skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't really get CSP. Without changing anything in the browser, application developers --- the only people who can really use CSP --- can already create policies that say where dynamic code should or shouldn't be allowed.

The problem is that modern web apps are riddled with places that need enough dynamicism that blunt filtering won't work.
On craigslist, you can sometimes find cars that are in dire need of repair and as such need hauled away. For example for 1k flat:

1975 porsche 914 2.0 partially dissaembled, has rust issues, complete car with rebuildable motor and transaxel, many new parts also has origanal fuel injection system intact.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/1407277633.html
"Public information is public, I'm interested to see how they plan on proving the charges."

Well, I think they intend to prove that he was not merely making public information public, but also directing people in how to evade arrest for what was -- rightly or wrongly -- illegal behavior.

I should note here that I don't particularly care what people think about whether it should be illegal to continue protesting after the cops order you to stop, all that matters in this case is that it is. I do, however, feel obligated to point out that going to jail has always been a part of civil disobedience, and people who refuse to face up to that strike me as a bit cowardly.
Without saying why CSP is particularly susceptable to cat-and-mouse attacks, this comment doesn't have a lot of content. Do you have more thoughts to share about it?
I really don't like using the word "engineer" to describe a programmer, largely because I don't want the engineering accreditation/licensing bodies to start thinking they have a claim on what I do.
Also, it seems Computerworld believes it's similar to NoScript (which I use) whereas it really seems more like RequestPolicy (which I also use, but wouldn't wish upon anyone that's not equal parts sophisticated and paranoid)
Using Pandoc like a good Haskell user, eh?
Man, 256 lumens ought to be enough for anybody.
Here's a shameless plug for my startup Diddit, which sounds like it might do some of what you're asking about.

On Diddit, you check off a bunch of the things you've done before. There's an endless list of things from the mundane (play frisbee) to the adventurous (eat cow's tongue) and everything in between.

As check things off, the site builds up a profile of your interests. It will suggest other users who share your interests. You can talk to them or check out the things they've done for ideas about things you might wanna do.

After you've built up a profile, the site will also start recommending things it thinks you might like to try. Currently it has suggested that I should visit the grand canyon, so I'm going next weekend.

Anyway, check it out and let me know if you enjoy it.

http://www.diddit.com/
Roller skating!
(Until 5 weeks ago that is - I was skating backwards fast round a corner on one leg and believe I hit a bearing that was on the rink - ouch broken hip).

Photography, building Lego models, Playing the piano, Watching old movies, and most of all playing with the kids.
Unmentioned is that there could easily be other 'mysqld' processes running on your box, even without someone screwing with you -- a lot of commercial apps bundle their own copy, even on the desktop (like Acrobat 8 Pro).
I'd say outright inheritance is the second best way, with entrepreneurship in general as the best. The three wealthiest people in the US (Gates, Buffett, Ellison) all got their money through entrepreneurship. (Buffett's father, incidentally, was a congressman, Howard Buffett of Nebraska.)
I actually think this is one of the inadvertent things we're doing. We show how conjunct words differ between people using the same word. So something like 'recipe' or 'space' can vary widely in it's second-order associations - consider "spicy AND recipe" vs. "cake AND recipe" or "information AND space" vs. "astronaut AND space". People associate themselves with words based on what they write and then we display the clusters and divisions accordingly. Now consider something like 'politics' and 'sports'.
Ulterior means "intentionally hidden" — it's not really possible to not be conscious of something intentionally hidden.
Some big problems: It requires people to use firefox or for other vendors to adopt CSP, and it only works for sites that integrate it. Until it comes under attack, it's hard to say whether or not it'll fall victim to the cat-and-mouse thing or simply fail to gain traction. I haven't seen CSP in action, so my comment was tongue-in-cheek.
Japanese - studying Kanji and grammar (still at basic to low-intermediate level), but have over 2k Kanji down and can read manga. Goals are flency (and yell at my kids in Japanese :).

Video Games - I only play on the Nintendo DS, and at that not often, but I do enjoy it and wish I had more time, but the aforementioned hobby takes almost all my free time.
I see what you're saying about realism. There are very few video games which aren't "wacky" in some respect. I'm happy you mentioned the sudoku thing, though... playing it on your phone blurs the line between puzzle, board game and video game.

For your first two points, it is tough to debate a subject like this, because I can only refer to specific video games as counterpoints... which you obviously have not played! Reading your post, though, I understand completely why you aren't a fan of video games.

What I will say is, there are video games out there which are culturally enriching, as well as games which possess discrete aspects and events that can be discussed with fellow gamers. Just as two avid cinema fans can discuss camera work, lighting and dialogue, so too can gamers debate the balance of storyline, visuals, music, gameplay mechanics, and cultural trappings. Video games are a very young medium, but I believe that if you are willing to spend the time looking, there are worthwhile finds.

Please note, I am not trying to say, "Shame on you for not spending more time playing video games." I understand if they're simply not your thing. But I think it is worth it for anyone to meditate on the idea that not every video game is a throwaway experience that cannot be savored or shared.
Anywhere but Windows. Flash is especially pathetic on OS X (and mdasen referred to QuickTime).
This may not be exactly what you're going for, but it could be helpful in gathering data and encouraging people to follow through with it. If you were to make a book related "outside your comfort zone" website, what you could do is get recommendations from authors.

So for example, if I happen to like Stephen King, show me a list of books that Stephen King likes to read, but that are completely different from the kind of books that he writes. It might be a bit tricky to build up the database at first, especially considering authors might be a bit hesitant to recommend their competition, but I think it would be a really cool idea.
viral marketing at its finest.

1) Create a trauma
2) get two posts on HN
3) ???
4) Profit
Herr Doctor?
Someone should tell Jon Skeet that he's really not missing out on much.
Cash for Clunkers Fails to Help Economy or Environment
I had a DiNotte 200L (200 Lumens) and it barely cut it. I mean, the optics might have something to do with it... throwing photon from hither to yon without a really good focused area on the road. I'd outrun my light (going too fast to stop in time for a hazard exposed by my light) at maybe 12 MPH on a clear night on the dark backroads. I can see maybe 500-600 lumens being sufficient, but 256 doesn't seem like enough to me.
Before the financial and housing melt down, my wife was in law school and would occasionally file bankruptcy for folks pro bono. As one of the steps for filing, she reviewed all of their expenses. When looking over their monthly expenditures the individual would usually say things like "I need HBO and ESPN, it's a necessity. I need the data and texting plan and on my phone, it's a necessity. I need to lease the car from the bank and not drive a clunker or ride the bus, it's a necessity. I need to eat dinner out four times a week and not bring a sack lunch to work." Yes, these things are nice to have, but they are not necessities. In the end, she would play financial advisor to some of the poorest individuals in the city who spend their money on these "necessities."
I can have 3/4 flash-apps running (like facebook games, etc) with no appreciable effect on my 3 year old Dell Inspiron 9400, which doesn't have an ATI/nVidia chipset. I upgraded the ram, but only to 1 & 1/4 gig (maximum is 2 gig) from 512 meg. It's a core 2, 1.66 ghz, totalling ~3.3 ghz.

I'm unsure how anyone's system can be hitting 90% on one of their cores if my 3 year old machine barely hits 10% of a core when viewing solely a HD youtube video. Chrome (including Flash) was hitting about 50% earlier with two facebook games loaded up and a HD youtube video running.

Flash is unseemly solely because it doesn't multithread, that's the only support that needs urgently implementing. H.264 through HTML5 is a pipe dream and likely to be unaccepted for a long period of time, content providers like Youtube and Hulu aren't going to allow or be allowed to provide their video in H.264 as it's simply far too easy to download.
"I'm interested to see how they plan on proving the charges."

The guy is a self-proclaimed anarchist. That's all the evidence, sadly, that the police needs in order to prosecute him. According to the police, he was "coordinating" the riot by updating the status of the officers in real-time, or something of that sort.

Another pacific protest needs to be made. This seems to be getting out of control how easy it has been getting for the government to control what gets passed onto the public and what doesn't. Manipulation of the media needs to end.
The last time I checked, Solaris blastwave didn't have a mysql database interface package for Python. I don't know what OS ErrantX is using. He claims that the package provided is unreliable.
Sounds very hacktastical to count the entries as a way to know if the service is alive.

If I found someone doing this on one of my production database machines, I think I'd have to dig out the paintball gun and start chasing them around, especially if the person run around with the title of sysadmin. (I'd cut a slight bit of slack if they were a webdev.)
I highly recommend fencing. It's a spectacular workout, and the three different weapons provide unique experiences, one of which will certainly cater to your intellect or personality. Foil is highly strategic, épée is much less rules-oriented and the most like a "real" duel of the three, and sabre is extremely fast-paced.

The only downside is that competing can get expensive, but the exposure to so many different fencing styles is worth it. All three weapons are fun and intellectually stimulating to study, and the community is universally supportive. I think it's an excellent "hackers' game."

My other hobbies: drawing & painting, writing & reading (always reading), finding new music to listen to, video games, and poker (another great game with deep strategy behind it).
Gardening! Stick plant in ground, just add water, and magic happens. It's great!
Objective Lua
Yeah, I will just throw it behind nginx in production.
He already has one
do you build micro-economy models?
Yeah. I typed poorly. Even then, the thrust of that sentence is legit: I'm not sure how they can prove that he intended to aid criminal activities.

Even then, there are all kinds of shades of grey. I personally wanted to spread information about the event to as many people as possible. Would that enable people to protest longer by evading police? I guess so. Would it enable people who just wanted to stay away from any trouble to not come near? Yeah.

Additionally, I'm unsure as to what the law says in this situation: if a policeman gives me an unlawful order, and I don't follow it, is that illegal? I was under the impression that it's illegal to disobey a lawfully given order.

In any case, this whole thing is one big giant mess.
C-REPL
My iPhone running 3.1 does; Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Load Remote Images -> On/Off
Sailing and skiing.
I have really gotten into sailing recently, especially racing. There is so much beauty, skill, and thinking in the sport.

I am a huge f1 fan. I either go to a meetup to watch the race (normally at 7am). Normally in addition I download a British feed of Friday practice 1 and 2 (speedtv only shows p2), Saturday p3, and qualifying. F1 has a lot of political intrigue, tactics and technology.

I'm not into a lot of traditional geek hobbies. I could care less about comics, sci-fi, or video games. Comics and sci-fi have just never done much for me, I just couldn't get into them. I enjoy video games when I play them, but they are just too much of a time sink, so I stay away. The first person shooters seem to require a large amount of skill and practice, when I play them I fell hopelessly lost.
Flash only runs on a single core, and most Atom's have the same processing size as a core on my Core 2 (1.66ghz x 2). This means any very intensive flash will still max out a processor, which is why flash urgently needs to implement hyperthreading to alleviate this process, until it does it's in risk of replacement in some areas of its market.
"jail has always been a part of civil disobedience, and people who refuse to face up to that strike me as a bit cowardly."

This sounds like something they teach in government-run schools...
you should look at gordan bell's project/book at microsoft

http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-09/p...
Not to be missed, from the comments there:

The irony is thick enough that I'm about to smear mustard on it, put it between a couple slices of bread, and eat it for lunch. This is the exact same type of criminalization of dissent that we condemn the Iranian regime for, and rightly so. The State Department was happy to provide TOR bridges and proxies and satellite technology for Iranian dissidents to avoid the crackdowns on them, and allowed them to use Twitter in to express their views.

But here in the US? Nope, you're a criminal if you tell people where riot police are marching. Unless this guy is guilty of something beyond what's reported here, this is a travesty. With all the well-documented examples of provocation, wrongful arrest, and police brutality the people need information on what the police are doing. Lawful protesters must be allowed to voice their dissent, or we become no better than the current and historical regimes to which America was meant to be counterpoint.
I feel like I should point out that according to federal law, it is an illegal use of a police scanner to "use information received to aid in the commission of a crime, or disclose information received to other persons."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanner_(radio)#Legal_issues_in...

There are ethical and legal considerations concerning whether or not the protests were illegal, but I think as it stands now the defendant is very close to being on illegal footing.
This is not the first story of this kind to come up on HN, and last time I commented that I'm pretty sure there was a supreme court decision that established that trying to forbid people from warning others about speed traps over CB radio was a 1st amendment violation. I still can't track down the case. Help, someone?
Flash Professional CS5 will build native iPhone and iPod Touch applications
A Glimpse Into the Future of Browser Security
Where do you sail? I have been looking to get into it. My goal was to help out on current races and get into it that way. (I hear people need all the help they can get and will let you come along for free). I'm near Baltimore so there are a few active sailing clubs around here.
1. Trying to start solo

2. Not asking for help soon enough

3. Thinking that the market was broken but really just failing to understand the market

4. Never being "finished" enough to go live

5. Listening to experts

6. Completely and utterly underestimating how hard it would be to get customers.
Really?

Seriously, Lua is a fine language, and doesn't need this objective-crap thrown in top of it.
How to make a simple thing, more complicated.
Just b/c you can, doesn't mean you should.
Stanford loses patent rights - inventor had signed company's "visitor agreement"
Woah, is that new in 3.1? I never saw it before.

It's a great improvement, but I wish there were an option to load images on a per-message basis, like on the desktop.
Not aiming wanting to offend anyone, but in my experience depression is more often the result of external pressures (real & imagined) rather than internal strife, mainly from religion and/or 'morals'.

Looking at Dan's pictures on Garry's site immediately brought back memories of the one friend who committed suicide. He never seemed completely at ease or happy in pictures. He was gay (we all suspected this anyhow and loved him) and apparently too afraid to tell us or his very religious parents... and chose the wrong way out.

I still miss him.
I have thought of getting into fencing. DHH's article about it a couple years ago piqued my interest.

Maybe I'm just elitist, but I think that with more obscure sports/hobbies you meet more interesting people. Anyone can play/talk about basketball, without much effort put in to play/learn about the sport. A sport like fencing though, requires a much more serious investment of time and follow through. Has anyone else noticed this?
At least this publicity might make people notice that Apples mail clients are setup by default to load remote content from html, whereas other clients are set to do the opposite.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomerase

As the future brings as things like tissue engineering and organs on demand and new cancer therapies, telomeres and telomerase will be at the center of it all.

I'm not sure if I am remembering this correctly, but I think telomerase is not stable in blood and thus it can not be added to it and get to and enter inside cells?
From his "about" page:

Who We Are:

Tin Can Comms Collective is a collection of communication rebels seeking to provide useful free tools for activists fighting the State and Capitalism. We are an anarchist group that has come together to help with the communication infrastructure for the the Anti-G-20 protests this September in Pittsburgh, because: People and Information want to be Free!
I've thought about doing something like this, since I only like to read counter-intuitive books and other things that challenge my beliefs. I think the best way to do this would be by asking a bunch of questions, and making recommendations based on the answers. The problem though is that you can't just recommend one book really, it has to be a combination of books, websites, podcasts, youtube videos, web forums, etc. Which basically means that you'd have to partner with a bunch of people with different sets of expertise, and get each of them to put together an entire experience for the person that could be completed in, say, 20-40 hours.

It's a cool project, but it's just an enormous amount of work for something that would probably be used by only a small handful of people.
Atoms do not perform as much work per cycle as the Core 2 series. They are still at a disadvantage.
Adobe Shows Off Flash Apps For iPhone
Developing for the Apple iPhone using Flash
Regardless of how good spam filters are today, not opening the emails leaves you with less spam, and a lower chance of false positives/negatives in the long term.
Windows flash seems to have better performance than linux or mac. I have dual boot older Dell and the difference between Windows and Linux is significant. Same holds for my triple boot netbook: linux and mac are much slower than windows.
To save me the hours and hours of curiosity, does someone want to give a brief and work-safe summary of what this particular activity is?
My friend Josh is working on a big project in Lua, and part of his wishlist is a Lua-compatible language with "classical" OO (language-level classes and interfaces):

http://blog.reverberate.org/2009/02/09/disappointment/

http://blog.reverberate.org/2009/02/09/static-lua/
I think it might be worth reminding everyone that everything written should be taken with a grain of salt.
I sail at the Manhattan Sailing Club. http://myc.org membership is reasonable, about the same cost as a gym membership.

Racing is even cheaper if you know what you are doing. The words you are looking for is "rail meat". When the boat is going upwind it heels over, you need people on the uphill side of the boat on the rail. Being rail meat require very little knowledge. I would try to go out on days with unpleasant weather, fewer people show up. Rosh Hashanah was the first time I got out on Long Island sound (the boat had a very hard time finding crew that Saturday).

Try the Annapolis races, I'm not sure of where they meet, but you could probably get out on Wednesday nights and Saturdays.
Playing Go. I love playing all kinds of one-on-one competitive games, but Go's freedom of style and near perfectly fair grounds keeps pulling me back in.
Being downvoted a couple of times is different than people oppressing you. You are not some martyr for freedom of speech.

For what it's worth, I suspect people would appreciate it if we would permit this pointless meta-meta-discussion to die.
Knitting and crocheting and everything fiber-arts related. I love it because it seems tedious or stupid to a lot of people who don't know how to knit, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of creating fun things for my friends and family and myself (see http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/432735303/Photo_on_2009-0... for one ;) ) and I also enjoy using my tech background to convince people on Ravelry (a super big social networking site for knitters etc.) that knitting and designing patterns can be a lot like coding (cause some of them are super intimidated by tech, bah).

I also loooooove playing the piano. And making ice cream from scratch, for the interesting combinations and flavors you can make. And like a lot of other HNers are mentioning, learning foreign languages, even though I don't necessarily get a chance to practice speaking them much :( Snowboarding too, despite living in sunny LA. I wish I could get started with indoor rock climbing here as well, but I haven't really found anywhere good for that near where I live.
You're right -- the optics are everything. The flashlight fetishists love round symmetrical beams, which is exactly what you don't want in a headlight.

You want to focus almost all of the light at the horizon, with some spill below and a sharp cutoff above. Anything else is wasted. See: http://peterwhitecycles.com/plight.asp
I had the same thought as yan: simply find the opposing side of whatever your belief/comfort. However, I guess you really want things that are dissimilar rather than opposite. That's tough, but I see what you mean. For example, I recently learned a great deal about economics, which can be fascinating to understand, and how it's connected to governance/politics. Yet few politicians truly know economics, as even President Obama admitted to knowing little about (but learning) in an interview. I guess for an algorithm my approach would be to start amassing pages on different topics like Google, then look for commonalities for alternative subject matter. It would still be tough to make certain connections, though, like the example of economics and politics (during times of non-crisis).
I wish parts of me didn't stop at 15. ;)
And if there is something equivalent to it on OS X, I will ditch Xcode for most tasks, and run to use Dolphin. It is that good.

Ambrai Smalltalk gave me some hope. But unfortunately, it seemed to have died in beta.
SpiderMonkey + PHP: Embed Mozilla's Javascript engine Spidermonkey in PHP
I'm putting together an '88 924S for DE right now. The fuel pump went out on my $1400 e36 today at lunch. I'll fix it in the parking garage after work. I guess that means my hobbies include wrenching on german junk, playing synth rock twee core, snowboarding, running, and writing.