skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I have trawled around onionland a few times and saw only a few links that seemed like they might point in that direction, and didn't follow them.

You can use Freenet the same way. Use the indexes that exclude such content or use the uncensored index and ignore the content that has warnings.

If you use Freemail, Sone and FMS it's unlikely you'll randomly encounter CP unless you are looking for it.

I use Freenet as a decentralized twitter-like, an encrypted email and mirroring my blog. For those purposes it works fine. Having more users using the network for normal purposes would be good.
Исход: Цари и боги / Exodus: Gods and Kings
The biggest competitors in a case like this you can't see, because they don't exist. It's all the competing products that were never created because the barriers to entry were too high.
Why is it okay to print shitty zero-value cartoons that are anti-Muslim[1] but not print shitty zero-value cartoons that are anti-Jew or anti-other-minority?

[1] and these cartoons are anti-Muslim, pushing ignorance and bigotry.
Yes, often times that can be sufficient. If you just want to study the protocol or build a custom client. Often times one would like to modify messages of the protocol in order to find flaws in either the server or the client and the ability to man-in-the-middle the protocol makes that easier, in my opinion.

For completeness, the whitepaper is here: http://matasano.com/research/bypassing_openssl_pinning.pdf
Timing correlation. If you are monitoring traffic in/out of NK, you can correlate traffic by similar sequence of sized packets going into one IP and then coming out of another.

This is the "secret sauce" that the FBI says they cannot tell anyone imo. Doing this is nothing new and I am sure they've been doing it for ages though.

The problem is that if you assume the FBI is doing this ( which any skilled hacker would assume ) then you can easily get around it by sending a sequence of instructions ahead of time, and then having them playback at what seems like a reasonable rate at a later time. ( making it seems as if you are on site and didn't set it up ahead of time )
The christianity's history is not clean either.
Data Mining: 2015's Most Coveted Skill
The article said the text attribute had to be set to a specific string "Name on card" for the autofill to work.

You really think that if the browser locale were set to, say, Spanish, then it would work with only some particular spanish translation of 'name on card'? That's awfully... optimistic of you. I suppose it's possible. And someone could try to reverse engineer all the exact string literals expected for each possible browser locale and hope they don't change. It's definitely not a very i18n-friendly solution.

I'd actually be pretty surprised if it really did work like this, and was hard-coded to different `text` attribute strings for different locales. But it's hard to say what exactly Apple's motivation was for the odd details of the undocumented implementation, so hard to predict what they may have done. I guess more reverse engineering could be done. Which is pretty silly. Some `data-*` attributes would probably be the 'right' way to implement this feature, and not any harder to implement than hard-coded id's and `text` attributes; heck, maybe it does support specific data- attributes, they just haven't told anyone about it. Who knows, with no docs.

I honestly have no idea why my comment got downvoted, but that's cool.
FYI you can add an async attribute [1] to a <script> tag to allow it to load and run asynchronously without blocking the rest of the page

[1]: http://caniuse.com/#feat=script-async
Meditation Is Garbage Collection for Your Mind
Did you read the last two paragraphs?

1. >"It is based on Clojure because Clojure comes with a set of attractive properties."

2. >"Clojure also combines an exciting mindset around simplicity with enough pragmatism to make it a successful system for real-world projects."

3. >"Additionally, Clojure's strong view on how state is handled, the distinction between identities and values and focus on immutability make it easier to deal with the complexities that come with "live programming"."

That sounds pretty language specific to me.
In the "TheScientist" article, they say the exact opposite. Maybe it's a misquote?
Consciousness Is Worth Thinking About
You'll have a hard time finding one though. The O'Reilly books are the only ones that I know of that might qualify as "better."

The site is ugly, but it's one of the best references for sed.
This is my preference. I think the only reason T-Mobile offers unlimited music streaming is that it typically consumes <= 256 kbps. I would much rather they offered an "economy mode" switch where I could throttle my entire device and browse whatever I wanted.
I think it's your choice of word that's wrong. Silicon Valley obviously produces many more disruptive technologies than the rest of the world but that doesn't make it unusual to see something from another country disrupt. Silicon Valley is unusual in that everything is so concentrated allowing a high output. The rest of the world is NORMAL :) It's also important to remember a lot of the people doing great things in Silicon Valley aren't from the US.
I have that plan and the WiFi calling on my iPhone used the minutes. Are you using some sort of VOIP app?
Yes this question?
One of the gaps described here is to Odesk as Twitter is to Blogspot
I'm curious if this demographic will outgrow that need.
If he adds code bubbles (which he mentions) that would be really cool.
This type of thinking is the exact problem that I'm highlighting. I respect Schneier and have read his stuff for a long time, and even gone to see him speak, but believing him over the FBI is just an appeal to authority when he is just another outsider without having access to any first-hand knowledge of what evidence the FBI possesses.

Also now after Snowden everything the USG does is to be doubted (I'm guessing since his revelations affect the internet and this is the first issue that has directly affected people on HN), and now everything they do can somehow be traced back to trying to suppress, hamper, weaken and spy on you via internet.

Watching the theories that somehow we'd try to use N Korea who have zero value economic value to the USA, or actually posing a threat as some kind of scapegoat to hinder online speech is more entertaining than anything else.
Relative to what? I don't know if there have been papers on the thermodynamics of it, but it's a complex process that depends on a bunch of factors: the size of the organism, the size of the genome, the size of the new protein, the level of expression, etc.

Empirically, everyone who has done lab work with bacteria knows that they'll quickly (i.e. within a few generations) kick out plasmids unless there's selective pressure to keep them. Genes are more likely to stick around than plasmids (since they're directly integrated in the organism's genome, and there's less of an energetic cost to accumulating DNA sequence), but stable genome transformation is slow/unlikely, and bacteria will still find a way to disable un-needed genes in a relatively short period of evolutionary time.
If Joel/FogCreek wanted to kill BOS, they could do it in a heartbeat. In fact he recently did some software upgrades on the server to keep it running.

However the number of posts is dwindling monthly, so I don't know how much longer it will be before it dies of natural causes.
An Internationalization Tool I Created and Launched in JSConf
Google Acquires Early Clues, LLC
> It's all the competing products that were never created because the barriers to entry were too high.

Are you claiming that they weren't created because of Wikipedia? If you do have evidence of that, then indeed Wikipedia was being anti-competitive. Otherwise, simply because no competition ever popped up, doesn't mean that it's Wikipedia's fault.
> I've never heard of a UK or European carrier implementing "zero rating" services, so I'm now sure how far around the world this occurs and the only concrete examples given are in the US.

Historically it has happened in the UK. For example, "daily passes" of data coming with unlimited Facebook (on O2 PayG I believe) and some streaming music all over the place (Orange pre-EE, Virgin, et al).

I don't see anyone doing it currently as frankly data prices have become so inexpensive that it isn't as interesting of an offering. The UK is largely about price wars right now, who can offer the cheapest service. The gimmicks have mostly fallen by the wayside.

I'm talking back when 150 MB was a "lot" of data and 1 GB was over £35/month with a 12 month contract).
IMHO consciousness is an area where science is "chickening out."

"This is too puzzling and bizarre and possibly spooky, so let's pretend it doesn't exist even though we are experiencing it right now..."
T-Mobile offers unlimited music streaming because it is marketable. They are a third-wheel carrier, so they are hustling hard in search of a way to differentiate themselves, and "Unlimited Music" is going to be a much more successful ad campaign than "Unlimited 256kbps Browsing"

FWIW I am a T-Mobile customer.
> many of the other features just stall, probably waiting for some tracker.

Ubuntu adds a Firefox extension for integrating some web sites into the desktop. It's incredibly buggy and, IME, frequently breaks on Facebook. Try disabling the extension in Firefox.
> It seems to me that the root of the problem is overpriced data, and not the "zero rating" of some services.

Zero rating facilitates overpriced data, which in turn incentivizes users to stay within the discount/zero web. Without zero rating, a broad consumer base will demand reasonable data rates, encouraging carriers to compete.
Alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous.

In England you get a medically supervised withdrawal if you drink more than 40 units per day. Very roughly this is 32 US Fluid ounces of 80 proof liquor per day. (One litre of 40% spirits).
He's also a convicted felon, so there's that.
It's as if over time, we leave parts of ourselves all around us, which in turn, come to shape who we are.

This is a powerful thought and could be used to make a very interesting video game.
Updated the image :)

Thanks!
A few people in the comments are also saying they've seen a drop off in Snapchat usage at their schools, but that hasn't been reflected in the app's ranking in the app store. Snapchat has maintained a top 10 rank for the last year.
As a natural scofflaw, I find a special affinity for this unofficial shift in the NYPD's policies. You might notice that this personal quality also aligns with my tendency to flout other rules.
"Too many secrets" (from Sneakers) is certainly the intent. Pretty much the whole screenshot is full of Sneakers references.
This. Google have a bad history of this. And not to mention they also have have a history of introducing new versions totally incompatible from the last (re Angular) would keep me from ever choosing their stack.
I've read about very encouraging (though not universal) results of Ibogaine treatment, and heard similar first-person anecdotes. But drug researchers can hardly research that, because Ibogaine is not legal (despite having basically no addictive, enjoyable or otherwise recreational properties).

Current drug research is limited by irrational policy (well, at the very least, it is irrational if your aim is to cure addiction). I wouldn't trust it.
What makes it different from normal narcissism is that it is /mutual/ narcissism. Nobody would post the highlights of their day throughout the day unless there was the potential for others to respond positively to it and give you social gratification.

Disclaimer: 19 y/o who uses only Snapchat, and that perhaps four or five times a week max.
I thought this kind of service was usually paid per work "protected," but I have no knowledge of this specific arrangement.
Verizon Cloud warns customers of 'up to' two days maintenance downtime
Livecoding is awesome, and one of the coolest resources when I started getting interested in it was pawfal.org and Fluxus. What an interesting way to represent s-expressions.
It will, I can think of a ton of services I've used in the past that one day you just stop logging on. You don't even remember the last day of using them, just one day you stop. Then slowly everyone stops. (E.g., AOL, AIM, Geocities, IRC^, MySpace, and most recently Path & Instagram).

I assume the same will happen in my life for Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc. One day I will just stop.

^I use IRC for dev stuff now, but there was a good 5 years where it was no longer a part of my life. I was a gamer who played CS in the early 2000s.
Because the real world doesn't fit nicely into theoretical boxes. I'd like to have their facts as well, but you cannot seriously expect the government to potentially lose future sources of information or even risk people's lives by handing out every bit of info they have. Some things are classified for a very good reason and should stay so for some time.
It's still around, just very little traffic.

I drive by silently from time to time. I was aka "farmboy" there, but long ago forgot my password and never bothered to re-register.
It just takes posts from 10 miles around your location. If you are in a location with primarily homosexual population, I'd imagine you'd get mostly posts like you did.

I live near a university, so all I see is drinking, smoking, classes, roommate drama, and hookups.
Chart: Things terrorists hate
Sed is one of those tools that once you learn it, you'll start to wonder how you ever got by without it.

This is a great set of tutorials, he also wrote one about Awk: http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Awk.html

Get to know these two tools and you'll be amazed at the hours you can save and what you can do, especially with text files.
What is their scam?
If this is the case, and as @Someone1234 recalls the UK used to have zero rating services (I honestly don't remember them), what changed in that landscape to bring data prices to significantly lower points? Surely not just competition on its own. The US mobile market isn't a monopoly (although I stand to be corrected if this is spoken in ignorance).
Yes, but that doesn't mean one has shared that email address with one's friends or vice versa.

People have email addresses to sign up. Once signed up, the social connections are made on the platform.
Whatsapp: Why we don't sell ads (2012)
Linux server crashes during a leap second day
Adding to this, the T-Mobile FAQ claims they're willing to add legal services if you contact them:

http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/free-music-streaming.html

Will you add more streaming providers over time?

Absolutely! Any lawful and licensed streaming music service can work with us for inclusion in this offer, which is designed to benefit all of our Simple Choice customers. And we want to hear from you! Who do you think we should add next? Vote at #MusicFreedom and be heard!

If you are a streaming service provider Click here, send us an email and we’ll get back to you to begin the process.

Doesn't make it any less anti-competitive, I think, but it feels nice to see this kind of promise.
Scour the archives of the VPRI mailing list, it's where I get most of my scans of old Smalltalk stuff (unsurprisingly). Any web search that's even remotely Smalltalk-related quickly ends in circular links and/or 404s.
> "FIG. 2. A simple toy model for determining the cumulative probability of finding a match as an urn model."

As if modeling love in an algorithm isn't nerdy enough, leave it to the scientists to demonstrate that model using....urns.

(Above meant in good fun. I actually think this is an interesting paper / idea and know more than 1 person who is torn by the same fundamental question. Looking forward to seeing this in product/service form.)
17/M/Argentina

I'm not really into Social Networks, I guess you can tell by the fact that I'm on HackerNews. However I can provide some insight in what's the panorama in the other half of the world.

Facebook is still king, everyone uses it, everyone has it. I use it exclusively for groups (school group, friends group) since it's easy to post questions or info in there and make sure everyone reads it. I also use it to chat with people (although via Pidgin, I barely go to facebook.com). I do see however a huge ammount of traffic in my feed. So I guess it's not going anytime soon.

Whatsapp is hugely popular. Everyone uses it, even for work related stuff. I'm not sure why it's not as popular in the US/Europe (I guess because of iMessage?) But calls/SMS are barely a thing, everything is Whatsapp now.
Sadly, I'm not a big fan of it, it's great for sending quick messages and talk something in a group, but people here use it for everything which means I have to get my hands off the keyboard and type in a tiny touch screen to talk with someone.
You usually get randomly added to Whatsapp groups too, where you get invited to parties and stuff like that, I'm not a big fan of this either, since it's really easy to miss a message. However, I reckon my social life has improved considerably since I got Whatsapp because of all the invites I get now.

Twitter has gotten very big lately too, I started using Twitter about 3 years ago, and I mostly use it to follow tech people and get news, probably the same way most of you use it. However, my friends use it as some kind of Facebook. They tweet everything they are doing, and they also maintain conversations using it. I think this is silly, I don't know why they do it, you can know everything about someone by just reading his Twitter feed.

Instagram is not huge but it's catching up. It's mostly used by girls and hipster/cool/popular guys (not sure how to describe them). I never go there and I really don't care.

Snapchat/Tumblr/YikYak are not even thing, heck, I don't even know what YikYak is supposed to be.

I wish more people would start using IRC, but well, I guess that's not happening.
3 years is not pretty good. Will only operate a product for 1 year after announcement it is being shut down. That is not good, it is laughably bad.
We do exactly this on one of our products where I work. Geographic projection with our tiles up to zoom level 12 or so then switching to Mapbox mercator tiles beyond that. Assuming the styling is consistent, the change is more or less imperceptible.
Vim, Browserify and Makefiles
"This has been a tactic used for over ed:3,000 years now"

See fermintation.

Note: Yeast is not really the same thing as bacteria, but IMO the joke still stands. Also, Yogurt and cheese do use bacteria so really we have been using bacteria to convert lactose into lactic acid. Further lactic acid acts as a natural perservitive so we really where using bacteria as chemical factory's for ~7,500 to 10,000 years.
I am always amazed by how much people can get done using piped unix commands - but, personally, I find it much easier to just use sed when I need to quickly edit a few files, and if I need to do anything slightly more elaborate, to do it in Python with a script.

It's obviously much slower - but I've never been in a position where I needed insane speed to quickly fix a bunch of files.
Your Use of Pronouns Reveals Your Personality (2011)
> CISC was always better externally

...aside from being orders of magnitude more of an ass-pain if you ever have to write software that actually deals with machine code (at least on x86; perhaps other CISCs aren't as bad).

Simple example: given an instruction boundary, find the preceding instruction boundary. On most any RISC it's trivial (subtract 4, or perhaps 2 in some cases). On x86...I'm not an expert, but I'm about 80% confident it's basically impossible to do in the general case.
C++ doesn't have a "load this module" statement. I does have an "include all the contents of X file here", and file X has to deal with possible duplication and cyclic dependencies, usually with something like

#ifndef _SOME_FILE_H
#define _SOME_FILE_H
// code goes here
#endif

Also any "module" can define any global variable, so name clashes (esp. with C libraries) are possible. Most languages with proper modules the "global" variables are module-wide.

An equally nasty issue happens with JS, where many libraries must be loaded in the proper order and not duplicated. There are a bunch of module systems but none is part of the spec. The good thing is that module systems are easy to make thanks to closures.
At some point you'll end up with breakage unless doing this _causes_ the subclasses to implement the initializer with super (if not already present), not just require it. I don't really like that, but it might actually work.

You shouldn't really get to mess with someone else's implementation... that's partly what subclassing is for and that's where it should get fixed. I'm not really familiar with the barrier here since Swift isn't available on my platform, but I can't think of a reason for it to be such a problem, unlike the the other road.
This is not only allowed, it's encouraged by legislation called the Bayh-Dole Act. The general thought is that there would be no incentive for anyone to do clinical trials on the drug, which can get quite expensive, if they don't have some protection for exclusive use. Many, if not most drugs proceed starting from academic research funded by governmental support.
> It's still in the best interest of Wikipedia to keep up traffic.

That interest is clearly not "making more money". Can you explicitly explain what those interests are? I may be naive in believing that Wikipedia's goal is "making all the world's information freely available to everyone". But if they have some other ulterior motive for expansion, I would like to know what that is.
36, I think.

9 are computing devices and peripherals: 3 laptops, 2 tablets, 2 phones, 1 wifi inkjet printer and 1 wifi laser printer.

6 are entertainment devices: 1 smart TV, 3 gaming consoles, 2 media players.

21 are home automation devices: 1 wifi-zwave-zigbee-leviton-lutron hub, 1 connected deadbolt lock, 2 connected garage door openers, 4 old Android phones that serve as IP security cameras, 5 connected smart bulbs, 4 connected power outlets, 1 connected thermostat, 1 Amazon Echo and 1 "plug PC" that runs a home automation server and backups.

I have to run 3 routers to keep everything covered, and everything that can speak 5GHz instead of 2.4GHz does so just to keep the airwaves a bit less crowded. The network is a mess.
Bush killing thousands of people is not in there. Oh I see, it's not on the name of Christianity. French colonialism traces are still felt in many countries, oh I see, it's not on the name of Christianity.

Who gives a crap about in the name of what, it's a crime.
Hi, did you buy a template? Can you give us some more details about your architecture, as many of us are at the beginning to learn a programming language. Many thanks! BR
You've got me, I don't know JCS so well. I've played the main songs on the piano.

The BBC's special used Herod mocking Christ sung by an ardent atheist as the opener to a Christmas day program "They think they've found the new Messiah, And they'll hurt You when they find they're wrong".

That's like doing a feature on Denmark for Eid and opening, just coincidentally of course, with Jyllands-Posten's Mohammed cartoons.

FWIW they followed that with "I Don't Know How To Love Him" which has a strong undercurrent of suggesting an erotic triste between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Then to follow was Judas singing "Jesus Christ, Superstar, Do you think you're what they say you are?" which is a statement of incredulity as much as anything.

Now Tim Rice's music is great and there's a place for Superstar for sure. In general it can be seen as an enquiry but this selection to lead off on Christmas day, to me, was mocking.
Profound yet simple. Essentially this article is saying:

By changing your environment you can dramatically change your behavior to the point where it can literally kick a heroin habit.