skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think it's pretty complicated, actually. I've lurked here for years but only made an account within the last year. In that short time, I've said arguably worse things than you have (though not with ill intent; I can just be abrasive and opinionated) and as far as I can tell I've not been hellbanned yet.

It probably helps that I'm a "nobody"; I'm not a member of the startup culture, just an outside observer and occasional commentator. If it's true that politics are a factor in bans and heavy-handed moderation, then I can understand (though not agree with) you being hellbanned for what are fairly mild comments as judged by an outsider like me, as you are a member of the startup club.

And I hate to say it, but misogyny might even have played a role in it. I have zero evidence of that and it's not meant as an accusation, just that it's a remote possibility. It's a real problem in just about any internet based community, and I really doubt this one is immune to it.
Why that amount of money? Is that how much the SFLC needs? I assume you're picking the SFLC to represent you, right?

Does the FSF handle any of Gnome's finances? As a GNU package, I thought there still was a relationship between the FSF and Gnome.

I ask because as a fellow GNU-in-arms, I might be able to make a case for sending you a bit of Octave's money. We gotta look out for each other, right?
Looks like it's Google's recruiting for Python devs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8588080
If you are as confused as I was this old HN thread might help:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8588080
And then lose spetacularly, since you don't own the trademark.
We're exploring many options. :)

I can't say anything about specific plans for legal actions, sorry.
Very questionable tactics when fighting competition, particularly Lyft. Google it (I don't want to misrepresent it from memory), it's been on HN quite a few times.
Someone has to pay to do the work of determining if GNOME has a valid complaint. Even if the government were to foot the bill, they would still ask GNOME to put their best case forward, which would involve GNOME hiring lawyers.
There are quite a few matches for "google.com/foobar" …
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22google.com%2Ffoobar%...
> the mode of transit shown by default in Google Maps has absolutely nothing to do with quality.

Of course not. Technology will eat the world and improve on and replace humans in all complex cases. Like deciding what mode of transport to use in central London. Because disruption.
What is the rationale behind that?
Donated.

I hope that Groupon finds its ability to attract and retain engineering talent substantially degraded.
Dev kit is $200. Chip is listed at Arrow for ~$10, but out of stock.

I wonder if you could do some interesting analog audio stuff, like building low part count multi-speaker crossover networks, etc. Then again, for $10 apiece, it probably still makes way more sense to just put a cortex or something on there and do it all digitally.
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This for example.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/26/6067663/this-is-ubers-play...
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I must be misunderstanding Alibaba. I thought it was related to buying wholesale goods to resell?
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Huh, this is a really weird mix of subdomains. https://www.google.com/search?q=withgoogle.com
Probably a dumb question but will the proposed net neutrality title II changes affect this project?
I read in a comment on a related article yesterday that this was tried in Utah, in fact here's the link[1], tldr it was not successful at all.

The operative question would seem to be, how does one write a blank check to law enforcement to seize property with no judicial oversight or lawful reason required, but then make them promise by law to give it away rather than simply use it for their own personal/departmental reasons?

If you want to empower someone to be a thug and take peoples stuff, you have to recognize that Robin Hood was actually a work of fiction and consider that maybe nobody is going to actually do that. Apparently in Utah, everyone ignored the new law -- police, prosecutors, judges, the press, and even the voting public who passed the original ballot initiative, failed to hold anyone to account when the next election time came around.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8582659
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Ask HN: Is Title II the Only Way to Achieve Net Neutrality?
Seems like Title II is a double-edged sword, granting the FCC power to stop internet fast lanes, but also potentially giving them power to impose all kinds of other controls. Thoughts?
Donated few bucks. I encourage everyone to do more than me. Lads, this tiny bit of freedom is in your hands. Please do the proper thing.
"The Bridge" is a masterpiece. They're not all equally good, but his style is such that even the less good ones are still worth reading.
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No worries, thanks for taking the time to write all this up!
I've not looked at the marks that GNOME (the linux distro/project) hold - as you say someone else can file for marks in other classes, separation by market area and geography allow for otherwise coterminous use of registered trademarks.

However Groupon's _use_ http://investor.groupon.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=8487... is clearly going to cause confusion [in the legal, TM sense] with GNOME's whether GNOME's mark is registered or not.

I'm not sure about the details of confusion clauses under the USC but it's definitely a thing in trademark law. Also, as your 2nd link shows Groupon's is a current application that is awaiting applicant response: presumably it's the use of the mark that GNOME are fighting at present rather than the ongoing trademark application (which they can simply make observations on that the examiner can use to reject the mark [or not if they're insane]).
> old HN thread

> 11 hours ago
Even the moon has enough gravitational distortions that satellites there degrade and crash.
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Startup depression
Would some kind of caching help with this? I guess it doesn't do much good to cache data on a satellite? It still has to send it to each user?
They sell the dev kit for the current AN231E04 part, but at least the Asian distributor does not stock it (only back order), and over $200, but at least it is available from 1. If I'd just want the part, it comes in 1000 increments...

I'd have some more ideas for lab instruments, but under these circumstances it cannot really be used for product development, sadly
How is this trademark infringement? Generally speaking, you're allowed to use a trademarked word in a different field (and even trademark in that field yourself!).

The classic example is Dominos pizza vs. Domino sugar:

http://www.wolverine-startuplaw.com/2014/03/06/analyzing-the...

Here, "Gnome" is being used in two "technical" contexts... but that's a pretty broad brush to paint with for claiming overlap.
At least in Europe you're not required to register a trademark to be able to use it. If I've been selling red toy cars in Dutch toy stores for five years and they all had a clearly recognizable logo on them, then someone else uses a logo that is almost identical to sell orange toy cars in the same or nearby toy stores, I might very well win that lawsuit.

It is geographically limited and limited to the market segment, and I'm not sure about international laws, but technically they just stole something you've been using for years. If the trademark system is this expensive for legitimately protecting a registered trademark, I see no use for the whole registered trademark system.
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Have you not heard the stories? Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is. http://pirates.wikia.com/wiki/Isla_de_Muerta
I'm guessing in order to successfully log-in, you've to trigger yourself as someone who's eligible? Otherwise, it looks like everyone else is wondering how to make it work.
Because they discriminate based on age. If you are older, you are expected to have done more. This is legal in investments.
> Why that amount of money?

Our counsel has advised us that we will need that much to oppose the registration of the first set of 10 trademark applications.

> Is that how much the SFLC needs? I assume you're picking the SFLC to represent you, right?

We're currently working with pro-bono counsel from an independent attorney. The amount is how much we've been advised that we'll need to successfully defend the trademark.

> Does the FSF handle any of Gnome's finances?

No; the GNOME Foundation is an independent 501(c)3.

> As a GNU package, I thought there still was a relationship between the FSF and Gnome.

Not a financial relationship, but GNOME is still part of the GNU project.

> I ask because as a fellow GNU-in-arms, I might be able to make a case for sending you a bit of Octave's money. We gotta look out for each other, right?

The thought is appreciated, but if you're talking about funds donated to GNU Octave, I don't think that'd be appropriate. We're raising funds specifically for this defense campaign, rather than using general donations to GNOME; for the same reason, we shouldn't be using donations people offered to Octave for Octave development. But thanks for your consideration.

One thing you could do: we'd appreciate it if you promoted the campaign further across other projects, such as via the news feeds and social media accounts of those projects.
"Let's see...29, 31, 32. Seems like we're missing something here, but I can't put my finger on it...hey, you see the Braves give the Mets a pounding? What a bunch of lazy bums. Well, see you tomorrow!"
'Intellectual Property' is not a legal classification, and shouldn't be. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and looser-defined 'trade secrets' all have distinct purposes. Saying "Intellectual Property" when you mean "Trademark" gives the impression that the holder has all kinds of legal protections which don't actually apply.

Over the long term, there's danger that legal theories will change to further expand the rights of corporate publishers.
You are aware that The Culture is explicitly not a descendant of humanity. Culture agents visit Earth in a short story set after Consider Phlebas and it's during the Middle Ages.

As for your alleged empirical fact -- the implication is that almost no-one is wealthy, which is either manifestly untrue or your definition of happiness isn't useful.
Message him pretending to be a recruiter and ask him which one he works on.
Wow, all evidence suggests that the team in charge of this at Groupon is acting in bad faith, trying to bulldoze over a non-profit with fewer financial resources. (I doubt Groupon would ever attempt something like this against a financially-well-backed brand such as, say, "Apple.")

Consider: (1) it's essentially impossible that no one involved had ever heard of the Gnome desktop (it's the top result when I search for "gnome" on Google); and (2) after being contacted by the Gnome Foundation, Groupon filed even more trademark applications.

There are a lot of decent, hard-working hackers at Groupon, and quite a few of them, I'm sure, regularly visit HN. They won't be happy to find out about this.

Are there any Groupon insiders here willing to comment on this, maybe anonymously?

--

UPDATE: Groupon just released an official response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8590343 -- they now say they will be "glad to look for another name." If they really mean it, kudos to them for changing their position!
Or that he's going to be fired for being a liability to the company.

From Groupon, I expect the worst.
For those who are confused, the local papers say Google is looking to hire 30K people?

I believe this app/page is part of that push. Bunch of problems to complete.
Considering both projects comprise a software user interface, I'd say it's close enough to be concerned.
An architecture that requires more launches is directly in SpaceX's interests.
Yes and no. In theory, the SEC's rules[1] require that the risk factors be things that are unique to the company (i.e. not risks that apply to stock offerings generally). The factors you mention are common among new companies but wouldn't be included for more mature companies.

Sometimes these factors are helpful. Sometimes they seem to represent the product of a particularly imaginative lawyer or accountant. RSA once had a risk factor stating that if an efficient means of factoring primes were developed their business might suffer.[2]

[1]http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/229.503

[2]http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932064/00009501350200... search "prime"
Node uses hierarchical dependencies so different dependencies can get their own version of a particular package. I'd agree that this is hardly innovative, but definitely a lot more user friendly than Ruby. npm is great but would agree that attributing Node's popularity to it is unfounded.
"They are mostly not about the Culture itself. Because it's boooooring."

This is why if we had the technology for a post-scarcity society on Earth there would be sets of people who would use this level of technology to do things like try to colonize Mars -- to the abject horror of the latte-sippers who would pen endless screeds about how foolish it is as they sit and sip latte.

Wait... did I even make up that last part?
Time to feel all warm and cosy inside, it’s the John Lewis Christmas TV ad 2014
When the close door button is just the two triangles, my brain can never parse which is close and which is open. Does that happen to anyone else?

Example:
<>
><

I feel like the arrows pointing away looks more like a door coming together.
JsDelivr and its open-source load balancing algorithm
Random is his worst put down -- someone who is consistently wrong actually conveys information.
Language Jones and the Temple of... Burritos?
Prynt – Smartphone case printing pictures instantly
Could this have to do with Googles ARG Endgame[1]? It seems just cryptic enough to fit the bill.

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/7/6927605/welcome-to-endgame...
To be fair, even on HN there are many different meanings of Net Neutrality (some of which I agree with, some which I don't).
Except that's easily solved, by going there with someone who's been there before...
This just went from trademark infringement to calculated, evil, purposive attempt to co-opt someone else's trademark. Seriously, I hope Groupon get crushed under the court - countering this sort of activity is the entire purpose of TM law.

Whoever is steering things at Groupon must be pretty evil to try and play this out.
In the first case, then simply upvote the comment you agree with. Remember that when you downvote a comment, you're essentially downvoting the entire discussion associated with that comment as well, affecting its visibility to others. Don't downvote substantive comments just because you disagree with them, it robs HN of quality content.

If everyone downvotes to disagree, the net effect is to reinforce the majority view and create an echo chamber. Use the downvote to enforce community standards, not community opinion. Many people have a hard time understanding the distinction, but it's an important one.
Alibaba.com is for wholesale, but Alibaba the company is much broader than that. They have two big consumer sites: Taobao.com and Tmall.com
Rough estimates suggest there are around 3,000 analog engineers in the world

That's the real order of magnitude of the number of analog engineers?
Java's type system is sound. There are even machine-verified proofs of this.
Was in Senegal a few years ago, frequently bought 100MB for 5,000CFA (about $10). At least that's what I remember. Is Orange just cheaper or is that about right?
Hackers Use DarkHotel Malware to Exploit Executive Targets
Elon Musk to launch satellite-internet
Yep, I did. R. Aubry
I think this is very clever. Assuming this is something to do with recruitment (as the other comments suggest), then of course I find it intensely irritating and it confirms my pre-existing notion that I would never want to work for a company like Google. But, on the other hand, the people who devised this puzzle are clearly people who would be enticed by a puzzle like it, and would therefore think it was a good way to find like-minded people - and they are probably correct in that assumption.
Ask HN: What companies offer an API as a product?
What companies offer an API as a product for some fundamental functionality (like Twilio, SendGrid, etc.)?
But you're getting that bandwidth in Africa, so honestly that's not bad. Not really a fair and equal comparison...
Dynamic Vision Sensor – Asynchronous temporal contrast silicon retina
Rob Pike's keynote at GopherCon 2014 does a great walkthrough of the evolution of the design of the language, where ideas were borrowed from and why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoS7DsT1rdM
It seems if you have searched something which Google has interest in, you would be allowed to login. Below code on page points towards this:

var g=document.getElementById("g");g.src="https://foobar.withgoogle.com/"+window.location.search
This is a new travel booking solution for SMBs: https://www.lastroom.com/ More than 400k hotels worldwide, all your invoices in one place, real time reports and data to control over your travel expenses. Being the first travel manager specifically tailored for SMBs, it's completely free of charge no matter the number of users you sign up from your company/organization.
Also good: http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/
Very good
This app is Nice
> The thought is appreciated, but if you're talking about funds donated to GNU Octave, I don't think that'd be appropriate.

The funds were donated to the FSF for Octave. However, many of us in Octave use Gnome, so I could see a point in saying that we in Octave need to ensure that Gnome works well for us. Also, we collect the funds in a rather ambiguous language, without any promise of how they will be spent, within the boundaries of the FSF's 503(c).

> One thing you could do: we'd appreciate it if you promoted the campaign further across other projects, such as via the news feeds and social media accounts of those projects.

We don't have much of a web presence, but I'll promote the Gnome problem in whatever scanty resources we have. Of course, the FSF is also doing this for you, right?
Is that "an Asian" thing, though? Ie do people in US/Europe spend much money on stickers?
The API is never the product. It can be a huge part of the product, but it's never the product itself.
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What topic were you googling?

Also, its interesting that this account was created so recently... maybe this is Google itself.
Gnome has definitely had an impact on my career, as it was my desktop of choice for a long time, both professionally and at home. Thank you for your hard work, i've donated $50 (not much but). Go get them boys :)
It's a great question. Just the idea of a worldwide service brings up hundreds of legal jurisdictions and possible issues. And the limited bandwidth of the satellites may mean that equal service treatment may not be ideal, even if awesomely required by law (we can hope). We'll see how it plays out.
Why do you find it intensely irritating? Google's a massive company that employees all sorts of different professions and types of people. This puzzle isn't targeting you, seems successful to me.
For those without access to the full LinkedIn page: https://i.imgur.com/ocyqh2N.png

GNOME Foundation - January 2002 - Present (12 Years 11 Months)
The move comes across as particularly hypocritical after reading this recent Groupon Engineering blog post titled Sharing is Caring: Open Source at Groupon:

https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/open-source/sharing-is-...
Exactly. It's crazy to presence the amount of work that's being put onto a single project. Truly inspiring.
I agree with 2 but not with 1. I think there are loads of people out there who have heard that there is something like Linux, but have never used it. If you never used any *nix you probably don't even know that desktop environments can be switched or changed. Then how would you know about a specific desktop environment? Not accepting to respect a 17 year old trademark is very, very bad though.
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Yes! Exactly the same. I am always hitting the "close" button when I'm wanting the open. And contrary to legend, in at least some elevators the close button definitely initates a door close immediately.

This has happened so often that when I want to hold the elevator for someone I actually hold the door with my hand or foot rather than try to figure out which button to push.
Thanks for the link! I'm surprised that I have not seen this before.

The methodology in this book is definitely close to what I'm trying to achieve with LLTHW. I'll be sure to add it to the list of references, and look forward to what it can teach me about teaching Lisp.
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> Could you kindly explain me then what's the point of registering a trademark?

---

* Public notice of your claim of ownership of the mark;

* A legal presumption of your ownership of the mark and your exclusive right to use the mark nationwide on or in connection with the goods/services listed in the registration;

* The ability to bring an action concerning the mark in federal court;

* The use of the U.S. registration as a basis to obtain registration in foreign countries;

* The ability to record the U.S. registration with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Service to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods;

* The right to use the federal registration symbol ®; and
Listing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s online databases.

---

from http://www.uspto.gov/faq/trademarks.jsp#_Toc275426681
Much better: "2562 units, 85 prefixes, 66 nonlinear units"

Since it took me a moment to figure it out, heres how to install it:

brew install gnu-units

then run as: gunits

So it lives happily besides the default units command.
A few issues with that; 1) I've only been able to find evidence that font formats specify underline position and height, and leave the drawing to the renderer, and 2) most fonts were created with a desktop publishing context in mind, and 3) the web context has significantly different needs. I think there's a good case for making this change for the font renderer used in web browsers.
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Thanks for this. As someone new to bitcoin, this helped explained things a bit for me, but also leaves me with many more questions.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but can someone explain the part explaining b?

y2 = x3 + ax + b
For a = 0 and b = 7 (the version used by bitcoin)

Can someone please explain why b is set to 7? Is there some other articles that explain this in a little more depth?

I'm finding references to Secp256k1 (SEC 2: Recommended Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters), but am struggling to understand it.
My guess is that they have set up some pattern matching or keyword matching against search queries for some particular programming questions related to whatever they are hiring for. NLP, maybe?
This seems to be Alibaba's github page. https://github.com/alibaba

Among the projects Tengine is the powerful web server (based on Nginx) used at Tmall.com and Taobao.com.
Consumerization of PRC!

from the article:
"Please Singles' Day, can you pass by quickly?," reads a typical comment. "I didn't think I needed anything until today when I feel like I need everything I see. I'm so helpless!"
The government should do it. If they give you the means of registering a trademark, they should at least be able of determining if a claim is valid.
100% of what you do is meaningless on a long enough term. Unless you find a way to reverse entropy.