skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The interesting part about Watchmen is that DC duped Moore out of the rights to the comics (and later made some pretty bad prequel comics), which deteriorated their relationship. You still hear him talk about it in interviews today. If I'm not mistaken a similar thing happened to the creator of batman. While public domain doesn't give Moore back his rights, I'm sure he'll rest a little easier knowing DC doesn't own his series anymore.
I really wonder what Aeon's ax to grind is with science, rationalism, etc..

It obviously has an ideological slant, but I can't really guess what it would be.
The world can "fall apart" without people dying. For example, the ongoing currency wars.

You can also have violence without death. Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib are examples. Because these people are only tortured, and not murdered, is that considered "peaceful"?

And it also would depend on how far back you draw the data from. Is the Stalin famine of the 30s modern, or ancient? If we cast the data back to the 1600s, it's new. If we cast the data back to the 1920s, its old.

Some data sets in this article go back to the 60s, some go back to the 30s, some only back to the 90s. Maybe we need more data. Lets cast all the data sets back a few hundred years and look again.

Consider me unconvinced.
How do you think dictionaries are written?
32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ CPUs are available in DIPs:

28-pin: http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers/cortex_m0_m0/lp...

4-pin!:
http://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers/cortex_m0_m0/lp...
This contributes nothing to the discussion and is jerkish besides.
The entire anonymous IP infrastructure is indeed built-in. Yes, performance is lower than non-JS-enabled scraping. To counter this we offer a variety of options to turn on/off performance trade-offs. They can be set per job and per page.
> If there is sufficient entropy behind the password, 500,000 rotations of SHA-512 is not "weaker" than bcrypt, Only faster.

Given that the strength of security is measured in how long it takes to break it, and hash time is directly correlated with brute force time, for the same password, faster is weaker.

Having high-entropy passwords certainly increases security, but it's a well-known fact that users don't use high-entropy passwords, so that's pointless to talk about.
I will agree that multiple accusations of sexual assault are unlikely to be independent. One of the biggest reasons victims come forward is when they realize that their rapist has raped other people in the past and will continue to rape other people in the future. Is there any such reason for false rape accusations to be joined?

Moral panics very rarely involve people coming forward and accusing an individual person of attacking them. It's possible for one or two deranged nut jobs to go around saying that (eg) Bill Clinton raped them. Over a dozen people accusing someone like Bill Cosby who isn't widely hated the way Clinton was, and recounting their individual experiences? Is there any precedent for something like that happening?
A couple sorts you can get from Whole Foods seemed like that to me: Vital Farms and Frenzs. (I haven't seen the latter in some time.) And sometimes eggs from a farmers market, though chances are still against it on any variety I haven't tried yet.

P.S. here was Frenzs vs. a local farmers market in L.A. a few years ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/abecedarius/4625809089/
Actually that kind of feedback can be extremely useful to a creator... There might be a demographic worth targeting with "it looks cool, just install it!", but that's surely not HN...

Having a page detailing what the product offers never killed any marketing attempt (unless we are talking complete vaporware, that is).

I personally wasn't sure if I was looking at a game or some social app, and certainly I wouldn't install everything that shows up on HN for the sake of trying (we would wind up with a hundred apps per week, each with its own security clearance!)
Can't it just be that saying "science is broken" is sensational and gets page views?
We Are Built to Be Kind [video]
You do realize you're partaking in unwarranted Linux adoration, yes? Quite literal situation of pot calling the kettle black.

If this were truly about the merits and capabilities of Linux as a kernel and whichever userspace utilies you slap on, there would be no self-importance in your comments. However, it's more about showing off your accomplishments and trying to make yourself feel and seem superior.

I applaud you on your boot time. Sadly, it's not really applicable anywhere beyond the confines of your workstation.

Systemd is great and all for desktops, but I like keeping that complexity and invasiveness away from my servers.
Because when I hack to destroy I always wait for the US Government to do it first.
I can't edit my old comment, so just wanted to thank you again for providing such detail into what you are doing. I still stand by my statement that I think the rest of the community would be interested in it in a more formalized way, but I appreciate the effort you are putting in and it's clear that you are being thoughtful about what you are doing.
Richer taste would be a nice bonus, but I get pastured eggs for nutrition and ethics.
If anything, the police see a disproportionately high number of false accusations. A false accuser isn't deterred from the justice system by PTSD.
> Ask like this: Is it a mere coincidence that so many of poorest tropical and subtropical (hot and humid climate) populations traditionally use highly spiced food? Does it strictly a tradition of making a "poor" food taste hot, or there is a connection with bacteria population?

Tradition? Capsicums are a new world crop. They didn't make much of a dent in cuisines outside of the Americas until the 18th century.
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Does anyone know if the 2.9% + 30c stripe fees still apply for bitcoin payments?
The pricing for bitcoin payments is simple: free during the beta and 0.50 percent per payment when the API is out of beta in January 2015.
> You are also asking the sysadmin to install a closed, unreliable kernel-level piece of software with that GPU

Unlike all of the closed network equipment they already manage.
NTP the Latest Open Source Security Problem
I think the global decline in viable arable land and fresh water are the most likely factors to cause the world to 'fall apart', which I take to mean; the collapse of many industrialised societies and countries, and the collapse of much of international trade.
Would the expiration date not proportionally correlate to the date the eggs were laid?
Vote Green Party Not UKIP – Political Diversity in 2015 UK General Elections
I think row hammer is basically a DRAM design defect and wish it was fixed in the DRAM instead of on the controller side. At the very least the DRAM vendors should document this access pattern limitation in their datasheets.
The demos there run Daala in JS already, but there is browser work to be done to make JS codecs more first class.
SRP solves a problem that password hashing doesn't solve. Obviously SRP is harder to implement than password hashing. If you're still talking about which is "easier" you're still missing the point of SRP (and ZKPP).
>What's wrong about updating a language?

Nothing, they do update the language. But fundamentally changing the language to be completely different is not the same as adding some small thing. C is simple on purpose. Adding complexity is not just an update, it is making it no longer suitable for its intended goal. So they choose not to.

>I would rather prefer not reinventing the wheel and a language that actually ship with it.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, use a library like you already said.

>I think your definition of simple is very different of mine

Clearly. But mine is the same as 90% of the people who have commented on the subject. People overwhelmingly describe C as simple.

>Scheme is simple

Yes it is. As is C.

>How come something cumbersome has nothing to do with simplicity?

You just quoted how. Are you joking?

>Also I am not saying that C++ is simple

But you are arguing that C is complex and thus not appropriate, while C++ is appropriate. You can't have it both ways.

>Yes, I have used both in my formal job, and I can avoid memory leaks and memory corruption easily on C++

Which has what to do with debugging? And why are you incapable of avoiding those problems easily with C when everyone else does it just fine?

>Not the case on C, specially when working in medium size teams where always people forget what they should cast a void* into and why they should not.

Yes, clearly there's no way groups of people could work together on large complex software in C. I'll go tell linux, apache, X, all 4 BSDs, nginx, postgresql, postfix, etc, etc, etc that they don't exist. I'm sure they'll be glad to know.

>Well Scheme is a good example of language that is order of magnitudes simpler than C and it is not prone to memory leaks nor memory corruptions

Scheme is not even one order of magnitude simpler than C. Go read the specs. And scheme is not prone to memory leaks and "corruption" because it is higher level. This also makes it much slower. Even more importantly, it makes it a ridiculous comparison.

>If by simple you mean simpler than C++, yeah.

You are the one advocating C++ over C while claiming C is too complex. What are you blaming me for?
Show HN: http://broadr.in/ Virtual message boards, everywhere
Android app to broadcast a message to user's current location(all the remaining app users in the place) anonymously and in realtime.
It also starts looking better aesthetically after writing a good bit of Rust code and understanding what everything is doing at a glance.
Is there anything like this for Japanese? Just Googled but didn't find anything interesting.
The key is to create/keep a network profile with IPv4 specifically set to "Shared to other computers". This way, when I have one connection to the internet (on a different interface, of course) I just pick this aptly named "Shared" connection in the applet. Works just fine!
You're missing me. SRP doesn't solve the password storage problem --- its authenticators are crackable --- and introduces new ones. SRP does not address the problem we're talking about on this thread. We don't have password storage problems simply because applications don't use "ZKPPs" and PAKEs.
This point of an increasingly peaceful world has come up repeatedly over the years, but I think there is an inherent problem in the way it is viewed. The rise of the internet and social media has facilitated glimpses into the terrible acts which humans are capable of perpetrating against one another. That combined with a biased media who thrives on shock and outrage, it's no wonder we find this data difficult to digest. Most of the modern world influenced by this biased media reside in very sterile, largely safe environments. In effect, we've become ultra-sensitized to gore and violence, and as a result our impression and response to any sort of mayhem is skewed accordingly.
Black Cops
Thank you for your clear and concise answer.

I am now really curious about building an image-based edition of Rakudo Perl 6. I'm going to ask about this on #perl6 and reply here if anything comes of it.

Thanks again. May the eggnog season serve you well.
I don't know of anyone fabbing a monolithic 8088 these days, but you can license a feature complete 8088 core for use on an ASIC or FPGA from lots of firms. There's still a market.
I got one from ebay, along with an 8086 and z-80.
What about dropping support for the Equal Rights Amendment and attempting to reinforce/reinstate "traditional gender roles" isn't about putting the breaks on the advancement of women in society?

The issue wasn't just abortion: abortion was, perhaps, a catalyst or a trigger issue, but it also had implications on the rhetoric surrounding the passing of anti-discrimination laws, domestic violence laws, etc.
Hmmm. I bumped my clojurescript to 0.0-2511, and I get the following:

$ lein trampoline run -m clojure.main

Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not locate cljsbuild/compiler__init.class or cljsbuild/compiler.clj on classpath: , compiling:(.../target/66ddb53f4f237c7eb26e49c2637097e7cd8567d9-init.clj:1:4)
...

Everything else works fine.

Do we have a more complete example project that I can check mine against?
I've done my own manual version of this kind of service to learn Chinese. Would definitely pay for something like this!

The biggest problem for me is the availability of Chinese audio books (specifically, non-abridged versions - anyone have recommended sources?) When your reading level is high enough to read novels, the English translation is no longer that important - if I could just get the Chinese audio and text I would be really happy. It looks like this is targeted at beginners. Not sure how helpful it will be for them, but I see a lot of potential for more intermediate/advanced learners. There's always that gap in language learning between text books and real texts that has to be overcome. I think this kind of service could be great for that.

Right now I'm reading Tian Long Ba Bu (天龍八部), and have gone through the first 200 pages like this (simultaneous reading/listening), and it's been really helpful.

Also, a feature request: give an option to display the text in Traditional or Simplified Chinese. There are browser extension to use this, but it'd me more convenient to not have to use it on every page.
Indeed.

Death by war has been on the decline since after World War II - the most violent war in our history? That's not exactly exciting news.

The first half of the twentieth century revealed the contradiction of modernity: the terrible brutality of the industrial processes (including mechanized war) which underlay a system that on the surface had brought forth so much prosperity. The period since has been an attempt to resolve this contradiction through new tactics (specifically information and communication technologies) which allow the 'necessary' application of power's blunt end to be as precise as possible.

"Wars were never as bloody as they have been since the nineteenth century, and all things being equal, never before did regimes visit such holocausts on their own populations. But this formidable power of death – and this is perhaps what accounts for part of its force and the cynicism with which it has so greatly expanded its limits – now presents itself as the counterpart of a power that exerts a positive influence on life, that endeavors to administer, optimize, and multiply it, subjecting it to precise controls and comprehensive regulations. Wars are no longer waged in the name of a sovereign who must be defended; they are waged on behalf of the existence of everyone; entire populations are mobilized for the purpose of wholesale slaughter in the name of life necessity: massacres have become vital." - Michel Foucault
"agenda"

Being that Obama is right of center, and that the GOP establishment has no "agenda" other than opposing Obama for the sake of it, it's not clear what this means.

Is it his continued support of the Military Industrial Complex? That seems to be in line with the conservative notion of "national defense is holy and must not be questioned".

Is it his continued support of Wall Street and other big economic players? I thought you people liked that stuff?

Is it his disengagement with the War on Drugs? Well, good Americans don't do drugs so that can't be a problem. Being soft on crime is bad, m'kay?

Maybe it's his weakness in backing down on torture as an intelligence tool. But he does at least carry on the tradition of letting the "intelligence community" do whatever the fuck they want with impunity. So there he's good with keeping with tradition, and we know how conservatives love tradition.

I know, it must be his extending a Republican approved healthcare plan. That must be so vexing because of all the other conservative plans to reform a system that is undeniable in its economic inefficiencies. We really should give more credence to praying to Jesus for a cure.
I can't imagine any way to make it clearer for you, sorry. But perhaps I can set you on a path that might help. The word "honest" does not only mean "sincere; frank". It can also mean "honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair".
The question is why don't we organize a campaign and get a bill introduced to shorten copyright law? Every year we lament how we should have more in the public domain without doing anything. I'm fairly sure somebody could come up with a catchy slogan or some cool perspective that would make voters hate their senator if they didn't pass that type of bill (copyright shortenting) Conceivably (and most likely), it might not pass on the first time. But basically all I hear here is whining, without any suggestions on how to fix it - possible laws yes, possible action plans no.

We need a couple of good opinion pieces on why copyright is bad, and maybe a couple of light-weight buzzfeed style articles that highlight what things we're missing out (so they can trend on facebook). You wouldn't believe #4...
Hmmm... would it make sense to talk about a JVM written in Rust? Could that make it easier to write a safe JVM that would be less susceptible to exploits? It would be wonderful if we could get there and have a Mozilla browser with "out of the box" Java support without needing a separate plugin.
"Not everyone does what they do to make a buck."

Then they aren't in business and shouldn't be called an entrepreneur.
Problems With the Python 3 Ecosystem
this article boils down to the comments.
I'm glad to see them rolling out alternative payment options! Hopefully there will be an ACH beta soon!
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The equal rights amendment was not about equality. I am legally equal to a man. That should be the end of government involvement. Discrimination is already illegal. Domestic violence is already illegal. Being opposed to absurd DV legislation that requires arresting men who seek help when they are being abused is not being anti-women.
Snikky Santa
Not a single full screenshot!?
It's not just about a framework featureset, frameworks also provide convention and structure. Convention and structure are a problem whether or not you choose to use a framework.

Frameworks give us a language to speak to each other about the nuts and bolts of our application. This means new developers can get ramped up quickly (provided they understand the framework) and there is a common body of best practices that can be referenced when faced with difficult problems. There's a lot of value in that.
They must be using Professor Pabodie's special drill...

http://www.wired.com/2012/12/antarctic-gothic-horror/all/
If you assume that most governments have been doing that to various degrees since forever, and the only thing that has changed is the degree to which the information can get out, and the ease of anonymous whistling-blowing (which still carries too much risk, however it's arguably better than it's ever been) - seen in that light, you might suppose that while things seem to be getting worse, in fact they are getting better precisely because we're more aware of these various atrocities than we ever have been. It's possible to be very optimistic for the future while also outraged at what these inhuman murdering savages are doing in our name.

For example, I'm sure now that the CIA tortured countless Vietnamese during the Vietnam war, Iraqis during the first Gulf War, and you can apply this to the Korean war, WW2, basically as far back as you want to go. We just didn't know about it then, because it was easier to silence journalists and neutralize (murder) whistle-blowers or suspected whistle-blowers without the general public knowing about it.

FWIW, I am in the pessimist camp as well, in spite of my reasoning here, but just barely. I think probably things are actually about the same as always, but perhaps with the broader awareness we're just starting to see, that is just beginning to change. It's comforting that at least I'll probably know one way or the other within my lifetime.
>it is undeniable that, collectively, human beings possess the unique ability to bear legal responsibility

This is too self-referential to be denied, but it's not undoubtedly true. A Judge is supposed to define legality within a legal system so, couldn't truly deny the possibility of legal responsibility without creating a paradox: "It is undeniable that, collectively, human beings don't possess the unique ability to bear legal responsibility," the judge said, trying to assume legal responsibility. It's Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem.

OTOH, Apes know how to lie, as well.
A neat thing about Shumway is just how much of it is written in Typescript[0]. It's great that Mozilla is getting behind the project.

- [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/shumway/tree/master/src
Yes. The experiment proves that we are in astrology stage of development regarding mental illnesses. It doesn't mean that stars or planets do not exist. It just means that astronomy is yet to be born. Psychiatry awaits its Copernicus.

btw, I don't see how could you explain the second part of the experiment where were no fake patients at all as "gaming".
If a mere expectation of a fake patient screws the results so much; your methods are garbage. This and other counter-arguments are mentioned on the wiki-page.
Rust can't really make JIT compiled code substantially safer. JIT compilers are pretty much the unsafest things ever.
There are new concerns specifically about the effect of GMOs on biodiversity: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genetically_modifi...
Perhaps this combination is positive. Horrible things have always happened. While they are happening less today, we have much greater visibility of the horrors that do happen. And they still horrify us – as they should. This gives us motivation to strive harder to eliminate them altogether. The jarring thing about looking at those charts is the labels on the y axis – murder, war, genocide, rape, child abuse. It's certainly good that they are trending down, but how much genocide is ok? How much rape is acceptable? Perhaps our natural fixation with the dark side of life is a good thing. True, there is much cause for optimism, but should we really be complacent when these numbers aren't zero?
I disagreed with the author as well when I read this - libraries are a hodge podge of piecing stuff together, and when developers are left to their own devices, they often create an unreusable monster. Onboarding new developers also becomes harder due to it taking longer to understand the fundamental structure - there is not too much prior experience that can be drawn on to understand lower level logic.
My Chromebook turned xUbuntu system is already back online before the screen turns back on after opening the lid. All of the Macs we use in the studio are much slower than that.
If anyone is looking for a similar tool that works with any Chinese content you like, and is performant even for long texts, you might be interested in my Chinese Text Analyser: http://www.chinesetextanalyser.com/

It also remembers words you know and don't know and can give you an approximation of how well you'll know a given piece of text before you start reading it (once it has a fair idea of your vocabulary).

Currently Windows only, but it runs under Wine on Linux and an OSX version will be ready soon.
Rubyists, have a sip of Elixir
I was thinking the same thing.
It has nothing to do with callbacks.

> fully resolving circular dependencies is equivalent to solving the halting problem, IIRC.

I don't think so. Any good dependency injection framework would detect this kind of circular dependency.