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> It is emphasized mutiple times, even in the HN title. We don't want the audience to forget that and think he is just a regular janitor or plumber here! I believe that says a lot about the beliefs that go around -- that cops are somehow more honest, and noble (and so are the troops).

Interesting thought. My reaction to the headline was "good, as a cop people will listen to him and he's in a better position to help change this."

I'm sure plenty of people out there are more likely to believe him and, while I'm not, he could become a useful spark for change. Even if he's lying there are thousands of other people who experience the situation for real.
Cue people who will say that you're "being an asshole" or that you should expect bad treatment because of the formal way that you have chosen to address the cop.

Cops will hate hearing what you've written here, and it'll probably single you out for additional scrutiny and rights-violations.

It's pretty bad that things have come to this.
1. Attribute that quote.

2. This has nothing to do with Linus, and from what I can tell, parent did not deserve it either.

Linus hasn't made a fortune off Linux. He could have, but he didn't.
Digital Ocean is also getting there, started in 2011, currently valued at $683 million.
Microchip dev tools are free. An ICD 3 isn't, but they're relatively inexpensive. Not sure, but I think the latest MPLAB-X is Eclipse.

I have no complaints with them.

Atmel AVR will redesign things out from under you. We could not get a new JTAG interface to work with an old chip.
And the first Techstars Ventures fund was a $5million fund that invested in angel rounds of Uber, Twilio, SendGrid, GroupMe, and more - http://www.feld.com/archives/2015/01/raise-150-million-vc-fu...

As Brad writes, that fund is "one of the best performing funds I’ve ever invested in". :)
For the same reason you're using USB 2.0 when you could maybe get by with USB 1.1: in a few years a big majority of the mainstream embedded chips you'll use will support USB 3.1, so you'll effectively get it for free.

I say "a few years", but I seem to recall it taking 5 or more for the transition from USB 1.1.
Very impressive project!
I bet hydrogen peroxide works too
You had me at "from Jordan Peterson". The man is utterly brilliant and virtually anything he writes or says is worthwhile.
Sydney
I heard Dialog's stock price slipped at an inopportune time.
Webmention
I totally agree with you.

It took me lots of time just to figure out to write a 'PROPER' react application. There are too many modules to choose from for routing, data acess etc..

Then I tried with Angular 2, it look me less time to get up and running with forms, routing and everything...
"Enough, no more ads" == "Enough, no free speech"

So no ads for Greenpeace? Your favorite political party? Your favorite union? Your favorite website?
How many times have you been pulled over and recited that? ...and how's it work out for you?
Big shoutout to Cycle.js, it's small, simple, and wonderful. Composing reactive streams is great.
However, if there is no forgiveness and no soul, money is a useful (but not the only) metric.
I will miss his editorial voice.

I have two or three Hard SF and Space Opera anthologies edited by him. Wonderful material bought to my attention through his efforts.
Seeing the Discover Meteor and Kadira guys embrace React with Meteor is definitely making me want to dive back into the framework after being very hesitant over the past few months. It's great to see ~someone~ with a clear vision for the future.
How to sabotage your workplace. WW2 manual [pdf]
https://www.quora.com/Which-startups-use-Meteor-in-productio...
The wax is there for a reason. Generally speaking, the wax should be left alone unless it's causing a specific problem.

There's a list of circumstances in which to remove ear wax here. And note that an article like this is written because doctors know people will try to remove wax when they don't need to, or via dangerous methods.

http://www.entnet.org/content/earwax-and-care
Don't worry, they'll all be there on the back of your game console in raised black on black plastic.

If it's not on the back, it will be printed in special low contrast gray paint.
I'm not sure this is correct. Even the link provided does not exclude JSON as a media type. Just because there aren't (m)any examples of RESTful JSON API's doesn't mean there can't be.

My understanding is that as long as you standardize the way in which hypermedia is communicated through the API, it could be RESTful.
"Linux would have never been as successful if someone like rms would have called the shots."

I'm not sure how you can think that when GNU, which is the operating system for just about every single server running Linux, was started by RMS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU
Can't the owner of the USB copyright mark revoke and sue them for using it in a non-standard implementation?

If you don't follow the spec, and nobody punishes you, don't be surprised if more people follow suit...
"Stellar work"?
"You shouldn’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear" -- Unknown.
I don't know why we have to do so much navel-gazing on this topic. REST is just a loose set of guidelines for invoking operations on, and exchanging data with a remote server in a more or less stateless fashion. If json works, use it. If xml or yaml work use one of them. Provide both if you want, and if it turns out that sending back an html snippet is the right thing to do then don't feel like you have to burn your HN t-shirts or something.
1. http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/masters-war

2. To clarify, I wasn't referring to Linus
Do you think no TV shows were significant cultural works before the creation of cable TV?
Oulipian Code
That doesn't help with the networking aspect though; which is probably the most important part.
Hard to pick between Option 4 and Option 4…
First, the GPLv3 has absolutely nothing to do with this. The enforcement cases in question involve the GPLv2.

Second, it hardly seems "anti-business" to require everyone (businesses included) to comply with the license agreements of the software they use.

And third, the entire issue of enforcement only came up in this context because of this remarkably coincidental timing for LF to decide that it no longer wants community representation. It's sad that the best-case scenario is "just" that this change occurred for entirely unrelated reasons, despite the timing; I'd certainly hope that was the reason, rather than the much scummier possibility of changing the rules with one specific candidate in mind, out of fear that they might get elected.
Been using the bamboo kind for my entire life. The cotton part gets disgusting after prolonged use though so I prefer just getting ones without the cotton.
Meteor has as a better chance than ever, ESPECIALLY if 90% of what you can do in Meteor you can do in "bare metal" NPM! Meteor doesn't have to provide that many "features" to win over the NPM crowd that it has struggled to acquire thus far. It's so damn complex to implement all this stuff that most developers need help doing it.

Meteor's problem thus far has been it makes it easy but provides no way to "drop down" to a lower level and configure things like you would on "bare metal" NPM!!!! Despite its easiness, this has scared away many developers from Meteor--especially the expert developers who would otherwise evangelize once they joined Meteor.

Therefore, Meteor just needs to provide a way to BOTH do things with sufficiently less boilerplate (like it's always done well), but also allow you to drop down to make lower level tweaks as you would on "bare metal" NPM. And perhaps even an intermediate tier in between for some features.

For example, Relay + GraphQL is great but there should be the "beginner's way to Relay."

So the killer feature in fact isn't a "feature" in the traditional sense, but rather a mechanism that only a full stack framework could provide. Being the only full stack framework that matters (and the only "reactive full stack framework" in existence), Meteor is well positioned to scoop up the entire NPM market if it plays its cards right!
The article also notes that sticking candles in your ears may result in burns.

I expect to return to that page in another ten years and read, "Putting ice picks in your ears can result in bleeding. Christ, what is wrong with you people?"
This would not solve the issue at hand. The issue at hand is local governments do not have enough money. They solve that by taxing or seizing any kind of vice, and when they don't have enough of that, they stretch whatever excuse they have.

Before prohibition, up to 75% of New York's budget was funded by taxing alcohol. Once a national income tax was introduced, the federal and state governments no longer needed the alcohol tax, and in comes The 18th Amendment. After the 11 Billion dollars in lost revenue, know what The 18th Amendment helped create? Organized crime.

The War on Drugs is, effectively, Prohibition, but with the incidental effect that since there has never been taxes on recreational drugs for us to benefit from, we instead learned to profit from what we could - mainly, prisons. The losses include the lives of those in the illegal drug trade (similar to the relentless violence in Chicago in the 20's), the 41 billion we spend on enforcing the drug war, the 46 billion in lost revenue from not taxing drugs, and the many foreign conflicts we've forced ourselves into. Plus, of course, the new-and-improved drug cartels.

Get rid of the war on drugs, and they'll just find another scapegoat to tax to fill their coffers rather than do what they should be doing, which is direct taxes to fund local government, which literally no politician today will support unless they're crazy.
I've heard other lawyers give this advice. It may or may not be good advice, depending on circumstances, but I'm a little suspicious of the lawyer's motive. It sounds designed to ensure that every single traffic stop, no matter how benign, results in billable hours.
>(Story originally created Nov. 10, 2014)

>Posted: 12:20 AM, Jan 18, 2016

>Updated: 4 hours ago

Does anybody know what the update was?
I've heard that cleaning your ears causes more wax to be produced. Maybe this is why your ears ended up chock full.
Agreed, but the first step in a major rewrite that's necessary because the product has outgrown its original purpose is to draw up appropriate system boundaries. These could be in-process libraries, webservices, RPCs, data protocols, database schemas, or whatever, but if they're out-of-process, there's nothing preventing you from using a different language or platform to rewrite that subsystem. You can decide to continue using the original proprietary platform based on whether it's still appropriate for your needs, and you're not locked into it just because all the existing code is in it.
From first hand experience, I was in the same situation as you right now (unknown H1B and OPT expiring) when Google interviewed me (it did not work out, for reason I don't believe have anything to do with visa). The recruiter knew about it, and both times I talked to them it wasn't an issue.

Additionally, my friend actually interviewed with another company (wasn't Google or Amazon, but the big one in Menlo Park). He was hired, and they gave him a choice to move to another country as needed.

In general, I think they will try to transfer you to another country. The main issue is that the specific country could be limited, and you might not really have a choice as to which country it is.
When I worked at a data center for a bank, we had basically the exact setup you are describing. Part of my responsibilities was to take note of the amount that came through via ACH on that Windows machine (Windows 3.11 actually... this was in 2001) and enter it into a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, along with totals which I got from reports that ran after the days batch processing completed, and make sure they balanced. If they didn't balance, I had to go hunting and pray that I simply transposed a number or typoed something along the way... if I did not, I honestly don't know what happened. I had to call one of the other employees to come in and orchestrate getting it fixed. (I was alone at the data center, which consisted of a mainframe and a handful of PCs... probably an order of magnitude smaller than what you would picture if I just say 'data center') Luckily, it happened very very rarely. Maybe a handful of times in the 4 years I worked there.
I don't recite that. I have it printed on a piece of card stock about the size of a business card and I hand it to them along with my driver's license, proof of insurance, and registration. I simply tell the officer I am exercising my right to remain silent as I hand him/her these items - then I shut up.

I've only used it once and it seem to work. So I guess I can say I have one data point where it was used. My attorney friend has this printed on his business card and this is the advice he gave me - to do the same.
Ack, you're right! Corrected.
agreed but what other option do you have?
Even the standard C-C cables aren't all the same: some are wired for USB 2.0 (with 6 wires) and others for USB 3.1 (with 17 wires).

As one might expect, the 3.1 cables are thicker, more expensive, and pretty much impossible to find in lengths greater than 1 meter.
"I would bet that even pre-sapien hominids engaged in deliberate mass killings for tens of thousands of years..."

I think that's very likely. The article notes that chimpanzees "deliberately stalk and kill members of other groups". So humans may have inherited these nasty traits from our primate ancestors ages ago.
Funny, because data says otherwise:

Original USB: 1,500 connect-disconnect cycles

Mini USB: 5000 cycles

Micro-USB: 10,000 cycles

USB Type-C: 10,000 cycles

[0] http://www.anandtech.com/show/8377/usb-typec-connector-speci...
RIP Bitcoin: It's time to move on
Dogs are a key element in letting them rob people on the side of the road.

Ya know, after I had written my parallel comment and gave it some thought later, I concluded that it's all just bullshit. The dog didn't alert by sitting, and the officer didn't cue him. They were going to search the car regardless.

You say 'no', but, the puppy says 'yes' and there go your rights. It is pretty magic.

Here's where I disagree with you (but only in the details). The dog didn't say anything. I mean, I've seen dogs sniff for drugs (and find them). I've watched amateur Noseworks competitors (slightly related to the training sniffing dogs). No dog "alerts" by sitting, at least none I've ever seen. Dogs sit all the time, it would be a stupid cue. That dog could have just stood there and ripped the meanest fart you ever smelled, and the thieves (pardon: cops) would have said that the dog "alerted". "Yup, smells like he found something!"

As you point out, the dog is a prop, a talisman. That car was getting searched, full stop. They just needed a "get out of the 4th amendment free" card in the shape of a German Shepherd. They might as well train gerbils for that. They fit in your pocket, cost less to feed, and with a little propaganda we can all be led to believe they work just as well as dogs (and they probably will if you're just looking for false positives).

(And to be clear, I'm not saying you can't train a dog to sniff for drugs or bombs. Obviously they can be trained for this, and to a high degree of reliability. They can, however, also be trained to bark, dig, or whine on command, whether they smell drugs or not.)
Founders of startups should think about applying, at least, until the job turns into a well-paying one.
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I wish they put their foot down and said any cable/device that supports USB-C must support a. USB 3.1 b. USB Power Delivery.

I am looking at vendors like OnePlus and Google/LGE for their OnePlus 2 and Nexus 5x which do not support USB 3.1 transfer speeds.
I figured they did (they have to I imagine) but I really wish they would make that more obvious what florist they use. I want a service that adds value (like calling, order placement, but also additional services) but does so in a way that makes it feel like I'm simply ordering flowers from a particular local florist w/o having to call them.

Ideally the prices would essentially be the same (since you are driving business to the florist) but the service should be able to add enough value (by saving time, offering subscriptions, etc) to be able to display the florist info but still attract orders via the site/service.
I've talked to the Let's Encrypt people on several occasions about this. I think they will support wildcards eventually. The details are surprisingly hairy, though. In the meantime, we'll keep providing free certs under Sandcats.

I too wish we didn't have the wildcard requirement. Unfortunately, same-origin policy being what it is, there's really no way for us to get away from the wildcard requirement without losing most of our security gains.

You've probably seen this already but for others wondering about the details:

https://docs.sandstorm.io/en/latest/administering/wildcard/

And a sample of security problems that our security model (of which the wildcard is an essential part, since it enables fine-grained isolation) has helped protect against:

https://docs.sandstorm.io/en/latest/using/security-non-event...

Thanks for using Sandstorm!
> ...Marlinspike apparently doesn't like the idea of independent builds of TextSecure and RedPhone so much...

Except:

(Feb 2013) "So that's where we are. I believe that the decision not to distribute prebuilt APKs achieves the following balance:

1) It does not encourage the average user to tick "allow 3rd party APKs" in Android settings.

2) It allows "power" users who can appropriately manage the risks to install TextSecure without Play by building from source.

The thesis essentially being, if you aren't able to build TextSecure from source, you probably aren't capable of managing the risks associated with 3rd party sources." [0]

and

(Jul 2013) "Hey @rickbarton , to my knowledge we have not forbidden anything. People have requested that we distribute official binary APKs outside of the Play Store, which we are currently choosing not to do for several reasons (#127, #281). If we can address those issues we would be happy to distribute binary APKs.

However, this does not "forbid" anyone else from doing whatever they please. ..." [1]

Other things:

* The author neither links to nor provides screenshots of, nor quotes from the Twitter comments that he references. This is a bit of a red flag.

* The author asserts that "Moxie is not open to arguments and wants TextSecure to be distributed only via Google Play. He already locked this discussion.", which is plainly not true. If it was true, Issue #127 would be closed, and Moxie would not have made the comment that he did on issue #281. [2] It's also notable that the discussion lock didn't happen until 2015-01-09... a year and a half after the requirements for official distribution outside of Google Play were laid out in the comment attached to issue #281.

The fellow running the Eutopia.cz F-Droid repo clearly has an axe to grind, and is either unable to, or in too much of a hurry to understand the actual situation on the ground. When dealing with security software, you really, really want skilled, careful, meticulous people to be in charge of design, implementation, and packaging. This guy doesn't seem to be such a person.

[0] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/127#...

[1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/282#...

[2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/281#...
has any person of color ever tried this? I always find advice like this dubious. Is this for real?
Derek I think you are right about why none of these ideas have been stolen :)

As a general rule you don’t have to worry about your ideas being stolen unless you are lucky enough to have a truly brilliant idea [1]. The chance that you have a brilliant idea is very low.

1. By brilliant I mean an idea that checks more than 10 off my list. http://www.tillett.info/2015/08/30/ideas-are-not-cheap/
One penny in 1840 would be around 20p today (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/).

First class post in the UK is 62p, so in real terms around 3 times as expensive as in 1840. (and the service in the 1840's had multiple collections and deliveries per day).
I have often wondered this when ordering sub-$1 model helicopter parts among other things from BangGood.com. It's so much cheaper than any local source (2x-5x cheaper) on almost any item, even consumer electronics, it boggles the mind. How can this work economically? Or from another perspective, what's so broken locally? Is it just that Chinese labour costs less, and if the local supplier is buying in then it's also cheaper to just buy direct?
What amazes me is how people are putting up with this. Why arent we putting the highway robbers ( police ) in prison and having emergency elections for new sheriffs so they can deputize honest people ?
Ditto. I once was without Q-tips for two weeks by which point I could no longer hear.

Some people like myself have very wet ear wax which does not simply "fall out". Q-tips solve this simply. Just be careful with them (you only need to go in a little and twist) and you'll be fine.
I know someone at Atmel, and many employees are only still there because of promised severance packages.
While contingent on approval approval by executive director[0] if there are 5000 silver members they can reorganize into a 501(c) called MILF. Motivated influencers of the Linux Foundation.

Then they could control s board seat. As the members of MILF, continue sexting (stakeholders engaging xplicitly in transparency and influence of GNU) they will be able to promote the communities ideals. Also, if stakeholders of enough platforms and software programs sign on, it would be a pretty big controversy if they didn't allow them to participate as an entity.

As an outsider, it depends on te direction of the LF, but I would assume they would be receptive if there was a big change the community disagreed with, and spurred staleholders to organize and demand input back.

Don't know the LF well enough to make an assumption. Assume there was good reason and not nefarious, but dont know

[0]http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws

Section 3.4
I do not want to be manipulated into buying stuff I don't need either. Yet advertising is how free websites stay free, they also collect data and sell it.

I don't mind some ads, but some websites go overboard on ads and have more ads than content.

What really annoys me are pop-up ads or ads that launch a new web browser window.

Then there are ads that play some video and has someone talking in it.

Then there are free download sites but some of the download buttons are ads that download adware stuff. Only one download button is the correct one.

I can resist most ads, and I really cannot afford to buy things I see advertising for.

I use UBlock Origin because some sites started to detect Adblock and refuse to show content.

This Brave web browser is just the next in a line of ad blockers it is a web browser with an ad blocker built in.

Advertising has gotten out of control and I pity the person without some sort of ad blocker that doesn't know any better and clicks on ads to get tool bars and other stuff installed.

In order to combat ad blockers some sites have gone behind a paywall and need an account with a subscription to view content. Going back to the newspaper business model of subscribers and away from the free website paid for with ads.

Some advertising like Adsense are not so bad, I don't mind those ads so much because they are not annoying.
Just searched and found this http://fortune.com/2015/03/11/united-nations-subsidy-chinese...
“living mini-malls that endlessly wandered the countryside”
There are a number of people foreseeing a collapse.

Here is my favorite:

http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/