skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That are the sums that can be directly priced. The report also points to tens of cases when the client/industry prejudice cannot be directly priced - for example:
"FX traders involved in the USD/Brazilian Real market colluded together to manipulate markets in a more straightforward manner—by agreeing to boycott local brokers to drive down competition. On October 28, 2009, an RBC trader wrote “everybody is in agreement in not accepting a local player as a broker?” A Barclays FX trader responded “yes, the less competition the better."
Those benefits, while impossible to calculate, where an order of magnitude bigger than the direct ones.

Also, don't forget that those banks have huge privilegies (gov backing, FED money, gov bonds dealership etc) in exchange for which they provide a fair market and services. For instance, in theory those banks should have a lot of their privilegies removed as the result of this case. I can assure you that they are extremely happy to pay only the ~$6bn to keep those safe.
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I hope transparency gains traction. Salaries for University of California workers are all public and searchable in a database, and the sky hasn't fallen. Same for many state workers.

In general, I'd say before anything else, try transparency. Make sure that nobody has an informational advantage over anyone else.

One problem with this is that it can put a company at a disadvantage to competitors if they're the only ones making salaries public. For instance, a private university can figure out exactly what Berkeley is paying a promising researcher, but Berkeley can't get equivalent info from a private university (in spite of massive federal subsidies and tax break for private universities).

I liked the bit about the startup posting salaries, but if you're the only one doing this, it might put you at a disadvantage. Some kind of legislation might be good here.
Or the rules will change, which I think is more likely to happen. I don't think the couple is doing anything bad / unethical.
Nah, Sarbanes–Oxley isn't needed in the package delivery industry like it is in banking.
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Interesting you can steal something that was payed for with public money.
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I don't know if you've been reading any news, but too much regulation is not the issue here. There are something like a few hundred SEC employees to investigate the entire banking sector. In addition we have evidence of overt sycophancy in the New York Fed and a general refusal to correct bad behavior (see Carmen Segarra).

Finally, the pattern of laws has been deregulatory, not vice versa. Enron was able to engage in fraudulent trade in energy derivatives because the derivatives market was deregulated.

I don't know where you are getting this story (ideology, I suspect), but it is deeply wrong.
Let me make up a slightly similar scenario where I think the CEO should go to jail.

We have this long distance trucking company. And the shifts are really long. Like say 36 hours of straight driving. So it's common for drivers to take amphetamines to stay awake. Management doesn't do drug tests. If someone takes excessive breaks they are told by low level management to think hard about the problem and see if they cannot come up with some kind of solution wink wink nudge nudge. If the problem doesn't disappear the driver is fired.

After routine testing it is discovered that 40% of drivers usually use amphetamines with an addition 20% saying they have tried it.

In this case, yes I think the CEO should go to jail.
I don't know why people are downvoting this comment, but I'm having lunch with the OP next Wednesday so clearly there is some value here...
It seems they're benchmarking on toy programs to create media hype. In my previous job I found out two non-removable bottlenecks in C++ builds: 1) linking (I don't know of any parallel linker), 2) IO (writing of debug information). None of this is relevant in their benchmarks.

In my case, the build result, in _release_ mode, was a DLL file of about 40MB, and corresponding debug info of about 100MB. In _debug_ mode, multiply debug info by a factor of ca 5-10. (Individual PDBs on disk collected together were ~GB, but final PDB was smaller.) Release parallel builds on a 4-core machine, with optimizations and all, (with HT) were noticeably faster because they generated less IO.

Link time of _another_ DLL consisting of many (thousands) separate object files took more time than compilation itself.

There's also another product (I won't name it because it created more problems for me than it solved) which integrates in VS and seamlessly distributes the compilation over machines in the local network. I stopped using it because it often generated corrupt PDB files and messed up IntelliSense in VS.

To summarize, I have two issues with their system (apart from "good enough" solutions for distributed compilation already existing): 1) they say nothing about speeding up the linking stage, and related to that 2) if they mess with linking, I'm not confident that they are reliably handling debug info. Sure, everything works in "toy projects", but.
C++

It's what most game engines are done in. You get more control over performance. You can go all the way down to the metal if you want/need to.
Do you remember the tech community's and the business world's reaction to the iPhone in 2008? To say that there was massive skepticism is an understatement. (There was also a large amount of hype and excitement, but the RIM's stock price tells the story of which was actually bigger.)

There were plenty of people saying stupid things like "a smartphone is what a blackberry does or what windows mobile does, this iPhone thing doesn't have apps or even a keyboard so it's not even a smartphone." Whereas I hope anybody on HN would immediately be able to see "OMG it has a full web browser, this changes everything, refuse to call it a smart phone or whatever you want, but this is the future of mobile."
The specs/details were available. No one in the process was incentivized to look into it though (except for the folks who were shorting these CDOs, who did and made a bundle).

The sellers were obviously trying to offload them, the buyers were happy to be told they were no risk securities and the ratings agencies' customers were the sellers.

That the ratings agencies still exist after that meltdown is the single biggest mind blowing thing that happened after the crisis in my mind.
The lack of the ability to negotiate is a lose-lose situation for everyone, where an initial salary bid can cause an employee who would join your company for the right price to join another company because you initially underbid another company.

I offer someone $125k. She gets an offer for $135k from another place. She comes back and tells me that she likes our company better, but she likes that salary more and will be joining them unless we match the offer.

If negotiation is forbidden, the company loses out on the person they want and the person loses out on the company they want, just because the initial bid was off. That's a lose-lose-win (so technically not a no-win), since the company that made an initial higher offer gets the candidate, but the candidate is less happy than she could have been.

The company may not have been aware of the momentary price of that skill set in the market, or the particular demand that individual has created for her unique set of talents. You have to realize that just saying "no" to an offer is a form of negotiation when considered as part of the larger game.
In Europe most woman don't make as many hours as men and I think this in part reduces their chances to entering the upper echelons of management.
Sorry, replied to the wrong thread. Was obviously meant for the parent thread :-/
> But it doesn't absolve the attacker of any responsibility for damages caused, either.

stephen_g was questioning the assumption that he caused any damage at all.

> Surely it was NASA's bad security practices that cost them $41,000 - do they really think if he hadn't found the problem, they wouldn't ever have had to fix their insecure systems?

I don't think anyone was taking about absolution only weather or not the article was misleading.
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So you are saying what I said is not true?
I have both the Blackberry Q10 and the Iphone6. Work provides the Iphone and I prefer the Blackberry. Ironically I do more work / email /txt etc etc on the Blackberry and the Iphone is pretty much a company paid hotspot and a gaming system.
BB can bog off. They chose their customers - the carriers, over the poor end users. I made the fatal mistake of buying one of their unlocked devices.
I always bought unlocked devices, as, I want to choose the settings, not get a locked down set of options the networks prefers.
But BB? no, insert a SIM into one of their unlocked devices, and it then subsets the options for those it has agreed up front with the carrier.

Fuck. That. Shit.

Never again BB.
The CEO of a company with 50k+ employees can't be held directly responsible for every single action of their employees, it sounds good since we all hate banks now apparently, but in real life that would be ridiculous. Sure if the CEO was directly involved, or had specific knowledge that specific people were committing specific crimes, and ignored it that would be a different story.
> Although that leaves it unclear how you got the high-priced house in the first place

1984, man. Prices were half or a third then what they are now. That probably means they originally bought the house in the 70s, when things were yet cheaper.

I think back to my grandparents, that paid around 20k for a house around 1960. If I were to buy an identical house today, I'd be looking at 200k minimum, probably more like 250k, and it would be on a one acre lot, not 20.
The same could be said of making your staff drink honey when they come into work. If it's not increasing their productivity, perhaps they're simply not drinking enough of it.

It's true enough that nothing will work if you don't sufficiently commit to it. The limitation with the observation is that it doesn't show how well associated different stimuli are with the desired output. Did torture not get the truth, perhaps you just didn't use enough of it? Did dosing someone with Omeprazole not cure a cold? Perhaps you didn't use enough of it... and so on. Or perhaps it's not the right approach.

What we can say in general terms is that if you need a lot of something, the desired effect is at least only weakly associated with the stimuli. It might be possible to get the desired effect by using more of the thing, but this is a poor substitute for understanding the mechanism involved, and can be prohibitively costly; ethically and practically.

In the given case: being an arsehole, for all that it comes easily to the individual, seems likely to be expensive to those around them - and by extension to the organisation - in other terms. There are people who will refuse to work with you because you're an arsehole. There are people who will burn out if you push them too hard. There are people who will keep their own counsel on issues rather than attempting to involve you in things. There are normative arguments that you won't be able to make, because no-one will take them seriously coming from someone like that.

Balanced against the uncertainty that the output is even there, (anecdotes seem to go both ways on the issue,) that it does not match how I would expect productive working relationships to operate, and that I personally have never seen an effective team that I would attribute to the manager being mean, (and a great many ineffective teams that I would attribute to the same,) it does not seem a wise strategy to me.

Though, that said, you might be bringing a different model of productive working relationships, or a different basis of observation, to the discussion. (Or be playing devils advocate.)
You know this is a bad argument. Being a taxpayer doesn't convey some superior status. You are a member of the collective with restrictions on your behavior.

You can't dig up roads, take library books, or drive cop cars.
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Is there a reason why a $15/hour minimum wage would not function something like a helicopter money drop (http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5937/economics/helicopter-...) and be helpful in times of low inflation (e.g., now)?
I'm curious as to whether this will be an effective cost-saving measure in the long term.

If it makes some police investigations take longer, that seems like a more expensive tradeoff.
Existing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9592607
What misconception, exactly? I understand that reproducibility is not the only factor in evaluating a study's weight, but it's still important, and still problematic in psychology.

>Bad evidence may be perfectly reproducible.

That was part of my point, namely that a weakly supported interpretation of subjective reports is probably a lot easier to reproduce than more empiric studies, but it does nothing to further the art.

>finding out what people say when you ask them to remember X is a perfectly legitimate thing to collect data on, as long you recognize its limitations.

I'm actually not arguing that subjective reports aren't legitimate data though. I think this study's methodology was also flawed due to the way it was structured. Group A was asked to describe an act of self-promotion of their choosing, and in a separate survey, Group B was asked to describe an instance of their choosing when someone had self-promoted to them. It's disjointed and lacking context.

There is a distinct possibility that people in Group A chose to report a time when they felt that their bragging was socially acceptable and perhaps the people they bragged to were actually happy for them (e.g. health of their child). Likewise, I think the people in Group B were more likely to report a particularly obnoxious brag simply because that would be more memorable.

A better (albeit admittedly more difficult to execute) study would involve investigating real-world and online instances of humblebragging, where there is direct relationship between promoter and recipient, and the subjects don't get to decide which experience they describe.
I read this and immediately thought of this :

Retires at 35, explores the world for 30 years

Claims Social Security at 62.

http://weknowmemes.com/2015/05/25-ways-the-baby-boomers-had-...
If you have a retirement visa (age 50 years and up) or spouse visa (married to a Thai citizen) you never have to do a visa run. For all others, it's a PITA.

Also, it's not that cheap to live in Thailand. You can live cheap if you like. But if you want a car, TV, bottle of wine, a decent steak, etc. you pay far more in Thailand than in the U.S.

I've been living in the Khao Yai area for more than 10 years.

Added: Something is wrong with the story of that couple in the article re: their visa. Because the only one year visas are retirement, spouse and business visas. They could have retirements visas at their age but no visa run is required - you never have the leave the country at all, just renew it once a year. If they are in the country on tourist visas, well, there is no such thing as a one year tourist visa. There is a 60 day multi-entry tourist visa, valid for one year, extendable by 30 days one time after which you have to leave the country and re-enter getting another 60 days, rinse and repeat. (Added: maybe this is what they are referring to). And you used to be able to get 30 days visa exempt on arrival and do visa runs every 30 days indefinitely, but they put a stop to that recently.
It largely depends on which office it is, though I think you'll find that Google has probably the best distributed engineering work force anywhere. Because there are so many engineering offices, everything is set up so that you can get the full experience no matter where in the world you are. All important meetings are streamed or recorded, and nearly every conference room has video conferencing equipment. Also, you could always transfer later if you want to join a project that's not available in your office.
You mean living well within your means?
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>The only reason you can't work at Apple and Microsoft simultaneous is because of the overlapping working hours.

I worked at Apple years ago and nothing was in my contract to say that I couldn't work for another company.

It is naive to think one can work at both companies simultaneously without repercussions if the manager(s) find out. The managers would not allow an employee to have a badge to the premises and access to the employees' email system at both companies. It would be legitimate grounds for termination. The employee can't sue for wrongful termination because the concepts of "protecting proprietary information", "trade secrets" etc are well-tested and upheld in court.

An employee can certainly resign (or get fired) from one company and then work for the other company but it is unrealistic to say those companies would allow concurrent employee relationships.
Is there some way of incentivising prosecutors to focus their efforts on the biggest problems?

For example, the prosecution of Aaron Swartz seemed gratuitously disproportionate.
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So they forked Clang into their own closed source version?

I guess you'll get things like this when you use a BSD license.
Even before the 2008 financial crisis, these behaviors were happening.

Unchecked, cheating by bankers distorts the market equilibrium and creates a bubble. The easiest example to see/understand for me is the pretend real-estate value on banks' books during the housing/mortgage bubble.

We had a chance to deflate the bubble completely, but by failing to prosecute the individuals, we only did it partially. Without criminal prosecutions, this is going to happen again soon.

With criminal prosecutions it would still happen again, but we would be insulated/innoculated for at least one generation of bankers and bank managers.

We had an opportunity at that time to
So no abortions but gay marriage are ok?
Raiting agency's are paid by security seller, and have huge financial incentives not to look to closely at any one deal. So sure, you can pretend that all risks are independent, but this was a clear case of corruption not incompetence.

Note: Many people brought up how crap these models where both in and outside of these raiting agency's.
I really like the pragmatic focus on what they actually enjoy and want from life rather than chasing conventional 'task-oriented' achievements.

Parents often push kids to be competitive and achieve, when actually there are plenty of other ways to a fulfilling life!
Theft is an outdated concept in a world were you can make infinite copies for free. Or is your argument, "you wouldn't pirate... A car!"?
That sounds like a ridiculously useful idea.
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In terms of web design, it usually expresses advanced adapting to different breakpoints/screen sizes, but it's difficult to draw the line where something stops being a regular responsive design and starts being artistically directed.

In the context of this article, it's about cropping images (e.g. you could have a full-body shot of the company CEO on the desktop version of your page and then just crop the face for mobile). One can already achieve the same effect in modern browsers using the picture element, although the cropped versions of images need to be prepared in advance.
Minor nit: You mean "principal axis", not "principle axis". Principle is a noun, not an adjective.
What small devices do you have in mind? True, the Raspberry Pi doesn't support virtualization, but in that case, you can run Mirage applications as normal Unix processes on Linux or FreeBSD, using raw sockets.
That's equivalent to the effect of an average 4.25% inflation compounded over 55 years.

The 10x headline multiple seems shocking, but when you unpack it, it's not that shocking.
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A big part of that is likely down to the fact that while static SVG rendering works just fine, the dynamic side of it hasn't got the same amount of love.

Maybe as SVG gets more traction, we'll see browsers improve in that regard.
First I'll move my website to another free host. If I have problems with that too, I'll turn to a paid host.

In a way or another, I'll manage to publish my course. The best articles are yet to come (EMET and IE)! :)
You can build a 2d game in just about any language.

For Java, http://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/ is really popular these days.
For C++, you have unreal engine, but you can just roll your own with SDL or SFML.

The /r/GameDev community on reddit has a wealth of information if you are just starting out, I'd start with http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/wiki/getting_started and http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/wiki/engine_faq
> The clients (which are also large financial entities) are generally not screaming about fraud

Large financial organizations have a vested interest against strict regulation of the financial system, and certainly executives have a vested interest against the prosecution of executives, regardless of whether they (pr rather, their shareholders) got screwed or not in this particular case.
Try GameMaker by yoyogames ... I have an artist friend who did not code, he is close to finishing his game using this engine. It's 2d, but very easy to use.
Without knowing in depth all the numbers involved, it's hard to declare it's clients choosing against their own best interest. There are considerations besides "most potentially profitable execution of a transaction or set of transactions".

These concerns include but are not limited to:

* risk tolerance

* direct and indirect costs (fees wages etc) associated with other methods.

* speed and/or predictability of transactions

* how this particular bit of business fit into an overall hedging strategy

* partnership considerations with the bank

These all factor into why a client would choose one option over another, even if the chosen option looks like a lower gain.

By analogy: this week I chose to have the dealership replace a broken mirror on my vehicle, rather than wait a day and have a nearby mechanic do so for $100 less. This choice was not the least expensive option, but it was the lowest hassle option. In terms of dollars it wasn't the most profitable transaction. In terms of spent time, it was still not the most profitable transaction. In terms of my risk tolerance and hassle, it was a good decision and I'm fine with it.
The gender pay gap exists between males and females performing exactly the same job.

That senior positions earn more than junior ones, management more than others is obvious.
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Literally, hmm? I'd be quite interested to hear about these murder cases you allege (who murdered, who died, which jurisdictions and courts were involved, et cetera).
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Be smart enough. A degree from a top school can't hurt you, neither can an MS or PhD.

Dance like a monkey in the the 10 rounds of interviews or know somebody.
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"Cursory" was perhaps the wrong word. In any case, taking down your company's network for forensic investigation is extremely costly - it's not something you'd do unless there was evidence of an intrusion. It would have been a whole lot cheaper to take care of this incident if the problem was found internally, rather than performing damage assessment and control after the fact.
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Also worth reading:

Sick Systems: How to Keep Someone With You Forever: http://issendai.livejournal.com/572510.html