skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
From your sibling comment, https://tosdr.org/ seems like it gets partly there. The items listed don't seem to be standardized for the initial view though. Then again, I just visited it for the first time in years (I had heard of it, but completely forgotten), so I don't claim to have a good idea of exactly what it offers.

The first step would be getting a formalized set of metrics, which is in itself a bit project. Once you have that, a framework to crowd source the specific answers from users (hopefully with references to a TOS/Privacy policy section) would be the easiest way to keep it up to date. Allowing comments and annotations for further info on a specific company's rating for an item that could be expanded would let people drill down on the details.
A country does not have to have a connection to the sea to own ships. Czech Republic and Slovakia both own ships that sail under their own flags despite being landlocked. They are usually stationed in Polish or German ports.
> I grew up believing in meritocracy and the American dream.

Well, that's the very definition of outsourcing!

> "... benefit the most vulnerable people in society ... They want to live in a country with a strong middle class..."

Let's ruin the previous middle class with outsourcing and replace it... With new one? What's different - the colour of the skin will be "better"?

> "A lot of people are happy to give money ... city of San Francisco, bastion of liberalism, were more innovative when it comes to how to spread the wealth."

Why are labor/liberals always about taking/getting money from people who earn it and giving it to people who don't?
Self-censorship only has value when people fear retribution by government.

"I won't use the word retard in my project hosted on github because github's TOS prevents it" is not self-censorship in any meaningful sense of the word. (Just as "Github doesn't let me spam all these users" is not Github censoring people.) Nothing is stopping you from hosting the repo in a wide number of other places.

"I won't insult my employer in this or that nation, because I risk a jail term" is self censorship.
Because if you like security you use drupal, wordpress and sort a likes?

Delete your post please.
> It is much easier to update your software, than going through all patches

If you're on CentOS, as a lot of web hosts are, all you need to do is `yum update` from time to time.
Also see https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/244 for a bit more on their release / reasoning.
My Asus touchpad was fine. Had to manually install updated Realtek sound drivers but apart from that also all good - done and dusted in about 25 minutes.
To clarify, when we say outdated PHP 5.3, we only mean the standalone PHP version. When an ubuntu version was detected, it was correctly marked as maintained. So all these hosters use 5.3 without package managers.
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This is the site I usually check:

http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/

Also, if I needed it, I'd probably build one of these:

http://smartairfilters.com/en.html
>took a development job once, where I learned on the first day: No backups, No source/revision control, No deployment process, No dependency management, No bug tracker.

And that is why one should always ask about these important things before the first day, i.e. during the interviews, before you decide if you want the job or not. Fortunately I'm in a position that the above would be a near-automatic "no" from me.

edit "Near" automatic as there might be a way out if the company knows that they need to improve drastically and has the will to do it. The other response "what were you able to do to improve the situation?" is key.
Technology and time removed frontiers, people used to be tribes, then burgs, then kingdoms, nations, USofX. Soon the notion of native, race and country may be very very blurry.
So they pushed an alert to everyone to upgrade? If it were like on os x where you already have the software installed and that software gives an alert to upgrade would it have been fine? I don't see how giving users a heads up to update is considered adware. Maybe a slippery slope at worse.
> For any relatively experienced engineer, they should be capable of realizing the logs must be stored somewhere and can plan around it.

Yes, the unrotated container logs are kept in a root-accessible-only location in a directory named after a long key that changes on every image restart - not conducive to manual log inspection, and definitely not conducive to centralised logging. That's not a 'system problem', it's Docker just being rude. Yes, a relatively experienced engineer can work around that... but why should they need to 'work around' it in the first place?

Ironic really, that if you put a user in the 'docker' group, that they can do anything they want with the docker process, destroying as much data as they like or spinning up containers like nobody's business... but they can't see the container logfiles.
For better or for worse, once services become monopolies the government has much more authority to regulate them.
> "Wafers are in production please stay tuned for future product updates."

Yeah, yeah, call me when it's ready and available. Right now it's vaporware.
In other news, MySpace releases a major UI overhaul with several new features.
With a much more clearly defined set of items they measure this is fairly close to an initial version of what I was describing. With that and a standardized legend for the rating for each item (save the specifics for a mouse-over) it would be fairly easy to create a service matrix of selected services.
As in you actually make a [mental] list of things to try and it's always the last one? If not maybe it's just bias. If you do maybe you're really decent at sorting things to try by effort [and like to try easy ones first].
Developers thrive on strict dress-code. I guess Dilbert works at HP.
maybe when you fix a bug, think about the solution you used and if it one of the earlier solutions you tried might be improved to actually fix the bug. Often there can be a range of solutions, just because something you tried didn't work doesn't mean the process you were using was faulty - just the implementation.
Is there a way to see these videos without getting spam?
Doesn't that reassure you?

Assuming this letter is true: they're not stopping you from using offensive words, they're stopping you from using a very small set of words because those words contribute to a culture that cause actual harm.

TV is a poor example: it's fine to make jokes about male rape on TV, but everyone loses their shit when an obscured nipple is shown.
I recently searched for something like this, without success. Mighty impressed.
Thanks. I would agree that the expectation on smartphones is different, but we're still also talking about desktop users. This might be just one of the delicate issues a Software company runs into when trying to do hybrid desktop / mobile OSes, of which I consider Win10 to be the first major one (i.e. with relevant usage numbers).
> Reminder that Microsoft installed adware on Windows 7/8 machines to encourage users to upgrade to Windows 10.

Because Linux distributions like Ubuntu never ever encourage you to upgrade your system to the newest and shiniest version, right?
> So this article just detailed for north korea government how people are smuggling. Which means people are going to be found and killed.

The article is generalities. Don't you think the government would already know all that? If the government had caught and interrogated even a single smuggler or a single person who'd received foreign goods, they'd know far more specific information than this article gave.
That post doesn't really prove anything: obviously, if you can see you're heading towards another aircraft and it's likely you'll collide, you'll take evasive action irrespective of ATC control.

I was talking more about deciding which flight level to use and general legal responsibility.

Unless the F-16 pilot turned on his radar or could see other aircraft, how does he know exactly what other aircraft there are. Admittedly, ATC only generally knows squarked aircraft, but this is generally a good picture of what's happening, and will probably be more complete a picture than what the F-16 has access to under non-military conditions (AWACS, datalink, etc).
"Error establishing a database connection", googlecache here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ablog....
In VMC, yes. If you're in IMC in certain air spaces, it is the ATCs responsibility to maintain separation, not yours (because you might not have the information needed to avoid a collision, but the ATC will).

If course, you're still responsible for following instructions, but you can't necessarily blame an IMC mid-air on the pilots.
Assuming you've clicked the Reserve-button in the little notification application that was rolled out via Windows Update, you'll just have to sit tight and wait.

Check out the FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq
Asking for a friend I suppose?
Now we're getting to SimCity level of coolness.
Good call. I would like Youtube to follow with something similar. I mean, have you even seen their videos? it's gross (no offense to fat peeps).
Yes and then you are using a packaged version. But those hosters don't use a packaged version. So yum update doesn't work. I would definitely advice everybody to use a package manager, because that helps you keep everything secure ;)
OP implied fuck-all, unless you take the ridiculous view that free speech and the 1st amendment to the US constitution are the same thing. For about the 99th time in this thread, they are definitely fucking not, and any arguments which rest on this assumption are, prima facie, fucking stupid.

E: Because I can't reply anymore, addressed to ectoplasm's reply to this post:

Because I said "fuck"? If that is seriously against the rules of HN then I do genuinely apologize (and will probably stop posting here so much). If it's just because I viciously attacked your argument, well, I'm actually pretty sure you're a wonderful person ectoplasm, and I am sincere in saying that, but the argument you're putting forward is fucking stupid, and ought to be called such. AFAIK that's not breaking any rules.

E2:

I have a reply link - I've hit some posting limit.

Not only stupid people make stupid arguments. You are probably not a stupid person. The line of reasoning of the argument you put forward here, most definitely is.
Your first line is wrong. This is not about swearing, it's about using a word that causes harm.

> Then they came for me, and there was none left to speak out.

...apart from the vast majority of people, because most people don't feel the need to use words like nigger or retard in their open source projects.
Who cares about this? If you felt the need to "report" an image of Hitler, you should feel very silly.
Definitely not safety critical software passing any level of DO-178 certification...
That sounds much better. Please clarify it in the article so as not to spread FUD.

It would also be helpful to release a table of the exact versions you found, instead of merely linking to their websites. Those who are still running PHP 5.2 deserve to be shamed even more!
Simple suggestion: add subtitles. For non-native viewers it is a really nice addition.
It's not fully clear whether the German government has jurisdiction here, with Facebook nominally residing in Ireland. A case has just been filed by the Hamburg state government, but that can easily take years to go through courts.

> How can a government have jurisdiction over this?

Because the government can decide that demanding a driver's license is illegal because it is an unreasonable burden on users, simple as that. German law states it must be possible to use a service anonymously or pseudonymously "if it is technically possible and reasonable". Whether it is reasonable in this particular case is for the courts to decide. (cf. Telemediengesetz, http://www.cgerli.org/index.php?id=51&tx_vmdocumentsearch_pi... )
No it's not a strong indication at all. Red Hat does the backporting work for you. You choose that platform if you want your software you spent man-decades writing to keep working for 10-13 years.
Somewhat appropriately, your comment is against the rules of Hacker News.

> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face-to-face conversation. Avoid gratuitous negativity.

edit: To reply without a reply link, you have to click on the timestamp. Your comment wouldn't be civil even if you elided every instance of 'fuck'. Who makes a stupid argument? A stupid person. You didn't really viciously attack anything, you just said I was stupidly wrong.

edit2: What does it even mean for an argument to be stupid? That's not very convincing. Your arguments are also stupid. So we tie?

p.s. I wasn't really offended or anything, I just think it's good for property rights to trump free speech, and the HN rules are an example of that.
> Don't reward this behavior by buying Windows 10. Or at least delay the purchase as long as possible.

There's no buying if you've already got a valid Windows 7/8 license; it's a free upgrade. And as long as it's optional, I don't mind this instance of a notification for a very generous offer (at least generous in terms of regular Microsoft pricing).
Not when politicians and governments use it. Facebook and twitter are utilities now.
This whole problem will probably be solved with Typed Objects, which looks as though they'll be standardised with ES7 next year. Plus, there's already a decent typed objects polyfill available, so don't go littering your code with bitwise operations.
Can you not use VLC or MPC?
A Room with a Viewpoint (2010)
TL;DR: "By using Windows 10, you relinquish any expectation of privacy".

Stallman is an optimist! This "privacy policy" is much worse than what we expect from malware [1]. Cryptolocker might hold my files hostage for some bitcoins, but they're not going to sell me out to aggressive lawyers or overzealous law enforcement.

[1] http://www.networkworld.com/article/2926215/microsoft-subnet...
The Windows 10 Installation media creation tool is also already out:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
see pmem.io
I helped with this: https://github.com/digicademy/virtualTour, for an example look here: http://www.inschriften.net/hildesheim/rundgang/index.html
I'll take both for $9.99.
yeah I don't think that would be crawlable and we want seo
I disagree with what you said and i ask the moderators to hellban you and delete all your comments

Let's see if anyone jumps to defend you...
I know of one country that operates a web content filter to prevent its citizens from being exposed to offensive and objectionable content. The citizens of this country find it incredibly offensive that there exists instructions on how to circumvent this filter. However, github proudly hosts these instructions[1] in spite of repeated polite requests to remove it.

Now I'd like to know why the views of Bay Area SJWs is worth listening to, but not Chinese people. If we can censor words like this, why can't we censor content that actually harms (/s) a lot of Chinese people?

[1] - https://github.com/greatfire/
Ask HN: Can you recommend a translation service for website trans?
I am looking for a translation service to help with the localization of riddle.com, where I can upload an Excel with 26 language columns and get just one Excel file back with all translations. I have tried gengo.com and icanlocalize.com, which allow the upload of an Excel file but both send back 26 individual files, which I need to merge. Does anyone know a service where this is less painful?
The update isn't available for people with group licenses (i.e. schools, large workplaces).

So, no.
This was enjoyable. Thanks.
It's not about what "can" be done, you can also install the pirated software too, the thing is, by buying legally Windows 7 or Windows 8 Media Pack or Ultimate I have really paid the DVD playback functionality to Microsoft as well as the other features I've mentioned.

Also read about the legality aspects of the Microsoft's DVD solutions up to now and of the open-source DVD players:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/if-vlc-can-ship-a-free-dvd-play...
> they do the math in their head (unconsciously) and determine that they will be rewarded more and criticised less if they do feature work without refactoring

Great point. They know they've been told they have time but they don't actually believe they have time.
I had some Brother typewriters but I think the most amazing piece of this I ever had was a (Xerox) Diablo 630. Aside from the daisywheel printhead, it had what looked like a 1/2 hp motor to move the carriage. I used to watch in amazement as this monster worked with such precision.
Meanwhile actually trying to buy the damn thing seems nearly impossible. MS rep on their store said that it might take couple of weeks until it becomes available for purchase. On US store you can order physical copy but download option is "coming soon". Just seems bit ridiculous...
I'm not from the US, I'm from Israel. When I was a child swimming was part of our school curriculum, and I learned to swim at around 7 I guess (I already knew basic breast stroke my mom taught me at 4). But that was in a small community that had its own swimming pool, I'm not sure what's the norm in big cities that don't have many public pools. Also, the public education system here as been degraded quite substantially in the past 30 years.
An icon should be present on your Win7/8 task bar which lets you reserve a copy. It does seem to be a gradual rollout though, as mine still tells me it's not available yet.

It's probably quicker to download directly via The Windows 10 Download Tool: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
You can use VLC. After your comment, I wasn't sure why that was the case. Apparently:

> Neither French law nor European conventions recognize software as patentable (see French section below). Therefore, software patents licenses do not apply on VideoLAN software.

From http://www.videolan.org/legal.html
VLC plays DVDs just fine for free, by decoding CSS on the fly. One might argue that that "The right to play DVDs must be paid for every computer" but I have never signed such agreement with anyone, ever. If I legally bought a DVD then I can legally watch it - maybe in US people would argue that decryption of a legally bought DVD is "hacking" but fortunately I don't live in that beautiful country.
Living in a world where a lot of users enable global cyber-security threats by disabling their software update system, I would really love to reward this behaviour.
I'll just refer to one of my comments from 3 years ago, because this "democracy vs republic" thing is one of my pet-hate American myths.

"This split between "democracy" and "constitutional republic" is something being pushed more and more, but it's really a fantasy peddled by some US-based politicos with vested interests in devaluing the concept of democracy and making you accept the fact that you should be happy without it.

A "constitutional republic" is something defined by a set of laws with certain specific elements in common: having a constitution and being a republic (which is also quite a loose term, used to define "anything that is not a monarchy" -- Iran is also a constitutional republic, for example, albeit a theocratic one)."

Whole comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3668684
See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8542546
That makes sense, thank you for explaining the particular details.
perhaps a band with a panic button that flashes and makes sound? although I'm very skeptical of any device due to false positives etc
What a shame for the Saleae people. HP 1650 analyzers can be had in the $10 range (plus shipping) from eBay, but I think the bus pirate might have worked out for this hack.
One thing bothers me about the article. This guy Kevin is able to get elderly relatives to practice good opsec. They walk to distant locations to make and receive calls, presumably at predetermined times; they avoid mentioning real names and other personally identifiable information; they speak for a strict 100 seconds or less. Carefully trained people could do all this certainly, but how would you train an elderly relative you left in your backward homeland with all this trade-craft, especially since you can't train them face to face, but you're limited to brief phone calls?

Perhaps the opsec has been exaggerated to make the article more thrilling, or the opsec is true but it's a professional smuggling ring not involving elderly relatives.
Excellent stuff. Good to know that last year's security problem has lead to some improvements in process.

I hope the Open SSL team now do regular code reviews of every change, of every line of code as part of their development process.
So when you upgrade to Windows 10, do you get a Windows 10 license key?
How can a government have jurisdiction over this?

By the existence of a law proclaiming so.

Also, in this case it was not the government but another organ of the state, unless you refer with ´government´ to any organization of public law.

In many jurisdiction there are restrictions and rules for businesses in place. For example, often you can't restrict purchases of your product based on the customers skin colour.

In Germany privacy is fundamentally more valued and protected than in the US of central-north America. For example, under german law you have the right to get virtually all information a organization is keeping about you, why they are keeping it, where it is from, how they use it and who they share it with. The organization is obligued to comply without financial compensation [1]. Furthermore, there are broad cases where the deletion of the stored information can be demanded [2]. Information about people may not be stored without the technical necessity for the service or without the explicit consent from the affected persons. As soon as the consent is withdrawn or the data is not any more needed to offer the service, it must be deleted.

Facebook collects and keeps data about people who do not have an active account. That is not allowed in Germany. To put it blunt; in its current form, Facebooks practices are illegal under german law.

Germans don't want anybody to collect data about them, and made laws against it. Ironically, they still use Google. I guess most simply don't understand the implications or don't see practical alternatives.

I hope this elaboration makes the situation more understandable.

[1] http://dejure.org/gesetze/BDSG/34.html

[2] http://dejure.org/gesetze/BDSG/35.html
If you offer information services in Germany you have to allow pseudonymous access if it is reasonable to do so, as part of privacy rules (principle of "Datensparsamkeit" = "data economicalness" - requiring as few pieces of information as absolutely necessary).

It is an interesting question if Facebook requires your real name to function properly and if this decision would hold in court, but it is in principle covered by law and I imagine the fact that facebook and other social networks have worked without these rules before might work against facebook here.
Upgrade notification is now adware? are you serious? You don't even have to pay for the upgrade and you'll have a lot to gain from it and for us developers, it's a good thing aswell since it might reduce the number of old IEs/plateforms we have to support. I expected more from an HN user..
Show HN: Image manipulation web worker proof of concept
> The bummer is that virtual machines like Virtual Box don't qualify for the Windows 10 upgrade. But I can run Windows 10 Tech Preview in Virtual Box.

I could not even install Windows 10 Tech Preview in the latest Virtual Box on my Ubuntu 15.04 host (a useless, cryptic error code was all that I got). So I was waiting for the final release, hoping I could then upgrade my Windows 7 guest OS. Go figure...