skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>I think it was someone working on Curiosity that said mars has just enough of an atmosphere that you have to worry about it, but not quite enough to be useful.

It certainly is useful and you can still shed 90-95% of the inbound orbital velocity or even that from an interplanetary trajectory with a reasonable heat shield. It would be far more difficult if Mars were completely airless. You still need retrorockets for landing big payloads but at a discount.

Though the other atmosphered bodies in our solar system: Earth, Venus (cloud deck), Titan can be achieveable with just parachutes.
Although I don't typically use the word "libertarian" to describe myself, I do run in libertarian circles and I think this is arguably the single biggest issue of concern (other candidates include foreign policy and the prison system).

Go to Liberty Forum or Porcupine Festival and you'll see not just one but multiple studied experts discussing both the particulars of these policies and also strategies for achieving change.

Rand Paul (whom isn't nearly radical enough for my palate but carries the "Tea Party" label arguably more than anyone else) is by far the loudest member of either house of congress on this issue.

As far as I know, Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party candidate in 2012 and former New Mexico Governor) was the only viable candidate for President (defined here as being on the ballot in enough states to have a mathematical possibility of victory) who talked about this issue in his stump speech.

I'm not sure what more you want?

As an aside: Gary Johnson is a truly wonderful human being and an incredible elite athlete. I've been fortunate to get to hang out with him on about half a dozen occasions and, dare I say, become a personal friend, albeit not a close one (yet :-)). He's a really warm person who radiates amazingly positive energy (something you don't necessarily expect from a Libertarian) and is full of really intense entrepreneurial drive. He's planning a run again for 2016; be sure to at least give his material a chance.
The Lives of Elevators (2008)
"Possession is nine-tenths of the law"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_th...
cannot understand how can you program if you don't know data structures and algorithms ...
One request. I think it would be great if you were able to view the `&nbsp;` symbol in the Inspector!
I was just thinking this. Its a good app idea. Something that scans your bank accounts, and then cancels (or alerts) you to any odd small recurring charges.
Twitter, Search (Google), FIFA 14, Instagram, Dumpster
if you're incapable of reading subtext i can't help you, apologies
I usually not draw it in any tool but always have a sketch in my mind or paper
My lazy self always wonder how nice it would be if some of these infrastructure designs were always accompanied with a docker/fig configuration example to be used as a start point/proof of concept for people looking for similar solutions.

It obviously happens some times [1] [2], but it should be more common...

[1] http://alvinhenrick.com/2014/08/18/apache-storm-and-kafka-cl...

[2] https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/ches/kafka/
We do. When we make noise over this and other issues, people either accuse us of tinfoil hattery, or they tell us we should move to Somalia if we don't want to surrender ever-increasing amounts of sovereignty over our lives to the state. The conversation usually goes downhill from there.
I have often thought the applications like Maps should randomise the suggested routes (within reason) to spread the traffic load around and improve things for everyone.
That is because people tend to make noise only when "one of our own" has been unjustly treated. I am left of centre politically, and this is not limited to the right or left but everyone. I am pretty sure Aaron Swartz was not the first reasonably well-known person forced to take his own life, but no one cares unless they feel threatened. For example, there is so much "outrage" here based on discussions about Silk Road, but no one discussed the countless families destroyed everyday due to the war on drugs.
Results come from motivations, as the fruit springs from the tree.
I heard of an older Asian lady (first generation immigrant) who lost her 3-bed house somewhat this way.

She divorced from her husband and she ended up with the house. To make extra income, she rented her room to someone. That person happened to be a drug dealer or something like it and when that person was convicted, the house was also dragged into the case and she ended up losing the house to police.

I couldn't believe it and thought she may have been exaggerating but hearing this news, maybe she was telling the truth...
It sounds like the real benefit is not performance but the simplicity of having the slow-client spoonfeeding built in rather than requiring an external Web server.
I thought it will be a cool blog with cool clothes chosen by girls...but see nothing!

I have AdBlock, I suppose the Facebook login is hidden, but where are the outfits?
What burden? The burden is on the owner, because he has all his assets being seized, making it much harder to defend himself now. That should never happen - certainly not in a "innocent until proven guilty" system (if that's still the case).
In my experience, automation and devops 'best practices' are always an investment.

But there's a big recruiting and retention issue also... kinda hard to find and retain good IT/devops people these days if you do everything manually :-)
Just curious how does Kafka handle data rentention though? Can it be easily configured? Or you need to build something from scratch?
I think the issue mark-r was talking about is that the property is seized before any sort of due process has concluded. Also, if the government doesn't bring a case against you you have to actively fight to get your property back. So if your car is seized and neither party takes any further action the default behavior is the government now owns your car. [someone correct me if I'm wrong about this]
Perhaps today, that's true. Five years from now, civil trials, where one party is the government, might be used regularly as a way to circumvent the protections afforded criminal defendants.
Maximising efficiency isn't sufficient to build a harmonious society. Taking efficiency to the level of absurdity - it would be most efficient to put all non-productive individuals into a coma and pump them full of feel-good hormones, so that there's more roads, more education and more healthcare for those who are productive so they can pay more taxes to give more universal healthcare, education and roads.

I'm not saying that I'm against government funded programs, only saying your argument of the inefficiency of human goodness is not a valid one, when talking about building a society that maximises a utility measure that includes material as well as emotional wellbeing.
> While there are some shortcuts they largely rely on having seen a problem before.

I'm arguing that this is largely not true. These problems are grounded in basic CS[0] problems - implementing stacks, linked lists, standard sorts, or understanding how to solve a basic problem in a certain O time. They are not "interview problems" that recruiters invent and pass around to one anther, they are real problems with historical backgrounds and well-discussed solutions.

I'm not saying your group shouldn't exist, I'm saying I disagree with your stated method:

> expose yourself to enough problems and solutions

Instead, expose yourself to computer science. Few interview questions (for entry-midlevel coding jobs) are novel, almost all of them (that I've seen) are just exemplifications of well-known CS problems[1] that you will encounter in an intro algorithms textbook. The others tend to be domain specific and can't really be studied for anyway (write a basic X in framework Y).

There's no reason to frame this learning as interview training beyond when you state the benefits of it for marketing[2]. There's no magical distinction between programming and interviewing, there are just some abstract topics that happen to be tested by interviewers and are also used in real life.

[0] Not programming, computer science

[1] When I say problem here it means something slightly different than a test question. The definition is closer to "a research question that was once, and may still be, unsolved."

[2] Don't take this as an implication that you should be running a business, marketing is just part of making a good thing. It's understanding your users.
This is going to be great website to spend some time with toddlers :).
Wordnik is becoming a not-for-profit
How I wish Gilad Bracha was in Go team instead of that js replacement language nobody is using...
Please tell me there is a feature like in chrome when you do shift-esc. I really would like to see CPU usages in a browser a memory breakdown like about:memory
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what happened to the "to protect and to serve" motto then?
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wealth Gap
"IDC’s new figures for tablets and laptop sales in K-12 education finds that Chromebooks as a category constitute the best-selling device across the entire category in 2014"

So, what are the figures?
thanks, your tone policing is an obviously valuable contribution to human development example that deserves to exist, our progress will continue to extend thanks to people like you
> the countless families destroyed everyday due to the war on drugs.

This is possibly the single most frequent topic of discussion on HN (along with performance optimization :-)).

Perhaps there was a post or two about Silk Road in which it wasn't discussed, but it doesn't take much to get it going around here.
Shouldn't it be the service's responsibility to determine what you are rating as a median score and then recalibrate your scores to their drivers?

i.e. If I always rate 3, but sometimes rate 1; then that might be similar to someone always rating 5 but sometimes rating 1-3.
Also you usually aren't given a court-appointed lawyer unless you are also facing other criminal charges.
Ask HN: Have you always had a sense that you were destined to do great things?
Ask HN: How many things are you the best in the world at?
Show HN: I read an AngularJS tutorial and bought a domain name
What does "truly special service" even mean for an Uber ride? Breaking traffic laws for you? Being especially friendly? Owning a very expensive car?

There are a lot of ways in which a ride can be unsatisfactory (smelly, creepy, crappy car, poor driving, loud music, etc.) but not that many in which it can be exceptional. Unless they show up in a Tesla Roadster or something.
Show HN: I moved to Thailand and started a podcast rehashing HN articles
Interesting. I read a lot of news and I didn't know Rand Paul talked about it.
Jolly good then, if "human" means "so psychologically rotten as to be incapable of enjoying what is actually a perfectly good situation."
Most men don't understand how vulnerable they are because we are always made to take risk, lead and trust the system. The system is intentionally designed to harass people. Powers that be have always treated people outside the system as sheep. First it was the Kings, but at least then common people knew to stay away from strongmen. The System is pretty much the same since then. Men are expected to solve their problems on their own and not whine. Aaron fought the system for a lot of us, but neither he nor a lot of us understand how difficult it is, that the fight is ages old and the system has developed a lot of resistance. The rabbit hole goes deeper than most people understand. We must keep this fight alive if Aaron's life has any value.
What We Learnt by Talking to 50 Companies About DevOps
Ask HN: Do I need a technical co-founder or can I get Indians to do it?
I've never heard of this case, can you explain what it implies?
Ask HN: Nothing bad ever occurred in my life, why do poor people always complain?
The funniest thing about the books: They are mostly not about the Culture itself. Because it's boooooring.

The fringes are much more interesting.
> "There are two versions of this paper -- a longer full version and a shorter printed version. The full version is available on the web and the conference CD-ROM"

Does anyone have a link to the full version? I would love to read more in detail.. it is so inspiring

I think after E=MC2 , The PageRank algorithm "PR(A) = (1-d) + d (PR(T1)/C(T1) + ... + PR(Tn)/C(Tn))" is the formula which changed the entire world..
Elon Musk confirms satellite plans, announcement '2 – 3 months away'
Not really. This is public information.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2lwhzs/steal...
Ask HN: Are most startup founders poorly educated, and poor diletanttes?
And the rails asset pipeline can pre-compress the files, so you don't waste compressing them for each request individually.
> These situations are much more complicated than the surface view that the "big evil colonial empire" is picking on defenseless people.

This situation seems pretty clear cut. Hardly anybody ever heard about these people, and the colonial administrator clearly thought them barely human. When there was an opportunity to make a quick buck on their back, no consideration was given to what they may think of it. That's precisely a colonial attitude.

> If the original wrong of enslaving the population was corrected, the people relocated by force would have never been on the island in the first place.

I'd say the least you can do, when you have been mercilessly exploiting a group of people for generations, isn't to screw them over a second time because you can make some money out of it. Especially when you're rather hypocritically talking about "human rights" and "democracy". Not to say that other western democracies don't share the same hypocrisy (the US democratized the native Americans to death, the French defended "freedom" during WWI and WWII while happily oppressing their colonies, etc...). However, "others do it too" isn't a valid defence after kindergarten.
Ask HN: Why is this called Hacker News when there is no hacking?
What do you think is worthwhile about Go?

Simplicity - the main feature is all the interesting things they left out.
Why Amazon Echo is the future of every home
Ask HN: A lady offered me a finder's fee if I know anyone with C. What do I do?
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

Article 17.

(1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 12.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 10.

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
^ Top

Article 11.

(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

It would be interesting to see how other countries do asset seizure to compare how they maintain compliance with the UNHDR.
AMD's Gizmo 2 SBC Powers Up with G-Series SoC
The concept is that police are, in theory, bringing charges against the property. They are saying this property is being used in the furtherance of a crime.

So where's the crime? Who's been arrested/convicted/sentenced?
You are arrested and placed in a cage before any sort of due process has concluded.

The due process doesn't have to be first, it just has to happen, and it has to be binding. (i.e. they can't just keep you or your property if they lose the trial)
This interview has been published as a goodie for the donation drive Strange Horizons is currently doing. If you liked it, consider donating a couple of bucks: http://strangehorizons.com/fund_drives/2014/main.shtml

(No affiliation, I just love how much stuff there is to read for free on that page...)
I purchased the Dell Chromebook from Dell's education website. It's a slick looking device that was quite reasonably priced. I find it to be much more useful than my Nexus 7 or my iPad 2.
What you should do is be sure you're carrying less than $100 when the police officer asks you that question.
Really? It's one of his trademark issues.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/25/r...
Sorry, but that is bad advice.

Do not talk to the police, ever! If they arrest you, you only ask for the reason of the arrest and for legal counsil (a lawyer) and nothing more!

If they give you a ticket, keep your mouth shut, receive it and present it to a lawyer.

Do not consent to a search, ever! Even if you think you have nothing on you!

The police is not your friend!
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Surely there is some bribery going on here for Google to repeatedly get so many exclusive perks from Moffet.

Google gets discounted fuel from Moffet, paid for by taxpayers:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/google-executives-g...

Google executives get exclusive rights to fly their private jets from Moffet for personal trips:

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/150386125.html
Personally, I don't get Richard Stallman's and the general DIY community's objection to these. If I want to build something and put a non-standard screw in it, let me do that. You go, Apple. Stick as many pentalobe's in my devices as you want. That's what creativity and free market is all about.
Raptor seems pretty interesting, but personally I don't like its marketing approach, and I'm not the only one.

On twitter some ruby heroes say : " Raptor is 4x faster than existing ruby web servers for hello world applications" :)

The strong proclamations in favour of an open source project is a little bit strange if the open code is not yet released.

However I hope that all graphs on the home page are real for the ruby programmers happiness
The professional world, mostly. The people that have the most to gain are the least likely to look into stuff like this.

The Moneyball revolution in sports has taken over front offices, scouting departments, and stats geeks. But not the holiest of holies, the world of player development. Keeping a player on the court for a few extra minutes per game could result in a huge gain for the team. Keeping Lebron James or Troy Tulowitzki healthy could literally be worth $20 million or more to the team. Yet they pay nothing on that side of the game and do not look for new avenues or approaches.

It is insanity. But it is also professional sports, so, it is what it is. Eventually, there will be a revolution. I only hope it's within the next 20 years.
> $100m

Now I know why I've been seeing them everywhere for the past year.
Pretty much. If it's hosted in the US, they'll take it down. If it's not, they'll do pretty much whatever they can ... which boils down to seizing the domain. Usually with the kinds of sites people are typically worried about USGOV taking down, they leave up ... and watch the traffic. It's like in The Wire - they don't want the criminal's site (cell phone) to go down when they're watching the connections it's making.

Title II combined with the 2nd amendment actually prevents things like The Great Firewall :)
No, the point of prison is to be part of the legal system. The point of the legal system is to keep society hale and hearty. If that means prisons are horrible torture pits, so be it. If that means prisons are touchy-feely slices of utopia, so be it. "Reducing crime" is important, but whether you do it through the carrot or the stick (or a third method or a combination of methods) is up for debate.

So no, the 'point of prison' isn't 'to suck'. That's an overly simplistic view of the issue.
It's still there, just like North Korea is still, The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea.
How to use the Bokeh effect to make amazing photos?
Could you invite me?!
The SJWs Now Get to Police Speech on Twitter
It's from Phusion[1], which is headquartered in the Netherlands. Non-English Europe conventionally uses . as a digit separator, so 60.000 would be sixty thousand.

[1]:
% ping rubyraptor.org
PING rubyraptor.org (97.107.130.55) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from shell.phusion.nl (97.107.130.55): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=98.3 ms
And deep packet inspection is pretty easy to get around with some rudimentary encryption technologies.
Ask if you're under arrest. If not, you must be free you go.
Did you spot a specific issue, or are you just opposed to any form of legal advice given on HN?
Mozilla metrics-graphics
If it's the Passenger guys then 60.000 is how you write 60,000 in the Netherlands ;)
It is sad that so many servers are still vulnerable on an issue that has been reported through all major mainstream news networks. We've witnessed several attacks many days after Shellshock was fixed, and chasing down the botnet scripts we saw hundreds of servers compromised.

The story and scripts were published on a blog post in case anyone wants to check out a standard botnet attack:

http://blog.mist.io/post/100582053116/anatomy-of-a-shellshoc...
The real reason is they take much more effort on the part of the investor to back companies like this. Much better to burn through hundreds of naive young guys trying to pick "outliers" than building businesses with a good chance of moderate success.
“10 years ago we built Firefox ----to-give-you-a-choice--- because we realized how horribly we had botched Netscape Navigator.” fixed
From everything I've read Kafka is a really bad fit for AWS. It is not tolerant of partitioning. They stated this in their own design document where they present it as a CA system. In his Jepsen post on Kafka, Kyle backed this up with more data.

Given this, why do people deploy it to AWS? It seems like an invitation to disaster.
This pastes the link there, but doesn't embed it (i.e. no preview pic, etc).
Thanks! That was really useful. It had several layers of depth that I can spend quite some time on digesting.
You keep repeating that comment but no, they are not. The idea is clever and the result is pretty good, but what the parent is saying – that in your implementation the line looks more broken up because it's more separated from the glyphs – is true.

You may be able to fix that by tweaking the shadows but as it is currently implemented it works pretty well for larger display text but not so much for smaller body text.
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Playing with Sandworm
I like make, and get a kick out of possible interesting successors, like tup and redo. I forced myself to stick to "go build" when starting out with go, and I'm glad I did...more time working on what I'm working on, less time fiddling with the build system. I'd recommend it, at least until you really hit its limitations.
It can be easily configured. Default is to retain for 7 days. See log.retention.hours[1]

[1] https://kafka.apache.org/08/configuration.html
Caveat: Thanks to Google's ubiquity, it's not wrong to use a pseudonym if you're really worried about your basic questions coming back to haunt you :)

Not that I like it, especially these days. These kind of things should be fixed properly.
25% of cab drivers had no clue where Gaskin St was, and I never had any suggest they were going to knock off the fare in three years...