Capture the Flag: the emergence of complex cooperative agents
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May 31, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: About a browser that clicks on EVERY ad as a protest against Google
Ask HN: About a browser that clicks on EVERY ad as a protest against Google
5 by burtonator | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Like the subject line... only instead of ad block you click every add and load it in a hidden tab. The ad is still hidden too... just that we click on more ads than a usual user. Sure.. you waste a bit of bandwidth but it's asymmetric and you waste a lot more money on their end.
5 by burtonator | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Like the subject line... only instead of ad block you click every add and load it in a hidden tab. The ad is still hidden too... just that we click on more ads than a usual user. Sure.. you waste a bit of bandwidth but it's asymmetric and you waste a lot more money on their end.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Hacking an Echo Dot?
Ask HN: Hacking an Echo Dot?
2 by brundolf | 0 comments on Hacker News.
My company gave us Amazon Echo Dots for the holidays one year. I don't want Amazon in my home, so it's been sitting in the box. Does anyone know if it's possible to get Alexa off of it and put custom software on it? Uses I can think of include making it a Bluetooth speaker, putting an open source assistant on it, or any number of other things if I could load custom code.
2 by brundolf | 0 comments on Hacker News.
My company gave us Amazon Echo Dots for the holidays one year. I don't want Amazon in my home, so it's been sitting in the box. Does anyone know if it's possible to get Alexa off of it and put custom software on it? Uses I can think of include making it a Bluetooth speaker, putting an open source assistant on it, or any number of other things if I could load custom code.
May 30, 2019
Cities in Mexico, Colombia and South Africa share good practices on community safety
Cities in Mexico, Colombia and South Africa share good practices on community safety
Published May 30, 2019 at 11:37PM
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30 May 2019 - Today, over 55 per cent of the world's population lives in urban areas; by 2050, this is set to increase to more than two-thirds. While urbanization brings economic growth and prosperity, it also presents a range of challenges such as income inequality, violence, and organized criminal groups. An important element of UNODC's effort to address these challenges is the project "Evidence-based policies to improve community safety in Latin American and African Cities."
Published May 30, 2019 at 11:37PM
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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Best Passive Income Method?
Ask HN: Best Passive Income Method?
2 by NinjaX | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I am learning Python. I want to create some passive income streams while learning Python. I have free time available around weekends.I am working on few ideas of my own, but those will not necessarily generate income. Which method of the following would you recommend? ebook in a niche technical topic SaaS product that solves a niche issue mobile or web based game
2 by NinjaX | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I am learning Python. I want to create some passive income streams while learning Python. I have free time available around weekends.I am working on few ideas of my own, but those will not necessarily generate income. Which method of the following would you recommend? ebook in a niche technical topic SaaS product that solves a niche issue mobile or web based game
New top story on Hacker News: HN Violates the GDPR
HN Violates the GDPR
10 by feld | 4 comments on Hacker News.
There is no way to delete your account and your comments on HN. This is a violation of the GDPR. Why has this not been addressed yet? http://bit.ly/2tpJKvZ
10 by feld | 4 comments on Hacker News.
There is no way to delete your account and your comments on HN. This is a violation of the GDPR. Why has this not been addressed yet? http://bit.ly/2tpJKvZ
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May 29, 2019
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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Resources on how Google/Facebook etc. approach software design?
Ask HN: Resources on how Google/Facebook etc. approach software design?
4 by tinktank | 1 comments on Hacker News.
A friend once told me Google starts software design by designing data structures. I'm looking for information on how FAANG companies approach software design, are there any resources out there?
4 by tinktank | 1 comments on Hacker News.
A friend once told me Google starts software design by designing data structures. I'm looking for information on how FAANG companies approach software design, are there any resources out there?
Links between Security Sector Reform and advancement of women, welfare of children, and lasting peace highlighted at UNODC event
Links between Security Sector Reform and advancement of women, welfare of children, and lasting peace highlighted at UNODC event
Published May 29, 2019 at 08:26PM
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29 May 2019 - In the context of the upcoming second decade review of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325(2000) on women, peace and security, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), jointly with Iraq and France, organized a side-event on "Security Sector Reform: women, children, peace and security in Iraq post Da'esh," during the 28 th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Published May 29, 2019 at 08:26PM
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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to avoid ghosting by potential customers?
Ask HN: How to avoid ghosting by potential customers?
3 by ajeet_dhaliwal | 0 comments on Hacker News.
If you are involved with sales in anyway you have probably encountered ghosting - it's when you've been having (what seems) like a fruitful conversation about their problems, their interest in what you are selling and helping them through perhaps a trial or getting started, you've exchanged anywhere from 5 to 75 emails and then suddenly they are gone, you never hear from them ever again, despite following up, no reasons, just gone. To be clear I am not talking about someone never having responded ever, I'm talking about a situation where the conversation has begun, you may have exchanged potentially dozens of emails, perhaps even spoken on the phone, perhaps even written custom code or helped with integration. It looks like the term originally comes from online dating but I am talking about the business variety. The specific question I have is, assuming this is going to happen and accepting that there will be a subset of potential prospects that do this, has anyone found any ways to avoid this from happening, seeing warning signs, or reducing the rate this happens? In particular interest, it seems clear they are no longer interested in the product or service, but were they ever interested? I'm reading about the psychology around why this happens too and from what I understand they were interested at some point, but then changed their mind, perhaps the product wasn't good enough, or didn't quite meet their needs, whatever the reason, you won't find out, but I am assuming they were interested at some point. Of course, the important thing is to quickly move on when you have realized this has happened but I think the rate of ghosting has crept up and hearing about other people's experience and thoughts on this might save me and others reading a lot of time.
3 by ajeet_dhaliwal | 0 comments on Hacker News.
If you are involved with sales in anyway you have probably encountered ghosting - it's when you've been having (what seems) like a fruitful conversation about their problems, their interest in what you are selling and helping them through perhaps a trial or getting started, you've exchanged anywhere from 5 to 75 emails and then suddenly they are gone, you never hear from them ever again, despite following up, no reasons, just gone. To be clear I am not talking about someone never having responded ever, I'm talking about a situation where the conversation has begun, you may have exchanged potentially dozens of emails, perhaps even spoken on the phone, perhaps even written custom code or helped with integration. It looks like the term originally comes from online dating but I am talking about the business variety. The specific question I have is, assuming this is going to happen and accepting that there will be a subset of potential prospects that do this, has anyone found any ways to avoid this from happening, seeing warning signs, or reducing the rate this happens? In particular interest, it seems clear they are no longer interested in the product or service, but were they ever interested? I'm reading about the psychology around why this happens too and from what I understand they were interested at some point, but then changed their mind, perhaps the product wasn't good enough, or didn't quite meet their needs, whatever the reason, you won't find out, but I am assuming they were interested at some point. Of course, the important thing is to quickly move on when you have realized this has happened but I think the rate of ghosting has crept up and hearing about other people's experience and thoughts on this might save me and others reading a lot of time.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Do you think technology progress will flatten out 100 years from now
Ask HN: Do you think technology progress will flatten out 100 years from now
3 by samrohn | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Other than few areas like interplanetary travel, will there be enough frontiers for humans to explore once we hit the limits of physics
3 by samrohn | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Other than few areas like interplanetary travel, will there be enough frontiers for humans to explore once we hit the limits of physics
New top story on Hacker News: Zdog – Pseudo-3D JavaScript engine for Canvas and SVG
Zdog – Pseudo-3D JavaScript engine for Canvas and SVG
335 by tomek_zemla | 28 comments on Hacker News.
335 by tomek_zemla | 28 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Work at a Startup Expo will be at YC on Saturday, June 29
Tell HN: Work at a Startup Expo will be at YC on Saturday, June 29
67 by ryankicks | 22 comments on Hacker News.
Last year, we revived the "Work at a Startup" event for YC companies and prospective hires to meet each other in person ( http://bit.ly/2QwWzk9 ). The format has proven to work well, so we're doing it again. The 2019 event will be on Saturday, June 29 at YC in Mountain View: http://bit.ly/2wqm7q4 Many engineers are interested in working at smaller companies. But there aren't many efficient ways to meet a bunch of them at once, and it's a ton of repetitive work to seek them out one by one. Meanwhile, hiring is the biggest challenge most YC startups are facing. That's an obvious matchmaking problem, and bringing everyone together in one big event is one thing YC can do to help address it. It's a fun and interesting day, too! This year, we're bringing together 40 YC companies in one place. Rapid-fire company presentations—like Demo Day, but for engineers instead of investors—will give you a way to quickly survey the companies. Following this, we'll have a casual open house for you to engage one-on-one with any founders and early engineers who you thought were interesting. New this time: We've heard from people who are interested in joining somewhat later-stage startups, because they think their skills may translate better to roles there than at the classic 2-to-10 person early stage. So this year we've included a number of larger startups, like Gusto and Sift Science. These companies have specialized needs across data, infrastructure, security and more. We hope this gives you more options to match your skill set, interests and risk appetite. Working at a startup is for sure not for everybody! Justin Kan covered this in his post here: http://bit.ly/2QumIQz , and HN users are never shy about pointing out the downsides. But I can tell you from personal experience that the upsides are powerful if you're in a position to go for it. For me, working at startups has been a unique opportunity to work closely with talented and experienced founders. (Many founders at this year's event learned to ship products at places like Square, Google, Linkedin and even Gusto.) The magic of working with a small, closely aligned team and the feeling of true ownership and impact is something many of us long for in our careers. The intense learning curves, the chance to personally grow rapidly along with a company—these are experiences which those of us lucky enough to have would never trade away. Of course, there are no guarantees: it's a classic risk/reward tradeoff. But if you're tired of feeling stuck and uncreative in a corporate situation, or no longer really believing in what you're doing, and part of you is longing for greater ferment, impact, and adventure, come and spend the day with us and check out the other side of the equation. I hope to see you there! http://bit.ly/2wqm7q4
67 by ryankicks | 22 comments on Hacker News.
Last year, we revived the "Work at a Startup" event for YC companies and prospective hires to meet each other in person ( http://bit.ly/2QwWzk9 ). The format has proven to work well, so we're doing it again. The 2019 event will be on Saturday, June 29 at YC in Mountain View: http://bit.ly/2wqm7q4 Many engineers are interested in working at smaller companies. But there aren't many efficient ways to meet a bunch of them at once, and it's a ton of repetitive work to seek them out one by one. Meanwhile, hiring is the biggest challenge most YC startups are facing. That's an obvious matchmaking problem, and bringing everyone together in one big event is one thing YC can do to help address it. It's a fun and interesting day, too! This year, we're bringing together 40 YC companies in one place. Rapid-fire company presentations—like Demo Day, but for engineers instead of investors—will give you a way to quickly survey the companies. Following this, we'll have a casual open house for you to engage one-on-one with any founders and early engineers who you thought were interesting. New this time: We've heard from people who are interested in joining somewhat later-stage startups, because they think their skills may translate better to roles there than at the classic 2-to-10 person early stage. So this year we've included a number of larger startups, like Gusto and Sift Science. These companies have specialized needs across data, infrastructure, security and more. We hope this gives you more options to match your skill set, interests and risk appetite. Working at a startup is for sure not for everybody! Justin Kan covered this in his post here: http://bit.ly/2QumIQz , and HN users are never shy about pointing out the downsides. But I can tell you from personal experience that the upsides are powerful if you're in a position to go for it. For me, working at startups has been a unique opportunity to work closely with talented and experienced founders. (Many founders at this year's event learned to ship products at places like Square, Google, Linkedin and even Gusto.) The magic of working with a small, closely aligned team and the feeling of true ownership and impact is something many of us long for in our careers. The intense learning curves, the chance to personally grow rapidly along with a company—these are experiences which those of us lucky enough to have would never trade away. Of course, there are no guarantees: it's a classic risk/reward tradeoff. But if you're tired of feeling stuck and uncreative in a corporate situation, or no longer really believing in what you're doing, and part of you is longing for greater ferment, impact, and adventure, come and spend the day with us and check out the other side of the equation. I hope to see you there! http://bit.ly/2wqm7q4
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May 28, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How can I find a good mentor?
Ask HN: How can I find a good mentor?
2 by rankandpile | 0 comments on Hacker News.
How did having a mentor change your career/life? Where and how did you find that mentor?
2 by rankandpile | 0 comments on Hacker News.
How did having a mentor change your career/life? Where and how did you find that mentor?
New top story on Hacker News: 25% of Americans say they worry about money ‘all the time’
25% of Americans say they worry about money ‘all the time’
13 by onetimemanytime | 0 comments on Hacker News.
13 by onetimemanytime | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: DB wizards of HN, how do I represent a hierarchy in RDBMS?
Ask HN: DB wizards of HN, how do I represent a hierarchy in RDBMS?
4 by m33k44 | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Say, I have following hierarchy: Animal ==+==> Dog | +==> Cat and another "class", Pet, that references Animal. Pet --1-----+--> Animal The way I can represent this in RDBMS is by creating tables for each class, Pet, Animal, Cat and Dog. And then additional tables for the relationships, i.e. PetAnimal(pet_id, animal_id) [one-to-many] AnimalDog(animal_id, dog_id) [one-to-one] AnimalCat(animal_id, cat_id) [one-to-one] This way I am able to represent the hierarchy of Animal, Dog and Cat. So, tomorrow if I want to add Rabbit, then I will just add Rabbit and AnimalRabbit tables. My only concern is that the Animal table will grow rapidly as more pets and animal types are added and will be a performance issue. What is a better way to represent hierarchical structures in RDBMS to avoid both storage space explosion and performance issues?
4 by m33k44 | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Say, I have following hierarchy: Animal ==+==> Dog | +==> Cat and another "class", Pet, that references Animal. Pet --1-----+--> Animal The way I can represent this in RDBMS is by creating tables for each class, Pet, Animal, Cat and Dog. And then additional tables for the relationships, i.e. PetAnimal(pet_id, animal_id) [one-to-many] AnimalDog(animal_id, dog_id) [one-to-one] AnimalCat(animal_id, cat_id) [one-to-one] This way I am able to represent the hierarchy of Animal, Dog and Cat. So, tomorrow if I want to add Rabbit, then I will just add Rabbit and AnimalRabbit tables. My only concern is that the Animal table will grow rapidly as more pets and animal types are added and will be a performance issue. What is a better way to represent hierarchical structures in RDBMS to avoid both storage space explosion and performance issues?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How close together are your bus stops?
Ask HN: How close together are your bus stops?
4 by superqwert | 3 comments on Hacker News.
In London UK, distances between bus stops are on average between 100 and 200m away from each other. I'm interested in finding out whether other cities in the world may have comparably short distances between bus stops and whether they have any datasets that could be used to calculate bus stop distance distributions.
4 by superqwert | 3 comments on Hacker News.
In London UK, distances between bus stops are on average between 100 and 200m away from each other. I'm interested in finding out whether other cities in the world may have comparably short distances between bus stops and whether they have any datasets that could be used to calculate bus stop distance distributions.
Best practices and challenges for returning stolen assets discussed at expert meeting co-organized by UNODC
Best practices and challenges for returning stolen assets discussed at expert meeting co-organized by UNODC
Published May 28, 2019 at 06:28PM
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28 May 2019 - As the first global anti-corruption instrument with a dedicated chapter on asset recovery, the United Nations Convention against Corruption sets the bar high when it comes to ensuring that stolen assets are being returned. Invited by the Governments of Ethiopia and Switzerland and supported by UNODC, experts from all over the world gathered in Addis Ababa to learn from cases in which assets were returned to the States that they had been stolen from.
Published May 28, 2019 at 06:28PM
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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Coping when your client is an asshole?
Ask HN: Coping when your client is an asshole?
7 by codinginhell | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a project manager for a ~60 person software dev firm. One project I'm on is with a large American enterprise, and the product owner and his direct manager are absolute assholes. I've got 8 developers that I try to shield from accusatory questions and extremely aggressive and borderline abusive behaviour. In the beginning we we all agreed not to take anything personally and to let it just roll off the back. We agreed to tighten up our processes and try to avoid confrontations by being super proactive with all our work, but we're coming close to the launch date, and it's getting worse as more pressure mounts. Ordinarily, we would have dropped the client by now and refused to put up with the end-justifies-the-means tactics, but unfortunately our company could not survive without this and a handful of other projects we have with this client. My company is actively looking for new clients so we are not beholden to this one, and my manager is apologetic and tries to run interference when she can, but I'm largely left to my own devices. This is a very high profile project that stands to disrupt its market. It's exciting for them and us. I have to maintain this relationship somehow. How do you manage your clients who are completely unreasonable, rude, and treat you and your staff extremely poorly?
7 by codinginhell | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a project manager for a ~60 person software dev firm. One project I'm on is with a large American enterprise, and the product owner and his direct manager are absolute assholes. I've got 8 developers that I try to shield from accusatory questions and extremely aggressive and borderline abusive behaviour. In the beginning we we all agreed not to take anything personally and to let it just roll off the back. We agreed to tighten up our processes and try to avoid confrontations by being super proactive with all our work, but we're coming close to the launch date, and it's getting worse as more pressure mounts. Ordinarily, we would have dropped the client by now and refused to put up with the end-justifies-the-means tactics, but unfortunately our company could not survive without this and a handful of other projects we have with this client. My company is actively looking for new clients so we are not beholden to this one, and my manager is apologetic and tries to run interference when she can, but I'm largely left to my own devices. This is a very high profile project that stands to disrupt its market. It's exciting for them and us. I have to maintain this relationship somehow. How do you manage your clients who are completely unreasonable, rude, and treat you and your staff extremely poorly?
New top story on Hacker News: Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy
Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy
6 by onetimemanytime | 0 comments on Hacker News.
6 by onetimemanytime | 0 comments on Hacker News.
May 27, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What Happened to Zenefits?
Ask HN: What Happened to Zenefits?
4 by wonderers | 2 comments on Hacker News.
It was once ailed as one of the fastest growing companies in history yet I don't hear much about them anymore. I know that there were some problems, but many startups face these problems and come out on top...
4 by wonderers | 2 comments on Hacker News.
It was once ailed as one of the fastest growing companies in history yet I don't hear much about them anymore. I know that there were some problems, but many startups face these problems and come out on top...
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Should I quit my job?
Ask HN: Should I quit my job?
4 by manceraio | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I'm working for a German automobile corporate in Spain as a project leader. I'm 29, I've studied electronic engineering, I don't have kids, and I'm not married. What I do at my current job all day is emails, spreadsheets, power points, and some electronic testing. I've been working there for already five years, and I've been climbing the ladder as much as I managed. I also work on the afternoons on a side project that is making close to $100/m However, my day job is draining all my energy in a way that I am grumpy from Sunday night to Saturday morning. I wake up at 6:20, commute 45 minutes, work 8h, commute 45 minutes, arrive home at 18:00 and then I try to squeeze time for my side project, going to the gym, making groceries, hang out with my gf, etc. I probably push around 10h/week to the project. The worst part of it is getting home exhausted in a way that it's impossible for me to do any work done. It makes me feel miserable, depressed, and tied. I could create more value just by myself. During my office hours, my energy levels are, and the atmosphere at work is pleasant. Also, my salary is above the Spanish average, but nothing special, my uni friends are also making similar numbers. My gut is telling me to quit my job and work for my products. I have enough savings to survive for five years. I don't think about going nomad or any of these hippie trends. I'm focused on building a business and feel accomplished by something I've done with my hands. My biggest fears are: - To not stick to a schedule/routine once I am solo. - People's and family opinion. - Failing and losing motivation. Should I quit my job and work on my stuff or search for another position that would give more motivation?
4 by manceraio | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I'm working for a German automobile corporate in Spain as a project leader. I'm 29, I've studied electronic engineering, I don't have kids, and I'm not married. What I do at my current job all day is emails, spreadsheets, power points, and some electronic testing. I've been working there for already five years, and I've been climbing the ladder as much as I managed. I also work on the afternoons on a side project that is making close to $100/m However, my day job is draining all my energy in a way that I am grumpy from Sunday night to Saturday morning. I wake up at 6:20, commute 45 minutes, work 8h, commute 45 minutes, arrive home at 18:00 and then I try to squeeze time for my side project, going to the gym, making groceries, hang out with my gf, etc. I probably push around 10h/week to the project. The worst part of it is getting home exhausted in a way that it's impossible for me to do any work done. It makes me feel miserable, depressed, and tied. I could create more value just by myself. During my office hours, my energy levels are, and the atmosphere at work is pleasant. Also, my salary is above the Spanish average, but nothing special, my uni friends are also making similar numbers. My gut is telling me to quit my job and work for my products. I have enough savings to survive for five years. I don't think about going nomad or any of these hippie trends. I'm focused on building a business and feel accomplished by something I've done with my hands. My biggest fears are: - To not stick to a schedule/routine once I am solo. - People's and family opinion. - Failing and losing motivation. Should I quit my job and work on my stuff or search for another position that would give more motivation?
