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I transitioned pretty much in one day. I'm not sure if I'm doing it perfectly, but it's gone quite well so far. I got some background on it from this article in the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11Calories-t.html...

and the details from a vigorous Googling. I'm 6 feet tall, 165 lbs, and probably moderately physically active, so I picked a daily target of 1800 calories. That was based on some online calculators I found and anecdotes from people doing caloric restriction.

You can eat anything. The trick is not using up your whole quota on empty calories. If I have a can of soda and a cup of Ben and Jerry's, that's 37% of the day's calories right there, with pretty much no nutritional value. So you can have junk food, but not so much that it's going to make it hard to get all the nutrients to need while staying under your whole quota.

Another guideline is that if you end every day hungry, you're doing it wrong. Cheese will fill up your quota without filling you up. Fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, are filling and nutritious without packing a lot of calories. I shoot for a roughly even three-way split between calories from fat, protein, and carbs. I don't really use "special" caloric restriction recipes; I just cook/prepare whatever I want, while staying within the rules. I eat out a few times a week too.

Typical breakfast is eggs, maybe with mushrooms or something thrown in, and a fruit. A lunch might be chicken or fish with salad, or maybe a sandwich (bread is calorically dense, though, so careful). Dinner is pretty much the same as lunch, except that it's almost never a sandwich, is probably a bit more food, and includes red meat more frequently. Lentils and beans are all-around excellent, by the way.

I do count calories, because it would be too easy to lose track or cheat otherwise. I use Daily Burn, which has a huge number of foods in their database, and if I eat something they don't have, I guesstimate using things they do have. Counting calories makes it a lot easier to stick with it, because the more aware you are of what you're eating, the less tempted you are to be naughty.
Just wanted to remind people to come tonight.
yeah....a landing page of sorts.

also, i'd lvoe there to be different lists. not just recently, more recommendations within a genre. i'm constantly looking for science fiction rec's (and even then, i only like certain kinds of scifi...the not fantasy kind; magic realism is ok, though, bc often well written and brief...)
It's a pun with the official "Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED)" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPRED
> It's unfortunate that they never hit their original 5x performance boost.

Give 'em a chance. They're only just out of the gate. :)
> ...the consensus opinion... the boring truth is that there are numerous lines of evidence... a bunch of aggressively anti-climate-change folks, like yourself... engaging in international data theft to try and dig up dirt... extreme paucity of data for some kind of climate conspiracy... I really don't see how someone can rationally arrive at the conclusion that the IPCC is corrupt... Who is paying them? ... Do you imagine them in a futuristic control center with C.H.A.O.S. uniforms, with Vega and M.Bison giving orders before they beat up married men and raise their children as assassins?

Okay, see, this is it. People get completely and totally convinced and it becomes an identity issue.

I excerpted you from above - you state your conclusions as premises, and preemptively ridicule and strawman the other side. You don't need people with an agenda if there's true believers with their identity at stake - their identity as scientists or good people. The boring truth is what you happen to believe, the other side primarily consists of aggressive anti-climate people who also associate with international thieves, and how could the side you believe possibly be doing corrupt, despite clear evidence of scientific misconduct and numerous errors and fallacies pointed out? Ah, forget the misconduct, the whole thing is going to get get weirder before it gets warmer.

Also - I'm a conservationist, for the record. I just think the whole damn thing is shameful.
Majority of Windows 7 Installations Will Be 64-bit
Spanish would be of much more use to Americans because there are so many Spanish speakers in America especially in states near the border. I live in a southern state and many conversations here interchange Spanish and English words where best fit when speaking to other bilinguals
My kitchen has a switch on a little stub of a wall, the other side of which is part of the living room. The living-room-side switch controls the kitchen lights, and vice-versa. It makes sense when you realize that you can use them to do a sort of "airlock" process, turning on the light in the room ahead of you, entering it, then turning around and switching off the lights in the room behind you.
In South Africa we have 11, yes, eleven, official languages, with English being one of them.

It's easy for most people who's mother tongue is not English to learn it, as it's everywhere - government, media, advertisements, entertainment, you name it. So it's a necesity, not a status symbol.

It's also interesting to note that English kids generally struggle to pick up a second language, even if they live in a community that speaks another language, just because English is so pervasive, and there's no need for them to pick up a second language. This despite the fact that you have three languages at school, at least up to grade 9.
SAS: A new no. 1 best employer
furthermore, with the search box gone, apple-k (or ctrl-k or wahtever) will automatically load google search. (whereas before it would focus on the search box)
Facebook Begins Building Its Own Data Center In Oregon
This is what I meant. These developer tools aren't really aimed at developers (most of whom would probably pick a tool with a nice tutorial over the one with a quote request form).

So it doesn't really matter if most hackers would hate this sales tactic. What matters in this case is it works on salespeople :)
How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup
Ask HN: what if it's not a tablet
Let's say for the sake of argument, it's not a tablet...what else could Apple announce.

iRead? (e-reader)

iProd? (spy camera)

etc...
yeah---i use this tons for wikipedia searches. i guess this could also be useful for imdb and ocw.
I would say that most people would have this handled at the hardware router level. Users who have a wireless LAN already have a firewall for incoming connections (unless they have DMZ enabled). Software firewalls are useful when you want to control what connects to the Internet and when.
Ok, not the most exciting bit of news, but as a native Oregonian, it's kind of cool/interesting, especially since Prineville is, unlike Google's data center in The Dalles, not even remotely close to much else.
a) Sun is not dead - the brand is still relevant, It's nice for Oracle to have a hardware branch.

b) The illustration is not appropriate (Sun is not dead, see a)

c) If Gosling is leaving Sun, it's totally inappropriate to leave with an illustration that more or less declares his former employer dead.

This isn't nice.
I don't really disagree, but this is a way for corporations to pay politicians hundreds of millions of dollars.

I think that at the very least they should just apply the restrictions on the campaigners directly to the special interest groups instead of doing so transitively: "We're ExxonMobil, and we approve this message"
Corporations and unions are not sentient beings.
It is a compelling argument.

However, it doesn't say that there is NOT a problem with having corporations pay to educate the populace about political candidates. Government regulation doesn't seem to be the answer, given this argument. That's fine. But where do the check's and balances on information come from?

Google, I suppose.
Why do chrome users have the need to keep telling us how they switched on every firefox story... please, we get it... good luck with chrome already.
the thing that would tip me off is the usage of the full name.

"Hey John Doe, I saw taht you..." = still feels automatic

"Hey John, I saw taht you..." = feels more personal, misspelling or no
In Defense of the Gasoline-Powered Internal Combustion Engine
The above statement is compelling. However, the law suit was about limitation on spending by corporations for elections. There has been a long standing argument that "money == speech" or more verbosely, "spending money to get your message out is covered under the first amendment". I don't buy this core argument although I do buy the above statement you quoted.
It's Software, Not Religion
I would question whether this could be news.

It's not a product. It's not even a prototype. They don't even know how to build the thing. It's just an idea, like my time-machine or my warp-drive. It has the benefit of a nice 3D model though...

But that too doesn't look very practical either...
This reminds me somewhat of the tours they give around Belfast, showcasing the murals in the Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods.
Steve Jobs' obsession with secrecy and the "big-bang"
You could compare his salary to other SVPs in Apple or other companies. The difference is how much his abilities are valued at.

Sort of like the average NBA shooting guard makes a few million a year, but Michael Jordan was making $30 million a year at the end.
Good job on making a nice and clean design! One thing I found slightly confusing was that some images of cheatsheets links to an intermediate page, instead of the cheatsheet itself.

Examples:

ANSI C Reference Card v2.2 on http://devcheatsheet.com/tag/c/

STL Quick Reference on http://devcheatsheet.com/tag/cpp/

I'm gussing it is because these have different formats. One suggestion would be to pick one of them (e.g. PDF) for the image, and create links on the different formats (e.g. "Formats: DVI, PDF, TeX") for alternative formats.
Yes it is... Sun the company (and culture) is very much dead. It's only a matter of time before the ticker symbol "JAVA" stops tickering.

The brand might still have some value, but I'm not sure how much... or if it wouldn't be better for Oracle to rebrand Sun gear as Oracle gear.

My first thought though was "Gosling is leaving Sun?" That didn't make much sense to me either...
Instantly reminded me of this: http://plif.courageunfettered.com/archive/wc282.gif

That comic was pretty prescient - which isn't terribly hard if you assume the worst about humanity, and go on from there.

Edit: the link seems to be giving people some troubles; try mirror here: http://imgur.com/3NJiL
Where are you planning to go?
> Except of course on Linux, the firewall isn't application-aware, so you can't even control which processes are allowed to open inbound communication.

You certainly can set application-level network privileges, and Red Hat derived distros do by default. For example, to list all the applications that are allowed to bind to port 80:

[sweeks@kweh ~]$ sudo sesearch --allow -t http_port_t -p name_bind
Found 15 semantic av rules:
allow httpd_t http_port_t : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow kerneloops_t http_port_t : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow varnishd_t http_port_t : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow dnsmasq_t port_type : udp_socket { recv_msg send_msg name_bind } ;
allow svirt_t port_type : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow svirt_t port_type : udp_socket { recv_msg send_msg name_bind } ;
allow squid_t http_port_t : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow corenet_unconfined_type port_type : tcp_socket { recv_msg send_msg name_bind name_connect } ;
allow portreserve_t port_type : tcp_socket name_bind ;
allow corenet_unconfined_type port_type : udp_socket { recv_msg send_msg name_bind } ;
allow portreserve_t port_type : udp_socket name_bind ;
allow varnishd_t port_type : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow qemu_t port_type : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;
allow qemu_t port_type : udp_socket { recv_msg send_msg name_bind } ;
allow squid_t port_type : tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect } ;

Any processes running under other domains won't be allowed to bind to port 80.
> The airports in Orlando, Philadelphia, San Jose, and Miami put the restaurants (not counting junk food) outside of security. So you have to wonder, "Do I have enough time to eat and then get through the line?" (Pittsburgh, Tampa, and Chicago Midway did it right.)

This looks like there's three trade-offs to putting restaurants in the secure zone:

- If a group is traveling together, and only a member or two is taking a flight, putting the restaurants behind security will prevent the group from dining together.

- Put restaurants behind security will lock out local customers who live/work near the airport, but not actually needing to fly. In my experience, some restaurant chains will make better or more interesting locations at high traffic areas than more "locally" focused places.

- Finally, putting these places behind security will increase potential bottlenecks in the way system, since now more employees will need to be monitored or tracked. Even with IDs and extra employee-only entrances, the increased chances of something going wrong with a forged ID, vengeful or absentminded employee, or "hidden" entrance increases risk of exposure to a terminal shut down event.
Mostly because it took too much time for me to scan through my RSS reader instead of using Twitter.

If I see something I like on Twitter, I go to the actual website to read the article (which I assume the author appreciates).

Also, using an RSS reader created a lot of subconscious pressure for me to read all the unread entries because it was just another "inbox". Twitter lists is a better alternative for me because it's just a stream.
That is not an accurate assessment of AGW. The current thinking basically balances an increase in particulate emissions which over the short term reduce global temperature average with greenhouse gasses which increase global temperature (plus a host of other factors). The fact that CO2 is extremely stable means than it accumulates in the atmosphere so its effects accumulate over time. Several other greenhouse gasses are modeled including water and methane, but their long term impact is reduced with time.

Now the long term stability of CO2 vs. methane is based on simple chemistry, and water rains. As to why CO2 would increase the greenhouse effect see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_spectrum and its overall concentration in the atmosphere.

PS: Looking back in history the accumulation effect of CO2 works in reverse so other man made impacts could have easily dominated it.
That was not funny. I saw the title and thought: "Oh shit, James Gosling dead".
Ff was created as the lightweight alternative to the mozilla browser (i.e. The thing that was also branded as Netscape)
I think it's in response to:

21/01/2010 15:12 (10:09 minutes ago)
The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of US hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems Inc. by Oracle Corporation, a US enterprise software company.

http://www.finchannel.com/Main_News/Business/56479_EU_approv...
Amen. I've actually read people explicitly state that entrepreneur's are "different" (with a definitely implied better) and that they should only associate with their own kind, or risk being brought down by the "normals."

That shit pisses me off. Einstein and Feynman weren't entrepreneur's, and they did almost infinitely more than most of us will. Sometimes being part of a team in order to achieve something big is better than being your own leader to do some small, unremarkable thing.
Thankfully not! But I meant slow and bloated :)
The big question for me is whether apps would have access to whispernet and how limited this access would be.
We really don't like it when clients come in and say that they need a 'Drupal site' just because someone told them that Drupal was going to be the cheapest way to get their plan made.

You hire experts so that they can help make those important decisions.
Power corrupts, but it corrupts only those who think they deserve it
It's interesting to compare this to the Apple acquisition of NeXT, wherein the NeXT engineers wore t-shirts depicting the NeXT cube eating the Apple logo.
Love that this presentation really nails the fact that continuous deployment is effectively a side-effect of truly integrating Dev and Ops.

(At IMVU our VP of Operations is also our VP of Engineering)
Thanks. I suspected I posted a duplicate.
When someone visits the site and isn't logged in, they should get a different front page - specifically, with a prominent, brief explanation of what they can do with the site.
> you state your conclusions as premises, and preemptively ridicule and strawman the other side.

While I might have been slightly sarcastic in my reply, I don't think I was attacking a straw man with the core of my argument. If you are drawing the conclusion that there isn't evidence for AGW you are either denying evidence or ignorant of it. The amount of invalidated evidence is dwarfed by the remainder.

This is the same kind of phenomenon in human cognition that leads people to believe that plane travel is less safe than car travel. We learn to fear memorable stories (SCANDAL IN THE IPCC! FOX NEWS SPECIAL TONIGHT! likened unto PLANE HIJACKED WITH FLAMING DILDOS! TSA TO BAN FEMALE ORGASM IN AIRPORTS!) more than we fear the statistically backed realities.

> despite clear evidence of scientific misconduct and numerous errors and fallacies pointed out?

"Numerous" being "a handful" and "scientific misconduct" being "data smoothing" and "nasty emails." This is _all you have_. After years of digging, this is the sum total. And it's unsurprising that a few cases of this exist. I mean, even particle physics has its scandals and you wouldn't think those people were likely to go there.

> Also - I'm a conservationist

Classic political/conversational trick. "Btw I am actually a member of group _____, so I can say with authority." It's bullshit, of course. No one cares if you are a conservationist, and it doesn't affect your correctness in any way. It's just a misleading kind of "argumentum ad populum" where centrism must be right because it appeals to the most people in a bar.
Yeah totally, I certainly meant no disrespect. The man can hack. It'd be nothing but exciting to hear about him doing more of it.
FTA: "FlightCaster will be creating an alternative flight recommendation engine and the ability to re-book a flight with a single click from a smart-phone. They will offer Amazon Payments as a payment method to enable their customers to purchase tickets conveniently from any mobile device."
It strikes me as a bit disingenuous to criticize the performance of a browser while openly admitting that you haven't tried it.

I've been an avid Safari user for years, but switched back to Firefox at 3.6b5. The performance improvements they've made are incredible, and with the GrApple theme applied, it looks just like Safari. Plus, I get back some sorely-missed keyboard shortcuts, Firebug's awesome profiling support, and the "snappiness" that I'm used to in Safari.

But until you've actually tried the latest release (genuinely - not 10 minutes working from a disk image), please consider refraining from commenting. An aspect of the software you used to hate might have been improved.
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Yes, that's what I thought too.

Perhaps a moderator can update the link title.
I wonder how big a role it played that they had the nerve to ask PG out for a drink. I know it's not a sufficient condition for success, but it definitely demonstrates the type of personality you want to see in a founder.
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I think the biggest problem with VC's is that there is absolutely no quality control. When an entrepreneur decides to raise money, we will need to talk to at least 20 to 50 firms and most of the VC's that we speak to really have no clue as to what it takes to build a sustainable business. So after a while, if all we do is to chase after VC money, we become part of their echo chamber. My experience is that VC's are not miracle workers. I believe one study shows that 5% of the VC’s make 95% of the money. Therefore as entrepreneurs, we are competing with 95% of the dogs for 5% of the meat. I think bootstrapping is very important for both entrepreneurs and for the VC's. In my experience, the only way to have a meaningful conversation with VC's is when we are already shipping products. I usually don't even prepare a separate PowerPoint presentation. Instead I start the meeting by saying, "Let me show you how I convince customer ABC to buy our product". Life is good after that.

The following is a good read if you want to learn more about VC's from an entrepreneur's perspective.

http://www.startupforless.org/2007/10/how-to-turn-your-vc-in...
There's nothing false about the distinction between working for someone and being an entrepreneur. They're extremely different. One is financially low risk/low reward and the other high risk/high reward. I don't think it's cowardice to choose to get a full time job, but it definitely is brave to turn down a high salary and start a company, when you don't already have money.

Your examples are of people that want to do other things, more so than being an entrepreneur. Those people obviously should do whatever makes them happy. For the people that want to be entrepreneurs, above those other desires, there's nothing worse than getting a regular job.

The world is full of people who wanted to be entrepreneurs, but got tied down in full time jobs. Some of those people manage to break free, but as a percentage it's probably quite low.
Clearly these guys don't understand usability. It is SO important for people to feel "grounded" when they use a sight as intricate and functional as T61 was. The play bar needs to come back. I think a lot of people feel this is confusing and you get lost in all the "minimalist" design of the page.

They traded usability and functionality for "cool" and "cutting edge" ... lame.
as i said it is an opinion of a user, to qualify i have been using the site for almost 2 years now with over 5000 plays and a rep of 58588

i was a completely lost as to how to use features that before were very clearly designed and accessible, which i can find ways around eventually...

however the changes to the social experience are drastic and extremely negative (based on my a sample set of 60+ users in my current group)

i can attest to the fact that the accessible social groups have been the only factor in my retention over the past year, (insert reference that shows correlation between social interactions and user retention)

i understand that ui is subjective to a certain extent but if you are to enact an entire user interface overhaul it would be best to do it as a skin to allow a transition and discovery period

i would not mind leaving the current interface running as a 'kiosk' mode at a party
Good. It always seemed odd that you had to post from email. This makes Posterous more like other blogging systems, with a web interface.
An open letter to thesixtyone.com
Maybe they're something even more than sentient, just like a brain is more than its neurons.
In Chrome, you can also use domain specific searches when they're better: start typing the domain name, and when autocomplete matches the domain, press tab, and the location bar becomes a site-specific search.

e.g. when I'm searching for guitar tabs:

"ul <tab> <search terms>" expands to ultimate-guitar.com to search for guitar tabs

"en <tab> <search terms>" expands to en.wikipedia.org to search wikipedia

It's great that it automatically picks up search boxes in websites. So this works on any website that you have searched in the past - you don't have to manually set it up.