skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I recently attended the Startup School in New York (18th of June). It exceeded my expectations in every way. I highly recommend this to everyone.

I thought the quality and breadth of the NY lineup was excellent. Each speaker gave honest, entertaining, and insightful talks about their experiences working with/founding startups.
I don't think the US court system agrees, which is what I'm asking about here.

In fact, it seems straightforward to make a case against the student's activities. From the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act:

(2) intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains—

...

(C) information from any protected computer;

The phone numbers are probably information from a protected computer.

Young people are pretty often cavalier about jeopardizing their futures. I'm just checking whether there is, in fact, a chance that this young person could have.
Spying Together: Germany's Deep Cooperation with the NSA
eBay Valet is a new application. Easy there, tiger. Unless I'm misinformed, it is a new service leveraging eBay's existing auction/commerce platform.
Who was it that said "If you can imagine it most likely someone else has already built it"...
Simple Lazy List Implementation in C++
Maybe the hackers found their API keys in the app binary.
The Yo joke keeps on getting funnier. First 1.2 million dollars of funding for an app that allows you to send, "yo" to your friends and now this hack. What the hell was the money spent on? It certainly wasn't security. I'd imagine the developers threw a massive party with kegs and thousands of pizzas with the funding money because lets be honest: Yo is an MVP product that is not refined nor innovative and could be built by a 14 year old with a Udemy course on Objective-C. The fact it supposedly took 8 hours to build and started off as an April Fools Day joke says it all, right?

I like stupid apps and things like this, but the fact this received funding just reminds me of 1999. Apps like this shouldn't take funding, they're short-lived hype apps, they're not the next Twitter or Facebook. Can the bubble just pop already please? Save the VC funding for startup ideas that actually deserve it. This is the pet rock of mobile apps.

At least Mike Judge has a plot he can adopt for season two of Silicon Valley though.
The Satori Generation
The majority of wireless radiation/semen quality studies show oxidative stress as the mechanism behind the observed DNA damage. Sperm cells are a great model for studying the effects because they don't have the same protective measures as other, longer living, cell types.
So IMHO its been amply demonstrated that the conventional idea of non-ionizing radiation being unable to do harm apart from increasing temperature, is simply wrong. The damage happens via a secondary effect (free radical overproduction) that is independent of temperature increase.
Consider looking at this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7920199
I think that text is for the benefit of people who just registered a YC account to go through registration - which is obviously not us.
Running an event in a country with a foreign language and culture is hard.

Getting a bit off-topic, but this is no longer really true in a lot of Europe. I haven't tried organizing an event in France without speaking French, but it is perfectly easy to organize an event in Denmark without speaking Danish. So many events are organized by multinational organizers that doing all the organization in English is not only possible, but becoming the default.
This really should have more visibility. :(
Chief Justice Roberts will send Justices Kennedy and Ginsburg around to make an example of one of the Federal Circuit justices.

Kind of like how the Mob do business but will gavels instead of baseball bats.

"Ya know, that's a really nice bench ya got there. It'd be a pity if something were to happen to it..."

PS: I think the premise of the Supreme Court justices enforcing their judgments, Mafia enforcer-style, would make a great graphic novel. I can see Ginsburg going all Tommy DeVito on some Federal Circuit judge's ass and burying the body in the Rose Garden.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" - Thomas J. Watson, 1943.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson
One thing people keep forgetting: GHash.io is not a single entity. GHash is made up of miners who choose to be there. It is very easy for a miner to switch to another pool.
Judge pull requests by the conversation
hahaha

Their Europe expert is even worse than their Afghanistan expert!

We sure put dumb people on those boats.

edit

I do wish everyone the best of luck :)
Agreed.

Also, unless these public-space eyesores are in the desert, tundra, or on open ocean, you have the problem of seasonal foliage changes. Not to mention snow.

Neat visual effect though, and there are certainly good applications for the tech -- but I'm going to say that "public eyesores" ain't one.
As an aside, one of the really interesting ideas that's bubbling up from Rust is that it's not mutable state that's a problem, it's shared mutable state, and that you can make it safe by removing the sharing, rather than removing the mutability:

http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2014/05/13/focu...

I have no idea if this is true, but it's going to be really interesting to see that idea tried.
No scientist has claimed that BICEP2 has proven anything and there's no such thing as "scientific proof". Here we have the group itself admitting that the conclusion is no longer as strong as it was. What are you actually trying to say?
Reminds me of the painted high rises in Prague:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Jahodov%C...

Just painting harsh concrete architecture with some simple patterns can make it a lot more pleasant and humane.
I live in Germany, near Frankfurt, and I'm comfortable with tech events being in London. The preferred way to get to major European cities is by airplane anyway, so it really doesn't make any difference travel-wise if something happens in Paris, Berlin, or London.

I do think London is the best choice though since it's guaranteed to be an English-speaking setting and as far as I can tell it's the most influential startup hub in Europe.
Any idea where can one check the status, participate in discussions and contribute to this project?
KryoFlux is a USB-based floppy controller
http://www.kryoflux.com/
The flow can be more simple, as you suggest, but what you lose is the assurance from Google that this app is from the publisher it's marked as being from and all of the surrounding mechanisms like push updates that it makes no sense to reimplement on a per app basis.
"Oy!"
This reminded me of aersia.net, it has a few playlists with game music.

http://vip.aersia.net/vip.swf
http://vip.aersia.net/vip-exiled.swf
The author mentions getting involved with Video for Windows in the early '90s. For a laugh, here's some official VfW sample video from 1992 for comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ieKNtZ8yY
Fundamental Changes Between Environments of Fedena, Uzity and Flux
I mean, that seems like overkill. I'd have advised a quick DOM edit (or an Adblock rule if he's planning on perusing that site often)
Chrome has finally fixed this. There is a flag for DirectWrite in the release version, but it's actually polished in Canary.

They are aiming for 37.

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692#c...
I applied earlier, and I was trying to get my school to cover my costs there, but it turned out to be a dead end. Looks like I will have to turn my invitation down (if I ever do receive one, that is). Bummer.
Smartphones have already killed the amateur camera market. Now they are after semi-professional.
Bitcoin Foundation Mulling Standard BTC Denominations, Bitcoin Unicode
Why do think it is dubios ? This is a honest question.
Well, yes, until tomorrow.
America Is Getting the Science of Sun Exposure Wrong
One of my favorite Onion videos to date is "Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty 'Totally Badass'." Complete with court sketches and everything.
How To Get Rid of Trojan Horses
The easiest way to get rid of trojan horses
Almost the same here, except I keep it in a box in the shed. For example I have a Nexus 10 that I never use and I can't be arsed selling it but would happily sell it through eBay valet.
What time does it start and end? Trying to see if I can fly in and out on the Saturday or if I'll need to stay over.
Von Neumann and the birth of the modern computer
Familiar yet strange: Water's 'split personality' revealed by computer model
The death of the American mall
Not only that but they are simply doing it with pre-paid shipping boxes. People are just going to send them junk.
FIFA World Cup Scams Abound
Clojure vs. Scala?
GridinSoft Trojan Killer v2.2.3.6
IOS Safari Locks Up and Freezes When Clicking on Input Box
We are quickly coming to an end of an era where hardware can compensate for sloppy code and processes. We are heading back to the days of 640k barrier or the old C-64 days. It was amazing how efficient programs were and the genius of the software engineers.

We might even get surprised by the code of something like Elite. An incredibly brilliant piece of software that did so much more then what was thought possible.
as a coincidence, I've been reading Pamela Zave's paper on chord myself recently. The combination of alloy's "small world hypothesis" and its ability to generate small counter examples is very useful in the context of distributed systems. Maybe it's just me, but it 'feels' a lot lighter than Coq.
Maybe they haven't spent the 1.2 million dollars? Maybe they and their investors know a little bit more than we do and have something up their sleeves.

What we do know is they sure have recieved a lot of attention they wouldn't have otherwise.
Lessons in insecure SSL courtesy of Hoyts cinemas
John W. Thompson, Chairman of the Board Microsoft on Software Defined Datacenter
Estimation techniques are one thing; how much OTHER people would charge is another.

How much would make you happy to do the above tasks?
Qualitative improvement for problem solving
No controlled study was done, so any unexpected confounding factors would invalidate the results. This type of study is nearly pointless when trying to demonstrate a causal link.
Same difference. Where do you think this "free won't" originates?
The funding came from the CEO himself, it's just a marketing scheme...
Affirmation                             Videos
I've been thinking about consulting myself, and have slowly been working out solutions to those problems. Remember this is from someone who doesn't actually consult yet though. But since I seem to be the first one to comment here goes nothing:

1 - I'm in the UK so not a problem. But if I was in the US and didn't have a regular income, no immediate life-threatening diseases and was just starting out I'd be tempted to let that slide for a few months. Put it on the priority list for when you get stable.

2 - Think of yourself as your customer that's looking for a consultant. Find consultants in your local area-ish and ask them what their rate is. Make it a bit cheaper than that to start with and be honest with your customers that you are just starting out, "so you're getting an experienced dev for cheap but I would like to use you as a reference."

3 - As much work as you can get to start with! Never stop looking for business. Even if you're jammed with work right now (and you're not) you should expect to spend some of your time each week "feeding the pipeline". Also remember to sell support contracts to your customers as much as you can, this is where you're going to get your regular income. You charge more for "instant response" and on-the-day fixes. Free tech support is "I'll answer an email when I get a chance". It also makes sure that your customers know that just because you did some work for them that doesn't mean they now get 24/7 support for free for life.

4 - I've worked from home for 3 years and I like it. Some don't. Either way make sure to get some social interaction. I have a dog I walk to the pub :). Another good way to meet people is to join a gym but then do the sports clubs there - I've joined the squash club and we meet every Thursday and Sunday. It's good because you meet different people and it kind of forces you to get out. Also remember to put in a bit of effort to see friends and family. It takes a little more effort because it means you have to get off your arse and out of the house - but it's not that much more.

5 - Sales, sales, sales. Who are your contacts? What business meetups are there in your local area? Is your website setup with your own domain and clean and professional? Do you have business cards? You're not just a dev now, you're a businessman/dev.

Hope this helps...
That doesn't make sense. What if people want to change the database schema, and 4 developers are working on it at once?
SpaceX is very neat, but I'm not sure they represent a change in the pace of design. Scaled Composites has been operating with a lean team for decades now. And arguably, Scaled Composites has been more willing to tread unproven ground with novel technology. SpaceX has been sticking more to proven concepts, which mitigates one of the big risks of this sort of R&D.
It is indeed totally badass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyph_DZa_GQ&feature=kp
Node.js is the latest security risk for developers
The computer was obviously not protected.
Is there some example of embedded discourse? As a general discussion forum it's quite bad, but seems ideal for this kind of stuff (as an alternative to disqus). Additionally, are there providers of discourse, either paid or ad-powered, so people don't have to take care of it?
What's the worst that could happen? I'm not trying to minimise the severity of their fail; I am genuinely curious if they could have pushed something malicious to user phones?
It started as a small idea. Now, it can change the world.
Dropbox has won? Won what? Was there an International File Sync and Sharing Software Competition?

How is that relevant to the issue of giving a third-party access to ALL OF YOUR EMAIL for the sake of convenience? How does that justify doing so rather than developing a client-side, FOSS solution?
It was new to me. Thanks for posting.
The Magical Powers of Case Studies for Startups
While i was messing around with another app , what i saw was that parse apps leak their clientkeys but not the application Id.
I did look more into it . parse does some sort of hashing to make an iid which is sent with each request .
I am pretty sure that the iid is made from the app key and the client key.
I did mess around a lot with an app using parse with charles web proxy and a number of decompilation tools i plan to write about it soon. ( as soon as i get something concrete)
Check the map. Reykjavik is much, much further from Europe and flights there cost fortune usually.
Flights to UK are really cheap and frequent.
Better comparison would be "By the same logic they should be hosted in Dublin".
Wow... for that hardware, a 4.77MHz 8088 PC with CGA graphics and Sound Blaster audio, those stats are overwhelming:

1. Variable frame-rates up to 60 FPS.

2. Audio rates to 45kHz.

3. 16 colors through composite artifacting.

4. Simultaneous color and B&W output.

On a related note, you will probably be interested in Michael Abrash's Zen of Assembly Language. From the "README.md":

"This is the source for an ebook version of Michael Abrash's Zen of Assembly Language: Volume I, Knowledge, originally published in 1990. Reproduced
with blessing of Michael Abrash, converted and maintained by James Gregory. Original conversion produced by Ron Welch."

https://github.com/jagregory/abrash-zen-of-asm
Investimento Privado e Interesse Público na Infraestrutura Rodoviária
Heatmaps, contours, and 2D histograms in Plot.ly
First 1.2 million dollars of funding

I wont believe the funding until, it's been confirmed. This not funding, this is PR hype. Able worked for a company and the CEO wanted the Yo app. The same CEO has given him the funding. I've heard many stories of fake funding on Angellist why should this be any different.
Get-popcorn.com changed url to popcorntime.io
You're gonna have to state at least what your thing is supposed to do...
No it didn't. The funding came from multiple investors, not the CEO himself.
This is how their homepage appear in my chrome:

http://i.imgur.com/UCfMstr.png
The more I progress in our domain of expertise, the more I observe we're being incredibly wasteful† all over the place. For all the expressiveness power of our platforms and languages it somehow sounds insane that time (ruby -e '100_000_000.times {}') takes four solid seconds on my 3.4GHz machine††. I know, bogoMIPS are no benchmark, this is just to exemplify that layers of abstraction, while useful (necessary even), are also harmful, the underlying question being: how much layers is too much layers?

I dream of a system redesigned from the ground up, where hardware and software components, while conceptually isolated, cooperate instead of segregating each other to layers. See how ZFS made previously segregated layers cooperate to offer a robust system, see how TRIM operates on the lowest hardware levels by notifying of filesystem events, see how OSI levels get pierced through for QoS and reliability concerns. Notice how the increase in layers and thus holistic complexity rampantly leads to more bugs, more vulnerabilities, more energy wasted. We all know the fastest code is the one that does not execute, the most robust code is the one that doesn't get written, the most secure code is the one that doesn't exist. Why do I still see redraws and paintings and flashes in 2014? Why does a determined adversary has such a statistical advantage that he is almost guaranteed toget a foothold into my system? This is completely unacceptable. For as much as we love playing with it, the whole web stack, while a significant civilization milestone, is, as a whole, a massive technological failure (the native stack barely fares better).

† I consider wasteful and bloated subtly distinct

†† not at all an attack on Ruby, just what I happen to have at hand right now
Apple is reportedly planning multiple versions of the iWatch – in October
Can't give you more details at the moment but we're launching soon. I think you'll like it.
Ask HN: Do you have separate users for work and personal stuff on your Mac?
Just received a new Mac from my workplace, and I was wondering if it was a good idea to have a user for work/development, and another one for games and other stuff. Any thoughts?
Protected computers: In practice, any ordinary computer has come under the jurisdiction of the law, including cellphones, due to the inter-state nature of most internet communication. (See the case history, below).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
UNOSAT: Rapid mapping to aid disaster response
Ukraine. Lugansk will soon be ours Tank column moving to Lugansk
I quite like that perspective. Having to accept wait and lag on i7 processors, 2digit gigs of ram as fast as never before etc * ) is really frustrating.

Luckily, in my experience at least, Microsoft is finally starting to catch up on usability and efficient use of hardware. Windows 7 didn't raise the bar for hardware specs significantly and neither did Windows 8, 8.1 etc [1]

*) not talking data science, rendering, games or user/admin misconfiguration, i.e. DNS timeouts etc.

[1] : windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/system-requirements
This is the only one that matters: http://sndtst.com/Mega_Man_III

:)
UK’s Legal Justification For Snooping: Statement
The only part that you can't do is the cup of coffee. That doesn't mean you can't start a dialogue. Many people got their jobs through this kind of initial contact and some common interest, often in an open source project.

The best approach, as you mention, probably doesn't include asking for a job right away. Build some interest first.
Algorithm to determine if a video is running forward or backward
This was always going to be the case eventually (a task that was already performed, this just invalidates adding "on a computer").

It's much harder for the law (I would say impossible) to actually judge stuff that is obvious. For example wavelet patents in certain video codecs are absurd - improving fourier transforms in a very very obvious way - but it won't be obvious to a judge or a jury and certainly isn't covered by this supreme court decision.

The more specialised people become in certain fields the more 'obvious' discoveries become. The law has no means to understand what rights it's protecting, and for how long they should be protected, which means it will never police the patent's system effectively, no matter what this judgement says.

Given how fast software patents and technology change and that the law can't judge them effectively I would suggest that instead of all this mess can we not just have software patents that last a maximum of 5 years.
As a non EU who lives in France, I find it very difficult to go to England due to Visa issues and the high cost of living there when you do the conversion of euro to pounds. so its not a very good choice I think.
That's no plane wreck, that's a Google WiFi balloon
Gallup: Public Confidence in TV News at All-Time Low | CNS News
House Passes Amendment To Cut Off Funding For NSA’s “Backdoor” Searches
Before they switched to cards, did they have a coin change machine?

My own building was only built in the 2000s and has a single coin operated machine. It was also fairly cheap. I suspect that many conversions are funded and operated by an outside vendor.
Orange is the New Black perfect impressions
Inside the Moscow Proton rocket factory research lab
Don't even image it, tar it up. That way you get defragmentation too.
Great marketing, everyone is talking about the app now. Just heard it on the FM radio.

The title of the article even hints to this be marketing.. "allegedly."

I don't believe much of anything I see on the Internet. I think you shouldn't either!
is it really true that Israel is the biggest tech hub in Europe? (if we consider that its part of europe ) ,I always though its Berlin
I sense the frustration around this subject is building. What I'm afraid of is that once it boils over into action it will lead to a repetition of moves. That's the hard one, to get a 'fresh start' going is ridiculously easy and one of the reasons we have this mess in the first place.

Very hard to avoid the 'now you have two problems' trap.
I totally agree. As a college student, Startup School definitely opened up my eyes, and it was amazing to hear from people who were in a similar position as me.

I wrote up a blog post about "What I Learned at Startup School," if anyone wants to check it out: https://medium.com/@virjog/what-i-learned-at-startup-school-...
A fast and simple Hack Lang HHVM Router
Show HN: World Cup Swift
I'm not very well versed with Android related things, but isn't a Google account required for Android anyway? If so, using it to sign in to an Android app seems like a reasonable choice.
Watch the company you keep.
>something like Elite

What is it? Elite is a word used many places so I couldn't google it.
Someone doesn't believe in innovation through constraints! I spot a nonbeliever!

....

;)
You made this "open letter" knowing it's a lightning rod to abuse her. Since that was a predictable outcome of your action, you share responsibility in abuse.

I resent you leading abuse against her, especially when we give you our money... to give to decent people.

I resent you piling onto her (ironically from Medium) while her account is protected due to other attacks.

I resent your "need" to do so PUBLICLY to someone who suffers threats of violence for fundamentally improving the world. Your reason: "because my resentment is my problem, and I need to express it to you".

I resent you THANKING people who call your top users (like her) "professional victims" -- yet you "resent" it when important criticism is turned onto you.
This is stated quite prominently in the article.