skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The tensions arise, such as with firearms laws, because states don't see eye to eye on those issues so they get to dictate exactly how things work in their own states

That causes some AWFUL problems for people traveling between states, which is incredibly common nowadays because of air travel.

Google for the myriad of really terrible stories involving people accidentally traveling to New Jersey with a firearm. In at least a few cases they were forced to travel to New Jersey because of an airline mistake (unexpected layovers, misplaced luggage, etc.). Reciprocity is a much bigger issue than you're making it out to be.

> The extreme example counter response is never far behind in political discourse.

"States Rights" almost always comes up as an argument in the context of human rights violations. I don't think it's too extreme to remind people of that.

> There's a whole host of other policies that don't though.

Where's that line get drawn? If I frame marijuana as a human rights issue (see: the racial discrepancies in conviction rates for drug offenses), does it become ok for the federal government to resolve then?

> They are crises because they have to be balanced.

Errr no? There are plenty of states that are "balanced" only because the federal government gives them copious amounts of money, well in excess of their GSP.

They're "balanced" but to call it anything other than artificially balanced is silly.

> There's a wide gap between those issues and virtually every other policy in the country being effected by a broad reading of the interstate commerce clause.

Those are the primary issues anti-federalists bring up when States' rights comes up as a discussion, both historically and currently (not slavery obviously, but same-sex marriage is an incredibly recent one).

If you're talking about things like the drinking age (which isn't even really a mandate, just an extreme carrot on a stick), then sure, whatever - but who cares? Those are trivial issues in comparison.
Ask HN: If you believed a real estate market is in a bubble, what can I “short”?
If you believed your local real estate market is greatly overvalued and in a state of bubble, what financial assets can you "short" to profit from it's subsequent crash (speculation)?

If large hedge funds are speculating the same outcome (real estate bubble burst) and are putting their money where their mouth is, is this a good sign?
Four of the most dangerous intersections in San Francisco will be made much safer.

It will be nice to have fewer Uber drivers doing illegal U-turns. Uber drivers unfortunately do not warn passengers about dooring bicyclists.
I imagine some government facilities could hit that mark—based loosely on descriptions of friends who have worked in such environments.
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Perhaps because the US hasn't yet voted not to pay its debts.
Thank you.

Also from the article:

> These commentators have presumably not been the victims of a breach
> themselves. I have trouble swallowing that anyone who's been through the
> terrifying experience of being breached, seeing a breach up close or
> even just witnessing a hairy situation being defused could air those thoughts.

I do emergency incident response for companies that get breached, and this is off the mark. Without going into detail, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It is entirely standard operating procedure in the startup industry to play fast and loose with customer data, ignore best practices, get breached, make a blog post about how "we take security seriously", fix one or two things, and continue like nothing happened. It's the users that suffer, not the startups that get breached.

It's bullshit, and Troy is precisely on the mark for calling it out.
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I'd be interested to hear more about the performance limitations.

My naive thoughts were that it would perform extremely well as I had thought that Postgres scales extremely well with multicore.

Is there anything I can read anywhere about such performance limitations? Am I correct in understanding that you found performance limitations - I assume when compared to file system?

Any pointers to info on where github tried this?
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Sorry but the Republic does not enshrine states' rights nearly as much as you say. One policy I have problem with is the open alcohol container policy that is nominally at the state level but is actually at the federal level enforced by the federal highway funding.

There are a lot of fundamental issues that we need to address at a federal level. I don't think it is decided that a strong central government causes a break down in the union of states.

Off-topic: I blew a zero in three different breathalyzers. Who comes up with idiotic rules like if you have an open container in the vehicle (that I never touched) I am automatically guilty of drunk driving?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9832474
I'm guessing Tassimo's ad agency isn't UK based - a cuppa always means tea¹ but Tassimo is a coffee-pod company aren't they, and their ad [thanks to PavlovsCat for the link] shows only coffee drinks that I noticed.

Funny how this sort of nuance really turns one off a company; I guess because it highlights the fact they're merely trying to manipulate your emotions when they don't take care with elements of national identity that directly relate to their area of commerce.

It's like if McDo advertised they do "real American style fries" in France.
I'm not a financial expert and can't speak to what's true or not, but here's [1] a short interview with Swedens former Tax Agency chief who was apparently part of a small task force to evaluate Greece's tax collection and aid in its improvement.

He claims that removing corruption is not the only problem, and that the rest of the EU are underestimating the lack of tax collection competence with regards to modern methods and processes, as well as the powerlessness and political isolation of the Greek tax chief, making his/her job impossible - e.g. by not even being allowed to pick his/her own employees.

Again, I don't know what's true or not, just providing the opinion of a former Tax Agency chief of a country that collects a lot of taxes and who apparently had the opportunity to take a closer look at Greece's tax collection.

Google Translate does a decent job with the article translation.

[1] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev...

EDIT: Grammar.
Yes, I'm saying exactly that.

> Then how did it come into existence?

I thing that inmigration played a role. Unless you count the 2 millions of german-turkish people and 200.000 german jews as nazis in disguise of course (This will explain the big suspicious moustaches, otherwise). And italian, spanish, greeks... lots of croats also.

See 'gastarbeiter'.
If they want to remove her as CEO they should leave Reddit, and hope that the loss of their traffic is enough economic pressure to call for her dismissal. Petitions are just a way to whine without committing to anything.
Decentralized things tend not to work out real well outside of very niche activities. They only work pretty well when there is very strong aggregation in place.

Look at the most decentralized system we have - HTTP/HTML. It works because aggregation systems like directories, search engines, forums, and social networks make it easy to find websites.

Reddit's main value proposition is that it's a powerful niche aggregator of links and forum based content. It's easy for most people to be involved in a subreddit (niche forum). The UX is the protocol. The people are the value.

Decentralization or desegregation of reddit won't solve anything. If anything, people are too lazy to move unless there is a BETTER protocol with more value. So, whatever displaces reddit will have better UX and the people have to be there. Otherwise, it's pretty much a failed concept like diaspora.
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Hello,
I am really confused in terms how I can start getting into web development and with all those frameworks? For starters, I chose to work with meteor framework. Everything seems to me magic, in my opinion I believe that it would be beneficial to start a project that I like and keep learning javascript on the way. Do you think this is a good idea?
> I'm surprised that memory or memorization would be the key (for some people? for yourself?) to learn a programming language.

There's syntax and there's idiomatic library usage.
Meteor is great, too. If you're looking for an integrated A/B testing module or 1st party PostgreSQL support, you should have a look at Node on Fire.
In any sufficiently complex system, chaos can always rear its ugly head, no matter how good the engineers. The quality of engineers is then reflected in how well they respond to those cases. With space, you add other variables like micrometeors taking out a component or an errant cosmic ray flipping a bit at a really initiative time.
The N in HN doesn't mean news a la CNN. Intellectual interest is the only reason needed to post here. Historical submissions are welcome.
This is why SRS is a tool but not a complete solution. In medical school, there is such an enormous amount of material to commit to memory (specifically for board exams) that a lot of students find SRS very helpful. It is possible (I did this for a little bit in the beginning) to rely on it too much and therefore not be able to make the connections needed, be it on an exam or in real life. There's an art to making good flashcards- knowing which context to test a fact in, how to give enough context but not too much, etc. Also, there is little point to memorizing cards without understanding the material first. If I struggle with a card, I know I need to review the material, develop a mnemonic, etc.
oh look now your ideas are all for sale!
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Congrats. Now recognize that you're an outlier. Most companies don't even think about these things, much less do anything to mitigate the risks.

It's not a complicated procedure to keep most things reasonably secure. Best practices aren't that hard - it's just that most startups don't bother with them.

The comment I think you were referring to was talking about an unlimited-budget, as-secure-as-possible scenario. It's a great thought experiment, but the bar doesn't need to be that high to stop almost all real-world attacks (as was also addressed in that comment).

You don't need to run faster than the lion, just faster than your companion.
Voat is as close to a Reddit clone as any website I have seen. The format as worked very well for Reddit for these years now but I'm curious to see if Voat will be able to pull it off.
That is a really well-written article. It explains the problem, explains what the remediation plans are, and puts a human face on it...while remaining positive and optimistic.

Looking forward to seeing what the problem turned out to be and how they solve it!
Multivote Attack in Argentina: Proof of Concept (in Spanish)
> 18 european countries transferred billions of euros in the last couple of years to greece, to help the country and the people.

That's a legend. The money went to the banks and to various arms companies.
Of course, the flip side is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9832222
If we extend your logic, the victims aren't the customers whose data has been lost. The victim is the common good of not having to be all that careful about what you do, because you live under the rule of law and people aren't just going to attack you.

Allow me to illustrate. It's not physically difficult to get murdered, but you don't have to walk around in a suit of armor or tank in 2015, because you live under a code of laws. So safety/security is a public good.

By the logic that the operator of the servers that have been illegally attacked aren't the victims, we can say that public safety is the real victim: people who aren't even involved are the real victims, because there are more of them, and they all have to be more careful as a result.

But that reasoning is kind of silly. The victim of the crime is the operator of the server that was illegally accessed and compromised, and if these criminals had something better and more productive to do with their time it wouldn't happen. It's up to laws to make that be the status quo.

It's great when technology can protect us - but let's admit it, it's like going shopping in a tank: a technological solution to a social problem. You can't always do it. (Technological solutions don't always exist.)
> is the experience of surgery really that bad?

It varies by person but - Yes, it certainly can be.

My grandma had to undergo hip surgery awake with only local anesthetic. She was too frail and had all these health conditions so she couldn't be put under or given much medication. At the same time they couldn't just leave her hip broken. It was an extremely traumatic event for her.

Of course others would think it wasn't such a big deal.
It's lost 30% of its value, was that to be expected? Are you saying it won't fall any further? To me, it seems that you are glossing over a large stock market crash.

Talking about it being 'to be expected' is a nonsense. If the market is so predictable, kindly enlighten us about what happens next, rather than being wise in hindsight.
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Debt is fundamentally about morality. Otherwise everyone would accord Greece the agency to shrug and ignore it, like politicians break promises to consituents, or big companies ignore their debts to smaller ones. Instead, children worldwide are condemned to misery ("austerity"), because of moral statements like "you have to pay your debts". Though they did nothing to deserve it.

As for Greece's finances, that's exactly what the negotiations are about. A political issue. (After all, money is a purely social construct, not some law of physics. Underlying it is power relations and violence.)
You work in a company whose trade is credit cards. Security is 90% of what you must do, not only because it's credit cards, but because you're legally forbidden from doing your trade if you don't fulfill certain requirements.

So, not talk your team down, you likely are really interested in security. However keep in mind that that stems from the fact that you must and that your hiring likely is influenced by that as well.

Has the same kind of focus been true for all other companies you worked with as well?

Also, out of sheer curiosity, how do you encrypt the passwords on your accounts?
Except that Varoufakis was referring the Troika (or rather, their actions: he used the word "terrorism", not the more loaded term "terrorist") when he said that, not to the Germans as a people (or even to German banks, or their politicians).

At no point in the El Mundo article did he call the Germans "terrorists", and -- worse than hyperbolic -- it's irresponsible for you to suggest that he did.
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I have to agree.. "investment" is about risk/reward... businesses should be allowed to fail, and should have to suffer real consequences. When they get bailed out, it should have conditions attached, and in this case, it was mismanaged all around. I actually really appreciate the approach that Iceland forced on the issue, vs. how we here in the U.S. dealt with things. Yes, it was a hard decision with hard consequences, but was much more right imho.

I really wish that legislation regarding the financial industry were much closer to Canada's, as an example.
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I don't think anyone will respond out of fear of being labeled a -------? I will only comment on buying realestate in the U.S.? I believe realestate should only be bought by U.S. citizens. Right now all a foreigner needs is a individual tax number, and money. We have no real idea how that foreign money was obtained?

Or, who cares?

http://www.zillow.com/intl/en/foreign-buyers-guide/
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The funny thing is that now we will see whether that was true.
Heh I know exactly what you mean. Just 3 hours ago I was thinking about rewriting it, but 4 actions and 4 stores don't justify it. Thanks for sharing.

For the reader. This starts to grow quite quickly.

import SearchActions from './actions/searchActions.js';
import VideoActions from './actions/videoActions.js';
import VideoMetaActions from './actions/videoMetaActions.js';
import MusicPlayerActions from './actions/musicPlayerActions.js';

import SearchStore from './stores/searchStore.js';
import VideoStore from './stores/videoStore.js';
import VideoMetaStore from './stores/videoMetaStore.js';
import MusicPlayerStore from './stores/musicPlayerStore.js';

class Flux extends Flummox {
constructor() {
super();
this.createActions('search', SearchActions);
this.createStore('search', SearchStore, this);

this.createActions('video', VideoActions);
this.createStore('video', VideoStore, this);

this.createActions('videoMeta', VideoMetaActions);
this.createStore('videoMeta', VideoMetaStore, this);

this.createActions('musicPlayer', MusicPlayerActions);
this.createStore('musicPlayer', MusicPlayerStore, this);
}
}

What is more, store registration could be improved as well

const videoMetaActions = flux.getActions('videoMeta');
this.register(videoMetaActions.setAudioVolume, this.handleAudioVolume);
this.register(videoMetaActions.setMusicVolume, this.handleMusicVolume);
this.register(videoMetaActions.setMusicUrl, this.handleMusicUrl);
vast majority of Chinese firms trading on the Chinese stock exchange offer no transparency, and with the recent scandals involving phantom companies valued at billions and "anti-corruption" moves is causing sell offs and capital flight.

But this is hardly the concerning part, what is apparent is a loss of market trust in the system from the public and abroad. If China is to become a superpower, it cannot play by it's own rules.
Agreed, although other arguments could be made.

There's the key phrase

> I haven’t updated that app in years

Arguably, the most important place for clean code is everywhere, but the largest use-case for it is in projects that are expected to live, or in places that the code is seen / used by people who are not the original developer(s).

If your goal is to "ship it and forget it", great. Do whatever you need. Outsource it to some other country if it's cheaper, who cares? You're not going to be maintaining it anyway. Does this make something good? No. Is it excusable? Maybe.
You folks are deep in the Group Trap. You should read more Harry Browne and think less about politics...

Not because I say so but because it makes your life happier.
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Well, there are good odds that the investors in Reddit will see this and might consider taking corrective action. Reddit is still a growing site, so if people start leaving that might leave Reddit with growth, albeit at a slower rate. That's not necessarily all that meaningful to investors. A slight reduction in growth rate. But huge numbers of people saying "there needs to be a change" and signing a petition might actually be more productive. Since it's a visible number rather than an invisible side effect.
The part of the city the reading was taken and time of day seems to play a huge factor.

For example, the previous posted said Paris was 24, Paris - where I am now, with the window open, slightly after midnight - is currently reporting 53.

Kunming, a city of 6+ million where I usually live in China's southwest, is a little higher at 68. (This counters the 'China is dirty' western media BS)

Sydney, where I grew up, is higher at 75. However, in another reading closer to the area of town where I used to live it's much lower at a mere 13.

So, check which part of the city you are looking at and what time of the day the reading was taken. Also, don't assume all of China is all dirty and horrible like the east coast megacities (though much of it may be, to varying extents).
Let's look at the facts!

The original Marshall plan was worth 5.2% of German GDP (of 1952). Greece has already received 185% of its GDP, in other words, other countries have given Greece already 36 Marshall plans!
For those interested, I made an extensive security risk analysis of the situation and published it on my web log:

http://sijmen.ruwhof.net/weblog/447-security-risk-analysis-o...
Wat? Why would they care to be "a viable destination for export markets"? Why would they care whether there are still some rich folks around who want to buy iPhones? Things like this make me wonder where people got their economics education. I hope I really misunderstanding something here.

Yes high food prices are a problem but without tyrannical corruption like we see in Egypt this problem fixes itself over time.

"Austerity" seems like a red herring to me. The Germans were only too happy about Greek entitlements when they were driving Greek borrowing. Now that they're shutting off the tap (and why now rather than five years ago?), the Greeks themselves will figure out how to distribute the food. I'm sure they'll come up with something, and that plan will have come from Athens rather than Brussels or Frankfurt.
If you think Greece will do better without EU you are wrong. You will end up as Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria or Romania (last two will do probably better) so I don't think you will like it. Also your credibility will be destroyed because if you decided not you pay your depts nobody will borrow you any money in next years. You have problems with collecting taxes, you overspend money on public sector and social system and you have other problems too. Your country doesn't have strategic position so I don't see a reason why would anyone move manufacturing to Greece instead of Poland or Romania or similar countries where it is much cheaper.

You were quite lucky you were only non-communist country in that region 30 years ago and you joined EU. EU for last 30 years was sending you approximately 6 billions EUR every year.

At least you are popular tourist destination. Good luck, I wouldn't want to be a Greek.

PS: I am not a German.
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Thank you for the link of the policy, it seems to be a fair one.

I just read it and it looks like you are misinterpreting it.

> then give them 5 days to respond
> they may want to "negotiate" more than 5 days to fix the issue

"5 working days" is not the same at all than "5 days", think of public holidays and week ends ...
> The proposed API in SetStringer seems very dangerous; you're passing back a const ref to a string that isn't really const at all (successive calls after the set has been updated will mutate it's state, users may be unaware of this).

An accessor returning a const reference is perfectly normal. Something being const in C++ never meant that other things can't modify it, and the risk you describe has nothing to do with it being a const reference, as opposed to the non-const kind. For example, one given by the article, in fact, you get the same situation with an even bigger risk profile with the expression v[i], where v is a std::vector<std::string>.

> ref when you want shared ownership.

Not at all. If you have a reference to something, you don't own it.
A major Australian/NZ newspaper company shipped all their photos to the US for digitization. The company ( Rogers Photo Archive) doing the digitization then went bankrupt.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/08/fairfax-media-p...

Especially embarrassing the the NZ branch since they got special permission from the government to ship the photos out of the country. Some of the photos ended up on Ebay.
I have some newspapers that my grandmother saved from world war II. Those were quite unlike todays newspapers.