skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That's really interesting. Not doubting the numbers necessarily, but does Alexa still get its numbers from browser toolbars, making it somewhat biased?
This Gadget Can Hijack Any Google Chromecast,It's A Pretty Serious Issue
> Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Tell that to OpenSSL.
If you had a large enough transaction base where you could simultaneously convert in and out of bitcoin chunks such that the transaction didn't suffer f/x creep (or if it did, it was tolerable via transaction costs) that would be a pretty interesting thing indeed.
It sounds as though you are quite skilled across two important areas. Would more money in your pocket make these extra duties more interesting? If not, speak up - they wouldn't want to lose you.

OR

Propose a compromise: you will consult on biz dev, but during day work hours.
Cruise is hiring: http://www.jobscore.com/jobs2/cruiseautomationinc

Apply and talk with them directly. The worst case scenario is that they don't even respond (unlikely) and I bet in the average case you might not get a job but you're learn a lot and have a fun conversation.
So you are saying once it reaches mainstream adoption you risk that the price will start dropping? Seems like a pretty bad road to go down.
Has policy changed? I could swear I had to give a fingerprint last time I opened a bank account in person, and when I got my passport. I suppose that was fifteen years ago...
> Only Firefox shamefully doesn't.

Of course it does. It had "Ask to activate" option for every plug-in since some mid-20s release if not earlier.
I doubt SK is "dumping" all the resources of the USA into its broadband infrastructure. But that's beside the point. USA telcos/cablecos have had ample opportunity to provide decent service. The whole time, they've been coddled by government regulation. When the regulators screwed up and allowed too much competition (e.g. UNE-P) the telcos squealed and the pain went away. Telcos/cablecos don't like government-run competition, because they don't like competition, full stop.
If you like ACM's content, IEEE Spectrum has some good stuff too.
These regulations aren't about consumer protections (if they were, companies would be audited and scored on how well they comply, ala health food scores in restaurants). If regulators solely marked businesses with the metaphorical seal of approval, a democratic, economic process would happen in the market place.

This is entirely about the state inserting themselves between people, their money, and where they want to spend it. You'd be ignorant to believe that the Feds wouldn't apply the same, transaction-ending, censorship level of force to Bitcoin transactions services ("Oh your users are sending money to Wikileaks? We deem that a risky transaction and now require you to hold 10X funds in dollars and to buy additional bonds. Oh What a coincidence that's outside of your financial situation that we have complete privilage to inspect.")
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What took you so long Susan!
I've used the iOS SDK for both in beta deployed apps, and prefer Flurry due to their more flexible custom events. With Google, a custom event has four fields (string, string, string, number), limiting how much you can capture for an event. Flurry allows up to ten, with data types of your choosing.
Ok, i'll bite. How do yo do that? Let's say I have an 800 page Neal Stephenson hardback. I don't want to destroy the book, but I want to copy it. How do I copy that at 0-cost?

Even with a borrowed laser printer/copier with free toner and paper I imagine I have to open the book 400 times and push it onto the copier glass and make a copy. That will take me 5 sec per spread, so say 10 spreads per minute. If I am done just under an hour, then I will have lost $100 of invoicable time. So, that wasn't 0-cost. You must have another way?
You're the uncle I hope to be to my 2 year old niece when she gets older. Good onya!

I don't have kids myself and thus no direct experience to share, but my friends with kids in this situation seem to have the best luck with the hardware-based tools.

Two that come to mind:

https://www.play-i.com/

http://littlebits.cc/

I'm sure there are numerous others these days.

Good luck!
I've seen some apartment buildings that buy a T1 line (or whatever) so they can give their tenants "free" Internet included with their rent. That's basically the same thing.
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Actually, TN is one of the states that has passed laws against municipal broadband. From that article:

It’s illegal because Tennessee prohibits municipals from delivering both electric and internet service in any “area where a privately-held cable television operator is providing cable service.”

Source: http://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadblock...
We're looking into this issue now. You can find situation updates on our status page: https://status.digitalocean.com/
Not sure if this is up his alley or not, but you might look at Scratch:

http://scratch.mit.edu/
That sounds like a roundabout way of saying procedural.
Try OctoberCMS, ProcessWire, or CouchCMS.
So sorry! :( We're working hard to resolve this issue now. You can find updates on our status page: https://status.digitalocean.com/
Further more, to quote Greg Brockman:

"Second, this model [the Bitcoin ecosystem] unbundles the existing financial system into layers run by independent companies. To see the value of this, contrast with the US mobile carriers, who used to own the entire stack. They owned the handsets, the operating systems, the applications running on the phone, and the service. This meant that most of the stack never had anything pushing it to get very good, and there were even incentives to hold it back in order to preserve legacy revenue-generating facilities like SMS. By enabling competition at individual layers of the financial system, each one should improve."

The big banks of NY are threatened by Bitcoin and are working with the same people/regulators they've rubbed elbows for so long. If regulators really cared about protecting consumers they would have prosecuted big banks for the biggest destruction in wealth in human history aka the 2008 financial crash.
It's just NYC 2.
Link to the previous record holder, the 1987 GM Sunraycer

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

Promotional video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hi2lXxNWEY
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After further examination, a number of the features claimed on the website seem to be missing (at least on Windows).

I don't get PDF export, math mode is not enabled by default (and enabling it breaks the super/subscript text-mode notation; they're apparently mutually exclusive), the social media embedding doesn't seem to work either (I tried embedding a youtube video and it just puts up a throbber). This shows a lot of promise, but is very broken right now.

Also, the preferences dialog is buried in the "File" menu ... which I don't think is a standard location on any platform.
I think this makes a lot more sense in the case of gas/oil, where you actually need something to fill the tubes.
Ultimately what it boils down to is that many people (including myself) want something other than the current status quo for internet service, which is a fucking travesty in most of the US in terms of price for (poor) service.

If the solution comes from the private sector, the public sector, or rainbow unicorn fairies is a secondary concern. But the current system is clearly not the answer, which is why I can't read about the home Internet options available to people in most of the world (with a few other exceptions like Canada and Australia) without nearly breaking down and crying.
As soon as I learned that companies are people, I suspected Sprint might have something like that.
My droplets seem to be back up now.
And the workers' union's lobbying abilities are relevant to the utility's efforts to get into broadband how, again?
It's turned off by default in the preferences dialog (which is in the File menu for some reason...) Turning it on breaks some of the other notations (like the text-mode super/sub-scripts).
"Why the fuck do you get to resell something that I made? It's mine, I should get the money for it. Why do you get the money for it? Fuck you, I want my money!" is pretty much how I feel when I hear about people re-selling digital goods. It doesn't make any sense to me. Please explain how the original content creator profits off of this, if he/she doesn't then I believe this ruling is not only immoral, it's also completely stupid.
It should be clarified that this is not "all".

The couple that I have are still up and running just fine.
Nearly the same, save for the fact that python also gives an option for UTF-32.
Flurry's definitely way better than GA for getting set up in spite of all the issues you'll run into at scale. Please give us a call once you hit that though.
I have never given fingerprints to open a bank account
The marginal cost is 0. Since, once you have made your digital copy, you can make infinite copies, your amortized cost per copy approaches 0.
Thanks! I have actually seen that job listing, however I don't meet any of the requirements. How can I get access to these skills when I completed my edication several years ago?
Ask HN: Productivity tools that need to exist?
The landscape of productivity tools is littered with dead bodies. But what else needs to exist? Where are the biggest inefficiencies in your day? Or what would you have a personal assistant do, if you had one?
So if they raised close to $74 million and sold for $200 to $300 million, where do you think that left the founders and early employees?
> Are you seriously saying it's OK to throw rocks at cows?

There's a lot of space between "OK" and "take the boy's eye out with a rock", which is what I'm arguing is the wrong punishment. (No, it's not OK to throw rocks at cows.)

>> should
> According to who?

According to me, of course, for the reasons I (briefly) gave. You're welcome to continue the discussion with your own arguments, and your grandfather's experiences sound interesting.
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The technique of using gdb to attach to ssh is pretty old.

Here's an example from 2005, which was presented (iirc) at Defcon as well: http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-05/bh-us-05-boi...

In that case, SSH-Jack would just piggyback on existing (user-level) ssh connections, which is also pretty serious, though that's not as exciting as stealing keys.
Yo has a documented API, though.
The only time I've ever been fingerprinted is for a license renewal at the California DMV, and I have a passport, a bank account, etc.

AFAIK there has never been a fingerprint requirement for US passports.
It is premature optimization to push him too much one way such as into app development. It sounds like you just have an inquisitive 8-year-old so help him learn and grow. He might end up being an amazing bio-physicist, so I like the idea of exposure a lot more than setting him specifically into only programming.

Build K'Nex with him. Eat dehydrated ice cream with him and explain why it is often called "astronaut ice cream". Take him to children's museums where he can play with levers and such. Fly a drone with him. Heck, build and program a drone with him. Fix a bike together. Get a VCR for $5, hook it up to a TV but in pieces so he can see the parts move as the image comes on TV. Do the same thing with a DVD player right after that. Build model railroad together. Get ham radio certified. Visit whatever local planetarium / star gazing events are out there. Grab a multimeter and let him measure different things. Take two D batteries and connect them with a piece of steel wool and watch it light on fire. (Ok, maybe not that one...)
Stop, HAMR (heat-assisted magnetic recording) time
If you could clarify why your argument applies to digital media but not physical media, it would help.

Or, alternately, do you believe that resale of a thing you made should benefit only you? Is that in perpetuity, or how long should this last?
I'm disappointed to see Mozilla didn't enforce the circle background for icons. Look how ugly the Facebook and Bing icons look among the rest. This is one of my main remaining design issues with Android, too - icon inconsistency (different shapes and sizes)
One of the Farbrausch members is currently making a crowd-funded game. The trailer looks quite promising:

http://www.duangle.com/nowhere
You're not giving enough context to give very good advice. Here's some basic ideas.

To design the shape, you can use a computer 3D CAD program, such as Inventor, SolidWorks, etc. Alternatively, you can just use foam, wax, wood, or some other easy to shape material and manually carve a buck (a buck is something that is the same shape as the final product you want, but only used to create a mold). If it's small you may be able to use a rapid prototyping machine (commonly called 3D printers) to create the buck, if you designed it on a computer.

To prototype, you can try creating a model out of a different material that's easy to shape, then using that buck to make a mold (perhaps out of silicone). After you have created a mold, you can then use mold release, and mix and pour in silicone to create your prototype of the shape you actually want.
> I think you're wrong about having a better shot convincing upgrades as a voter than as a Comcast customer.

Not only do I believe I have a better shot as a voter, I believe I'll have more control over the service I receive.

http://bgr.com/2014/05/20/comcast-twc-customer-satisfaction-...

"In fact, Comcast and TWC’s Internet service businesses were the only two businesses in the United States to score below a 60 on the ACSI’s 100-point scale. What’s most amazing is that both Comcast and TWC have even lower customer satisfaction ratings than United Airlines, which has a notoriously bad reputation in an industry that, due in part to government security requirements, is known for delivering a miserable experience."
I like having more money and stuff.

With money I can buy stuff like homes, cars, and education.

With money I can take vacations (in style).

With money I can buy my way out of trouble.

With money I can afford a macbook pro, even though I don't own one.

If it requires my working 40 hours a week to have all this stuff, I will continue to do so for years to come.
Awesome! I've been waiting for Stripe here down under for ages!
If she had it to do all over again, she says, she might choose a different social media platform altogether. "But this is where everyone I like is," Newman adds, "so I'll stay."

There's still no decentralized social media platform out there? It would be great to post and share but not have my info in someone else's editorial grasp. I think Diaspora was working on this, but I'm not sure how far they got.
Finally! Where I work we're already discussing moving every (all 6 of them) project that we're working on at the moment over to Stripe. I'm so happy, this was a great start to my Tuesday morning!
I agree with the conclusion, but the author could have chosen much better arguments to support that conclusion than rapid population growth, global warming, and the Koch brothers' political activities.
Cool, kudos to you for being so responsive! I see several threads with a similar resolution here.
I would love for someone to start a company that could bring fiber to cities via the kickstarter model. Getting the money upfront from customers could go a long way toward mitigating the risk. Ideally the company would be structured as a hybrid for-profit/customer co-operative (so maybe 20% of the shares would be 10X preferred stock owned by the for-profit arm, and the other 80% of shares would be owned by the customers).
Google Display Network Ad Planner rates Yahoo 3rd [1] (but does not count itself but does include YouTube so ...)

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[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_websites
Workers' unions want to drive expenditure towards projects that employ the most public sector workers, not the ones with best ROI. It also drives up the cost of labor relative to private sector entities that can use non-union labor. Labor is a big part of the expenditures on an infrastructure project.
I find it very hard to believe that you take yourself seriously with that sort of outlook on genders.
Good idea, playing with hardware seems like fun. Thanks!
Or define any internet utility as a common carrier to open up competition.
Clearly they overcame it. Here's a link to an article that may interest you:

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/18/comcasts_worst_nightmare_how...
There was an article on Executive Order 12333 from the Washington Post (written by John Napier Tye, the whistleblower) a couple of days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8056735 (121 points, 11 comments)
Now I'm curious what the cheapest and laziest lawn care solution would be for someone only interested in avoiding municipal fines and rocks through the windows from neighbors.

It's got to be cleverer than mowing less frequently. Surely there's some way to hack lawns so they require almost no care at all right?

(Short of buying a townhome?)
One would hope they would be physically segregating the network and using different fiber strands for SCADA vs home/business users. I would be nervous even if it was logically separated using something like vlans at layer 2; you're one bad configuration change away from possibly damaging consequences.
Well that was a terrible article.

I am trying to work 2-3 days a week to work on open source....
http://techcrunch.com/2008/04/16/alexa-overhauls-ranking-sys...
Also due to political managers that want to increase their head-count to give the impression they have more power.
Anti-Israel protests escalating in Hitler greets, synagogues being attacked by mobs. Right now. In Germany, in France, probably even more all over Europe.

As for the blacks, there have been multiple attacks of right extremists where they have beaten black people near to death in Germany.

And I don't even want to talk about the anti-Roma sentiments ALL over Europe, beginning from France with the rise of Front National and ending in Hungary with Viktor Orban and his cronies doing NOTHING at all to stop mobs from even killing Roma.

We have in our midst a civil war brewing.

And hey, I'd like to have a gun when the left+right wing extremists are all armed to the teeth with illegal guns, pipe bombs and stuff. Add in motorcycle gangs and the various Mafia clans, and you have a shitload of guys with big guns and no respect for anyone but their own safety and cash.
ASD demos do nothing for me, the visuals are mostly nice
but the music ... god awful.
You mean ... this article? The one we're discussing right now?
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I thought it was going to end up that the author decided to ride a bike around the city. The starship of the past is still a starship.

As jwz pointed out, at http://www.jwz.org/blog/2008/05/the-collected-jwz-bicycle-wi... , SF "is only 7 miles across. Nothing is as far away as you think it is."
That's fine for that kind of scenario, but often "unattended run" means something spawned by cron, like a daily backup, or a CI system that spawns build jobs on slave machines. There's not a lot of options there.
I don't know what that really proves. Nobody polls people for satisfaction with their municipal rate boards.

Again, the proof is in the pudding. We have underinvested in our infrastructure to the tune of $3.6 trillion. Our bridges are crumbling, our transit systems haven't been expanded in decades, our sewer systems are polluting the environment because nobody wants to spend the money to bring them in compliance with environmental laws, and yet you posit that public utilities work "very well" and assert that they should get involved in an area where technology moves 10x as fast as the areas in which they already lag behind. I just don't see how you get from point A to point B here.

Let's not forget the big elephant in the room too. The states haee no money. When Illinois is deciding between defaulting on its debt and giving a haircut to public employee pensions, where do you think spending money keeping up with telecom infrastructure upgrades is going to fall in the list of priorities?
yay! these look really great!
Somewhat off-topic but when can we expect a release of TextSecure for iOS?
You might do nothing but celebrate. When we were quickly climbing the top ten did exactly that. The "snowball effect" is mostly what keeps the momentum going and if your app is a good one people are already recommending it and you will keep going. If that does not happen and your expectations are not met you can take it as a sign to improve the app.

That being said I would keep very close attention to reviews. (I use appfigures to keep track of that) and fix very quickly everything that should not be. Even though we were #2 there were a few bugs reported via the review system and there is a lot of people that are kind enough to let you know,

If you have a tool like crashalytics thats even better.

Congratulations!
Right now the initial sync does take an unreasonable amount of time, I definitely agree.

After first sync you will never have to experience a sync operation anywhere near the length of that but it is a bad first experience to have with the app. Very close to the top of my TODO list is "support bulk upload" which will cut the initial import time (and bandwidth) considerably.

Soon we should be able to upload entire address books and calendars in one POST request, working on it :)
The issue here is that corporations need to enable a workplace where people can still attain necessary benefits, while working about 35 hours a week.
There is too much venture capital money behind bitcoin for it to fail. EDIT: Don't underestimate the stubbornness of investors.
I just took a look at their 'About Us' page. It's basically "we're a software company, like startups, but we're better than those stupid startups because we're a real business". Sort of off-putting. I'm sure Fog Creek is a wonderful place to work, but when I visit an 'About Us' page, I want to read about your business, not a point-by-point comparison regarding all the ways you're better than some strawman caricature.
Fingerprints requirement sounds a bit ludicrous. Is this standard practice applied to other financial services companies?

Capital requirement is misplaced: Bitcoin startups are not generally fractional banking institutions. Also, they operate in Bitcoin, so why demand they hold assets denominated in USD? It's not like the customers can come back demanding to sale their Bitcoin at the same exchange rate they bought it at.

Audits and security testing sound perfectly appropriate.

Inactive assets handover also seems appropriate since it provides the most efficient way to manage and ultimately return abandoned property to its rightful owner.
The Semantic Web should remind you of every schema and interchange format you have ever seen. That's its purpose. The graph is a very versatile data structure conceptually.

The Semantic Web cannot die because it is multiple concepts and no single concept at all. The Semantic Web is ideas not (just) implementations, and ideas never die.
Awesome! Can't wait until Stripe is launching in Denmark, hopefully soon!
I like the note at the top of http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/listings/Luminary099/BURN_BABY...

At the get-together of the AGC developers celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first moonwalk, Don Eyles (one of the authors of this routine along with Peter Adler) has related to us a little interesting history behind the naming of the routine.

It traces back to 1965 and the Los Angeles riots, and was inspired by disc jockey extraordinaire and radio station owner Magnificent Montague. Magnificent Montague used the phrase "Burn, baby! BURN!" when spinning the hottest new records. Magnificent Montague was the charismatic voice of soul music in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.