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tl;dr to try eliza:

1) Install SBCL.

2)save this file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeffshrager/elizagen/maste...

3) run sbcl in your terminal ($ sbcl)

4) paste "(load (compile-file "coselleliza1969and1972.lisp"))", after the star

5) enjoy computing history!
I had to read your comment a few times to make sure I was getting the gist of it correctly. Here's what I understood: you are advocating cyber warfare, and are a big fan of it. I understand your point about handling the situation with no loss of life. Great. But advocating war, even if it's cyber war? Wow.

Have you given a thought to this scenario: while deploying the virus, they made a mistake in their code, that leads to a nuclear meltdown causing an explosion, destroying millions of lives and causing a worldwide phenomenon.

Or how about the drone version cyber warfare mentioned by one of the commenters below?

Or let's say the stuxnet virus fell into the hands of a malicious party and they modified it to take down the national grid. Can you imagine the number of accidents that would cause?

Or maybe I'm just a fool and totally misunderstood your comment.
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We've got electric motor ones in the new office I moved to recently. It is quite nice to switch back and forth throughout the day. 2 or 3 days per week, I will move to standing 2-3 times for 30-45 minutes. The other days I'm seated the whole day, but those seem to be the days that I'm moving to and from meetings.

Generally, I would say that 75% of people stay sitting most of the time, 15% will stand for about an hour per week, and the last 10% (including myself), stand fairly regularly.

I particularly like to raise it when I have others visiting my desk, it is nice to have everyone on the same level (literally, then hopefully figuratively).
A motor is a lot better than a crank but still a little tedious. Make sure you can hit the button once, do something else for a minute, then come back to find the desk at the right height.

My favorite so far are the pneumatic/spring desks. Someone walks into your office, two seconds later you're standing side-by-side pointing at things. When you're done, it's just as easy to go back down.

There's still a lot of room for improvement though, no matter which desk you end up with.
There was no perfect storm for Blockbuster...

They were competitive enough to wipe-out the mom and pop movie rental places that were common before them, but that was about it. They created a monopoly of sorts and then they milked it. The market was hungry for replacement.

It was a long time ago so some of the details are out of focus in my mind, but the one constant I can remember throughout the 6-9 year time span where by my family and I patronized Blockbuster video (wow, like 20 years ago) was that it was quite a bit more pricey than the independent stores we went to before BB crushed them. I know for fact that the local grocer has a video section and charged $1 a video, I want to say Blockbuster charged $4-$5, like in 1992 to 1995, very nearly as much as a movie ticket of the day cost. I'm sure people can tell tons of stories about how terrible they were but it wasn't a great experience and they charged a lot for it.

If you were a real cinemaphile type too, they had what looked like a large collection, but it wasn't as large as it looked, they sometimes had censored versions of movies.
in Ireland also.
I've used a position:fixed form to create the input field for a downward-scrolling, bottom-affixed chat view (think Slack). I don't think they have any real use in web "documents", though.
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That space shuttle clip made my day. Thanks for that!
I know this is a common belief, but I'm not completely sure it's true. I mean crypto is an algorithm, and there are reference vectors for most common types, so you can be pretty sure you got the basics right.

Now sure, you need to worry about other things, like the entropy of andomm number generators and so on, but this stuff isn't exactly rocket science.

So does experience help? Sure. And maybe you need to be I the upper quartile to get it right, but programming is programming and yes it's going to take some time and effort, but clearly it's do'able...

Now I'm not recommending you do your own - I'm just not sure I buy the idea that it's impossible for mere mortals to pull it off...

Then again, maybe I'm just an NSA employee wanting to make you think it's safe...
There is a long history behind the hating of 'internals' in PHP land. The RFC process has improved matters, but can't get rid of all the poison that already existed.
we are using neo4j for our tinder for shopping app - phresh - here in la.

the hypothesis is that we can do better product recommendations than standard machine learning thats commonly used. further, the native graph db allows you to connect seemingly disparate data sets - eg social network, language, interest & taste graphs - that create connections only humans would be able to normally generate.

always looking for people interested in native graphs dbs.

check out our job postings: https://angel.co/phresh/jobs
I started listening to Car Talk in high school in the 1980s. I loved the wit, the banter with callers, and the weird questions about cars ... which (as others have noted) were often really about people.

Tom and Ray showed the value of personality and wisdom when it comes to mass media programming, especially in an age when so much information is available online. Yes, many of the problems experienced by the callers could have been diagnosed via Google or prowling car forums. But Car Talk was so much more dynamic and effective, as these two knew what questions to ask about the problem, which (often) led to a correct diagnosis.

The calls I particularly enjoyed:

* People calling in from Afghanistan, Alaska or other remote places with edge cases

* People calling in to question their husband's, father-in-law's or neighbor's advice about cars.

* The bizarre cases -- someone who had a plastic bag wrapped around the axle that wouldn't come off, the person with spiders reproducing in the A/C, and the guy whose cassette player not only had an REM tape stuck in it, but the damn thing was stuck on loop and wouldn't turn off while driving.

We'll miss you, Tom.
That's too bad, those guys were hilarious. Here's Leslie Lamport solving one of the Car Talk puzzles with TLA+:

https://github.com/fintler/tlaplus/raw/master/examples/CarTa...
I've never owned a car in my life, and I've been listening to them for years. I'm very sad to hear this.
Will the KDE people get the message?
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Sorry I had to get that out of the way.

In all seriousness, 'Semantic Web' has always felt like a SciFi inspired version of AI intelligence. A concept that sounds cool, but in reality can't ever work.

Take movie ratings & "suggested viewings" for example.
Jim, Bob, and Steve all watch the same movie.
Jim thinks it's funny because of the physical gags.
Bob thinks it's funny because of the dialog & jokes.
Steve likes it because the hot new actress is naked.
Dave likes the director and cinematography.
All 4 guys give it a rating of 4/5.

With this one data point Streaming-movie-place.com cannot ever 'guess' what to suggest to these guys to offer more movies for them to watch.
The hope is that once these guys start watching and rating other films a pattern will emerge. That pattern can then be marketed and offer valid suggestions.

BUT reality is too different. We like different things for different reasons, and no algorithm can ever get it 100% right. How many of you have a Netflix queue of things that you want to see, but the suggested movies are full of crappy suggestions? most or all of us I bet.

Which brings me back to my point; it's a sci-fi illusion. It can never exist in real life. Humans are too damn fickle. (Which brings me back to KDE; I wish they would give up on neopunk/symantic desktop crap. it's bloated, slows the system down and offers nothing in return. Or I am just using it wrong.)
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Is open sourcing the sensitive bits a possible defense against this?
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>Encryption export restrictions are an absolute joke.

I don't think you give BIS & NSA the credit they deserve. Experto crede. The restrictions may serve a useful purpose and if you can't see it, that doesn't mean they are the ones missing the point.

Having myself had to pass the export control for one of my apps, and so having the opportunity to pour over the these regulations in great detail, I came to conclusion that the actual purpose of the crypto export regulation is not to control export of the technology. That sort of restrictions is impossible to implement, as you noted, and it's also quite unnecessary.

The actual purpose of the law is to prevent export of expertise. Implementing a crypto system that would be secure end-to-end is pretty much impossible without being an expert, and even then it's exceptionally hard. The best chances belong to a team of experts with a track record of fruitful collaboration and rich history in a particular area. Unlike bits and pieces of code, cohesive teams of experts are relatively easy to keep track of.

The way this control regime works, is that the entirety of the regulation revolves around two questions: 1) Are you supplying a turn-key end-to-end system to the client? 2) Are you supplying services to setup a complete, tailored system for the client? If the answer is "yes" to either question, that raises the red flag for the BIS/NSA, and they want to see what's going on there. Otherwise it's just a minor bureaucratic hoop to jump through. You are certainly welcome to export bunch of crypto code, and they even have a special open-source exception to the paperwork requirements.

So, you may disagree with the goals of this regulation, but it's certainly not a joke you make it out to be.
Yes, the 5K Retina iMac’s screen runs at 60Hz at 5K resolution
Aren't you insured against that? I know that we are in Quebec. That's why I love my credit card so much. It's not my cash, I don't care what happen to it. If it's stolen, I have literally nothing to pay. It's true physically, through a contactless payment or a transaction on the web.

I like your idea of button though, it wouldn't be too intrusive and it would limit some case.
Curious.. what's wrong with RAR files?
Or, you know, it could simply not do financial transactions over wireless.
What's new in latest Material Design update (3 Nov 2014)
FYI: it's "circling the drain"
(Please don’t invent quotes and write them as a separate paragraph – it looks as though I wrote the inflammatory text, when in fact I meant nothing of the kind.)

I thought that this news meant the show was ending and was surprised to read that actually the show would not change. So I thought I’d highlight this fact.
Despite what this document says, there's no way in hell my IT department will let me use anything on this list except Perl, and only that because they have systems that depend on it explicitly.
I like the word "puzzles" instead of "math". Makes it seem even more ridiculous.
What is the UK definition?
An argument for companies to go against the grain to reach massive outcomes
Would this include the export of Navajo?
> And from that, you can go implement those cyphers [...] If I understand correctly, more crypto systems are broken because of implementation flaws than because of protocol flaws.

That is compare with high professional flaw-less implementations with high professional back doors built in like the RSA products.

>So if you have to implement it yourself, odds are that you will make a mistake that makes it insecure, especially if you aren't an expert on crypto.

It of course depends on who you're, whether somebody would go to the lengths of custom cracking your custom implementation vs. buying an "off-the-shelf" crack/backdoor if you use off-the-shelf software.
Set a limit for each currency and if it's not on that list, deny it.
I guess I've hit a sore point.
> I'd just save yourself the money and stress and buy a 30" monitor.

If you’re looking for a reasonable balance of resolution, PPI, then I’d go for a 2560x1600 27” monitor. (I got rid of my Dell 3007WFP-HC for an iMac 27” + 27” TB display - still vastly disappointed at the lack of Retina TB display, though I understand the logistics).
Tom graduated from MIT (some branch of engineering, IIRC), then went on to get his MBA, and a PhD in business.
> Soo… Apparently the show as you all have known it for the last two years will be unaffected. Alternately, the show died two years ago and you never noticed.

You really sound like you're an asshole. Maybe you didn't intend that, but you do.
> "Mozilla is the one that wants to limit everyone to Javascript..."

True, and they dare to call this "Open Web".
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I'd say stick to your day-job or whatever.

You know, this is an example of the sort of vacuous insult that I don't expect to see on HN -- or at least, didn't expect to see a few years ago. Every time I come by here, I'm disappointed afresh by the community, and I find myself visiting and participating less and less frequently. :(

I disagree with a lot of what you said, and can give you a serious response if you want one -- but from your tone, I strongly suspect you don't.
My understanding was that it was impossible to eradicate Malaria in Africa because great apes could also be carriers, and treating every wild ape wasn't remotely practical.

Is that not the case?

Actually the only effective means of eradication I've ever been able to think up is an engineered virus... As it parasite it should be vulnerable to a viral weapon, and you could leave chickens with the virus in their bloodstream in Malaria infected areas.

But that could be my inner mad scientist trying to get out again.
"At this level, maintaining absolute time scale on earth is in fact turning into nightmare," Ye says. This clock they've built doesn't just look chaotic. It is turning our sense of time into chaos.

This seems a bit sensationalist. The new clocks will be more accurate than any we have now, for existing applications. Those who develop new applications that actually use the increased precision will just need to be more careful about which frames of reference they use. Those who built GPS already solved some version of these problems.
I won't lie, I'm starting to become a google fanboy again thanks to the beautiful google material design experience. Hats off to the team behind this new calendar app.
The display manufacturers (or at least one of them, I’m guessing Sharp?) are the ones that supplied Apple with the 5K display for the iMac. I wonder if there was some kind of exclusivity deal / contract signed for some period of time?
Officer gets charged for stealing pics from a suspect's phone
NaCl was basically trying to open web to any language.
It's surprisingly cheap/easy to put the whole thing together with things from Amazon and IKEA. For example:

4x Olov 36" legs [1] = $60
1x Linnmon 47" x 24" table top [2] = $20
whatever small shelf will fit your monitor(s) = $20
1x Adjustable Stool [3] = $85
Total = $185

Just be aware of the heights. If you're over 6' tall, you'll probably need to put the desk on a $10 set of bed risers (or spring for the $30 Gerton legs that adjust over 40") and you may need the 6430HB stool instead of the 6424HB. The price on those should be within $5 though.

[1] http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30264301/

[2] http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00251343/

[3] http://www.amazon.com/National-Public-Seating-6424HB-Upholst...
If you can't synchronize the clock with any other clock in the world, timekeeping gets a bit meaningless.
I know of cities that seem to be working actively against its residents with arcane laws about when, where and who is allowed to park in a specific spot at a specific time, so I'm glad someone is sticking up for the little guy.

However, I wish government was transparent enough that services like this weren't needed. Why do I have to take a day off from work to fight a ticket whose fee is (probably) worth less to me than a vacation day (first world problem, I know)? I think I'm also lucky enough to have lived in a few cities where I didn't feel that the parking authority is actively working against me. I've gotten many parking tickets, and I can honestly say all but one were justified...

That said, I am rather fond of this quote:

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
-Bill Vaughan
What about because many corporations are .NET shops and Scala dropped CLR support?
What do words like "import," "export," and "country" mean in an Internet context?
RAR isn't an open format and it requires using a different tool with a clunky UI. It's not the end of the world but it's a hassle for very limited file size benefit – Microsoft appears to have gotten in the habit of this back in the day where you needed to create self-extracting archives for people running a version of Windows without integrated ZIP support but now it's a complete anachronism.
My kids (7 and 5) and I loved sitting in the car and listening to Car Talk. They didn't have a clue about the content, but just loved listening to the brothers joking and having a good time with each other and the callers. So many Saturdays on the way to this or that, did I get the request to turn on the radio for Car Talk. In all honesty, Car Talk was almost like an audio-only cartoon for them, with those jovial and dynamic voices.

Also, being an incurable VW nut, I often experienced so many of the issues folks called to ask about. I really enjoyed expressing my own opinion out loud and waiting to see what the boys usually said (which was different than what I thought, and often made a lot more sense than my own theories).

R.I.P. Tom. I hope Ray is holding it together today. What a blow.
A new version of HTTP is a perfect (and, in fact, the only) opportunity to introduce SRV record usage into the HTTP protocol. The fact that they have chosen not to do this, even though SRV is essentially made for this – an extension of the MX record system into a generalized system for any and all protocols – requires an explanation.
Ask HN: Are there any web-apps aimed at e-readers?
It would be great (for me at least) to be able to do several common activities on my Kindle. The main motivator is that I find it hard to sleep if I've been looking at screens late at night. For example, I'd love to be able to use some kind of messaging client.

I was never able to get Kindle Active Content (the closest thing there was to an app store) as I'm not US-based and that seems to be disappearing anyway.

Which means the only available option is using web-apps. Of course, the obvious problem is that they're totally unoptimised for e-ink screens where scrolling, colour and movement are all either poorly implemented or not available at all.

Are there any web-apps designed to work well with e-readers?
EmberJS hands down and the reason is quite simple for me.

There are many ways to write an 'angular app' but really only one correct way to write an 'ember app'.

When you begin work on an existing Ember App do you want there to be conventions, or just some gun-ho cowboy stuff? It was a non-decision for me, and I went with Ember.

Remember: Rails caught on like wild-fire because of it's mantra convention over configuration.
A "world in which your watch starts to tick faster, because you're working on the floor above me." and "your 3:30 happens earlier than mine, and we miss our appointment," seems ridiculous but it's not a totally foreign idea. For example, if your apartment is above the 150th floor of Burj Khalifa (the tallest building on earth), you must wait an additional 3 minutes to break the fast during the month of Ramadan, while if you live between the 80th floor and the 150th floor you only need to wait an additional 2 minutes. This mismatch in time happens for a different reason, but the result is the same and people seem to manage alright. Saying that this new clock might "End Time As We Know It" is pretty sensationalist.
Though for a time, because of crapware subsidies, often computers with Windows installed would be cheaper than the identical computer without it. I think this is no longer the case but TBH I haven't actually checked in a while. In that case, "forcing" is probably too strong a word, but I'm being asked to pay if I want to avoid helping Mr. Gate's net worth (I think his well-being was plenty taken care of before I started making any purchasing decisions). I'm not sure to the degree this changes any of the reasoning above, but it was at least a little strange.
SQL queries in address bar to manage your bookmarks or manipulate data from the websites would be nice.
I suspect that's true. The article mentions the birds even tried talking to one of the rovers ... I suspect the researchers want to ensure the rover appears (visually and behaviorally) harmless, but at the same time also doesn't appear to be something worth attacking.
I managed to build a reasonably scalable product with the Java based tooling from the Jena project , along with the Python bindings - also the Clark and Parsia tools like Stardog are quite workable.

My experience is that much (SPARQL, basic reasoning) is production ready and has been for a long time, the problem is that it is hard to constrain yourself to the subset of features that don't lead to exponential computations.
“The incentives are all messed up,” says Hegarty. Cities have come to rely on parking tickets as a source of sorely needed revenue, he explains. The more parking tickets, the better the budget numbers."

This also applies to them given their business model.
that "test" is literally 1 step away from a "proper" test :) Slap an "assert_equal" in there and boom, tested! Or heck even "raise unless expected == actual"
We built this to optimize numerical algorithms. I am pretty sure there may be other uses. Let me know if you find it useful outside of number crunching.
It's interesting how, as Apple's design sensibility gets more and more questionable with the recent changes to iOS and OSX, google appears to be finally paying due respect to good design and really putting the work in. And it's paying off, big time.
I am not into cars at all but loved their infectious laughter. RIP
I walk by Redboxes fairly frequently and I can say that in my area the customer base is definitely in the lower socioeconomic class.
Apart from job searching why would anyone care what startups are specifically based in their area?

The overwhelming majority of startups are destined to fail because they're bad businesses so why is it important to connect with a startup vs any other company?
Taylor Swift has removed all of her albums from Spotify
I don't disagree with the thrust of what you are saying, and I am particularly amused that in the age of almost infinite variation deliverable through the internet there is a kind of odd counter-signalling effect to avoiding that (I also like travel and have been doing it constantly for more than a year, though, so what do I know).

Describing physical fitness as "the new status-symbol" seems pretty bizarre to me, though. As a status symbol it probably predates humanity.
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