skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I guess everyone is entitled to interpret words however they like, but the salient attribute of a startup is exactly what the word means: it's a new venture. And from the perspective of a landlord, that's what matters. New companies are the least predictable in their needs, their revenue stream, and their long-term prospects. They tend to have inexperienced managers and flighty owners. All of these things are true regardless of how they are funded, what industry they operate in or whether the owners are trying to become huge overnight, bootstrap into a comfortable living, or whatever else.

Established companies grow and shrink, too. They close offices and factories, open new ones, and occasionally file for bankruptcy protection. But they do these things much less frequently than a new company, and they do it with the backing of a much larger and more reliable cash flow. That cash flow means that even in bankruptcy, an established company's creditors usually end up with a significant recovery. From a landlord's perspective, these are the things that make established companies more attractive than startups. Thus, in this context at least, "startup" means nothing but "new company" and carries none of the other connotations that most people here assume when hearing the term.
I mean, I don't play Solitaire, but it's crap like this that makes me glad I didn't take my free upgrade yet. I'm hoping to see some outrage over some of these "they're not bugs; they're features" on Win10, and maybe then we'll get a proper successor to Win7.
I haven't contributed directly to Mozilla, no.

As a software dev that's received plenty of criticism as well, I'll just say that when I post detailed complaints about things I don't like, it's not because I want to harm or destroy their software. If I truly hated their software, I wouldn't be using it or talking about it at all. For all of Mozilla's faults, the only real cross-platform alternative (Chrome) is even worse. That one forces silent updates, won't let me download and run older versions, won't let me disable WebRTC, was the inspiration for the new Mozilla UI I dislike, sends a lot of data back to Google, etc.

The problem with not complaining is that when everyone does it, the developers have no idea why 30% of their market share is gone, yet everyone who remained is still happy with the changes.

Further, I think really major software projects like Firefox and Gnome are in a different category. People's livelihoods depend on these software programs. Totally changing things around can have serious effects on people, not just those who hate change.

It's one thing to be a single developer working on a solitaire game and deciding to redesign everything; it's quite another to be a multi-million dollar company with hundreds of employees and tens of millions of users and deciding to redesign everything.

When you care about your market share, have employees that depend upon your success, and so forth ... you really should make the effort to listen to your community of users.

And let's not forget the whole reason we're having this discussion is because Mozilla just berated Microsoft for removing user choice. If you're going to criticize someone for their faults that you're every bit as guilty of, you should expect to be called out on your hypocrisy.
V-men = under cover men

To explain the joke with the "removed water taps". It happened that the water taps in the new building in Berlin for the secret service had been removed, which resulted in a large damage because of the flowing water. The curiosity is, that anything relating to this construction site is classified. and all the people having access to it are monitored. But they still have no glue who removed the water taps.
For that it has to reach me first. Controlling the vectors for delivery is a first step in controlling an outbreak of some disease.
Book: “Rethinking Autism: Variation and Complexity”
Researchers devise passive attacks for identifying Tor hidden services
- maybe a more comprehensible translation of "V-Mann" would be "police informer" (dict.leo.org)

- "GBA" -> Attorney General

- "exfiltration" is that a proper word? "leaking", "draining"?

- "reward initiatives" -> "reward the best investigations by attorney general against journalists"
Government Service Design Manual – Gender and Sex
I've seen plenty that is neither... So, I think you skipped a square in your truth matrix. :)
What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist
Ah, an actual response. Much appreciated. That does seem to address the concerns and at first glance seems to me like a better solution than any of the ones I had seen proposed.
Exposure to more and more sophisticated media is bandied about as a potential explanation of the Flynn effect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Generally_more_st...
That's hilarious, and if I were them I'd be more concerned with things placed there without authority than things removed without authority.

It essentially says 'you've been owned'.
This depends on a country (sure, I understand the original post is about UK)

Say, in Russia one'd generally would want to go sole trader route and not an Ltd one. Less initial paperwork, a bit more relaxed tax/accounting rules (with same rates), and significantly simpler to put earned money into your wallet.
So basically you want to know whether you're interested in something without actually bothering to understand it?

I'm increasingly frustrated with this mindset. Yes, you don't have the time to read everything. The answer to this, in my estimation, is gear your reading toward information sources with higher density of quality. If, instead, you only read things with titles that summarize the content for you, you're limiting yourself to ideas which can be summarized in a 5- to 20-word blurb. These ideas and simple, and consequently, frequently wrong. Reality is often complicated and it's not possible to dumb it down into a "1 weird metaphysical argument that will make your brain grow 10 inches"-style clickbait headline.

I do think it's a courtesy to the reader to provide keywords in a title that make it easy to reference and that create an effective vocabulary for talking about the topic (which this title does). I don't think that authors have any responsibility to dumb down their titles into summaries for those who can't be arsed to hear them out.

As an aside: generally stuff published on Stanford's website is written by top professionals in various fields, which makes it a high-density source of good information.
As a javascript fan,

console.log("Hello World")

seems pretty simple. Sure, when you get into async it might confuse young kids (or experienced programmers), but most beginner stuff won't need callbacks.
Why not test the bits? You know, "record" the same sample using both cables with a logic analyzer and compare them?
Maybe! Or just understand it isn't easy for anyone to indent things on paper haha.
Notice also the 'Preis für Verratsdatenspeicherung'.

Win a free ticket for the next 32C3, the legendary Chaos Communication Congress, in Hamburg/Germany. ;-) Meet 10k other hackers in December 2015 for four days in a parallel universe.

Notice also the slight difference between 'Verratsdatenspeicherung' vs. 'Vorratsdatenspeicherung'.
Years ago I wrote an essay on a neighboring idea, that Attention is meme sex (and Google is a dating service).
http://wanderingstan.com/2006-10-11/attention_is_meme_sex_an...

>Advertisements are sometimes consensual too, as when people tune in to watch the superbowl ads. But ads often constitute a theft of attention, a non-consensual transmission of ideas. TV advertisements, email spam, billboards, flashing banner ads…they’re all there to steal a little of your attention. The chances of successful replication are lower of course, but the advertiser only needs a few successes to make it worth their while. Not to stretch the analogy too far, but this non-consensual transmission of ideas could aptly be described as a sort of “memetic assault”.

Tl;tr Ideas replicate only through attention, thus the battle for our attention.
Need a custom node-based editor? Use NodeFlex instead
Absolutely - breaking the ice that way makes total sense for an introvert.
The US actually does not have any kind of legally mandated data retention for internet services. If you do not log the data, you cannot be compelled to turn it over.

http://www.internetlawyer-blog.com/2013/09/isp-data-retentio...

https://www.ivpn.net/data-retention-laws/united-states

https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/5539/data-retention-and-vpn-log...
Uber vs. Car Ownership in India (Excel Calculator)
I would like to submit a pair of excellent evidence for the points in the article: https://www.checkio.org/ and https://empireofcode.com
This doesn't actually succeed (yet?) at avoiding blocking the UI thread while parsing large chunks of JSON. The async API means that browsers could parse JSON from fetch responses on a different thread, but it doesn't mean that they do.

Here's a jsbin experiment that shows that the main thread is blocked while parsing JSON using the author's technique (tested in Chrome 44 and Firefox 41):

http://jsbin.com/yutahe/8/edit?js,output
> [...] if we go back to Latin roots, we find ars, artis meaning "skill." and the corresponding Greek word was τεχνη, the root of both "technology" and "technique."

That's a fun fact to know, but ancient word origins do not give any indication about the modern meaning of derived terms.

It might be the case that "art and engineering are not opposed", but this doesn't follow from their vaguely similar etymologies.
At least in my experience, it's very common for vendors to provide you with the source (through a licensed agreement) but deliberately limit your ability to build it. Sometimes this is through licensing, sometimes it's by excluding some key portions of the build chain (e.g. internal libraries that don't directly relate the the functionality of the software).

At any rate, at my current employer, we have lots of things where we have the source as well as the libraries and headers, but don't have the capability to build those libraries from source.

It sounds silly, but it's still vastly better than having no source access whatsoever. At least for us, we often need to understand an implementation detail of a proprietary library, but being able to actually build things is secondary.
USA is a failed state
Honestly with everything becoming web apps these days, I'm starting to feel it's more dangerous for the browser than for the OS. So many zero-day exploits like the recent Microsoft OpenType bug. And of course, Flash. Enough said there.

I'm already to the point where I don't web surf on my primary development box, outside of localhost (site dev work.)

As long as your firewall seals off all unrequested external traffic (easy with pf), and you don't run untrusted desktop applications, then the only real attack vector is through your browser.
That seems like a poor example of something that should be opt-in. The people who would benefit most from it seem the least likely to opt-in to optional features.
Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity?
I can file a bug.
Is it that page? https://sendto.mozilla.org/page/contribute/givenow-seq?sourc...
As a young person, not sure I follow the credit card thing - I guess I can see how it extends my spending power by N% per dollar spent (where N is your rewards percent), but other than that, and it makes spending more convenient, but it's just a debit card with better protections and a longer interval before the money is withdrawn from my account. N is fairly small and it only applies to money spent, not money earned.
You can't convince a significant percentage of the population that smoking is unhealthy, because they've had literally decades of exposure to propaganda persuading them it makes them cool people.

Also, it's physically addictive.

Fossil fuels are much the same. There's an unbelievably vast propaganda and lobbying machine promoting the use of fossil fuels, even though - like smoking - they're killing our civilisation.

This is why good government matters. It can provide a policy balance to destructive commercial self-interest.

And solar is being rolled out, with very good economic results. It's even being rolled out successfully in the UK, which is not the sunniest place on the planet.

In parts of the US it should literally be a no-brainer. But it's not, because most of the rich people who need fossil fuels to stay rich would rather kill it.
Ask HN: what is a good online legal service to check startup founding docs?
As a to-be co-founder I'm looking for an online legal service that allows me to upload a bunch of startup founding docs (1) to quickly check for disadvantageous content and glaring omissions.

Any such services around?

Probably stating the obvious, but I'm of course willing to pay for it.

1). Most importantly these docs are:

- Restricted stock purchase agreement
- organizational meeting of the sole director by written content.
- bylaws
Unfortunately the View Pocket List menu entry in Bookmarks menu cannot easily be removed. (It is there even with browser.pocket.enabled set to false). Fortunately for me that I don't access the Bookmarks menu too often to be annoyed by it.
Yes, I remember when we could sling racist, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs around without a thought for the feelings of non-whites, minorities, or an entire half of the world's population. Thanks to those slurs, the world was a better place because, uh... because... er, uh, hm...
A pretty good counter argument:
http://prog21.dadgum.com/203.html

Javascript doesn't require setting up apache, etc. for a kid to learn like the submission says; you can just use a static html file on your file system or dropbox etc.

edit: ignore the above about apache, missed that that was in the next bullet point about PHP, not javascript
Thank you, updated.

I do believe exfiltration is a real word but I've changed it.

See for instance: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/data-exfiltration-da...
This works as a chase away strategy but East NO is a different matter, nowhere to chase the gangs to.
It’s Hard Being Nigerian Online: The Moto G Edition
I've learned to always consider speakers' agendas. I'm also very careful to avoid viewing ads. Online, I use AdBlock Plus. In meatspace, I just don't look. And when that's not possible, I always focus on deconstruction. It helps that I've worked in both academic science and litigation ;)
Beginner's Tutorial to React Native – Toptal
Unfortunately for the U.S, people are all too quick to jump on the [slang] bandwagon, "squad". Dont underestimate even limited exposure. Oldspice/Axe commercials and Uncle Grandpa on Cartoon Network seems to market towards people with ADHD.
True, though there are some inconsistencies in the language. For first language it probably makes most sense to use a language that seems to be carefully designed.
You can now run Android Apps on a Mac or PC with Google Chrome
Planned Parenthood “Hacking” Sure Looks Like an Orchestrated PR Stunt
Do you mean the Quest for Glory series? The original designers having been working on a spiritual successor through Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/transolargames/hero-u-r...

I backed it, but it's been slow going, and they've already run out of money once (and rather controversially had a second kickstarter to raise more money), so I'm not very optimistic. Video game projects seem to flounder on Kickstarter unless they've already got a decent playable demo made before they start raising money.
You raise an extremely good point that describes my feelings lately perfectly.

How do HN folks manage the inevitable change in and monetization of popular and useful products?

I'm having serious heartburn consuming updated products (e.g. Win 10 and FireFox). It seems that the forced dichotomy is Control, Ease of use, Features within 3 years: Pick two. I had been really happy with my customized FireFox and locked down Windows 7 from the control and usefulness standpoint but FF has been taking liberties that parent notes and Windows has a "new direction" than the standalone value they provided with Win 7. Now it feels like they're yanking the rug out, and constantly evaluating the large amount of technology I rely on is tiring.
State and Local Governments Are Increasingly Embracing GitHub
Here's a huge list of companies supporting TPP: http://tppcoalition.org/about/

That's a pretty broad list, spanning several major industries, and includes some of the top companies in the country.

To answer a question of why this is still going forward despite some vocal opposition with "corruption" is very lazy thinking.
Good to see state and local governments embracing this kind of openness.
> it's done because most users are incredibly lazy and ignorant.

I don't know why it's acceptable for software to treat all of its users as lazy and ignorant, even if most actually are. All that's going to do is encourage them to find ever new and amazing ways to be even more lazy and ignorant.

Sure, botnets suck, but it's not worth giving up control over our desktops to stop them.
Just a quick note:

Verratsdatenspeicherung (translated as mandatory data retention in your text) is a pun.

Vorratsdatenspeicherung = data retention "in case we need it later" (Vorrat = stock, supply etc.)

Verratsdatenspeicherung = treason data retention
Why Any Interruption, No Matter How Short, Has a Giant Negative Impact
Two words: New Orleans
"The Chaos Computer Club therefore wants to reward the most beautiful initiatives(?) in 2015 against journalists..."

I'd translate this as: "The Chaos Computer Club therefore wants to reward the best investigations initiated in 2015 against journalists ..."
For the life of me, I can't figure out how to navigate to this page: http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202322/tracking/shotslogs/ I don't see /shotslogs/ anywhere on stats.nba.com
and supporting right-wing structures
->
and supporting extreme right-wing structures
I'm now one "synergy" away from a Buzzword Bingo.
Don't underestimate the power of nerds. We're quite good at explaining other folks what is going on these days.
> So, if you are interviewing at 20 companies, you need to expend 100+ hours or almost 3 full work weeks?

I have never interviewed at 20 companies when I needed a new position. If you do, cool - but not sure I want to simplify my hiring process to help someone mass interviewing.

If we have a conversation and we both like each other, let's see if we can come to terms we are both happy with. If we are playing other companies off each other for 1k raises, it seems not really worth the hassle.
I think you broke the text at multiple locations where you did your last round of changes (duplicate words, broken grammar). Also you missed another copy of "GBA".
Krossover built an interactive version of this that plays clips of each shot taken. Link here jumps to a brief overview of it https://youtu.be/3MZF_u-6OT4?t=1m5s
CMake, less arcane? Surely you're jokin.
Ignore my lack of caffeine please. Found it.
I recommend reading http://www.amazon.com/Virus-Mind-The-Science-Meme/dp/1401924... this guy wrote Microsoft Word. One of the chapters is called "How to start a cult"
Context for non-Germans: The small political blog netzpolitik.org is currently being sued for national treason (for releasing some inside insights on the Internal handling of the NSA whistleblowing scandal), something unseen in Germany since the 80s. In contrast, all accusations on treason for the unconstitutional passing of information to the NSA have been dropped so far for "lack of evidence".

The CCC is sarcastically congratulating them for receiving this "award" now as a badge of honor.

On an unrelated funny sidenote, netzpolitik.org has received the (real) national award "Land of Ideas" the same day they received their formal note of opening investigations.
Python doesn't require Apache either. The submission doesn't suggest that it does. It only mentions Apache in reference to PHP.

In face, Javascript _does_ (until Node came along) generally require a browser, and some HTML to go with it. Python gets along just fine as a single file from the command line, much like Basic.
Sure, but it opens the discussion: what else is art about? Long ago they knew it was all 'craftsmanship'. Now we pretend its more than that. Why?
Oh yes. Yes yes. Learn this and understand how it applies to your systems, your processes, and especially (surprise) your people.

This is one quarter of how W. Edwards Deming promoted organizational quality control—understanding how variation works, period. (The other three being understanding psychology, understanding systems, and understanding the theory of knowledge or scientific method).

This applies directly to understanding whether observed variation has a common cause (is a natural pattern of the system), or is special cause (something unexpected): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cause_and_special_cause... and this impacts how you handle the variation.

For those criticizing validity, I'll say this is a way to mentally model how to understand variation, and is not meant to be 100% accurate. You're trading intuitive modeling for perfect math. But it will allow you to get close in a back-of-the-napkin quick way so you can identify patterns to study in more depth. Also, think of this in the context of many types of systems, not just a tight electrical signal pattern (which are easy systems to understand). Systems of people doing software development, machines in manufacturing processes, complex network error patterns, etc etc.

People don't often have a good idea of what's important and what's noise, especially when you don't even have a control chart but are just using intuition and a few data points. We see outliers and variations all the time in processes, especially in human processes like those we encounter in most software companies. Estimation and delays, developer performance, load failures; all kinds of complex systems that exhibit variation that people are usually "winging it" to understand.

Instead of understanding the variation and the data, people often handle every large variation in the same way, trying to "fix" it or peg it on some obvious correlation they think they observe. This says: hold on, understand what you're looking at intuitively first. Then gather more data. Don't act without understanding. Deming was fond of saying, "don't just do something, stand there!" Lots to be learned from that, and much to be gained from the simple intuitive understanding of patterns in variation.
Tech Company Increases Security for Schools, Venues and Cities
I know this is probably not the kind of note-taking you are looking for, but if you're not affraid to take notes without a computer, you should really read about stenography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand
The stack used is on the about (http://vanar.io/static/1fc701fd042fb05f82ea26624089a4ffdd2f3...):

- NodeJS for web server
- C++ for game server
- Redis for data storage
- Nginx + Varnish for caching and routing
- Websockets for client <-> server communication
- UglifyJS for source code compression
- Planet icons designed by Freepik (http://www.freepik.com)
Just wondering, have you tried Hacker News search?
*isn't :)
Or maybe the one that comes pre-installed everywhere (like BASIC back in the day).
> That dataset contains languages and accents that are not relevant to me.

You are assuming that they have a different model for each language and region, which I don't think is true since Cortana understand my foreign accent besides of being using USA as a region (Canadian version works really well too).

> I have 602 GB free on my first hard drive, 519 free on my second, 699 on my third, 1.06TB free on my forth, 405GB free on my fifth and 46 free on my 6th.

Good for you, but I don't have that many free space. Gee, I only have 20Gb free on my laptop. I think you might be bias about your situation but not everyone has +1Tb of free space waiting to be used for a voice command.
I actually really enjoy the informal language, but I appreciate it's not universally loved.

Wonderful content, regardless.