New top story on Hacker News: Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity

Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity
3 by lxm | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Why SaaS prices are still going up when companies are spending less

Why SaaS prices are still going up when companies are spending less
20 by awwstn | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Erlmacs – a script to update your .emacs file for Erlang development

Show HN: Erlmacs – a script to update your .emacs file for Erlang development
7 by dlachausse | 0 comments on Hacker News.
erlmacs automatically configures and updates your .emacs file with support for the emacs mode that is included with Erlang/OTP. It frees you from having to locate the installation directory of Erlang/OTP and its bundled emacs mode. It is an escript that only depends upon Erlang/OTP and Emacs. Note: There is not much in the way of error checking at this moment, but it does make a backup of your .emacs files before any destructive operations.

New top story on Hacker News: Homeland Security using “Babel X” to link SSNs to social media posts

Homeland Security using “Babel X” to link SSNs to social media posts
43 by danghatesme | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Recently I learned about this effort by Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and other government agencies to track the online discussions of citizens & immigrants, and tie those discussions to their SSNs. I suppose LifeLog (Facebook) was merely a stepping stone in this effort, which appears to be accelerating with the advent of low-cost AI. https://ift.tt/lOqUoFH