skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You come across as very naive here. "Seller is responsible for X years (3 I think?) for hidden issues." So, you need a method of determining if an issue was existing-but-unnoticed vs new-and-buyers-fault. How would you make that determination? With a home inspector whose word is good and whose work is thorough.
Actually, they're valued at $100B.

http://signalvnoise.com/posts/1941-press-release-37signals-v...
I'm not sure these are "never before seen corner cases". This kind of stuff is pretty much Landlording 101, and it's standard practice for someone engaged in renting a property to know about eviction laws. This person wasn't even engaging in what you might call the new, casual-sharing-of-personal-possessions style of rental, where someone rents their own personal apartment out occasionally while they're on vacation. She was just doing the old-school landlord thing: she bought an investment property she did not live in, and was renting it full-time for profit. That is a line of business in which you can buy and read books, customized to your state, telling you exactly the basics you should know about!
Very good point and currently in the works!
> Advocates of functional languages claim they produce an order of magnitude improvement in productivity. Experiments don't always verify that figure -- sometimes they show an improvement of only a factor of four.

It's weird, the first time I read this I was excited to read the source of this quote. When I finished reading I scrolled up to the top and was disappointed to see a citation missing. Does anyone know what experiment he's referring to?
Pilot Sidelined after Criticizing F-22 System
Either not from the United States, or doesn't know what they're talking about.
> In some ways, this is the dark side of disrupting established industries: legal protections aren't in place yet...

That's simply not true. The homeowner voluntarily agreed to rent her home to someone for more than 30 days. On the 30th day, that person became a tenant and gained certain rights under the law. The homeowner still has legal rights of her own, but the nature of the rental she agreed to means that she will have to engage in a more involved process to evict the tenant. If the homeowner did not want to deal with this type of scenario, she had every right not to rent her home for 30+ days.

In short, this has nothing to do with disruption or a lack of legal protections. Notwithstanding the fact that some AirBnB properties are being rented in violation of local laws and leases, AirBnB is simply a channel for marketing rental properties. The law already provides landlords and tenants with protections and obligations and every serious party engaged in the rental business is familiar with these laws. This story has everything to do with a homeowner engaging in a business she clearly knew nothing about.
Video will consume bandwidth like there is no tomorrow, and the bigger the percentage of updates on a frame-to-frame basis the larger the bandwidth required. With the resolutions involved that's actually not all that bad.

We came within a hair of being kicked off the net for consuming too much intercontinental bandwidth in the late 90's. The internet was simply not designed with video in mind so it's testimony to how well it has adapted that something like twitch can even exist.
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Seth shows a lot of courage to do this. I have done three start ups. My first one was successful and got bought by Lexis/Nexis... but it wasn't very lucrative. The second one was a complete disaster and I spend $40 million on a pipe dream and my VC's had to take me out. The third one was a success still waiting to materialize as it was sold and I have yet to see the dividend. But at ever step i made lots of mistakes (including falling behind on payroll taxes) and each of these were learning opportunities. I give kudos to Seth for sharing this and am more hopeful now than before that he can make Amicus successful in the long term.
This is a bit of a tangent, but what would there be to stop the woman who owns the condo to start signing 28 day leases with hundreds of other people? Imagine if dozens of good citizens showed up to the apartment at once, with a key, any time they wanted. They could just hang out and of course they also had a lease and a legal right to be there, so the original two couldn't do much, could they? That would make it much less attractive to those squatters.

Could it really be that easy?
Honestly I expect that could kill Kickstarter. Backers can sue the creators and there is at least one lawsuit that has been brought by the New York Attorney General.
Do you think Airbnb should make it difficult or impossible to put a room for rent for more than 30 days, then?
I disagree on a couple of points.

Information doesn't want anything. There may be a statistical tendency of information to propagate, but it seems to me that the only people who want information to want to be free are those advancing an agenda with a catchy slogan.

Further, the only viable endpoint is not totalitarianism-- one can argue about where on the spectrum we stand today, or might be in the future, but in the US we try to strike a balance. Unless you support being able to use whichever country's version of Google that permits things like searching for identity theft, illicit pornography, etc., it seems like we're OK with at least some restrictions on speech.

Assuming we accept the EU has the authority to pass such a law, then so long as Google wishes to operate within their jurisdiction, it seems fair that it abides by the law, vis., "deleting data as requested", not "make data inaccessible to those who cannot execute a second Google search on how to subvert the restrictions".
The alternative is pretty simple: google should honour the requests of EU citizens to be forgotten by google, not a limited subset of google.

It's like the copyright battles in reverse, only this time the rights holders are citizens, and it is google playing shell games rather than say allofmp3.
Url changed from http://boingboing.net/2014/07/24/eu-wants-google-to-extend-r..., which points to this.
[1] Another example is the special breed of driver who stops the traffic flow on a major road (which has the right of way) to let someone on a minor cross road or parking lot exit onto the major road, thus inconveniencing everyone behind them for the self satisfaction of having helped the one person they can see.

This is similar to the person on a grocery checkout line who lets someone cut in front of them; they are also putting that person ahead of every other person behind them the line.

It's an interesting situation; people feel they are doing the right thing yet apparently never stop to think how they are imposing their decision on others.

There's a blind-spot of sorts regarding the larger effects of their actions.
Yeah, option 2 would lead to someone hestitating/stopping in that lower lane. Then that whole lane is stopped because the front driver is too afraid to merge into moving traffic, and the moving traffic is going too fast to stop and let a lower lane driver in.
That would be illegal in any jurisdiction I know of. I'm renting my current apartment; obviously my landlord cannot rent it out to someone else while I still live here. Now you might say: but what if you're living there illegally? Well, I'm not, say I! Now we have a civil disagreement over property and a contract, which is a matter for the courts to decide. If the landlord alleges I no longer have a right to use of this property, despite possessing it in fact (e.g. because I am weeks or months late with my rent, or the rental has otherwise been legally terminated), they can get an order that I be evicted, which the police would enforce. There will be some kind of process, where I would have a chance to reply, for example by giving evidence that actually I paid my rent on July 1, and the landlord is mistaken in his allegations. If I lose and am evicted, then after that, the landlord can re-rent the apartment. But before that, they cannot.
Here's a partial list of removal requests Google has gotten from governments. Are you saying Google should remove all of this worldwide?

http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/government...

Or maybe you think it should only honor requests from these countries, where it has an office?

http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/
I think along with the eviction route I would start trying to get them arrested for the kick starter scam.
> To support that (sorry) scam, you claim $50k is your "reasonable" salary --- putting you way on the low side of the industry. How convenient.

I don't know. What salary would you take for your honest-to-god dream job?
For those interested, Daniel Walsh gave a good overview of the biggest issues at dockercon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWGFqMuEHdw
When commenting on a YouTube video, there is a checkbox where you decide whether to share that comment on Google+ as well [0]. Your choice is sticky - if you uncheck the box and make a comment, then that setting will be remembered and it will never post on Google+ unless you re-enable it. And you can choose whether you want to share that comment with the public or with particular people [1] (I can't think of any other commenting platform that lets you choose specifically who you want to share your comments with on a public page).

Where are you seeing which device you are using shared on Google+? The only place I've seen something like that is if you have someone you've accepted as a Hangouts chat buddy and you've opted into the "share which device I'm on" in the Hangouts settings (all that shows though is if you're on a tablet, phone, or desktop computer though, not specifically which device).

[0]: http://i.imgur.com/H9nHctO.png

[1]: http://i.imgur.com/YtnpjEb.png
> very much deserved

Does anyone actually deserve $1,000,000,000? (I know it's shared between investors but assuming he got a chunk of that)
Would you say that the functional paradigm has started to gain more traction lately though? -- I don't know because I haven't been programming long enough, so maybe it just seems that way to me simply because now that I'm aware of its existence I'm seeing it everywhere.

I read a quote once about The Velvet Underground that stuck with me. It said that, while not many people bought their albums, everyone who did started a band.

Sometimes it seems like Haskell is The Velvet Underground of programming languages. While not many people are using it, everyone who is has started their own language/functional library -- Influencing other languages is, in a way, people using FP languages, just indirectly.

I've not written a single serious Haskell program -- I don't think I would even know how to, tbh --, but I sure feel like just playing with it and learning about its theoretical motivations has made me a much better programmer in other languages.
That's really old so I actually looked at it (again). Here are the criteria that Wadler mentions that ho<eld back adoption.

Things that Haskell used to be weak on but now has good support for:

FFI - yes
Libraries - Yes
Portability - Yes
Ease of installation - Yes
Packagability - Yes
Tools - yes
Training - available
Performance - yes

(non)Reasons why it doesn't get adopted. Still apply.

Popularity - No still not popular
They don’t get it - Yes they still don't get it
Killer App - none that I can see (darcs?)
I've worked for women and there are two women currently on my payroll. Would you rather they were unemployed? And as to them working for themselves I fully agree with you, which is exactly why I am assisting one of the two with her entrepreneurial ambitions. You're really totally out of touch here and I seriously wonder what it is that you are trying to achieve with all your un-founded mudslinging.

Also, you don't speak for everyone here, just for yourself.
something like the Stasi files? http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/stasi-files-revi...
You'd use Flask-WTF for forms.

https://flask-wtf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

It can also handle file uploads.

https://flask-wtf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/form.html

You'd need to define a model which describes the form fields, handle it in your view, and add it to your page template.

forms.py

from flask_wtf import Form
from wtforms import TextField, PasswordField
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired

class LoginForm(Form):
email = TextField('Email', validators=[DataRequired()])
password = PasswordField('Password', validators=[DataRequired()])

views.py

from forms import LoginForm

@app.route('/login', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def login():
form = LoginForm()
if form.validate_on_submit():
email = form.data.get('email', None)
password = form.data.get('password', None)
do_login_stuff(email, password)
else:
return render_template('login_page.html', form=form)

login_page.html

{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block content %}
<h3>Log in:</h3>
<form method="POST" action="{{ url_for('login') }}">
{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
{{ form.email.label }} {{ form.email }}
{{ form.password.label }} {{ form.password }}
<input type="submit" value="Log in">
</form>
{% endblock %}
There may be some confusion at the NYDFS in regards to how crypto- currencies work. Crypto currencies do not cease to exist when a governing body outlaws it. On the same note, it organically grows in a way that bypasses hostile regulations and governing bodies. It will continue to grow strong roots in society regardless of the regulations some will attempt to put on it. At some point it will have such strong connections(roots) within society and bypass those regulations so completely that the governing body will no longer be relevant.
But good luck with that.
Great, twitch is fucked.
Those requests have nothing to do with the right to be forgotten under the DPD. Really, censorship and privacy are two totally different issues and the mixture here is not conducive to progress.
I understand your point, but I wanted to mention that other countries do charge for bathrooms (even NYC charges for public washrooms), so you can use a better example in the future!
It sets up a new server running L2TP/IPsec, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, Stunnel, and a Tor bridge. It also generates custom configuration instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, or fellow activists that will help them connect to the new server.

The use case is to make it easier for people to set up servers that allow individuals who live in countries where the Internet is being blocked to circumvent these restrictions.

"Silence censorship" is meant to be sort of funny, but the idea is that censors have had it too easy for too long, and an automated and repeatable method of setting up an anti-censorship server can help change that.

"Automate the effect" is meant to reflect the fact that you can start as many of these servers as you want. If a country starts censoring the Internet, more servers will spring up in response.

I hope these explanations make sense. I will try to figure out a way to make the README more clear.
Elegant Sleep Tracker, Sense, Crushes Kickstarter With $120K In A Few Hours
To what extent are legal EDN and Transit compatible? Are there types that appear in one and not the other? How does the extension mechanism compare?

Would it be possible to make a 2-way converter between them which would retain full fidelity of the Transit data when round-tripping, so that we could use EDN for actually inspecting/writing (e.g. config files), but then send Transit over the wire to a browser?
> Rascals and scammers like these failed Kickstarter bros would be shut down after a single scam ... they would not be able to rent or scam another person after a single scam.

the guys rans 2 scams on kickstarter. peer-to-peer trust rating networks wont help if a plateform does nothing to prevent scams at first place. that guys shouldnt have been allowed to run a second kickstarter even though he didnt deliver a product in the first one.
(currently live) instruction example: http://jsbin.com/wutonaka/1/
I suspect that's because no one has access to whatever data has been gathered about them, and so it's hard to draw a mental picture of how that could be (or is) being exploited by corporations which apparently believe that they are above the law.
Ha! This is going to be stuck in my head all day now.
It seems this is highly misleading, or even illegal. Your NMLS license only shows you can originate in Illinois, yet you are showing me information for another state (California).
Surprise they are Russian.

What's up with the stereotype of Russians and online scams?

Pardon, I have not been to Russian but have seen videos of all their vehicular carnage. Those videos make Russia seem like a bunch of narcissists who don't follow the rules of the road.

Is it that different of a culture then say the US?
In the input fields that start with $0, hitting backspace makes the $0 disappear then reappear. I quickly realized you could just type, but it was a bit jarring.
Yo API Leaked
Ask HN: Any interest in build speed improvements?
Yes, we definitely can! We have had a couple requests like this. Put in the pledge and send me a message through Kickstarter and we'll make sure you get a desk in September.

Best,
David
> So it's not the EU pushing for the right to be forgotten to be extended to the citizens of all countries.

It may be a bad title, probably for the purpose of link baiting, but the article itself isn't completely wrong assuming the EU desire is ultimately to gain control over what information is retained for EU citizens. It's possible this is merely speculation.

Personally, if the EU wishes to extend this limit themselves, then they should block access to US search engines from within EU member states. That's entirely within their right to do and it's a whole lot easier than upsetting everyone else who doesn't want to play by the same rules (and negates the need for extending treaties and the likes).

At its most extreme, I'm humored a bit by the prospect of what this sort of precedent would set for future demands made by North Korea.
Got it.

It was NoScript: NoScript set to allow scripts globally and it works, set to disable scripts by default and it freezes FF.
Hey i confess I am ignorant here and interested in gaining insight!
I think probably http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/?post_type=publication&p=366
> If you were open and honest, you wouldn't sell a thing.

Or you could, you know, make stuff worth buying.
Yep, there are definitely advantages to adjustable desks, but they are also much more expensive! I've found a happy balance by using a high-seated stool with my standing desk. Here's the one I use:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004I3ZRQM/ref=oh_aui_detai...
Pesky problem, civil liberties that apply to all people regardless of the whims of the government or the majority of its citizens. Free speech is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Wouldn't matter what Kickstarter allows or doesn't. People would look them up on our hypothetical trust network, and tell them to get lost after seeing that they are shameless.
Option 1 sounds great in theory, but given that most merges are the result of temporary lane closures, completely impractical (since road work usually goes one lane at a time)
Yes, emacs is wonderfully customizable, but there's a deeper idea underneath. By investing time and effort into learning it and buying into its conceptual view of the world as text buffers that can be manipulated, you gain a level of mastery over your environment that's simply not possible with an IDE or specialist tool. And we are all deeply motivated by mastery. Some authors like Dan Pink say that mastering something is the biggest motivation of all, even above recognition and money.

Many IDEs are pretty veneers on sequences of complex commands that must be learned by rote. Emacs gives you text buffer interfaces to whatever you want to do, a mostly consistent model for dealing with them and the programmability to change whatever you like.
EuroPython 2014 slides collected from Twitter (official list is not out yet)
I'm not sure what you mean by "search for identity theft", but once Google starts accepting requests for banning any content objectionable in any corner of the world worldwide, a mere picture of a woman with her face not hidden by a burqa would be "illicit pornography". You'd say it's too much, but we need to strike a balance between your desires and religious feelings of people in Sudan, Syria and Iran, don't we? And when you're trying to "strike the balance" by trampling on rights, the ones who cry the loudest - i.e. fanatics - will always win, unless there's a strong and impenetrable barrier that they can not overcome. Like the First Amendment in the US, which, despite all efforts, is still standing. But Europe doesn't have it, and there bans on information and suppression of unpopular expression is the norm. This is just one more example of their descent.
Exactly wrong. Stasi files are held closely by the state.

This network would be public, and everyone would be able to see what the scum are up to.
Seems disproportionate to me. So much goes in my name and it would be a huge pain in the ass to change it just because a high ranking search result maybe is some stupid forum post by someone else from 10 years ago and the person who ran is not reachable and it's hosted in a different country.
The overall experience was pretty nice, but yeah, this kind of kept throwing me. I also didn't like how the pop-up window I was typing in kept resizing all over the place.

But still, pretty cool.
Good thinking. Apparently your option 2 was implemented (and considered an innovation) around where I live. Here's a picture from 2007: http://www.strassen.nrw.de/_down/pi-070322-03.jpg I don't know if they're still doing it. (Late merging has long been the default in Europe and is taught in driver's ed. However people seem to do it more reliably when reminded of the practice.)
Good question. Ask the billionaires. Then ask the rest of the world.

Some country in Scandinavia (Denmark?) at some point had a 100%+ tax rate, which meant that if you earned more than some ridiculous amount of money you lost more than you made.

I think any amount of money over and beyond what you need to live in whatever is considered luxury in the place where you live is probably wasted on you. But I guess for people at that level it's a way to keep score.

As far as Justin and Co having deserved this, they worked harder than most people ever will (especially in the early days), they have been diluted substantially and they'll be paying a fair amount of their take in taxes.

For the longest time it looked like the whole thing could still fold up and this deal is a gigantic pay-out compared to many other acquisitions. Even so, I think they really did build something of actual value, as opposed to some other recent acquisitions (far higher ones than this one) that I fail to see any value at all in. So as far as I'm concerned they deserve some kind of pay-out, and since we're living in a capitalist society that is defined as 'what the market will bear'. In this case that appears to be $1B. So good for them. Wished I had not banned those gamers ;).
More like it's the latest buzzword.
Startup Costs Associated with a Home Care Franchise
If what you are saying is true, why do some of the people on trial for heinous crimes push for a death penalty offense? They say that it is the only way for them to get a good attorney or an appeal, and avoid a life wasted in prison. Are they wrong?
Thanks for your comment. We're currently waiting on our CA license. Nonetheless, we're not taking mortgage applications or getting paid in any way in states where we're not licensed. There's nothing wrong with simply showing rates.
It was started in 1837, so I am not sure you will care, but I strongly suspect John Deere was bootstrapped. They are worth more than $7 billion.

http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/ab...?

http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/in...