skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> but Uber claims that because it’s a technology company, not a transportation service, it doesn’t fall under the ADA’s jurisdiction.

What the ? Come on ,They don't get to decide what law they should follow. Or maybe they know that all these lawsuits cost them less than having to respect the law, I don't know. All I can say is that Uber displays an unbelievable level of arrogance.
It's really not that hard to "do the right thing." Yet they have to go out their way to be dicks about it.
Here's the same guy (PR2) in action 7 years ago folding towels at 50x speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5g33S0Gzo

And I doubt it was trained. It seems to be following a predefined procedure instead of learning by itself.

It seems to have come a pretty long way if you ask me!
MD stands for Maryland:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland#Economy
Imagine the overhead (taxes and all) for managing all of their drivers as employees not contractors.
A country is way to broad, you would have to put stickers of people or organizations with good reputation with regard to security on it, say Bruce Schneier or the EFF. But actually you should not do this either because you may evoke a false sense of security.
"Let's aim this tech at other junk. It looks promising for messes like this."
Special Operators Are Using Rapid DNA Readers
Rapid DNA reading is an interesting wrench in the expectation of privacy that we currently have in today's society- assuming that the technology gets better and better, what happens when we get to a point where our identities are almost instantly conformable by anyone with a DNA reader?

Personally, I think that this is has the potential to be a good thing for privacy and identity security, because no one can hack your DNA... or at least we don't know how they'd hack your DNA currently. However, I also think that this would bring about some crazy Orwellian government oversight in the name of "preventing terrorism" or perhaps "think of the children" where all citizens are required to register their DNA in a national database. The ultimate issue with that being that DNA changes as people get older[1], so what happens if you forget your yearly registration renewal with the national DNA Database? Suddenly you're Lilu Dallas and you're not officially registered so obviously you're a criminal?

[1]http://genetics.thetech.org/original_news/news91
I bet a lot of uber drivers would.
> It's a good idea to make sure that all the stakeholders (including IT) are involved at an early stage, to make sure that any obstacles to deployment can be avoided (or, at least, spotted in advance). An engaged, friendly IT department can help grease the skids for an enterprise sale; a hostile one can scupper it.

It's true, but I think it depends somewhat on the product and space, right? "Enterprise software" can encompass a wide variety of tech, from SAP on one end, to database and app platforms in another direction, to marketing tech in a third, and so on.

If you're running on-premise, IT has to be involved. If you're touching IT-provided services like email, file sharing, etc, IT has to be involved. But if you're not touching IT centrally, they're often not involved, beyond the validation points about security, etc. In the space in which I currently work, for example, IT is almost never involved. In a previous life selling application and infrastructure management products, IT was almost always the direct customer/implementor. There's a huge spread, so I think everyone has to be clear about which scenarios we're talking about.

> I think this is partly down to a certain amount of skepticism regarding salespeople's promises.

Sometimes I think it's skepticism, I think it's also that IT orgs tend to have a longer history with the concept of "partnering" with a vendor, which often involves a combination of skepticism, optimism, professional services, and a willingness to settle. When you deal with a different business unit that maybe has less experience with building and implementing Product, sometimes they don't see/embrace that approach.

> think that's a little bit harsh (but not necessarily untrue!). Any organisation that grows above a certain size is going to have bureaucracy and red tape. For organisations of a certain age, the legacy IT infrastructure

It was certainly more terse than I intended, I was running out of time before a meeting started.
I actually went to school to learn to build a site similar to this (2003, not sure how many tutorials there were then, but I didn't know of them anyway). Though my inspiration came from loving to camp and canoe/white water raft and no friends of mine liked that outdoorsy stuff.

I also didn't realize this site was already out there, but if it was dating/sex related by that time, I wouldn't have known it could be used for that.

FWIW, there's another site I think similary created for meeting people nearby as friends (Meetme.com) that has also turned into a sex/hookup app.
I'd like to think an Uber driver who did would be dropped by the company, but given what this article says I'm beginning to wonder. I recall reading a while back[1] that driver ratings were so important that some drivers were canned after just a few mediocre reports and forced to undergo training that they had to pay for themselves. I can't imagine a driver who discriminates getting a good review, and if it becomes a pattern they should be suspended based on Uber's own policies. But it sounds like Uber is circling the wagons here.

[1] http://observer.com/2015/02/uber-drivers-the-punishment-for-...
In-Q-Tel CISO Dan Greer's Keynote Remarks at the Lang Sec Workshop 2015
So relevant is:

Maryland's economy takes advantage of the close location of the center of government in Washington, D.C. and emphasizes technical and administrative tasks for the defense/aerospace industry and bio-research laboratories, as well as staffing of satellite government headquarters in the suburban or exurban Baltimore/Washington area. Ft. Meade serves as the headquarters of the Defense Information Systems Agency, United States Cyber Command, and the National Security Agency/Central Security Service. In addition, a number of educational and medical research institutions are located in the state. In fact, the various components of The Johns Hopkins University and its medical research facilities are now the largest single employer in the Baltimore area. Altogether, white collar technical and administrative workers comprise 25 percent of Maryland's labor force, attributable in part to nearby Maryland being a part of the Washington Metro Area where the federal government office employment is relatively high.
Repost https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4435547
AI Researchers on AI Risk
The Internet of Things, Big Data and Preventative Predictions
> babies are very poorly wired if at all.

As a father myself, I don't agree. I find it impossible to believe that babies are wired poorly, or randomly, or just are amorphous blobs of learning. They're active and inter-active from a very early age. Even before they're born.

Their brain is still growing connections, and re-wiring itself based on sensory input / feedback. i.e. blind people co-opt the vision centers to process sound.

But there is a vision center. There are portions of the brain which are pre-wired to be good at certain activities.

If nothing else, look at the inputs. The nerves from the retina and ears go somewhere. They don't just disappear into random parts of the brain. They're pre-wired to certain areas. Those areas are in turn pre-wired to be good at accepting certain inputs.

In contrast, many animals have much more hard-wired behavior. And insects are little automatons. Are we really going to say that animals are pre-wired with... nothing? And that they learn all of their behavior after they're born?

I find that even harder to believe than the idea that the brain is pre-wired to be good at some things.
You're not sure but most of us do understand what 'tax dollars' means and apply the 'function' according to our status. Some research supported by private organizations? I had no idea.
Maybe. That doesn't mean they aren't right though.
Bonus points for the Inbetweeners gifs.
Meetup.com seems to do this successfully, is that the same type of site that you are referring to?

I've considered going to a computer / technology / entrepreneurship club, but haven't yet. They also have local groups for dog owners, walking/fitness/specialty (ballet, dance), FPV drone flyers, sports groups, and almost anything else I could think of they had a group already started for it in my city.

Some have memberships fees (completely optional when setting up a new group, afaik) and some have more strict requirements when joining (a potential problem but I haven't heard of it being abused).
There’s an app for that: How NSA, allies exploit mobile app stores
let me clarify myself.
What I see as a "key litteracy skill" is what some calls "Computational Sense" ("A familiarity with the capabilities of computer applications and the ability to easily grasp the difficulty in implementing a computer-based solution. Typically acquired by learning a programming language.") aka https://xkcd.com/1425/

So the "learning to code" is just a mean to an end.

Also I do think that learning to automate the boring stuff (https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ ) improves at least personal (e.g. do your own taxes in Excel, understand AND and OR so you filter email better), social (e.g. ifttt), academic ( e.g. R ), AND professional (e.g. everything) outcomes.

>learning [...] a second language has obvious measurable benefits

and don't you think that the ability to analyze a process and transform it into a sequence of instructions can have measurable benefits too?

You wrote "it's just useful practice for basic logical thinking and problem solving."
I agree. It is only that I would remove the "just".

I like what Papert wrote: " debugging is the essence of intellectual activity".

>And also that being to do this is a huge personal and business benefit.

All the "non technical" startup founders looking for/lacking a technical co-founder,
you don't think that they would benefit from learning a bit of coding so they can a) estimate what needs to be done (Computational Sense), b) hire the proper people c) specify what is needed ?

Obviously, I am against coding as "learn js in 5 days" but not being able to FazzBazz(2,7).
I am for learning what a computer can do.
What kind of work do you guys look for usually?
Find a running club?
As a german i can tell you having the german flag on anything is a bit weird.
Colombian takes BP to court in UK over alleged complicity in kidnap and torture
Surely I can tell a web developer contractor they can't build insecure/shitty code without turning them into an employee? They tell their drivers all sorts of instructions already - turn down tips, offer water, be courteous, etc.
Oh really?

http://arewefastyet.com/
Uber's driverless taxis one step closer to reality
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A better service at a cheaper rate.
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Where I'm located existing taxi drivers are also independent contractors (freelancers) running under taxi brands. Those taxis are still regulated by authorities to make sure they comply with laws and charge standard price bands - they do spot checks and the licenses are revoked if problems occur. Technology companies shouldn't be given a free ticket just because they're the next big thing.
Ember is IMO second best at everything, which is pretty good for a fully integrated stack. If you don't have a very good idea of what you want to use for all the pieces of your app, you're working with a group of less experienced frontend developers, or you're on a project that's going to be maintained for a number of years by someone else, Ember is probably the best choice. Their project stewardship has been commendable.
It's worth mentioning that the flexbox standard has gone through three major revisions, each with very different syntax. To extend the usefulness somewhat to older browsers it's possible to mix the different versions.

See this article at CSS-Tricks for some examples https://css-tricks.com/using-flexbox/
If you tell someone to be careful not to fall off the right side of a bridge, and they then run away and fall off the left side, does that mean your advice was harmful?

Just because someone might overreact doesn't mean you shouldn't warn them.
If this pool is depleted then the kernel will block causing a delay until the kernel can provide the requested random numbers.

Is there a way to measure how often this happens and what kind of improvements would be expected after buying a hardware RNG?
I found that odd as well. What exactly is a "technology company"?
> Awareness of needing sleep seems to be entirely absent

Indeed. And this can persist into adulthood...
“Context is the New Genre”
I suspect you've not seen a copy of the Terms for Uber drivers. They provide a lot of instructions, on a lot of issues, most of them far less legally crucial than the ADA. Down to what to say to passengers.

There will always be excuses, but "we'll look like an employer, therefore disabled people can go fish" is pretty ignoble.
Engaging in litigation claiming you don't have to follow the ADA simply because you don't want to deal with the tax implications of doing so is unbelievably low.

> if they start telling them what the can and cannot do during their time then they start to look more and more like employees (something they absolutely do not want)

Uber may not want it, but their drivers are undeniably employees, not contractors.

Whenever I see this discussed, people bring up that Uber satisfies some of the criteria for being employees but not others. However, that's not the way the IRS works. To the IRS, those criteria are all sufficient, not necessary - Uber doesn't need to satisfy all of them in order for the IRS to consider them to be employees.
NASA Technology Roadmap: A Heavenly Guide for IT and CIOs
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What happened to EntropyKey?
http://www.entropykey.co.uk/
In a nutshell, I built - together with my partners and employees - the first publicly available webcam software (which had a lot of customers from the adult world), and the first webcam community and we found that it turned into a porn site whenever we weren't looking for longer than 30 seconds.

Eventually we gave the adult content its own space on the site and charged for access to that portion and this was the financial cork that kept the whole thing afloat during many years.

See also:

http://jacquesmattheij.com/content/story-behind-wwcom-camara...

I've always resisted the pressure to either partner with a porn company or to let the inmates run the asylum but plenty of porn companies licensed the software and quite a few of those then pushed the envelope in terms of development often with lucrative deals as the result.
You are solving a problem? Talk to your target market either face to face or in forums..

find out if they have this problem and if so suggest your solution...
Do you want to be more specific?

What do you mean by "Java Packaging"? And if you believe that OSS tools for Java are a nightmare, I'd like to know which you are referring to and which language do you think has better tooling?
> Come on ,They don't get to decide what law they should follow.

That's been Uber's stance from day 1.
Sure you can.

let [a, b] = await Promise.all([asyncA(), asyncB()])
it sounds good but how do you address the problem of node templates or elems added after the initial render?

for example

$('body').append("<button data-toggle='.highlight'>does this work</button>")
Uber may not fall under ADA. Its drivers are. Sue the individual drivers.
A straight female friend that had just moved into a new city directly messaged other women that she thought would make good friends on OKC.

Her response rate was about 40%. I cried a little.
MySQL is 20 years old tomorrow
You can't handle it.

Edit: Worth it.
I think you're missing Uber's actual concerns.

Uber has built its business skirting the laws on taxis and other transportation companies-- exploiting a loophole.

If the ADA law gets applied to them, it'll be a legal precedent for treating them like every other transportation company. So now they have to fight it- not because they care about people with wheelchairs, but because it's an existential threat to the foundation of their business.

What makes the situation interesting is that Uber could have avoided this whole fiasco by being ethical in the beginning, and making "you have to help people with disabilities" a part of their new-driver training. Then this would never have become a legal issue, and they wouldn't have the public shame of fighting against people with disabilities, or the threat to the core of their business.
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I also Bleed Aqua!
You certainly can advise your contractors. You can stipulate in your contract that the work must be completed in a certain way. As this relates to uber I'm sure that they tell all their drivers to not break the law (covers speeding, running red lights, and also discrimination).

The onus in this case is on the users to out the drivers to Uber through the review system. Maybe they need a submit button on the review page that says 'my driver broke the law'.
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Microsoft Application Insights SDK for OS X
It has legal uses that I've already pointed out. First, it is legal to use by anyone with permission. Second, it serves as an example of code for others to learn from.

As for bans on knives and such, I consider such bans just as unjustified.
This is known as a "Greenshoe Option". It got the name from a company called "Green Shoe Manufacturing" which was the first company to allow this practice.
Why the Current Section 215 Reform Debate Doesn't Matter Much
Ask HN: What is going on with Stellar?
I haven't heard anything about it in quite a while. If I recall it was meant to be a behind the scenes digital currency so maybe it is being successful at at that.
Ah cool.

Thanks will give that a go.. Currently sourcing the best places to interact with people!
And an italian web address. I thought the juxtaposition was rather amusing.
This really saddens me. I used to love Uber, it was one of my favourite companies. I remember when I first used it - I'd gone down to London and was going to try UberLux out, just for the one trip. I ended up using it about four times that day, even though it was far more expensive than a taxi. It was incredible and worth every penny because unlike taxis, Uber was professional[1]. The driver was polite, you got a bottle of water to drink and there was stuff to read too (and not rubbish either, quality stuff like the FT).

For a while, it seemed like Uber was about the high-end - as Travis himself said, he created Uber to have a more "baller" way to travel around San Francisco - but then they started to care more and more about being seen as affordable and UberX is now clearly the company's top priority. And as prices drop and margins are squeezed, articles like this are the end result. People will complain that luxury isn't important (and they might be right) but Uber had a really good service that was different. Now they're just like all the other ride sharing companies.

I really, really wish they would shut down UberX. I know they won't. But I want to love Uber again - but with all of these stories, almost all regarding UberX drivers - I feel obnoxious if I use them. I don't want to support them.

Love the service, hate the company.

[1] I was recently in a taxi where the taxi driver said a number of very racist things, directly insulted me, my fellow passenger and pretty much anyone he came into contact with during the ride (other cars, pedestrians, etc) and swore repeatedly. This isn't the first time I've experienced this (although it was the worst). I'm somewhat shy and find taxis to be, on occasion, somewhat intimidating. I've never felt that way in an Uber.
Criminals are using SVG Files to serve malware
I wouldn't go with Sweden.

A pirate flag might work.
Meteor does something similar with Fibers, but you wrap each function ahead of time, so you don't need to worry about littering Function.prototype.

https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/wrapping-npm-packages/

It feels a bit like "get that sync code off my Javascript lawn!" but once you get used to it, it's pretty great in practice, and good for introducing newcomers.
I guess they reason is that big secure payment processors do not accept adult sites, which leaves them with more 'fishy' options.
me to, mesmerised.
Yes, really. Benchmarks are fabricated and hardly represent real use cases, such as modifying the DOM.
Node.js vs. Rails: How to Learn Web Development the Smart Way
Bootstrap is a CSS framework and the flexbox layout is a CSS module, so you can't really compare them.
Hogwash. It seems like this person doesn't understand that node is an event based, asynchronous language, and that's one of its big advantages over other languages that force threads, or don't generally offer parallel execution.

If this had compared Node.js with clustering and async vs a synchronous language like Ruby, it might have been interesting. Maybe. But non-asynchronous operations in Node are an antipattern that core node contribs are trying to remove (the -Sync in node stdlib are trying to be removed).

Good coding conventions, promises, generators, and async/await are your friends for making callback hell go away.
Struct composition with Go
I remember when Workday (WDAY) had its expiration coming up and there was a lot of speculation the stock would tank that day. The float was pretty small before the lockup and the thought was because of this the price was very inflated. It went down the first 10 minutes of trading but shot right back up as large buyers were waiting to see the price action that day and bought it up. The stock is up 75% or so since the lockup 2 years later.

If it were as easy as shorting IPO's (or going long PUTS) near lockup, I'd be a billionaire. As you've pointed out - it's impossible to know what will happen, if anything (making a spread unplayable too) when the lockup expires.
There are specialty processors that deal with adult sites. The reason is not so much that the other processors would not like to do business with them but that adult sites tend to have higher charge back rates and consumer fraud rates than what the credit card companies will let them get away with (another factor is scams by the adult companies) which qualifies their charges as 'high risk'.

Specialty processors take care of the issues in such a way that the risk becomes tolerable. Another reason is pressure from the big card companies not to accept such clients even when the processors would accept them otherwise.

Hence the prevalence of adult customers with CCBill, Epoch, VXS and several others.
> A better service at a cheaper rate

...While replicating all of the problems the regulation was created to address in the first place.
It depends on how you define doing the right thing. If you mean telling drivers to be accomodating of passengers with disabilities, then yes I agree. If you mean fielding an entire discrete service of vehicles across the world to service a small, non uniformally distributed number of users without actually employing their drivers; that's a bit harder. I'm not saying that Uber shouldn't deploy such a discrete service, but I'm not sure it's fair to say that ADA compliance in this context is cheap or easy.
sounds terrible

someone put the XAniMaL back in the cage.
>"And again, you're going to claim that just having money means you deserver more of the reward than someone who actually put the work in to create something?
"

You're being obtuse intentionally. You have no intention of discussion, you just want to find a way to blame people getting benefit from money without some sort of labor (notably, your personal definition of labor). That is a twisted world-view, and one I have no intention of remedying in your head. Good day.