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Glad to see someone raising this particular criticism.

We keep hearing this same refrain, "The only way we can really change things is by getting more girls interested in technology from an early age ..."[1]

Whereas the author of this post concludes with, "It’s not the pipeline. It’s never the pipeline. It’s the culture at the end of the pipeline, the culture that generates articles like this."

I have to agree, and am only bothering to comment and upvote in the hope that others will see this and take a moment to reflect on this problem, and really consider this author's point of view.

[1]https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hacking-infosec-boys-club-phi...

I think the answer you're looking for is "no".

Because C was developed at Bell Labs in the pre-internet 70s, the first "official" documentation was the book by K&R. Due to the language's popularity, it was standardized first by ANSI, then by ISO. So these days, the closest thing to a "source of truth" for the language is the standard published by ISO. That working group's website is here: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/

Of course, standards documents are not really entry points, as they are extremely dry, technical documents. Which is why I think the answer to your question is "no".

I think your best bet would be to start with the second edition of "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, then work your way "into the future" by looking at books on C published in the last decade.

HTH

only tangentially related, but I recently had this idea for a short (very short) film: You see a person wake up in the morning, jump in the shower, brush teeth, eat breakfast, the whole morning routine... then they grab a briefcase or whatever and walk to their front door, which is locked. Instead of unlocking the door themselves and walking out, they ask out loud, "permission to leave the house?" [Close up of their face looking at the lock. Close up of the lock. Another close up of their face as they wait. Then a close up of the lock sliding back.] Then they open the door and walk out. Now it just needs a good title.

RoguelikeRadio -- if you're into that kind of thing.

> Even the US left its own portion of nuclear waste in the northern latitudes, such as the once secret reactor at Camp Century, in Greenland, although this is minuscule compared to what the Soviets left behind.

The pro-US bias in this article is strong. It appears to be more of the same wardrum-beating, anti-Russian propaganda that took hold of the mainstream media towards the end of the US election.

On one hand, Russia does appear to have adopted a more aggressive military stance, especially with regards to Crimea and The Ukraine.

On the other hand, the present military stance of the US looks not unlike the full-tilt, batshit-crazy world domination plans of Germany during World War II.

It appears obvious to me that our current US military leaders are not above conducting false-flag operations for the purpose of gaining public support for foreign aggression, and it would not surprise me if they were responsible for this release of Iodine-131.

After all, they've done it before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Run

I upvoted this before I read the article, simply because I agree with the headline. I wonder how many others here did the same?

The ad is in this sentence: "Additionally, this article illustrates how publicly available data from the California DWR can be easily loaded into the non-relational Axibase Time Series Database (ATSD) for interactive analysis with graphical representation of open data published by government organizations."

the truth is often buried.

> You want to impose liability on Google and Bing because they index the whole internet and the internet has bad stuff on it?

Yes. If you found some, i don't know, child pornography, say, lying in the street, then went around showing it to people saying, "hey, look what I found", that would be considered illegal/repugnant/stupid, right? Why should that same action analogized to the digital domain be any less illegal/repugnant/stupid? I don't think it is.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Not the book by Douglas Adams, but the fictional travel guide in that book.

Good question. Seems like people aren't using the flag function responsibly. I would like more transparency on this as well.

It would be cool if the mods would add a required text box for stating the reason something is flagged. HN just makes it too easy to flag something you disagree with.

When I was five years old, I made a little play-dough man by unbending paperclips, winding them together and wrapping the play-dough around the wires. I must have spent at least a half-hour on it. I went out onto my street and showed it to a neighborhood kid, who promptly grabbed it away from me, crumpled it up, then threw it on the sidewalk and stepped on it. So, yeah.

Thiel is a "part-time partner" according to this: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/

name-calling really isn't helping this discussion at all

Taking a stand should never be put on hold. Imagine if SO, HN, and Google, all put up a static homepage that said, "sorry, but our services will be unavailable until the Travel Ban has been rescinded." How long do you think it would take before it was rescinded if that happened? I think probably not more than 3 days.

maybe it has more to do with an institutionalized focus on short-term financial gain, disregard for future generations, and either an unawareness of, or an unwillingness to observe, the precautionary principle.

Agree that Thiel is a fucking fool. But how much of a fool is he is what I want to know. Is he foolish enough to admit he was wrong? Somehow I doubt it.

That's why it's so important to be careful around fools. It's not just a binary thing.

Given all the hacking of US politics lately, I'd say they are very much on topic. Even sama is submitting political posts.

Shit's been hitting the fan since October, as far as I can tell. I think we've all missed quite a lot.

Loving the white-man-myth of "there are no original peoples" responses to your post[1]. I interpret these attacks on your comment as vain attempts to assuage white guilt. Because as long as the red-man isn't a "native species", then that means the red-man came here just like the white-man did, and the red-man just may have genocided the "original peoples" as well. What a bunch of crap. And thank you for your comment.

1. http://www.beacon.org/An-Indigenous-Peoples-History-of-the-U...

>>a constitutional privacy amendment

That would be the 4th Amendment[1].

I really don't think that Americans have never cared about privacy; I think if that were true, we would have a different 4th Amendment. Instead, I think that the various amendments and overall content of the Constitution serve to limit the power of government, and in that regard, it behooves the individuals within the government to disregard as much of the Constitution as they can get away with, thereby acquiring more power for themselves.

That the American people have allowed the individuals within government to disregard the Constitution so flagrantly, to me this indicates a deep gap between the ideals of our predecessors and the ideals of the current generation. So, it's not that Americans have never cared about privacy, it's just that the people of today don't seem to have the political willpower to get it back.

[1] The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

I suggest you do your own research. Download John Podesta's emails from WikiLeaks and look through them, and search for the words "pizza", "pasta", and "cheese". The legitimacy I see is that the words "pizza", "pasta", and "cheese" in those emails were absolutely being used as codewords.

What those codewords actually meant to their authors could still be up for debate (depending on your level of skepticism), but they make absolutely no sense as non-codewords in the excerpt, "Do you think I'll do better playing dominos on cheese than on pasta."

The word "pizza" in those emails was being used as a codeword for something. That was enough legitimacy for me.

[Edit: Just re-read your question, and you seem to be searching for an "un-biased" and "credible expert" to weigh in. In this case/investigation, I don't believe such an appeal to authority will work (because the authorities, such as we have in this country, are complicit). You have to become your own expert.]

Thanks for the reference.

How so? Why should faster-than-light travel imply a reversal of the arrow of time? Can you explain the reasoning?

Present day reality lives like a dystopian nightmare to me. Pretty sure I'm not projecting. (God I hope I'm not!)

Global unity sounds to me like world peace. Maybe not every individual would be peaceful, but we could finally put away our silly flags.

I think "shame" is a really good word for what I'm feeling about my country's president-elect right now. As we slip further and further into the world described by George Orwell, I can only hope that those among us (here) with the power and voice to make a difference, will stand up to the fascist threat that Trump represents and fight for the ideals that are enshrined in our constitution. It is a living document, and right now it feels like I'm watching it die.

For real. The word "hacker", and the spirit it implies, is quickly losing its meaning here.

"Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for." -- The Hacker Manifesto

I believe so, yes. After watching this unfold on reddit, twitter, and here, I am convinced that the "Powers That Be" operate with impunity, and with the help of technical people that work for these sites, and ultimately, them.

So, rather than thinking it would be foolish of the current administration to abduct Assange now, I think it is foolish to expect that the in-coming administration has any intention of exposing the current one.

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" --The Who

thanks for that. :) yeah, I need to calm down a bit, lest I become unhinged myself.

Exactly. Every day that goes by w/out a proof-of-life from Assange adds weight to the theory that he is in fact no longer alive.

Granted. You're right that this is bizarre. I'm posting a proof-of-life of myself because Julian Assange is unable to, and I'm trying to get the word out. It's not just a selfie -- It's proof that I'm alive.

Basically I'm pretty much freaking out at the moment because it appears that Julian has been disappeared, and I'm doing whatever I can to try and spread awareness about this issue.

Previously, there were people on HN who were sympathetic to WikiLeaks and their cause, and this appears to be changing.