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provost··on Introducing Nuclio: A scalable, open source, real-time processing platform
> nuclio runs faster than bare-metal code

So I'm staring at the high-level architecture [1], and I don't see how this claim can be true. Is this claim explained somewhere?

[1] https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio#nuclio-high-level-architect...

provost··on You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy
A very similar scenario is described in the fictional work, "The Phoenix Project", is it not? There is a smart character who handles every escalation, but nothing is documented, he was the bottleneck, and his stress level was high.

Management had to figure out they needed to handle the escalations, prioritize, reduce the bottleneck, document the solutions, and teach others to fish.

This article seems to be addressing the same issue, albeit a bit more confrontationally. Anyone have recommendations for a non-fictional book on how managers can identify these problems and implement people-centric solutions?

provost··on China Forces Norway to Adhere to ‘One China’ Policy
> Forcing would be done via a military operation leaving little choice.

Blackmail, threats, deceit, etc are other ways to force. Not saying that occurred here, just that your definition has a narrow scope.

provost··on Firefox Focus privacy scandal
As others have said, the option to disable telemetry is in the other stores.

Read the article, it says it too:

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You can turn off the anonymous data collecting of Firefox Focus by tapping on the settings icon, and flipping the switch next to "send anonymous usage data" to off.

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provost··on Stuxnet Code Found in Star Trek Discovery
Reminds me of the "Nmap In The Movies" page: http://nmap.org/movies/
provost··on Is Deloitte a new poster child for bad security practices?
In addition to what you've described, there are likely "Privileged & Confidential" conversations between lawyers and those within the org seeking counsel. Those emails are likely the most sensitive in nature.
provost··on In Search Of The Red Cross' $500M In Haiti Relief (2015)
That's really incredible. What's more fascinating is their 100% promise [1]:

> We send 100% of all donations directly to hire local workers and buy local materials so you know exactly where your donation is going.

Considering their Careers page lists they are hiring a software engineer, I dug a little further and found this info in their FAQ:

> How Does New Story Fund Operational Costs With A 100% Promise?

> We are committed to putting every cent of donor contributions to the building of homes. We fund our day-to-day operations by generous contributions from corporate investors and private individuals. Also, a majority of our incredible donors opt-in and add 10% onto their donation to fund New Story operations. If you are interested in investing in our organization, so we can serve even more families, email info@newstorycharity.org.

The FAQ mentions an investment opportunity, though I'm not sure what the investment is, besides charity social goodwill -- which of course, is a great thing.

[1] https://newstorycharity.org/100-percent/

provost··on Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information
> approximately 143 million U.S. consumers.

This was only a matter of time. We can rotate credit card numbers, but sadly not a SSN. I wish I could rotate my US social security number when significant exposure happens (this would be the 4th or 5th time in 24 months my data has been exposed).

Assuming legislation passed that allowed you to cancel an exposed SSN and get a new one, what would it take for that to happen? Surely it's not just the one agency (SSA) that would need to make the change, but multiple agencies would need to coordinate the change?

(And of course, I would be personally responsible for informing my banks, brokerages, loan agencies, etc of my new SSN)

Does anyone have insight into how this could work?

provost··on Facebook recruiting and Unix systems
Interesting... Is it a social experiment?
provost··on Bitcoin's Golden Future
> to whoever accepts Bitcoin

Double_a_92 is pointing out a distinction -- USD is pure legal tender, that is mandated by the US government to be accepted for payments of debts. Bitcoin is not.

provost··on Leaked document: EU Presidency calls for massive internet filtering
The web page is receiving the "hug of death" right now, and is having difficulty loading.

Pasting the content here in case it goes down (I did not include the in-paragraph hyperlinks though).

However, here is the leaked document they reference in the first sentence: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/aug/eu-council-copyright...

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A Council of the European Union document leaked by Statewatch on 30 August reveals that during the summer months, that Estonia (current EU Presidency) has been pushing the other Member States to strengthen indiscriminate internet surveillance, and to follow in the footsteps of China regarding online censorship. Standing firmly behind its belief that filtering the uploads is the way to go, the Presidency has worked hard in order to make the proposal for the new copyright Directive even more harmful than the Commission’s original proposal, and pushing it further into the realms of illegality.

According to the leaked document, the text suggests two options for each of the two most controversial proposals: the so-called “link tax” or ancillary copyright and the upload filter. Regarding the upload filter, the text offers two alternatives:

* Option A maintains the Commission’s original proposal of having in place an upload filter which will be under the control of platforms and other companies that are hosting online content. Although it removes mentions to “content recognition technologies”, in reality, there is no way to “prevent the availability” (another expression which remains in the text) of certain content without scanning all the content first.

* Option B is, at best, a more extreme version of Option A. In fact, it seems so extreme that it almost makes the first option look like a reasonable compromise. This may, of course, be the “diplomatic” strategy. In this extreme option, the text attacks again the liability regime of the e-commerce Directive – which, bizarrely, would not be repealed, leaving us with two contradictory pieces of EU law but adds a “clarification” of what constitutes a “communication to the public”. This clarification establishes that platforms (and its users) would be liable for the copyright infringing content uploaded by its users.

The proposals in this leak highlight a very dangerous roadmap for the EU Member States, if they were to follow the Presidency’s lead. The consequences of these flawed proposals can only be prevented if civil society and EU citizens firmly raise their voices against having a censorship machine in the EU. We will be turning on our call tool at savethememe.net before each of the key votes in the European Parliament. Make use of the tool, and call your representatives to stop the #censorshipmachine!

No, you can’t enjoy the music you paid for, says EU Parliament Committee (05.07.2017) https://edri.org/no-you-cant-enjoy-the-music-you-paid-for-sa...

Proposed Copyright Directive – Commissioner confirms it is illegal (28.06.2017) https://edri.org/proposed-copyright-directive-commissioner-c...

EU Copyright Directive – privatised censorship and filtering of free speech (10.11.2016) https://edri.org/eu-copyright-directive-privatised-censorshi...

Copyright reform: Document pool https://edri.org/copyright-reform-document-pool/

(Contribution by Diego Naranjo, EDRi)

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provost··on [dead]
Not sure why this is relevant?
provost··on Potential security vulnerability affecting Estonia’s ID cards and digital IDs
Have you tried calling the local Estonian embassy/consulate? Not sure which country you're in..
provost··on How the NSA Identified Satoshi Nakamoto
I actually had these thoughts when reading the bitcoin whitepaper. It seemed to me that the author had surely written other research whitepapers, and thus there should be definitive artifacts and writing styles that can be used to attribute authorship [1].

I don't see why this has to be limited to the capabilities of an intelligence agency. Perhaps they have the motive, but I'm sure private citizens could perform the same data mining queries (without mass surveillance).

Either way, this post presents zero information and just unsubstantiated speculation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry

provost··on I spent my career in tech, but wasn’t prepared for its effect on my kids
> She definitely excelled at keeping tech out of her daily life.

I'm curious -- what was she managing? Did she excel in her role?

provost··on Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices
Whoa, I have two FireTV sticks and didn't know it had Kodi or Sonic 2 apps. Going to have to look at that when I get home
provost··on [dead]
@barmstrong is a co-founder there .. not sure if the @ notifies on HN though
provost··on Facebook – You are the Product
If it really bothers you, a simple Greasemonkey script can fix that.
provost··on United States Camel Corps
Camels were used during WW1, WW2, and are even used today for peacekeeping missions in parts of Africa.

The following picture is of Dutch peacekeepers on camelback: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_cavalry#/media/File:UN_S...

Not to mention the anti-Taliban rebels in Afghanistan... Camel calvary are still alive and well.

provost··on Companies of the future: No CEO, no boss, managed by blockchain
I haven't read the works of Ayn Rand, but this quote makes her sound like a cult leader.

Does the author of this documentary have a bit of a disdain for her, or is he merely saying that her readers/followers are misguided in some way?

provost··on Ask HN: Should i publish my fork?
It doesn't hurt to publish, and others will benefit. Make the fork public (and be sure to document the breaking changes), then reach out to the upstream owner that you'd be happy to advise on your changes if they want to consume the effort to merge back and maintain their current compatibility.

But as you said, the project is unmaintained and you likely won't get a response. If you don't get a response, then the world can benefit from your fixes.

provost··on China's Plan for World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy
> Credit scoring companies in the US and China are already experimenting with data from social media profiles. Counting how many times someone says “wasted” in their Facebook status can help to predict whether they will repay their debts on time, according to a trial by US credit analyst FICO.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/e8ccd7b8-6459-11e6-a08a-c7ac04ef0... [FT might be paywalled, but I was able to reach it via Google for free]

provost··on Bootstrap 4 Beta
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14986617
provost··on Don't Take Security Advice from SEO Experts or Psychics
There are ISPs that have tools to inject arbitrary code into HTTP webpages. For example, My ISP injects notification banners into my web browser sometimes.

Even if the ISP means well at the beginning, the tool can be abused (ISPs injecting tracking, or reading the tracking information so they can sell it). Attackers at coffee shops and conferences can do much worse.

provost··on Show HN: Flying Carpet – Ad-hoc wireless, cross-platform, encrypted file sharing
I'm not familiar with Go, but was looking through the source code and saw this:

  encrypted = secretbox.Seal(nonce[:], chunk, &nonce, &key)
Is secretbox [1] a standard Go library?

[1] https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/crypto/nacl/secretbox

provost··on Eighth Circuit: Citizens do not have a right to film public officials in public
> Akins also alleged that the defendants violated his rights by removing videos he had posted on the CPD Facebook page, by ordering him to stop filming the filing of a citizen complaint in the CPD lobby, and by posting in the police department a flyer with information about him.

While I support the right to film public officials in public (which Akins did sometimes), it seems he takes his actions too far, to the annoyance of officers.

Perhaps the judge focused on these specific instances behavior, rather than a typical event of filming an arrest?

provost··on Hyper.sh: Container-native Cloud
My favorite comparison is the Apollo guidance computer's memory (though completely different comparison from your GUI and game description). But the AGC is absolutely fascinating.

> 16-bit wordlength, 2048 words RAM (magnetic core memory), 36,864 words ROM (core rope memory)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

provost··on Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk
No questions from me, but I've met Josh and the rest of the redteam. I hope they are doing well. Lots of good folks in salesforce security =)
provost··on Credit-card-rewards guru Brian Kelly says we’re in a “golden age” of travel
The AMEX redemptions are some of the worst, and they are losing partners. They also didn't auto-reimburse me for the airline credit when I followed all their instructions. They also didn't reimburse me for Uber credit -- apparently it doesn't work when the trips are in other countries (only the US), which is a really lame for a "travel" card.
provost··on Credit-card-rewards guru Brian Kelly says we’re in a “golden age” of travel
When the Chase Sapphire Reserve first arrived, it had a 100k bonus. They've since decreased it to 50k.
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