skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is the schedule for a three year CS bachelor program at the TUM in Munich: https://www.in.tum.de/en/current-students/bachelors-programs...

As you can see, about a fifth of the of the credits have to come from "support electives (soft skills)" and applied subject courses. I suppose this is quite representative for a German bachelor program.

You also have to keep in mind that the curricula at a US high school and a German Gymnasium are not equivalent. German students at the beginning of their university career on average have the equivalent of at least one year more of school education compared to the US students -- at least that used to be case.
I'm not sure I know of a professional cryptography engineer who believes that what happened with Truecrypt is anything more than what that developer said. Can you cite one?
Fibers is a kind of lightweight thread, also known as coroutine.

It's available in WinAPI since Win16 days and heavily used in MS Word. It's also heavily used in many AAA games that use Lua 5.1/LuaJIT, known as coroutine. And in the Go language its named Goroutine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_(computer_science) , Lua Coroutines http://www.lua.org/pil/9.html , Lua in video games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lua-scripted_video_gam..., Go Goroutines http://www.golang-book.com/10/index.htm

Triva: Naughty Dog uses a Lisp/Scheme dialect for their scripting language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Oriented_Assembly_Lisp, http://www.quora.com/Does-Naughty-Dog-still-use-lisp-for-mak...
I'm hitting 30 this year and I can definitely relate to this. I feel like I'm in social network limbo, and nothing really caters to me.
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Not a day goes by that I'm not thankful for ditching FB.
Images like that concert photo really are unnerving. Instead of actually just having fun, people have become more concerned with letting everyone know how much "fun" they're having. It's so strange to me. "See how cool I am? Aren't I special?!?!"
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I wouldn't say I'm "deferring" to it. It does align with what I think is the best option.
My wife visited her grandparents in western Pennsylvania some years back. They were going out to lunch, and being the last one out, my wife locked the door. When she mentioned this, her grandmother said, "I hope I have the key". She routinely left her house with the door unlocked!

Myself, I have a dog. I got to test the dog recently, when a locksmith was replacing the ignition switch on one of our cars. I kept waiting for him to finish. Finally, I gave up waiting for him and went to use the can. Of course, that's when he finished, and came in looking for me to pay him. The dog made it very clear that the locksmith was not coming any further into the house. It didn't attack him, but it drew a clear line on the floor: you go no further.

So, we lock our doors, and there's the dog. Anybody who gets past that has to worry about whatever I find handy. Lime-Away? Really good chemical warfare agent in a handy spray bottle (but it's almost like a gun, you can blind someone, so you'd better be sure before you pull the trigger). That tool for unscrewing supply hoses from the bottoms of sinks? (Good for jabbing or clubbing, light enough to get good velocity, heavy enough to do some damage.) Even a cat can be thrown, and will hit with claws out looking for some traction. Think. You've got way more weapons in a house than you might expect.

Now, would I consider that adequate in some situations like Mandatum's in South Africa? No way. But for where I live, it's probably good enough. (Or maybe I'm just cocky because I've been lucky.)
So I was kinda agreeing with you, but a quick google search did turn out some insane accusations made by the US Govt that rogue DEA officers were behind retaliations to MtGox, including seizing 5MM of cash.

Not so sure what to think anymore..
That's true. I can definitely see your point. I think the long story, short here is to stick with what you're used to and by google having .google for domains leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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> I'd really like to hear about any known Windows configuration on which the calls can fail

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What do you consider "wasting time"? All the apps listed can be used in productive ways: Facebook and Snapchat can be used for communication with peers, not unlike talking in person but with less scheduling overhead; Twitter can be used as a quick communication network both for news and for efficient contact with a wider circle of acquaintances; Tumblr and Reddit can be used both as news sites, for acquiring advice from a wide range of people and for broadening your understanding of the world.

Of course all those services can be misused as well and can become wastes of time or even be detrimental (for example Tumblr and Reddit are famous for their possibility of creating very powerful echo chambers). But for all I know those teenagers could be using their time much better than I did at their age.
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Honestly, I don't remember how we got it. I was four years old when it was released. My mom used to go into Funcoland and just buy whatever looked good, or maybe what an employee recommended. Actually, I should ask her if she remembers.

And yeah, I'm a big fan. Aside from just growing up with it, it's a really solid NES-era platformer. If you're curious to learn more about it, one of the developers actually maintains a blog and has written about it a few times. He also posts on HN infrequently.

http://games.greggman.com/game/m_c_kids/

http://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids/

Also he & the other two primary developers actually signed my cartridge:

http://gamesplusone.com/mckidscart.jpg

I'm a dork.
I'm not really sure what's gained by reimplementing scrolling in the first place.
> Don't want to get into a bunch of inappropriate talk but suffice to say much better for both parties.

I'd encourage you to talk. The more people know about it, the more they will use effective contraception and the fewer HIV (and other STD) infections there will be. And people who read it from you will tell others. We're all adults here; I don't think it's inappropriate.
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Yeah... um... if Anonymous really understood what the Holocaust was, they wouldn't think they can do anything that fits anywhere close to that category.
Yes, they do change, you're right. However, if it comes to sex, people do not care that much about risks.

Condom usage decreases the prevalence and spread of STDs. That is a very hard fact. Therefore I guess that in this specific case increased risk taking does not offset the advantages of decreased risk. (Same seems to be true for things like airbags or seat belts in cars. You could not possibly argue that we should remove these from cars because we end up with more fatalities with them as it is simply not the case.)
Can it? On what do you base that opinion? What particular facts from the modern history of Somalia have you used to support it?
I don't think anyone has a problem with forks just changing the name of TrueCrypt (see VeraCrypt) and start from there.

There is a lot of discussion on the license on the VeraCrypt forums.

It's completely reasonable to ask people to stay away from the TrueCrypt name in my opinion, so that his software's reputation would not be tarnished if amateurs or problem-causing people took over the TrueCrypt name.

I wish the TrueCrypt end was handled better, but it's unique situation has some educational value.
"the government doesn't control the inflation of bitcoin like it does with dollars"--

This is exactly the thing about Bitcoin that concerns me most; it has economic implications baked into its design and operation, but We, the People, have no voice in deciding those implications.

What if We, the People, want to change the inflationary/deflationary properties of the money? If we're on bitcoin, someone else made that choice for you, and you have no recourse.

I'm not at all comfortable giving away that kind of agency; after such a long arc toward greater democracy, it's hard to see bitcoin as anything but a substantial step away from democratic governance.
Mostly peace is to peace what an electric chair is to a chair.
Spend a few minutes each day writing some code in vim. Force yourself to use its macros and try and find new macros to use.
Good catch, F# is fully supported and its my mistake for not adding it into the page, ill get it fixed. Thanks!
I live in Europe and a wire transfer from/to Greece/UK/Germany takes at least two working days for small amounts, sometimes up to a week. All my friends have similar experiences. Only transferring money between two bank accounts of the same bank is indeed instant.

Fees are not negligible at all: Sending 200 pounds from the UK to US costs an average of 20 pounds or 10% according to https://transferwise.com/transfer-money-to-the-usa.
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agreed, there is a plan to improve that ;)
PGP/GPG.
He certainly did have criminal intent in that he knew what he was doing was against the law.
Also, does anyone else find it hilarious that so many of these articles talk about bitcoin in the "now" even though it was invented yesterday in the grand scheme of things?

If you aren't gonna at least address this there is no way I'm respecting your critique sorry.
That's a pretty facile response. Lots of African countries with "strong" governments still have tons and tons of violence.
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"ripl" or some other play on "ripple" would have been a better name.
Brilliant retort which exposes the rhetorical fallacies in the comment: ad hominem, and, for lack of a better turn of phrase, a false trichotomy.
I don't understand why we even need to discuss the usefulness of Bitcoin beyond the fact that it's decentralized. Its decentralized nature, alone, is its most important attribute. Bitcoin cannot be stopped. Period.

As long as multiple people can run a program on a set of computers that can connect to each other, Bitcoin can exist. If you want to receive it anonymously, you can perform services anonymously and take payment in Bitcoin. After that, yes your transactions are on the blockchain, but if nobody knows you provided the services to receive the original Bitcoin, then they cannot trace your subsequent transactions back to you without relying on outside variables.

Yes, the regulatory environment and legal status of Bitcoin will affect its adoption as a mainstream currency. If large online merchants begin accepting it, and the price stabilizes to encourage spending, we will naturally see Bitcoin emerge as a useful payment platform. However, neither regulation nor legal status has any impact on the resiliency of the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin is decentralized and mathematical. It cannot be stopped or regulated with any real promise of enforcement.

Bitcoin, by its very nature, is here to stay. Either we can adopt it into the mainstream and build tooling around it to make criminal activity inadvisable, or we can regulate it, discourage innovation, and let the criminals take over the network. Either way, the network remains. Bitcoin is decentralized! It only requires software and network connections.
As a junior developer you do have flexibility, but there will more eyes on your work to make sure you're going down the right path, following the best practices...etc. Then as you establish a positive track record you are given more flexibility.

To an extent developers can choose what to work on, even juniors, but not completely. The product team and upper management decide which features and bug fixes have priority. But its common to be able to choose from a pool of projects what you want to work on, based on your experience or interests.

New developers are most annoying when they have not yet learned how to balance when to figure out a problem for themselves and when to ask for help, but its not their fault. Its just something you have to get a feel for.

Another annoying thing is being dogmatic about what they have learned and not considering that there may be equally valid alternative methods. But this applies to all developers.
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Spot on. Used with its full potential (multi-sig, time-lock, etc), and due to its fixed supply, bitcoin offers the most secure (but not the least volatile) way to store units of account. It provides the by far the most protection against malicious actors who would attempt to wrest control from the asset holder. How much this actually matters to most people (and thus its affect on the price of BTC) is an open question.
One of my biggest problems with bitcoin is that half the bitcoins which will ever be created are already in circulation. That means the rise of bitcoin is just going to create a new "1%", who own the majority of the currency.
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Haha, because currency issued by a central reserve bank with historical origins in letters of credit and promissory notes is totally just like a cryptocurrency designed for illegal activity and backed by the wasteful expenditure of millions of dollars of electricity. It's the same thing, and you're so clever for noticing.
I don't get it. Why doesn't GFW just block those github pages in particular? A lot of people can fork these repos but they won't be anywhere popular to the current pages.
> My understanding from the time (mid 2000s) was that the school tracking happened relatively early

It happens after the four-year primary school, yes. But as said, the school merely gives recommendations, and the parents can put their children in every (public or private) school they want, only home schooling is heavily restricted (and basically only possible if it's medically necessary).

> and that moves between tracks were infrequent.

From my (limited) personal experience, yes. But there's little bureaucratic obstacles to such a move, as far as I can tell, most don't move because there's little need – even the lowest secondary degree allows you to attain a bachelor of arts (although it's a rather long route and you're looking at a total of 20 or more years via vocational school time versus 15/16 years via university).
> (assuming you work for about 50 years)

I meant 40 years here (and HN won't let me edit the comment anymore).
Tbh, the latency I've seen with RunAbove is worse and at .02 Euros per GB...we are talking $20 vs. $10 per Terabyte of bandwidth.
The name these days would probably end up as Quantumly.
Reading at length is, you know, fine on a phone or laptop. Tablets (small tablets, at least -- I don't think that 10"ers are good for this) are superior. But I've read on both my phone and my laptop/desktop, and both basically work okay.

Perhaps more importantly, I don't think that 80%+ of the population reads in long-form commonly enough to make this a big deal. You can deal with a slightly inconvenient long-form reading experience if you only read long-form four times a year, say.

Finally: e-ink dedicated readers deliver a superior value for a big chunk of the long-form reading out there (not all of it), thus further-narrowing this use-case.
Can you still edit the post?
Even one of its adherents agrees that Holacracy's inability to address compensation is “like buying Microsoft Office without Microsoft Word” (http://recode.net/2014/10/03/holacracy-or-hella-crazy-the-fr...), though I'd argue that it's more like buying a typewriter without a keyboard.
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You assume that We, the People, have a say in current US economic policy. We don't.

If Ee, the People, are on bitcoin, we have already made the decision to use a gold-like limited resource as a currency that will absolutely become deflationary at some point.

You have no agency in government; no matter how great your use of punctuation.
8-| I hadn't come across this one before. I can't honestly believe they could have gotten away with that. They're enforcing an embargo under U.S. Law on finance being transferred between two countries that they have no jurisdiction in? That's er... I can't even come up with a word to describe that audacity.
I'm from Québec (Canada) and you can easily find free condoms at your Local Community Services Centre or any anti-aids/healthcare organization. But, I'm not exactly sure that it helped to reduce AIDS transmission or the number of abortions (if we look at the numbers they have increased in past years), but there's a lot more to take into account than condoms usage alone. Still, I completely agree with you that it should be free. I'm curious, are we alone in this world to give free condoms or it's a common practice?
Check out https://mycelium.com/bitcoinwallet.
Is that likely to intersect with TrueCrypt use in a troublesome way? If you're making the profile, don't do that; if somebody you don't like is making the profile, you're already boned.
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Just to add my own data point, I'm 26 years old:

- Facebook is alive and well, even among the < 20 crowd I know. I love using it.

- Several of my friends use Tumblr, but I don't get it. It looks like a mess to me; I have trouble spotting the content I'm supposed to look at.

- A lot of my friends were on snapchat when it first became popular, and the content they sent me was sometimes hilarious, but mostly boring. Most people I know have lost interest.

- I've never been able to get into Twitter.

- I LOVE reddit. I'm one of those weird people that finds the default front page hilarious (granted, it does get old after a while), but the more time I spend on it, the more I appreciate how it allows me to connect to people I never could have met in real life. For example, I was curious what police officers thought about a recent shooting in my hometown, so I posted to a law enforcement subreddit and got perspectives from all over the world, including from officers in New Zealand where they don't regularly carry firearms. Another time I was discussing SSL on the redditdev sub, and a reddit engineer jumped in and explained why reddit doesn't force https (infrastructure capacity reasons).
By your argument the cost of food/goods are going up because we're becoming less efficient at producing it. This is not how inflation works, and that's not how deflation works.

Maybe go bone up on your basic economics?
Or, people are actually having fun, and want to share and remember the experience. The two are not mutually exclusive, and most people enjoy looking back on a video or picture they took at a (possibly shared) event or experience, and can recreate or re-experience it that way. I think your cynical 'Aren't I special' motivation is going to be way off the mark for most of those people at the concert. How can you be special in a crowd of tens of thousands doing exactly the same thing?
Yes, the protocol is revolutionary. I can put data into the blockchain that nobody can censor: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4315/how-can-i-in... It would be possible to create an image service free of Instagram's tyranny via the blockchain.
Big heavy doors are not affective against lock breaking. Thieves in Istanbul need only 3 minutes to break-in/search/exit. Cops are just jokes.
I wasn't aware of M-Pesa. Bitcoin transaction fees are still lower though.

Coinbase and other companies allow you to send bitcoins via SMS: https://www.coinbase.com/sms_service
Of course. I mean once your threat model includes secret shadowy intelligencia overlords that can bend corporations to their will, there's just no way they could tamper an audit.
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These folks seemed to tried that approach, but gave up on Ironic for a number of reasons:

https://www.packet.net/blog/how-we-failed-at-openstack
"See how cool I am? Aren't I special?!?!"

Wasn't that always an important part of many teenager's lives? I don't think the underlying behaviour changed, just the way it's expressed. Instead of telling everyone how great the concert was (regardless of the actual experience) they can instantly upload a cool picture to instagram.
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Teens are a separate subspecies of human. Eventually they metamorphose into adults. Trying to write apps to appeal to both is an exercise in frustration.
Really? Everything I've read suggests Google does its best to resist subpoenas, takedowns, etc. Meanwhile, Microsoft was caught red-handed installing backdoors. What am I missing about Google "cozying up to" the US gov?

> breaking SSL goes well beyond free speech (e.g., industrial espionage etc)

So we should thank them for protecting us against that as well?
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Er... that's the official stance. There are linguistic undertones to how they lean while maintaining their "unbiased objectivity". It's nowhere near the level of obviousness of North American news, but it's there if you listen closely.
No Kik? Of the few really young mobile phone users I know who use social media, that and instagram are their go to apps.
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Whats the prevalence of Atom as a text editor?
I really like the minimal and solid design of ninja; I'd agree that if make isn't cutting it, ninja + (your own script to generate all the correct rules) is probably the best way to go.
Alternatively, since accusations of being NSA sympathizer were getting tossed around pretty freely, maybe they didn't want to find themselves on the wrong end of a witch hunt.
Seems to work sometimes; try again.
Not orthogonal: the article discusses the role of size in breakage and comfort. It also discusses how the FDA forced TheyFit to discontinue their custom-fit condoms due to unreasonable ASTM testing requirements.