skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If you edit as a logged-in user, your IP address is only revealed if it gets checked by a CheckUser, a specific class of user who has access to the CheckUser logs. I have access to the CheckUser logs for one Wikimedia project, for instance.

Those lookups are themselves logged and have to be justified, and people aren't allowed to just go on fishing trips into that data - there has to be a plausible case for why someone is going to go look for them.

If you are editing in a non-controversial fashion and want to preserve your privacy, using an account is a much better way to do so than editing as an IP. If your are logged in, the only people who can see your IP are (hopefully) trusted users in response to a legitimate abuse request or one of the other criteria listed in the privacy policy and CheckUser policy. If you aren't logged in, everybody can see your IP address.
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I was testing with:

PHP 5.6.0beta4 (cli) (built: Jun 12 2014 14:13:53)

Zend Engine v2.6.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

with Zend OPcache v7.0.4-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend Technologies

with Xdebug v2.2.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2014, by Derick Rethans

vs.

PHP 5.5.13 (cli) (built: Jun 12 2014 13:54:54)

Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

with Zend OPcache v7.0.4-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend Technologies

with Xdebug v2.2.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2014, by Derick Rethans

...but, as I said - this is with very limited testing, basically just on Travis (which goes up and down in speed all day, but the difference between versions is pretty steady).
From wikipedia, it seems the keeping of accurate time (i.e. known
relativistic effects) was already solved before the first NAVSTAR Global
Positioning System (GPS I) satellites were constructed. What you're
possibly remembering is one of the GPS predecessor systems like Transit
or more likely, Timation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Prede...
We don't need a RDBMS; we get along quite well with key/value + keyscans, making it a lot easier to switch to a database with roughly similar features later (CouchBase, Cassandra, HBase, possibly others)
The OFF System
I love the presentation of this app, simple and clear message!

And it's much cheaper than Hazel that i have been using for many years, so for those that don't need all the advanced stuff this is perfect!
Testing AngularJS apps with Karma and Rails
It does, in fact GPS positioning error, derived from fixed GPS stations, is often used as an input for weather forecast models like WRF. The error is closely binded to the atmospheric water content. Using the different azimuths from the GPS constellation you can even build up a 3d representation of the water content on different layers of the atmosphere.
Ask HN: Which startup biography to read?
I'm going on a trip for 3 weeks and would like to read a book.
Was thinking about "Hatching Twitter". Heard from a friend that it has GOT moments where everybody stabs each other. Any other recommendations?
Direct link to the course page:

https://www.udacity.com/course/ud853
and there i was hoping they were removing dropbox from their bandwidth limitations.
Ahhh, that would make it simple! I was hoping you were going to recommend a device that would make it work for my single Thunderbolt port MBP.
Agreed on the form factor filter. I'm currently planning out a high-powered mATX gaming/dev machine, but this site as it currently functions wouldn't let me do this.
Right right, I digress there. Still, the point of the case remains - Google is crushing it and is, along with Musk & co., absolutely one of the most exciting companies in the world to watch right now.
Founders At Work [0] (by YC founder Jessica Livingston) has the stories of many great founders and their companies. It's my favorite book on the subject.

[0] http://www.foundersatwork.com/
Hmm ive got to try this id guess that CL would block their ip but if not then this is a great idea
What migrating to Java 8 will do to your codebase–a practical example
Nice and helpful diagrams, although IMHO explanation would be much clearer if he used the common CSS terminology, like floats instead of things like "positioned left/right". If I haven't already know how pull-* classes work internally I'm not sure if I'd able to follow through.
Last 10000km before landing on a comet
Seriously love this product. What the Realm guys are missing is the fact that Couchbase Lite is really a replication protocol overlayed SQLite. Couchbase Lite did not always use SQLite and is in the process of switching to ForestDB as the underlying persistent store. As far as API's go, I have not seen a more intuitive design than CBL's. It almost makes too much sense. Once you get Sync Gateway setup, you have a mini iCloud. Watch the CloudKit presentations and you'll see that CBLite solves what Apple is leaving up to developers as far as Sync goes.
This is the new Dropbox, with Condoleezza Rice et al on the board.

How do you grow your installed base? Give a big corporation a load of money to install it on their customers' devices, whether they like it or not.
I guess all of that Internet rage at Dropbox getting Condoleezza Rice has faded. What's on TV?
It would be trivial to check if someone has watched something before they downvoted, and adjust algorithms accordingly (ignore the vote internally and lower that voter's general impact).
Is it just me or is this a 180 degree turn around for Deutsche Telekom? After the NSA scandal they planned to create an "All-German Internet" [0] (a strange plan to begin with) but now they seem to be saying: we don't care, let us let our users store their data in "in data centers across the United States" [1]. As if nothing ever happened.

[0] http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/deutsche-telekom...
[1] https://www.dropbox.com/help/7/en
What's the advantage of animated WebP over WebM?

Are there many websites using WebP that aren't Google properties?

I'll be interested to see if a VP9- or Daala-based version of WebP is more compelling.
but nissan is already promising a 200 mile car for half the model 3 price... your argument is valid for prius today, not for model 3 whenever it's launched.
And you could probably scrape that information from every listed restaurant in the country in a matter of seconds.
A detailed exposé on how the market is rigged from a data-centric approach
IME in physics, the term "radiation" usually refers to particles whose total energy is much greater than their rest mass. Not all free electrons constitute beta radiation; only those whose velocity is some considerable fraction of the speed of light. Massless particles such as photons, on the other hand, are always radiation according to that definition.
Core OS
They could be a non-US citizen who don't plan on visiting US, ever.
Yes, currently second most selling car (after nissan leaf) or something like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5PqPeOPT0 <- winter review in Norway.
I'm surprised that sending the same message didn't get picked up by CL email-proxy spam filters. Maybe they found a room fast enough.
My enemy's enemy is my friend, until he also becomes my enemy, which happens sooner or later
Talk about deployment hell - puts things into perspective:

"to counteract the General Relativistic effect once on orbit, they slowed down the ticking frequency of the atomic clocks before they were launched"

The mind boggles.

It makes me uneasy that we only have this single system though (the effects of a GPS failure would be quite severe I guess). Do the people behind GPS collaborate with the Galileo folks?

Thanks a lot for the submit, now I need to find a good book on the history behind the GPS!
Just downloaded it and a bit disappointed it doesn't sort the existing download folder - furthermore, I would like a delete-after-x-days feature, preferably per website.
Especially since Telekom has its own cloud storage service.
Brendan Gregg on The Setup
BuildZoom (YC W13) is looking for a data journalist
BuildZoom takes the pain and uncertainty out of remodeling and construction. We do this by analyzing millions of public and private records to provide people with the insight and recommendations needed to optimize for a positive outcome. We already have over 600k monthly users in the $300 billion home improvement market and are growing rapidly.

We're looking for a uniquely talented writer with a strong background in quantitative analysis, to transform our data into compelling and interesting stories.

Here are several examples of the types of challenges you would tackle:

1. Quantify the return-on-investment for different types of improvement projects by studying how remodeling expenditures influence real estate prices.
2. Explore the impact of government policy on actual remodeling and construction trends.
3. Track the growth in emerging sectors of the construction market (e.g. residential photovoltaic systems)

This would be a great role for someone interested in the following:

1. Working with a well capitalized, early stage consumer start-up.
2. Tackling a very large, offline problem.
3. Being one of the first non-engineering hires and working closely with the founders.
4. The opportunity to grow into a strategic, leadership role.

Requirements:

1. Ability to write clean, concise prose that draws readers in. Journalism experience is a plus.
2. Proficiency with statistical and economic modeling.
3. Insight and interest in construction, remodeling and/or real estate.
4. Willingness to embrace the challenges that come along with early stage companies.

If interested, please e-mail jiyan@buildzoom.com with several writing samples and your cv or linkedin profile.
Creating 3d button effects with box shadows and border radius
And the fun thing is, there is two OLD! persian script available, (Pahlavi, OldPersian Both dead for almost 1500 year) and the current Persian is not supported :)))
I'd really like to see some Mini-ITX/Micro-ATX choices on there for people that want to build smaller systems.
I ran it for about 2 weeks. No issues. The frequency is low too.
Job market isn't great here either (France, so not as bad as Italy), and I perfectly understand one taking a shitty job to support one's family.

Still, getting a job where you are paid with my money to harass me is not the way to get on my good side.
Either way, I never take those calls, and never take anonymous calls either, unless I'm looking for a job.

Beside, that kind of behavior from a company here (in France at least, and probably most of Europe) is probably illegal.
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights"
I love the fact that they use The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the text for showcasing the fonts, using every opportunity to stand for human rights!
Yelp Liberates Its API To Box Out Foursquare And Google
Yes, this is correct. Thank you for pointing that out.

If a company is producing new ideas, and stock pile them in the form of patents, are they playing the game correctly?

Is it (just) an issue in the case of sotware patent?
I'll venture to guess they're running off of AWS. CL blocks ec2 us-east ip's. So it probably wouldn't work.
It's just a shame that Noto Sans doesn't have a nice range of weights. They would of been better off improving Open Sans instead of creating yet another font.
Hazel seems like a more robust solution, and it also allows you to set rules beyond just the 'Downloads' folder.
Especially since there was a story the other day about the US government having access to US companies' servers, regardless of whether or not they are on US soil.
I always just said that I left for a few semesters for financial reasons, and discovered that I preferred industry over academia. It has the virtue of being the truth (for me), and no one will ever press you to explain your finances.
Intent to Ship – The picture element
By the way, Pogge also has recordings of some of his lectures available as mp3. Astro162 was especially interesting, and also goes into more detail on the effects and implications of relativity.
This is possibly the most interesting thing I've read on HN. I knew that a similar principle is used for CT scans, but I never thought of blowing it up to Earth-scale. Thank you.
Because only a tiny percentage of their users would use such a feature.
How to plan a redesign
As a consumer, I find these bundled apps a pain. But a brilliant business move by dropbox to become ubiqutous as the default file sharing app.
If they rebrand, you won't even know it's dropbox under the hood.
However, the combination of Standard Ruby + Thin/Unicorn + Rails is about the slowest possible combination. That on Ruby 2.1 gives you 1,455 req/sec. The fastest possible combination (JRuby + Torqbox + Rack) gets you 10,159 req/sec.

That is giving up 85.67% performance before you write a single useful line of code. That means at best possible performance, the standard rails app is 6.98 times slower than the fastest Ruby code could be. That also means your standard rails app is at least 7 times slower than the comparable Go or Scala app, simply because of your server, runtime, and framework.

Part 2 : measure development time without frameworks? ;)

awesome work! I enjoyed this as I was making comparisons between puma and unicorn.

A co-worker of mine has been battling a rails 3 -> 4 and ruby 1.9 -> 2.1 transition. I'm hoping this helps drive the needle in the right direction.
Are there similarly up to date post for node, python, and php?
Doesn't work for me either (Can't drag). Firefox/Macbook (Maverick)
Woosh, that's the sound of sarcasm flying past you.
> Every bug we discover will be filed in an external database.

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/li...

I am surprised that they didn't use something (other than Google Code) where one could more easily search by vendor or product, or other kinds of tags like "privilege escalation possible", "CVE-2014-0160", or "stack overflow" (as far as I know Google Code Issues doesn't support tags of any kind; maybe I'm wrong?), but I can see the appeal of using off-the-shelf code from somewhere else in Google.
What is the preferred method for a row that needs to span the entire width of the container? As in, without the 15px margin on the column? Just set the margins to 0px?
The average consumer does not care. The average mom and pop just want to see it work across all devices. Take a photo, it available on your website or ios device immediately.
Guido for technical expertise. Condoleeza for strategic partnerships. I see the plan now...
Ryan was nice enough to list out what he used for Railscasts: http://railscasts.com/about

Heil PR 40 - the microphone
KeyCastr - visual keyboard shortcuts

Both are valuable.
"Taylor made", random capitalization of words that shouldn't be capitalized... Not encouraging when it comes to a would-be paid service.
Google does not let you scrape.
Rust looks very interesting for the embedded programmer. Imagine a leightweight OS with minimal runtime requirements, similar to Contiki[1], but done right.

[1] http://contiki-os.org/
I have unknowingly used container inside container before and it has acted funky. Now i understand why. I also wondered why not just stuff a row and col class into the same div tag instead of nesting div tags. This article clears it up.

I wanted to explore foundation and uikit but always keep coming back to Bootstrap. It has proven an invaluable item in my toolbox. Its nice to understand the underlying reasons.
Actually, Vic did G+.
Doesn't surprise me the least bit. Where there is something available to exploit (in this case, access to direct, fast feeds), it will be exploited.

Would it be possible, legally and technically, to put a special additional fee/tax onto high-frequency trading while leaving normal high-volume traders alone?
Use of performance enhancing drugs in junior athletes as young as 12
You cannot defend frontrunning of a market.

If I ask for X at Y. Someone else shouldn't have the facility to buy it based on my own trade signal and try sell it back to me.

It is mindblowingly simple theft. The arguments for liquidity do not hold. There is some fascinating cognitive dissonance when it comes to the HFT industry.
Thanks for this. I'm excited about this course. Personally I never really liked the course material in the developer docs. It seems structured, but you can go into way too many directions at once. At least that's what happened to me
Again: http://www.drop-dropbox.com/

I will not stop posting this on every Dropbox story on here. I find it reprehensible. Information from the linked site above on why you should not use this company's software and move to an alternative such as SpiderOak:

Why Condoleezza Rice should not hold power at Dropbox

* She helped start the Iraq War

"The Iraq War directly caused over 120,000 civilians to die. The total body count, including soldiers, is nearly 188,000. Nearly 5,000 US and coalition forces were killed. Over 30,000 were seriously wounded."

* She was involved in the creation of the Bush administration's torture program

"Rice verbally agreed to allow torture methods to be used on captured suspects, and then lied about the extent to which she was involved."

* Rice not only supports warrantless wiretaps, she authorized several

"Rice not only spoke in favor of the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program and expansive domestic surveillance program, she authorized the warrantless wiretap of UN Security Council members."

Is this really a company you want to trust your data with, let alone your money given the blood on Rice's hands?

I feel like a broken record posting this each time a story comes up on HN but I feel it needs to be said so people can be educated about this company.
What's up with the yellow lines going from already-excluded parties?
Thanks. This work is interesting http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00444081
Unfortunately the main thesis is in french, however there are included articles in english and lots of references.
I am currently working on a project using a high density GPS stations network we deployed in the south east of France. We have had good results for nowcasting and to map in 3d the atmospheric weather content. No publication yet though.

2d maps of rainfall have also been derived from interpolated GSM antennas, using the signal loss.
FYI - I left big blue a couple of years ago now, but there was a slow move towards apple client hardware amongst IBMers underway while I was there, so I reckon the integration of parts you talk about there is probably quite well catered for by now.
Chargebacks in the UK are protected by law, where credit is concerned, because the CC company is a party to the debt they are legally compelled to return the money to you pending an investigation.

I don't know about the rest of Europe but here in the UK it's just as easy as the US and just as black and white.
> if that were the case the enterprise software wouldn't have the horrendous, dreadful UIs it has

Yeah, god forbid companies developing applications that are more complex than Silicon Valley's ephemeral, featureless und useless Twitter clones where a big button "I'm special" is enough to satisfy all needs of their teenage customers.
Not using smart pointers is "memory leaks and security exploits" land.

RAII is great, but not when dealing with shared data structures.

So I lack to see how it can be better.

Note that I am a big C++ fan since the C++ARM days, but I am also aware of many of its warts.
Link at the top of the page, https://www.google.com/fonts/earlyaccess has fonts, including Noto.
Or the whole, "lol honeypot for files",

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2014/07/14/jtrig... (shaping and honeypots) ... so uh, that Rice to the board looks a bit more obvious now.
The course is free. To access it click on "View Courseware". $150/month is for Verified Certificates, Coaching etc.
I'm guessing that's people going through the shopping cart and then dropping out before completing their purchase.
Micron has announced monolithic chips DDR3 SDRAM
Oh come on, "email made in Germany" was a marketing stunt all along - a simple way to benefit from the general rage related to the NSA scandal. It didn't make any sense in the first place and I'm sure Telekom is very well aware of this.
The nicest thing about RailsCasts, for me, was ASCIIcasts - I'm sure I'm in a minority, but I've never had much time for watching videos or listening to podcasts. GoRails seems to lack that, but perhaps for the majority that's a non-issue.
Hate to break it to you, but most professional programmers have no deep knowledge of:

* runtime systems
* detailed memory management
* algorithmic complexity

Yet, quite a lot of those build parts of huge systems that work and meet business requirements all the time, which makes them very desirable professionals.

Being able to competently benchmark is a fringe skill.
All about Software Updates
We Need This: A Maps App That Algorithmically Finds You the Scenic Route
Link to paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.1031
They still have copyright on the software: copying it and, say undercutting the AEC on the fee-for-service would be illegal. Far more likely that the AEC don't want to have their software open to scrutiny by politically-motivated geeks.
Its certainly possible technically (and legally in some cases). Italy has a 0.02% tax on transactions lasting less than half a second: http://www.dw.de/italy-first-to-slap-tax-on-high-speed-stock...
I didn't think the audio quality was "really, really bad". It does have a slight echo effect, or maybe hall effect (not my area of expertise so please excuse me if I'm not describing it correctly).

I've watched a couple of them now and, if I hadn't seen your comment, I don't think I would have given the audio a second thought.

If Chris Oliver happens to see this: nice work!
Did you read the section under health concerns citing scientific studies? It's compelling enough that the FDA is taking another look and the companies are trying to do damage control.

Here's more info and you'll see that the companies are trying to reduce the amount of the chemical in their diet sodas:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/caramel-colo...
just read review that stories are bit outdated. does this statement stands the ground?
I'm sure xie wouldn't mind.
>something Apple has singularly failed at

Rubbish.

Apple has billions/trillions of iMessages/Push Notifications going through iCloud and how often have they failed ? Rarely. Also they run the world's largest media and app stores (iTunes) which again rarely fail. To say that they have completed failed at international scale web applications is a stretch.
A well maintained library for c# lovers
http://accord-framework.net/
20? Panorama has been around since Firefox 4.
Can't you just not use a column? or not use a container at all? I think the second would be preferred way according to his post.
Debunking the myth of born smart: brains are overrated.
>Can Apple support the cloud analytics needed to process the large amount of human-generated, personal sensor data for the many enterprise verticals that will be transformed by this data?

No. Which is why they are looking to IBM to condense this "big data" on the server side and stream it to the iOS devices.
I think it was done by IBM. As a side note, I think a lot of the memory consumption of 32-bit OS/2 comes from it.
I just meant you don't need necessarily need pointers at all, since you put things directly onto the stack (or into vectors/your favourite data structure), no need for additional indirection.

(Maybe Swift offers this too, but it's certainly something C++ excels at.)
Tesla Model S beating M5... You serious?

http://www.zeperfs.com/en/duel3969-4700.htm
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – July 2014
The best email display with this tip
Looks awesome. Congrats and thanks to everyone working on this.
Yeah, it was sarcasm. I thought it wouldn't get lost considering how short and simple Chrome configuration is.
I noticed the inclusion of Cornish. As of 2011 there were 557 people that claimed Cornish as their primary language.
Gemnasium is releasing in open-source its toolbelt cli written in go