skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The video of the battery catching fire is a little distressing knowing that I carry one of those in my pocket at all times.
To be fair, it has some positives: like said CDN being able to patch somelib.js to fix a security issue and thereby protect thousands of sites at once.

At the moment though, proposed solutions to trusting third parties with your Javascript, like the W3C proposal to put cryptographic hashes in to your <script> tags etc, don't even consider these potential positives. So we're likely going to end up with the worst of both worlds.

If anything this is just enough facet of the weakness of the web as an app platform (Real solution: all sites serving client side libs should use package management, scripts should be digitally signed by the authors). As it stands it's far too common for people to just unzip WordPress or whatever in to their docroot, and so server-side code doesn't even get updated, let alone client-side code.
Not all breaches are caused by hackers – National Guard announced data breach
The rules and tools of the game slightly changed but there are still plenty of opportunities up for grab.

http://www.wizzed.com is a website started by a kid (I think he's 16 now). Check out the Alexa and SimilarWeb rankings. I know, vanity metrics, still. Not that far behind ViralNova, that just sold for $100MM.

Now, if you would be proud running this kind of website is another topic.
I'm a Nexus 4 owner and for the last few months, opening Snapchat has made a really weird analogue clicking noise. The clicking noise has progressed over that time and now my phone will constantly make the same loud clicking noise whenever I touch the screen. It sounds very similar to "sparking" two wires.

I can reboot my phone to make it go away (for about day, but after that the clicking comes back). I've never dropped or scratched my phone.
> What about the game industry? What about the animation industry? HTML5 doesn't replace Flash for those arenas

In the gaming arena, you can look at http://html5games.com/ or http://www.kongregate.com/html5-games or http://www.html5games.net/ or even just Google "HTML5 Games". Based on all of those HTML5 games it's clear that HTML5 can replace Flash in the gaming arena. There's only 1 place where HTML5 games and Flash games are really that different - on mobile devices (Flash doesn't work well if at all, HTML5 works like a charm).

As for animations, doing some simple Googling will bring up results that also show HTML5 can replace Flash: https://www.freshdesignweb.com/examples-html5-animation/
You currently cannot point Firefox to your own Pocket-compatible service. The Firefox integration uses non-public parts of the Pocket API. A Mozilla employee opened a bug for this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179699
Python at Netflix: A podcast conversation
Removing registration on Hello servers and WebRTC altogether is not stupid if you give a shit about your privacy, look at the leaks WebRTC provides, local IPs which are great for fingerprinting, real IPs from behind VPN, etc. It's one big gaping privacy nightmare so far, so it's pretty reasonable to have it disabled, until this gets sorted out at least.

Fortunately it can be toggled off in about:config easily.

Set loop.enabled = false to disable hello, set media.peerconnection.enabled = false to disable WebRTC. If you don't want pocket, set browser.pocket.enabled = false.

You can even make yourself one big user.js file to fix the bad ideas that have been added to Firefox lately. Mozilla still has a good thing going for them, and that is user choice. However stupid the defaults get.
So is the correct solution for flash to be taken from adobe and open sourced and managed by someone who can actually fix the security bugs??
https://github.com/mozilla/shumway
Hillary Clinton explains the email scandal
What made Flash so fast ? was it direct unsafe access to the metal or was there some black magic in their code ?
Development of a WiFi Router for Whistleblowers Was Just Suspiciously Cancelled
Great, but that's not how your post reads. Your post comes off as you stating that cardio is inherently better that lifting w.r.t OP's goals. You don't say anywhere that you are presenting an opinion or what happens to work for you.
CREATING IS HARD WORK, Not MAGIC – 7/14/15
The good, the bad, and the ugly by nina4airbnb.com
And Google is also doing the same with Swiffy (https://developers.google.com/swiffy/)
Click-bait title
Ok lets see if we can get this to match. I get the gamma factor to be

gam = 0.9999999985758079

with this, earth sees any time interval on new horizons t' to be

\detla t' = \delta t / gam

longer than the time t on earth. Integrating both sides above over time, keeping velocity constant, we get

t' = t/ gam = 9.5 yr / 0.9999999985758079 = 9.500000013529824 yr

this gives an difference between our observed "new horizons time" and out local time of

t' - t = t/gam - t = (1/gam - 1) t = 0.4 s

we disagree by about a factor of 45000.
I wish I was using TypeScript right now; we're using babel for ES6 transpiling and I've found a situation where a particular importing of a module doesn't work correctly. It appears correctly when I run it through the eslint tool and babel/webpack don't seem to complain when compiling, but in the browser it doesn't work.

When trying TypeScript and CoffeeScript I never ran into issues like that.
The goals of Rust have not really changed since its development.

The fact is that (in particular) a region and lifetime system are hard. We were doing research. Research usually requires many attempts to solve a problem.
Why wouldn't you just replace the battery and back cover? A new battery can be had for as little as $6 and a cover is cheap. I've replaced two puffy batteries in my Nexus 4 without any problems and the phone runs fine. It's not having a great time keeping up with the current generations of cell networks but it's still a pretty stellar device.

Some day soon I'm going to really have to try and hunt down a ~4" handset to replace this one... :(
This is what chrome does with Flash now.
that link is a great demonstration of the problem we're discussing.
They kinda have. They killed the next-gen compiler and Flex. It's essentially in maintenance mode now. Most of the effort is now expanded on Air which has some utility as a mobile dev platform.
Most apartment buildings didn't have A/C when they were built either. The building I'm in is nearly 120 years old. At some point the landlord ran extra cabling and dedicated outlets so we could have window air conditioning. I imagine that was as expensive or more than car charging stations would be.

The market demanded it, landlords provided it. Keep in mind landlords are in the business of finding ways to deploy capital to increase their rental incomes. That's why they upgrade kitchens and floors - because they can raise rent. Much like air conditioning once was, having an electric car charger certainly seems like an amenity you can charge for.
This gives me a tremendous amount of Pride in humanity, even though I had nothing to do with it. (Other than perhaps pay a little bit of taxes)
An intro to the OS X command line
> Israel is our ally ...

... because a large number of conservative Americans believe that Jesus is not going to come unless Israel is ruled by a Jewish king (or something like that; see here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/washington/14israel.html?p... )

... because a large number of donors to the Republican (and Democratic) parties are wealthy Jewish folk. And we know that in the US, money talks when it comes to policy.

As a result, most politicians feel the need to pander to the hardliners in Israel: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-jewish...
Just goes to show it doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to be useful to enough people.
You have just given me a very good reason to visit Cincinnati.
Yes, Democracy has nothing to do with how a country uses its military power to further its interests, or how a country cooperates or does not within an international framework. Arguably, a country that ignores resolutions of unelected bodies like the UN in response to the popular will is more democratic, not less.
Nexus 4 received bad press in the past years after customer disappointment: overheating, camera issue (making the phone crash - warning about this bug in Snapchat), horrible battery life... This article is just another example.

Very disappointed to hear that it happened with a Google backed device - I hope Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 are more stable better. Not sure if I'll buy another Nexus phone in the future after reading all that.
Mozilla is receiving no monetary compensation from Pocket's inclusion. See also my comment re: Pocket's TOS applying by virtue of installation, not usage. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9885795
Microsoft Starts Singing the Windows 10 Siren Song
I'd argue that Flash as a gaming platform has been fairly marginal for quite some time, and that most of what people would want to preserve existed somewhere between the late 90s to the mid-00s - but that's purely a subjective argument and we can argue about that till the cows come home and never agree.

Ultimately it comes down to this: keeping a notoriously insecure runtime around in active use, by hundreds of millions of people, is a non-starter. Unlike, say, Java applets, the frequency and severity of security holes found in Flash is just ridiculous. After years of allegedly focusing on cleaning up Flash, serious exploits are still being discovered regularly.

The strongest argument in favor of keeping Flash around is IMO the fact that there is important functionality provided by Flash that has not been effectively (or at all) replicated by HTML. The weakest argument is IMO any centered around historical preservation.

Personally, even considering the strongest argument, keeping an insecure runtime running on hundreds of millions of machines vs. better in-browser games... The choice seems pretty clear.
'guys' is only gender neutral in specific circumstances. See http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/27/guys-guys-guys/
Google Introduces New Open Format and Developer Tools for Working with BLE Beacons
I'd love to see this post as I'm securely in the "lottery is a tax on the desperate" camp.

I'd love a reason to stop disparaging my father's mega-millions dreams and the dozens of people that frequent my local 7-11 for countless scratch-offs everyday.

I have a gut feeling that a study of the odds/payout ratio of being apart of any given startup acquisition is better than what you'd get from any given lottery/scratch off... though I'm not taking into account the associated costs. How many tickets/scratch-offs is an 80 hour week for a full stack engineer worth?

So, here's me hoping you weren't being facetious.
It is getting annoying to have to go into about:config with every release to turn things I don't want off.

Off should be default. Let those that want to use these features turn them on if they want. Or better yet, ship a damn extension.
I realise that I made an unexplained logical leap to get to the last comment. Basically, based on my professional experience as a planetary scientist, it's my belief that the reason we don't have more satellites cruising through the Solar System is that we (and I mean scientists, engineers, administrators etc.) continue to fail in communicating their true value to the average person on the street. I think that media like Twitter, Instagram, blogs etc. have definitely helped raise the profile of interplanetary exploration, but I'm still waiting for the genius that comes up with the trump card that will enable science communication to become at least 10x more effective.

The fact that missions like Cassini, Kepler etc. have to fight to keep the lights on is IMHO testament to the fact that we've failed in communicating their value to society. I try to post stuff on my blog [1] to engage people in the wonders of space science and exploration: it doesn't feel effective though. Someone that figures out how to fully convey the value of missions like New Horizons to the public deserves a serious pat on the back.

[1] http://www.kartikkumar.com
> and a new CEO (who I may not like)

Spez isn't just a "New CEO" he's the original programmer, CEO and co-founder of Reddit. He understands the community more than anyone could fathom someone could. Of all choices I think he's the best choice.

He's focusing on bringing better mod tools, so being the technical lead, I'd be excited for these bumps coming up, not running away with my tail between my legs.
I had such high hopes for Varoufakis and now I can't agree with a single word he says.
Christianity was far more widespread along the Mediterranean at the start of Islamic expansion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_7th_centur...
Yes, the default is "SafeSearch" enabled. Bing and Google filter for everyone... it's not opt-in. You opt-out, as would people living in "strict markets".

I don't believe bing/google are required by law in the U.S. to do this (correct me if I'm wrong)... so the e.f.f. arguments are a bit hypocritical by not including, essentially, the rest of the world.
They could use a hosting provider that has DDoS protection, such as OVH. OVH guarantee to mitigate all DDoS attacks no matter what size or duration. I've been using them, and their DDoS protection works really well.

Or, if they prefer to host themselves, they can spend the money to buy the bandwidth and Arbor (or other?) equipment.

The fact is that -- like github -- they are being DDoSed and have to do something about it if they want to stay in business. I'd be interested in hearing what github did to mitigate their attacks. I can't find any info on it (but I'm guessing that perhaps they want to keep it secret).
Wow, I had no idea that Google Apps were about 15% of Google's revenue. That is a way bigger than I would have guessed. (Hundreds of millions x 2 orders of magnitude is >= 10B, total revenue in 2014, 66B)
The interesting departure from this strategy, though still related, is their interest in ESPN. I read (looking for the source, will add when I can recall it) that ESPN accounts for nearly 25% of Disney's overall earnings.

Edit: finally found the source! https://500ish.com/the-9-bullet-points-of-doom-for-espn-a692...
Just seemed like horrific lack of perspective. The infrastructure supporting transient internet technologies is way way down the list of importance if the Cascadia Subduction Zone slips.

I grew up in Central Oregon which is surrounded by fresh (geologically speaking) lava fields. I wonder if the Native Americans that were around when Mt Mazama was turned into Crater Lake worried about the disruption of their Obsidian tool making business.
It's not that either, they're really not edgy enough these days. I don't mind last-gen graphics, but I'd love to see something else rather than franchise sequels. The wii move made them going a weird road of 'family, fun and simple' (and profitable); the wii u attempted to get back into capable hardware but failed to bring money. Maybe the NX will be the right blend.
Seems more like a pro-SoC piece than anti-state.
here is bigger version: https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/2013/05/disn...
Interestingly enough, my beloved Nexus 4 just died this past month. I noticed it getting extremely hot, and then one day started a boot loop that I could not fix. I figured some hardware broke. My uncle also picked up one around the same time, and is going through similar problems - overheating and rebooting, though has no boot loop issues. I will warn him of this battery issue.

On another note, I just purchased a Zenfone 2. I accidentally dropped it from about a foot (getting out of the car) and cracked the screen. I noticed most other Zenfone 2 phone that has a cracked screen appears to have it crack in a very similar spot (top right). I guess all phones have their weaknesses. Though, my nexus 4 looked like it went to war and back having been dropped (at excessive heights), and never broke.
This would be clever had Pao been the person who fired Taylor. Wait, no it wouldn't. But either way, Pao's boss fired Taylor.
User brudgers here on hacker news sometimes comments in these sorts of threads, and their advice may be applicable. The crux of their point seems to be to be careful, because picking names seems like fun but it's not the sort of real work that will make your startup a success, so don't let it suck up time and don't worry about it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9755701
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9663605
As well as nestorian christian.
Colorado DOT test slightly terrifying traffic blimp
Show HN: Nacker Hews, Hacker News with Spoonerisms Using Go and Heroku
I read this article yesterday and I really dislike how it is worded. The "this engineer" has a name, Donald Smith, this is what he said:

"If you're using
Unsafe, this is the year to explain where the API is broken and get it
straight.... Please help us kill Unsafe, kill Unsafe dead, kill Unsafe right, and do
so as quickly as possible to the ultimate benefit of everyone."

It reads like a request to have a discussion on Unsafe, to talk about it and find solutions. Unfortunately, I don't see anyone pointing out why Unsafe should be kept around on that thread (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2015-Apri...).

And this quote from Oracle shows an effort to do things right:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2013-October/...
"This is definitely something we plan to propose for SE 9. I expect
to see a JEP from the current maintainers of sun.misc.Unsafe..."

This (http://blog.codefx.org/java/dev/how-java-9-and-project-jigsa...) seems like a more balanced article on the situation.

"So far we focused on the problematic aspects of Project Jigsaw. But that should not divert from the exciting and – I think – very positive nature of the planned changes. After reading the documents, I am impressed with the scope and potential of this upcoming Java release. While it is likely not as groundbreaking for individual developers as Java 8, it is even more so for everyone involved in building and deploying – especially of large monolithic projects."
near future. (This is far too small to require a whole JSR.)"
It's very important to note that click to play for Flash in Chrome is NOT a security feature. Sites can bypass it.

To quote a Chrome developer: "Click to play is not actually a security boundary. In particular, it has always been subject to click-jacking."

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=174963
>If you believe that agreements are only reached when there is mutual benefit you are benefitting your customers by rehashing the content.

This seems like a strange thing to believe. Why couldn't someone agree to something that never benefits them?
Does anyone know of a KSP mod or similar that reproduces the current status of interplanetary probes in the solar system?
Hi Mark,

Do you have any interest an organizing an effort, along with Facebook's Alex Stamos and other folks, to plan a formal EOL for Flash? Of course, the steps Mozilla and others have taken help, but perhaps a more organized movement could get other thought and market leaders on board, trigger higher rates of HTML5 adoption and foster the bits of remaining innovation that are needed to fully replace Flash on the web.

Also, does Firefox plan to address the concerns brought up about Hello, and, more importantly, Pocket?
Interesting. Not sure how I feel about a children's media company (or any company for that matter) that has "Morgue" as a division within the management group.
I definitely wouldn't say that HTML5 "works like a charm" on mobile devices. I did a simple frame rate counter for a basic Canvas scene; the Chrome iOS browser was only 25% the frame rate of Chrome on a 4-year-old laptop.

But I see your point and expect HTML5 to improve, but it is along way from being what a lot people think it is.
Wolfram Alpha.Net – A full implementation of the 2.0 API
Hello! I'm learning to program and developing an app with telescopeapp.org. Really when things go wrong is complicated debug. But we have the kadira.io for the client side and the cli "meteor debug" to the server side.

Is message has been automatically translated.
Kids Prize Pack – Subcription Box for Kids
As others have said, the US will get support in fighting ISIS. Also this will go a long way in building up relations with Iran in the hopes of one day counting them as a reliable ally.
I think of myself as a moderate libertarian, so I may not agree with Mr Varoufakis.

But I sure can appreciate him speaking English rather than some bureaucratic newspeak that is the norm among elected (and non-elected) officials.

And I can appreciate that he deeply cares for his people over holding on to his government job.

I will take occasional hyperboles over content-free mambo-jumbo any time.
Flash is blocked on Apple devices due to business reasons, nothing more.
I'm leaning toward the parallel universe hypothesis as well, except I'm thinking it's more like there are part-time processes that run in parallel, do their work, then exit after they come to some type of consensus of state. It would end up looking something like a bunch of containers running a game on your computer, processing all the other player's moves, arriving at consensus, sending that consensus to a central 'compute' spot where a global consensus took place, wait for a reply, then take what the global central thing said was a valid state of things. Rinse and repeat. Stick it all in blockchain in case there's a disagreement.

I keep pointing out to people I can't make their beers (including glass) disappear while we're talking at a table. That this universe doesn't allow me to hack it (and presumably keeps others from hacking it) is a nice feature.
Why use A/B testing
New Tricks with Dynamic Proxies in Java 8 (part 2)
Well this is awful... Their monetisation of OK Cupid killed the sites functionality. You literally have to pay to see 'more attractive matches', and search ranking is based on payment as well. What was once a place where the alternative / arts crowd could meet like minded folks is now awash with spam, poorly filled out profiles and other guff that makes it effectively useless for meeting a potential partner.
Google’s Eddystone – a flexible, open-source iBeacon alternative
Node.js, IO.js Convergence Podcast
Lorem.io – One Lorem Ipsum Generator to Rule Them All
Seattle High Tech Hub Grown into Traffic Mess and Boring Office Park
AeroFS Raises $10M Series B
Can you call for a formal EOL on HTML5 DRM as well, please?
Writing an API with Meteor
Hack Reactor Teams Up with Uber
Is the Airing device FDA approved?
No, not yet. However, we do believe the process of getting FDA clearance may be abbreviated.

Ha. I work at a company that makes medical devices. It's just so damn easy, you know! Seems like a pretty blunt case of handwaving away this critical step. This is an electric device that controls if you can breath. This thing has a non-trivial risk of hurting someone through electrocution (it's plugged into your conductive mucus) or asphyxiation (though hopefully you'll wake).

So yeah, they'll clearly just POST to the FDA certification API and get a response within a minute.
The only way Dart will survive it is if Google start using it as a lenguaje for creating Android apps, because for the server or web applications is practicatly dead, not becuase nobody is using it, because is doomed to be in the shadow of JavaScript.
Can we please also kill Android and iOS in favor of HTML5?
The belief is that if people are paying to have an AMA, then Reddit is more likely to censor questions and / or do things to make the guest look better. Instead of it actually being an Ask Me Anything where some guests get torn up with difficult questions, it becomes PR fluff. Based on what I've read, Victoria was strongly against requiring people to pay to have an AMA.