skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There is no indication that "the technology" in the WSJ article is referring to Ripple, but to Bitcoin technology in general- Other readers can check the original source and draw their own conclusion, but it is pretty obvious when the entire paragraph is read (instead of the cherry-picked sentences)
Evgevny Morozov is a great place to start; he can go a little off the rails but much of his critiques of technological determinism are well-located.

I don't fully subscribe to all of Model View Culture's political aims but their arguments need to be engaged with.

In a different direction, what the Long Now foundation does with trying to reframe our focuses on the ultra-long-term is powerful.

Outside of that, I see much (maybe too much of it) happening on twitter, not enough written out. Definitely a challenge to improve.
Sorry if I'm mis-reading you, but are you saying that you banned this user in the end?

If so, on what grounds? Nothing was proven, right?
What about people building their own SDKs from AOSP source? I know quite a few people that does this, which helps them with built-in app developments as you can get all the @hidden methods/properties.
Nature picks the least awful solution, not the best.
Nature (at least in terms of natural antibiotic sources like fungi and bacteria) also has a relatively quick turnaround in terms of adaptation.

Ultimately, developing antibiotics is a cat-and-mouse game, and eventually nanotech will render it archaic, but in the mean time the more we can do to be responsive and quick to adjust, the better, and that means new antibiotics.

I do worry about this "30 year projection" and what that's based on. Is that a historical norm?
Maybe it's because people are getting older?

I'd like to see some statistics on prescription pain killers for people of different age.
But least awful iterated thousands of times eventually leads to either "the best" or comparable to "the best." Not always the most efficient route, but largely dependable at scale.
> Paying the $168 would be much cheaper than seeking legal consultation

If it is a scam, that's exactly the type of thinking they count on.
After looking at what GoGo is doing, it seems that all they really want to do is just block YouTube. The problem is telling the user what they're doing, so they don't bitch at the flight attendants. Technically, they should send back an ICMP Type 3 message, "Destination Unreachable" with code 10 (Communication with Destination Host Administratively Prohibited) or code 13 (Communication Administratively Prohibited by Filtering). But that info won't make it up to the browser in either Windows or Linux. About the best you can get through to the client program is a "Host Unreachable" error code.

So, in the style of most web intermediates, they're trying to do this at the HTTP level. Which doesn't work well for HTTPS requests. One of the annoying features of HTTPS is that there's no standard way for a site to say "I don't speak HTTPS". I run a crawler, and responses to HTTPS requests include timing out, sending non-HTTPS data confusing the SSL/TLS layer, and refusing to open a TCP connection.

About the most legit thing they might do is open an HTTPS connection using a cert signed for a domain name such as "YOUTUBE-IS-BLOCKED-BECAUSE-YOU-ARE-ON-AN-AIRPLANE.NET". The HTTPS open will fail due to domain mismatch, and the browser popup will have some useful info. If the user actually lets the connection open, they can be given a page on why satellite links don't have enough bandwidth to let everyone on a plane watch cat videos.
On the similar note, the NFL app on my android, which was installed without permission and cannot be deleted, sends 10s of megabytes of data to Verizon even though I've never opened it once. What it's sending, I don't know, and it's using up my data plan for no reason.
If it weren't for the other comment, I wouldn't have realized that's spacemacs is some sort of vim(evil)+emacs beast... Installing now. :)
I think (someone can correct me if I'm wrong) that the Mercator projection doesn't represent the area of the map in a way that accurately reflects the proportions. So, the relative sizes of Texas and Maine shown in the map aren't accurate, relate to each other.

So the projection would affect the information that the map is conveying, though not in a way you might find important.
Yes, which is why my last statement is true generally, but not universally. Just look at nearly any settlement agreement. Signing a contracting in which you surrender rights is a very common occurrence. (Ianal)
While, in looking at the docs again (I Googled them just now having not seen them since the initial leak) you are mostly correct if you've seen the rest of their systems that have so far been made public I can't help but assume that you are flagged on these rules alone.

The most protective their systems got seems to be:

1) Login to Active Directory
2) Explain why you are targeting this person using a dropdown or <select>
3) Enter email or user ID
4) Wait for results?

This is is why, while you are correct, I would just like to say that it is safer to err on the side of caution and assume that you are targeted.

Edit: Here is the source that fingerprinted the torproject address I referred to meaning they fingerprint and then search for these requests. There are similar definitions for Tails.

// START_DEFINITION
/*
The fingerprint identifies sessions visiting the Tor Project website from
non-fvey countries.
*/
fingerprint('anonymizer/tor/torpoject_visit')=http_host('www.torproject.org')
and not(xff_cc('US' OR 'GB' OR 'CA' OR 'AU' OR 'NZ'));
// END_DEFINITION
Monotype Spark
This is evidence that we are exporting some toxic memes out of California that cause young people all over the world to try to kill themselves to do what we do here with no understanding of what's going on.
Office fitness trackers: Fun perk or creepy leash?
So... one lesson might be that if you drive 9 hours with the intention to meet people, don't leave after being there for 6 minutes and not actually talking to anybody.

Unless the intention wasn't to meet people, but to 'get in the techcrunch'. ??
They still say "Although it works on both iOS and Android, the app is only targeting Android as of today. If you need to deploy to iOS as well, please check out the Ionic docs or contact the project maintainer for help." https://github.com/EFForg/actioncenter-mobile
Parboiled2 and N-Triples: A Walkthrough
I disagree with their policy in principle. In practice, I use the hell out of it. I frequently drive long distances (over an hour each way) streaming music from Spotify the entire way.

I would rather have no data cap the same way my home Internet connection has no data cap. I would rather they not make exemptions for music specifically, since that shows they don't need the caps in the first place. But as long as they offer it (and I used T-Mobile long before they announced it), I will use it to my advantage.
Just a regular B, actually. I bought it before the B+. The B especially is something of a struggle with its two sole USB ports. I use one for the wifi adapter, and the other to plug in my external hard-drive. I have to control the program entirely via my phone, since I can't plug in a keyboard or an IR adapter.
Terroristic threats are already illegal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroristic_threat

Again, though, that's things similar to "I'm going to bomb your store" or "I have placed a hidden explosive near your offices" or similar; things that, even if they're false, cause other people to have to take them seriously and waste time and resources.

In short, a terroristic threat doesn't insult someone, it makes that person think some specific terroristic action is going to be performed in the immediate future. It's not really that fine of a line. I'm fully in favor of those threats being illegal.

In short:

Legal: "[Those people] are stupid and smell bad."

Legal: "[Those people] shouldn't live around here."

Still Legal: "If [those people] don't move, bad things will happen."

Yes, Legal: "I have a gun. [Those people] shouldn't mess with me. I have ever so many firearms. I love to shoot, especially [those people]."

Legal: "It is time for [our people] to kill [those people]."

Not Legal: "Tonight, we all move in on [those people] and kill them."

Not Legal: "There is a bomb in the [Those People] Recreational Center."

The line isn't insults. It isn't even threats as such. It's threats of immediate violence.
Ask HN: What is a good C++ unit test framework for a startup?
Don't have a ton of code or test cases yet - just three months into a startup with four developers.

Looking for something relatively lightweight, with a small learning curve, that can keep us honest for the next year or two. I've used CppUnit in the past. Didn't hate it. Wondering if there's something better.

Do you have opinions on this? Looking for your war stories, whether good, bad, or plain ugly.
If you're listening to the Evanescence song, the supposed morse code is right at the end of the song.

I did a bit of reading and one of the band's co-founders said it isn't morse code but rather a preset synth effect on the keyboard they were using (see here: http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/news_article.php?id=610...)
Just to consolidate our discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8854880
Jara – kolkata escorts fun unlimited
This was one of my favorite classes, so much that a few of us were crazy enough to offer a January term version of it last year. The material is the same, but the website formatting is for the labs a bit different, and may be more readable to some: https://sipb.mit.edu/iap/6.828/. It's doable to finish all of the labs in an intensive month, and a great experience. I do recommend going through the exercises.
This Ingenious Machine Turns Feces into Drinking Water
Upvoted because you have the right to think this, even if is wrong. That is how freedom of speech works...
I like to imagine the creator came up with the name first (nintenGO) and said, well damn, now I need to write it.
"I don't see the elderly changing but our generation just might."

I'm youngish (mid 30's) and recently had my hearing aids replaced and realized I had a strong preference to stick with fairly visible behind-the-ear units rather than something more "discrete". I want them to be visible so that people I'm interacting with will be more sympathetic about repeating themselves and may make an (possibly unconscious) effort to speak more clearly.

The line of thinking that got me over being self conscious was "Lot's of people walk around with assistive devices for their vision...why should I be embarrassed about the same thing for my hearing?"
I thought the bear picture was maybe the best part of the article. Compression is tricky, multiband even more so, and the type of multiband compression they're using is even harder to wrap your head around (there are two ways (that I know of) to do what they're doing but I doubt they want to talk about which one they use.)

It's a great layman's explanation, but if you have a better one I'd love to see it.
Good points, but a very important part of being a 'good' developer is prioritizing goals based on relative impact, and ultimately Getting Things Done. 'Sharpening the axe' and programming for its own sake is great, but when it gets in the way of your overall goals, then it becomes a self-indulgent hobby.
"If the cigarettes were purchased as a pack at a retail store, then resold individually, the tax has already been paid."

Unless they were purchased in a jurisdiction without that tax.
Dirty car artist leaves masterpieces in the dust
Blue oceans are amazing if you can find them.
what is the exchange currency in this framework?
I think they would only be in trouble if they knowingly received stolen merchandise. It doesn't sound as if that was the case. They are obligated to release it to free to the police, as evidence. It does indeed sound like the police were waiting on her decision to investigate or not. They probably understand that it's a massive headache to be without your laptop for months, and also that there's a very low probability of catching the criminal, and thus gave the victim a reasonable alternative to having to wait so long.
Thanks for the recommendation:
Evgeny Morozov - Against Solutionism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhU0hRng-eE
This Is What a Pro-Innovation [Political] Platform Looks Like
Ask HN: Why is it so difficult to achieve a fitness habit?
Not technically a duplicate since its a different link, but there is further discussion on this same story here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8852884
Well, that's probably why. Somewhat obvious. If you put something through with content in and around the range, you get a notch filter with a resonant hump... not all that interesting.
While the phrase "fast f/1.4 shutter speed" doesn't make perfect sense, it's not uncommon to call a f/1.4 lens a "fast" lens.
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In addition to poor isolation noted here, many cheap-o earbuds have a horrible response curve.

They deliver way too much sound in narrow frequency ranges, usually the mid-range, say 1-4Khz, while not enough in the bass, and it's a mixed bag higher up through 10Khz+

People will turn it up, until they are hearing everything, and they do very significant damage to those "hot spot" frequency ranges, despite the overall perception of volume seeming reasonable to them.

Add overly compressed music, and or crappy audio output, and the need to drive it loud happens to nearly everybody.

There will be a whole generation of people, some who we are already seeing struggle with this, requiring adaptive sound options more early in life than is typical.
When we are deciding whether or not to exercise, we use a present-biased mentality. We don't see big short-term benefits (although there are), and definitely don't see short-term costs of not going. (It's easier to stay in the couch than going to the gym).
I think nanotech will bring about it's own problems.

What we should be doing is addressing the cause of antibiotic resistance in the first place, namely the overprescription of antibiotics, and their improper use in industrial farming.
"incapable of hearing and understanding what people are telling you without taking out your earbuds"

High quality isolating earbuds should make it pretty difficult to tell what other people are saying even with no music playing! Moving to a mid-range pair of Etymotic noise isolating earbuds was an absolute revelation for me and allowed me to use significantly lower volumes when listening to music. I can't recommend high quality isolating headphones/earbuds enough.
Nice! Thanks a lot for the link and writing that up!
Don't leave me hangin'! I got to "How do you build a VMM? (part 3)" and ... that's it? I feel like I need some kind of epilogue.
It seems harder to verify that the module maintainer is competent and trustworthy (and to keep up-to-date on maintainer changes).
Prior post still on the front page:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8851902
Former Colombian soldier over here, at that time, only radio operators were trained in Morse code; regular soldiers would have a hard time to get the message.
I would argue that crappy developers are more productive "initially" but in the longer term may end up with unmanageable code bases that will slow them down.

That being said, one can also spend so much time writing "perfect" code that it misses the shipping date entirely.

I guess in the end you need to balance these priorities and hope you will have time for a refactor after the product has shipped.
Type Theory Podcast #3: Dan Licata on Homotopy Type Theory
Previous discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8852884
How Much Fuel We Need to Leave Buried to Beat Climate Change
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8853062
I think you want pig-pork, not pig-ham. (Ham is an Anglo-Saxon term.)

IIRC, this "theory" first appears in dialogue in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1820).
Well, there you have it. A quantum of "downvote" passes for an intellectual response.

All I'm trying to point out is that a rather broad statement about literary culture was made with no attempt at justification.

Perhaps one of the problems with HackerNews is the reliance on quantified measurements to score a discussion?

It's almost like the article in question was bringing up issues related to this kind of philosophy...
Apple needs to remove each of these requirements. None of them serve any justifiable purpose, they only immorally and antisocially serve Apple's avarice.
The over-prescription of antibiotics isn't the cause of antibiotic resistance, it's the cause of accelerated antibiotic resistance.

Which for all practical purposes might be the same thing, if we're talking 80 years versus 30 years for propagation of resistance.

Nanotech will be a very, very arduous and slow process. "Its own problems" is putting it lightly. People will die due to nanotech approaches to anti-pathogenics, no question about it. We're talking about programmable biology, something will go wrong.

The biggest problem is what happens when we've eliminated human pathogens? What happens when we've extended the average life expectancy by 10 years - after all, many cancers are caused by pathogens. What happens to the ecosystem when herpesviridae is effectively gone? What are the side effects, the unintended consequences?
Getting the full package working was (several months ago) a painful process. It was much easier to just grab the algos.
It may be that intolerance of loud noises isn't that the noise is painfully loud or otherwise physically irritating, but that it interferes with their ability to understand simultaneous auditory input.

I've noticed as I age that noise which I would formerly have disregarded without thought has become an irritant - that is, I can't/won't tolerate it - not because it's physically uncomfortable, but because my wetware apparently can no longer do the signal processing that earlier made such noise irrelevant to auditory comprehension.
Thank you! This is pretty usefull for testing on grandma ☺
Vote, stash and share CODE SNIPPETS
Have you seen Google Plus lately? They just can't call it Google Groups because, well, Google Groups.

https://plus.google.com/communities
> Math has always existed.

I would say that laws of the Universe that math describes always existed but not math. Math is more of a language to describe something, and you can't say that the word "apple" always existed and was only discovered later. Apples existed long before the word got invented to describe it, though.
Over time, the ear loses it's ability to carry very loud sounds through all the stages needed for sensation.

This manifests in two basic ways:

1. Fatigue.

That pop music, "wall of loud sound" album was tolerable for a few hours at age 20, gets tiresome at 40, and could be almost painful at age 60. Hearing is a mechanical process, and worn out mechanical parts tend to rattle, lose response, etc... and this is fatigue.

People will respond with something like, "I'm tired of hearing", and to them, the experience of hearing is no longer transparent at higher volumes and longer times.

2. Less dynamic range possible / pain

Think of it like gamma for displays. There is a curve of sensation to input sound in db. People tend to vary a lot, but this curve gets bent away from the normal to a condition that is a lot like "crushed black" and white, where the upper limit of sound volume perception gets distorted.

An unimpaired person can tell the difference between 60, 80, 100db. People who have aged and have losses, may not be able to tell much difference between those volume levels, resulting in "all loud sounds are just loud" not different amounts of loud.

Also think of banding when color depth is reduced. Rather than a nice, smooth response, the listener gets more steps, or various steps may all present in ways that are similar when they should be easily distinguished.

A related thing is discrimination, and it happens with pitch in the same way that it can happen with volume. Loss of pitch discrimination means being unable to distinguish between close frequencies, hearing them as one, or perhaps just as a muddled combination, not as two distinct tones.

This is subtle, and it can happen with most other responses being normal. But the person just can't quite pick out the sounds, despite hearing them individually just fine. It's the combinations they struggle with.
I'd agree the fuzzy analogy is better since a hearing impaired person may think they understand but they don't, sometimes totally wrong.

I recall reading that vowels are easier to hear than consonants or maybe it is vice versa? "Hello how are you today" may seem like "Hll hw r tdy" which to the hearing impaired person may seem like "How am I tidy?" or something totally incomprehensible but their brain makes up something close (incorrectly) by filling in the blanks.

The Monty Python sketch "I'd like to buy a hearing aid" feels like what I go through daily when trying to communicate with my mother.

I showed it to my mother thought it was funny, sometimes when she thinks she knows what I said but it's not even close it's like the sketch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7UqhDs8zj4
The Invasion of America: New Visualizations of Native American Dispossession
Intel new computer is the size of a button
If I notice that somebody has hearing aids, I make sure that they can see my lips when I'm talking.
Similarly, to argue that the Internet is anything other than the most effective device for the production of the same humanistic, intellectual material that Wieseltier bemoans the loss of is to demonstrate an utter unfamiliarity with the internet and how it works.

Well I'm very familiar with how the Internet works and I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement so, to use a "logical fallacy" against you, I believe you're making an "argument to authority".

BTW, logical fallacies are a rhetorical device that attempt to deny the subjective experience in it's entirety by presuming that all interactions can be reduced to a set of objective axioms. I'm only mentioning this because you leaped to the old "strawman" device in your second sentence, and that you seem to have the generally pleasant demeanor of an esteemed Student of Lesswrong, and that this style of argument and the worldview that it presupposes are being directly addressed by the author of the article.

Can you explain how the Internet is so effective at producing "humanistic, intellectual material"? From my perspective knowing a number of writers, musicians and artists, it seems that professional industries are suffering big time. The network of agents, managers, publicists, production and support staff have steadily been disappearing because the revenue streams that supported them are drying up. This means that artists are having to take up all this slack instead of just focusing on their work. Obviously the work suffers.

I'm sure that there will be a solution but in the meantime things are pretty shit. It takes big and complex systems quite some time to reorganize.

Get ready for an argument to authority here: Maybe you're so ignorant to humanistic and intellectual pursuits that you can't see what is going on?