skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well speaking of projections, I am not pointing to the lack of politeness, nor politics, as the problem in itself here.

I remarked on his snarkyness simply because it indicative of the problem: there has been a long history of dismissiveness during any discussion of upstreaming PaX/grsec-style mitigations. So considering it is not being taken seriously we will continue to enjoy the side-effects for the foreseeable future.
"To be fair, I don’t think that the people behind the post were trying to be anything but funny, and sincere. Little did they know that that combination is fraught with other shipwrecked bits of writing."

Wonderfully put. (same goes for speaking in public, too)
Give this guy props on trolling on offices blog
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Why would North Korea demand a ransom and then demand the movie not be shown?

I think its more to embarrass Sony than anything.
Wait a couple of days. Anti-China politicians will get there.
If this movie went to theatres, it would hit $1B because how fucked up this situation is.
This is the only reason I may suspect anyone that just normal black hats. Why wasn't this movie released with the rest of them. It wouldn't be the first time we've seen an unfinished movie released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5AsOEk-ZJU
Untrue. It can be difficult, but it's often not difficult at all.
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Ops engineer here. This is a particularly hard case because the problem involved an interaction of components across the network, and was scale-dependent. These kinds of problems are truly "emergent" in that they're enormously hard to test for. Absent an exact copy of production, with the same workload, I/O characteristics, network latencies, etc., there are always some class of scale/performance-related bugs you just won't catch until the code hits production.

One defense is a "canary" deployment process (they used the term "flighting") to ensure major changes are rolled out slowly enough to detect major performance shifts. Had their deployment process worked correctly, they may have been able to roll back the change without incident.

A second defense is proactively building "safeties" and "blowoff valves" into your software. Example: if a client notices a huge spike in errors, back off before retrying a connection request, otherwise you may put the system into a positive feedback loop. Ethernet collision detection/avoidance is a great example of a safety mechanism done well.

Finally, every high-scale domain has its own problems, which experienced engineers know to worry about. In my case, at an analytics provider, one of the hardest problems we face is data retention: how much to store, at what granularity, for how long, and how that interacts with our various plan tiers. OTOH we have significant latitude to be "eventually correct" or "eventually consistent" in a way a bank, stock exchange, or other transactional financial system (e.g. credit approval) can't be. I imagine other things like ad serving, video serving, game backend development, etc. there are similar "gotchas", but I don't know what they are.
When I last tried to try the issue of ZFS was one of performance and massive requirement of RAM to enable the features I wanted.

It seems performance have improved and are improving according to this benchmark of last year zfsonlinux by phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=19059
Was NeXT a failure? From Wikipedia it was founded in '86 and got bought in '96 by Apple for $429m plus 1.5m Apple shares for Jobs. I wouldn't mind failing like that.
Uber is doing a million rides a day
Excellent.

I've hosted hughrawlinson's demo code at http://diydsp.com/fun/meyda/

And I've written a short blogpost teaching people what-the-heck feature extraction is at http://diydsp.blogspot.de/2014/12/javascript-audio-feature-e...
Of course, one side wants to promote social norms discouraging racism and sexism, and the other side wants to promote social norms discouraging drug use

I don't think it's at all fair to call racism and sexism, which have actual victims, "social norms" of the same category as opposition to (or support of) drug use.
And a better article about the study:
https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene...

The published paper:
http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(14)00...
Hard to imagine it's much different than pineapple express and this is then end, both of which have similar RT critic scores at the moment. If you liked those you'll probably like this one.
Just a week after the LendingClub IPO, I'm really surprised there has not been more buzz on HackerNews about these two online lending companies.
I honestly dont get this at all, If I could choose where I live I wouldnt choose where I live now, but I live where I can afford to live and if it became to expensive I would move, failing that I would buy a place where I wanted to stay then no one can make me move. The entitlement in this article is astounding.
So poking fun at another country in a fictional movie is not OK, but compromising a company's network and leaking their internal communications is?
Norway?

Socialism is a spectrum.
Peer-to-peer replicatable data structure
Java AOT compilers

Java AOT compilers? What Java AOT compilers?

I know about Excelsior JET ($$$$) and gcj (abandoned). Do you know of any free and good Java AOT compilers?
BTW, I feel I must add (for the benefit of random readers stumbling upon this thread) that most people should not attempt long-duration fasting. It may not be beneficial at all, and there are certain dangers associated with it. Up to 3 days is probably okay if you're overall healthy, but most people should stop around this point (I can't draw a firm line as it's not an exact science). 1 week becomes pretty sketchy for everyone.

The human body could go on like that for a few weeks actually, but I don't think there are any benefits beyond 2...3...4 days [research needed], and the dangers multiply rapidly the more you push into very long durations.
Critic reviews for movies like this mean almost nothing. Audience reviews do, but it's not out yet of course.
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Ah yes, Sonic Visualizer is an incredible tool. Despite the name which might sound like merely a trippy thing to watch, it can be used for extremely serious work, such as reverse-engineering world music scales, tuning instruments, figuring out and annotating the notes in a song, etc.

Note #1. The VAMP plug-ins seriously kick up the power of Sonic Visualizer and that they are open-source and used in the also amazing online tool Chordify which is found at http://chordify.net

Note #2. Chordify is a neat tool which automatically extracts the chords from any youtube video you point at it. It's free, but if you pay an additional 50 cents or so, it will send a you a rudimentary MIDI file with the chords in it. It's been worth it for me several times already.
To add a little consensus, this is almost my exact setup too, though I'm on OS X and use Chrome for browsing.

As well as using C-x 2 and C-x 3, I've started using perspective.el (https://github.com/nex3/perspective-el), which means I can switch between different projects each with their own buffer set and window configuration, as well as switch to an IRC perspective. It's such a well-executed extension, definitely recommend it if you've never tried it.
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I would have hired you but I'm poor.
Thanks to our favorite president GW Bush, any computer hacking is considered "terrorism" and has similar consequences just like real terrorism such as ISIL or Al Qaida:

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
> I would think that handling SIGTERM is not so hard--you finish processing what's in flight already, while not trying to handle anything new.

What is the point of SIGTERM then. Why bother messing with that code that runs in an exiting/aborting program if SIGKILL will handle. Heck, SIGTERM if not handled will just be SIGKILL.

That is the main point of this -- why write 2 sets of code? Unless you can guarantee your program will always get SIGTERM then SIGKILL. You have to make sure it works correctly with SIGKILL. If you do, then why bother putting in the lines of code to handle SIGTERM?
Any action that results in rich assholes losing a bit of money or potentially losing a bit of money falls under the umbrella of terrorism now, or 'economic terrorism' if you will. So copyright infringement and of course any form of organized protest fit the bill, along with hacking a Japanese company with offices in the US.

You can try to fight the total annihilation of meaning in our language, but as you see here it is a losing battle.
The article may apply to heavily urban areas, but in more rural areas, Amazon is the only game in town besides getting in the car and heading to the local Wal-Mart. I can't see most of these localized delivery services getting national traction simply because it doesn't make economic sense in rural/suburban areas, the population density isn't high enough.
Depends on what you do while fasting. I couldn't fast one day under heavy mental activity. I feel nauseous when I'm deeply thinking while coding for too long without eating.
The hackers win: Sony cancels the theatrical release of ‘The Interview’ for now
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Completely agree. I know the regime in North Korea is crazy, but I really don't see them caring about this at all. On the other hand, they're often the butt of jokes in the west. Just look at all the "you've been banned from r/pyongyang jokes on reddit. Or 'The Interview' itself, which based on the trailer, seems to be laughing at the same stereotypes. I think a bunch of hackers that frequent 4chan have a lot more motive to continue this whole joke than North Korea itself.
I went back to school when I decided to switch careers (I was a banquet manager at the time) and my experience was that a relevant degree will make it easier to land interviews, but doesn't matter much beyond that. Interviewers were far more interested in things like side projects I did for fun or how well I whiteboarded than my education.

So your real hurdle (assuming you're at the skill level of an entry-level/junior developer) is landing interviews. If you're not interested in going back to school I'd suggest reaching out to recruiters. Work with several, try not to be too picky, and most importantly, be patient. With an unconventional background getting your first offer will not be easy - but after that you're set. [Or at least, that was my experience, your mileage may vary].

Lastly, you mentioned you picked up PHP & SQL for a personal project - make sure that's on your resume and make sure to bring it up in every interview you have. It shows a genuine interest both in writing software and in learning as well as demonstrate you're capable of learning outside of a classroom.
I prefer to agree to NDA's but insist that it be mutual. Both sides get equal protection/risk.
Then we should never believe a single word they say, especially considering their track record.
SIGTERM if not handled (caught) terminates the program.
Well, that's the thing: since it's not an embassy, it doesn't have an ambassador with diplomatic privileges, it has a "chief".

But my point is that this is all just paper. Out in the real world, the US can (and probably will) pretty much just swap out the plaque outside the "US Interests Section" with one that says "US Embassy", with the chief and their assistants magically transformed into diplomats.
It is realistic if they've had enough of the nonsense and don't want further bad stuff to happen after the release of the film.
My apologies. You are correct. I have difficulties in drawing any conclusions about Venus as I can't think of anything where 3 hours of human time would make a difference, so I used Mars (and to a lessor extent Rosetta) as the comparisons.

I researched various proposed Venus landings, like VISE, but still struggle to find something where a human in the near proximity would make that big of a difference.

That is, assuming landing can wait until Earth and Venus are at conjunction, and that 7° of angular separation is enough for a good single, then they are about 38 million kilometers apart, or 2.2 light minutes, so there's a 4.5 minute lag for ground control on Earth. Compare to Mars, which at best is 54.6 million km from Earth, or 3 light minutes, giving a 6 minute lag.

So I can only assume you're talking about driving a rover, which would require a lot of feedback. But a rover can't go far in a couple of hours, and if it's traveling the entire time then it's not drilling or taking spectrographs .. neither of which require much decision making.

Instead, the blue sky plans are for things like the Landsailing Rover, which use passive wind power to move around. And unlike Mars, it seems that Venus doesn't require much in the way of navigation, with little in the way of geography, so autonomous systems might be fine for most travel.

Really, I struggle your proposal, so I'm trying to give real-world comparisons so I'm not just blabbling negativity on the internet. But do you have any examples of where the science is worth the cost of putting a human on the scene, compared to spending the same amount of money on multiple robotic probes? Because if it means putting 1 rover on Venus for 3 hours or sending 20 probes for multi-year missions to orbit around all of the other planets, plus 3 rovers on the Moon, then I can't see how the human-near-Venus rover mission is worthwhile.
This sounds like what would happen if I built a new javascript library, but instead of publishing source code, I just wrote blog post describing how to build it again in natural language. I've never been in a lab or witnessed one of these experiments, but wouldn't it be great if you could write up a set of instructions and feed that into a machine anywhere in the world.
Should I use Railo to build my startup?
My cofounder and I are getting ready to start building our app and the fastest way to a mvp is by using Railo. If we go this route and our startup is successful, could this limit us and what challenges might we face by using a application server that isn't mainstream?
> With these administration comments, is it more likely that NK was actually responsible?

Less, in my view. It's true that if a liar says the sky is blue, that doesn't make the sky pink. However, if that liar is the United States government, it doesn't hurt to have a look out the window.
The first and probably not the last. It reminds me of fish factory ships [1], where fish are processed at sea rather than being brought back to shore for processing. What's next? Maybe assembling airplane parts while in transit?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_ship
Installing rootkits on the machines of unsuspecting victims who foolishly purchased music CDs from them, for a start. Turnabout is fair play.
Well, American companies shared user's confidential data with NSA because they were too scared of the action. Google stopped hiring ex-Apple because of Steve's threats and we are twisting our pants over a movie ?

More bad things have happened in past.
Thanks for the exposure!

The demo is also available at http://hughrawlinson.github.io/meyda.

I also want to be very clear from the outset that this was a group effort between @nevosegal, @jakubfiala (on github) and myself. We've contributed equally to the source, the research, the testing, and the accompanying paper that has been accepted for presentation at the first Web Audio Conference in Paris.
Possible in a controlled lab environment if you can destructively interfere the sound, but it's gonna depend on the sounds as well as knowing the location of the listener
This.

I was at Yahoo briefly (8 months, never again !) and middle management at Yahoo was absolutely the problem. A single SVP had 20 VPs and around a 100 Directors and Senior directors most of whom were lifers and 'career bureaucrats'. Less than 1% would be employable at another tech company.

The status quo at Yahoo before Marissa suits them just fine and they will always find ways to twist any effort from the top to their benefit.

QPRs are a classic example. It was intended to weed out under performers, but as the parent comment pointed out, the middle managers were the under performers. So they just made QPR evaluations into a secret, subjective process which they then used as a club to beat engineers who dared oppose them. Worked out pretty well for them, not so well for Yahoo. Anyone who was worth a damn found a new job pretty quickly.
Even the motive for a lone wolf hacker with a huge botnet would make sense if they were impressing themselves with how good the hack was. If they could "trick" the US into thinking it was North Korea, the lulz from that alone would be enough to have the whole charade to take on a life of its own.

That's just a good a reason as any other motive for any other suspect given that I've seen.
I found your comment to be very thought-provoking. There's a lot to make fun of with regards to North Korea (as "The Interview" obviously does) but the regime's human rights abuses are well-documented and horrifying. I hadn't considered that there might be something I could do personally, and I appreciated your historical example of how even the smallest individual expressions is not necessarily completely insignificant. It's certainly something I hope my ancestors would have done. Brings to mind Tolkein's letter to a publishing house in Germany: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#Politics_and_r...

So I'll write a letter--now seems like an excellent time, honestly.
Theaters are hurting themselves. Sony will release the movie on itunes/google-play and make more money than they would've have if they released in theaters first.

I intend to buy the movie, just to stick it to the scum Kim and his underlings, even if I don't like the movie or intend to watch it.

In the end, studios will learn they don't need theaters as much as they think they do.
facebook is by its own nature destined to fail and be replaced. The process has already started and it is a matter of time before it reaches a tipping point, everyone and his dog is predicting the demise of facebook because at some point it will happen and then they'll be able to say they said so.
Remember, Sony Pictures is a different entity than Sony Music Entertainment.
A line at the end of the article caught my eye: "Hackers claim to have taken at least 100 terabytes of Sony data, or about 10 times of the amount stored in the Library of Congress."

Which struck me as very small. So I did some digging and it looks like as of 2009 (almost 6 years ago) the Library of Congress had 74 TB of online data available to the Internet. Additionally the U.S. Library of Congress Web Capture team claims that "as of March 2014, the Library has collected about 525 terabytes of web archive data" and that it adds about 5 terabytes per month. That just includes the web archive team which is one of 8 featured digital collections (http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html).

Here the LOC debunks the 10TB figure directly: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/07/transferrin...

I'm not sure where the author got their figure, but they are way off the mark.

[1] - http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2009/02/how-big-is-the-library-of-c...
It works fine with PaX / grsecurity.
This essay almost accidentally touches on the actual truth:

"Another moral of this story is that a healthy amount of cynicism about human nature is probably an indispensable defense mechanism in this world—because people suck, and they will disappoint you, I’m sorry."

Human nature has evolved very little from the earliest days. In fact, one factor that's done more to mitigate the evils of human nature than almost anything else is Christianity, which is roundly vilified in this essay. Like anything else related to humans, Christianity has been affected by basic human nature, but "love your brother as yourself" is hard to attack really.

The bottom line is that Western civilization was first to break through to some transformative technologies: deep water sailing ships, good navigation, accurate timekeeping, and effective, mass produced, metal weapons. Given human nature, a culture with such advantages was sure to dominate. As the article tangentially points out, every culture has committed horrendous atrocities. Was the spread of Western culture really to blame for the brutal atrocities committed by the xenophobic Japanese during World War II? Attila the Hun? No, it was simply mostly unrestrained human nature.

Capitalism is also as effective as it is due to the fact that it dovetails nicely with human nature. It has lead to amazing advances, and a very high standard of living for even the poorest in the West - and soon throughout the rest of the world. It is to be applauded, not condemned.
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Great post by Jonathan. For the case of a big 'single page' JS app where a most of the rendering happens from Javascript fetched on the page, I'd guess this approach won't help that much since you have to fetch the JS from the CDN/cookieless domain anyways. Still though, definitely worth an experiment to know for sure.
Use whatever gets you to market first. Deal with scale later.
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How? Theaters refused to show it. Sony has pulled the movie from distribution.
Nah, I use telnet to browse the Web. No, not using that newfangled Line Mode Browser thingy over at CERN, I mean straight to server port 80.
"Because I can get away with it" is often a reason to do something (or not do something, in this case), but it's rarely a good reason.
I'll hammer on a third agreement. I posted a similar comment elsewhere in this thread. This really does make the most sense. I cannot imagine that North Korea has the motivation, brain power, and coordination to pull off something and actually rattle our culture, let alone be adept enough to know that Sony is a good target to attack Hollywood.

Companies are "brands" for hackers. "I hacked Target. Home Depot was me." etc. Sony is a huge brand. Keep the lulz going, and see how big it can get.
Next, a push for bigger mobile screens to make room for more ads.

(That's the biggest issue on mobile - where to put the ads. There's almost no way to have a non-annoying ad on mobile. This is a vulnerability of all ad-based mobile services.)
Nothing wrong with exploiting people as long as you can argue they're better off this way, eh comrade?
This thing will be permantently moored in a part of the planet reknowned for the ferocity of the cyclones it gets each season.

Mother Nature will be attacking it too, and the designers know it. So it would probably have to be big mine.
Criticism accepted. Clearly, you're a lot more philosophically alliterate than me.
A movie that Sony expected to be their best movie (44 million to make and 55 million to advertise) turns into a fiasco that cost them tens of millions in lost work, rebuilding IT, hurt brand.

man, man.
Funny, it's the Infosec guys (me) with the coolest tools and some of the most innovative code where I work, but IT won't let us use FOSS monitoring software because it hasn't gone through the proper approval board.

See how broad that brush was?
I can't wait until phone screens are as big as laptops and then some genius comes up with the idea to add a hardware keyboard. Then the circle will start again.
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Wrong. Minutes after it was published, NYT reports govt is pointing fingers at N Korea.

Update at 8p.m. 12/18/14: Minutes after we published this story examining the known evidence for and against North Korea as the source of the hack, The New York Times and other media outlets announced that the U.S. administration was ready to conclude North Korea was involved in the Sony hack. We have updated the story with this new information
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