, am I crazy or does Google already do most of this stuff?
Now I can get mail on Sundays and won't have to worry about getting bills in the mail.
Show HN: Location-based messenger app. Over one year into development.
Move your Cardmunch account to evernote for 2 year's of biz card processing
I found this incredibly off putting as well. Especially because of how fast they spun.
That worked for SOPA because a few congressmen were in highly contested districts already, and even losing 0.5% of their voters next election could ruin their chances of reelection.

The FCC chairman is not elected. Nor is he appointed by Congress. They can all genuinely claim that they had little or no control over his decisions.

So it does not matter if everyone pulls a stunt this time.

Besides, if the man isn't lying and he somehow subverts state laws that prohibit municipal networks, then that more than makes up for any other wrong he has committed. I can sure as hell influence my city council more easily than I can influence the federal government.
online payments ---- google wallet

cloud services ---- google cloud platform

mobile apps ---- google play

mobile OS ---- android

maps and nav ---- google maps

physical retail ---- ? no google product

shopping deals ---- google offers

cloud storage ---- google drive

instant messaging ---- google hangouts

car service ---- uber (via google ventures)

c2c ecommerce ---- ? no google product

travel booking ---- google flights

b2c ecommerce ---- ? no google product

e-learning ---- ? no google product

social media ---- google+

music streaming ---- google play music (all access)

video streaming ---- youtube / google play movies

money market ---- ? no google product

all the western companies you'd have to combine to cover alibaba's markets would seem to me to be google, and maybe one or two others. i included uber because i know about that one, you could probably fill in a few more gaps with other google ventures companies.
I don't think so. Because I might be good at doing the task, but not as good as hiring and managing someone else doing the task and if the quality of the job done by a third party is questionable, you won't be able to raise your price or even selling to the same customer anymore. I don't think it is a black and white decision. Instead I decide to hire someone to do the tasks I can't do, either because of lack of skills or lack of time/resources.
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> The good thing about Science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.

There is a sort of anti-religion and anti-pseudoscience zeitgeist in American society, and scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins make up the figureheads of this movement. The perception is that the rationalist scientific project is under attack by people who try to sell scientifically false statements. Off the top of my head I can name climate change deniers, anti-vaccination activists and creationists as members of a perceived cabal of enemies of scientific progress.

It can be debated whether or not such a cabal really exists or whether its perception is a result of the recent expansion of the reach of ideas and messages made possible by the internet and social networking: perhaps people with wildly differing views are suddenly in contact with one another and are surprised by the variety of opinion out there.

This tweet is not meant to be a philosophically consistent statement concerning the merits of science, but rather a sort of "preaching to the choir" message meant to rally the base against this perceived enemy.
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Google just integrated Uber ;)