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Depends on why they aren't working. If they have no capital, and no pension they better be in a protected class, like students, seniors, disabled, single mothers with children or be very attractive.

Otherwise there is almost no financial support coming their way in the United States, except for a meager food ration that has to be primarily carbohydrates, and basic health care.

Everyone will hate them, they will be chased out of any dwelling they inhabit by a man with a gun (eviction), and death will come for them eventually, as it does for us all, but for the destitute it moves with all possible haste.

And that is why there is no army of millions of non working people in the US, getting by on welfare. That is a middle class myth. The only group that could do this are those who qualify for S.S disability.

Most of the non-working are the rich. A lot of the people we think of as non-workers are getting by by other means, and a lot of it is the underground economy, and most of that is drug sales.
I call troll. There are plenty vacancies in Europe, east or west. In my previous company alone we could have used twice the number of developers we had.
> Without real consequences, what is the incentive to participate if the rules can change when they don’t always go in your favor?

Yes. This should be the very core of the argument, with a focus on the words "conseqeunces" and "incentive".
I worked for the Russian military many years, and I believe Matt could do even more good for more people by using his talents in the Russian military. There is so much need there in software systems and support. It would make a great difference if there were more such volunteers. Like your experiences I agree that most of efforts were working on systems to go keep our people safe. It's nothing that involve killing people even indirectly....

But no matter Russia/US it all for a good cause - congratulations
This page is stuck in a redirect loop for me. This one works: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/61467/if-icann...
I equally wonder what the impact of Google/Alphabet supporting the TTIP trade agreement that many deem evil will have impact wise. Indeed seen a few people deemed that the straw that broke the camels back for them and dealings with Google/Alphabet and not the other way around.
calling about 15 A4 pages of text a book is a bit of a stretch, I think.
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Why not just use the card all the time then?
Remember when free trade was going to democratize and open China? What happened? This is terrible
this is profoundly insightful. thank you :)
You want to make that point. I don't care.

The attacker tried to exploit a flaw in TheDAO's code to steal its ether, not because it was designed to allow that or because that was the intent of its designers, but because he could.

Well, the Ethereum community can also do something that was neither intended nor planned for. You say that doing so would be a breach of contract. I say: Well, go ahead and sue me.
Previous thread where I explain that the stackexchange accepted answer (now with 78+ votes instead of 41) outlines more of the history rather than answer the question in a technical way for a technical audience:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9358902

(small correction: my previous answer had a typo of "17 million" instead of "11.7 million")
Restaurants have terrible margins (in the 3% range [1]) and high failure rates themselves. Selling to them as a startup is like playing on ultrahard mode difficulty, unless you're solving a hair-on-fire level pain point. The total neglect most restaurants show towards their websites and menus would indicate it's actually not a very high priority problem.

Startups are already hard just by themselves. If you want to increase your chances, pick a industry with healthy margins.

[1] http://smallbusiness.chron.com/average-profit-margin-restaur...
Ignoring the fact that the revenue goes to a private company there's one good reason why 18¢ would be a bad idea - already too many domains are hoarded by a small group just for resell; I imagine it would be even worse then.
Hypocrisy though is defined by "the presence or absence thereof".
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If you predict the company folding, make sure you have enough savings to get by a couple months. If they pay so well, that should not be an issue. If it is, deflate your cost of living. 6 months worth of living expenses in the bank account is what I'm aiming for all the time.
I'm moving to the EU so that I can start a company. I looked at all these options and they are incredibly unattractive for a number of reasons:

1) If you want to H1B yourself, you have to demonstrably give up control of your company to a US citizen. What if none of the co-founders are American? What if you're a solo founder?

2) The B1 visa only gives you 6 months to figure out an alternative. It's unclear what the alternative is, and why add that stress during what is a critical time for your startup?

3) If you have $100K you could go for an E2 visa, but it does not lead to a green card. You have to renew every 2 year. Exiting your company? Get ready to exit the country. It also requires you to create a few (single digits) jobs within the first three years, but that seems less onerous

4) My lawyer suggested that an O1 would be unrealistic unless you've been recognized publically somehow.

5) If you have $500k to $1M, you could apply for an EB. I don't, so can't comment too much here.

Fianally, across the board there's an issue of time and money. Dealing with this stuff will be a big headache that will distract from your company.

Disclaimer: IANL

[1] https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/entrepreneur-visa-guide
[2] Personal consultation with an immigration lawyer
Obama (almost) fixed this. The Affordable Care Act extended Medicaid coverage from the absolute indigent, to those making up to 133% of the poverty line in their state, something around $16,000 per year.

The group that is in a bad spot are those right above that number, as even though their premiums are subsidized, deductibles are anywhere from 2400 to 6400 per annum.

That said, you are right the dead are everywhere.

Poverty kills. It deteriorates every system of the body, and it's first target is the brain.

The status quo is an evil waste of humanity, and poverty is grossly expensive and inefficient.

UBI can't come fast enough.
This is part of a new influx of interest and capital to games media after a period of consolidation. ESPN, Yahoo, and Vox have created new Esports verticals, while Rolling Stone is in the process of launching a general games vertical called Glixel under the stewardship of John Davidson, a veteran of games media. I wonder if there is sufficient audience appetite for these new outlets as many of the existing properties - IGN, Gamespot, Kotaku, Polygon - have had to broaden their editorial coverage to areas like film, TV, and anime. Still, really excited to see what Austin Walker puts together; he is a unique and positive voice in games media.
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EdX does that, I just started a course on it.
tldr: author claims if you only look at transactions with 6 or more confirmations, it's strong consistency (or rather, "your chances of observing an anomaly are exponentially small")

Anyone not using Satoshi's 6 confirmation rule is No true Scotsman.

No statistics are done on actual, real-life blockchain orphans to prove his claims.
Umm, that's why there's a crisis.

Do you think the numbers are wrong? Why, and by how much do you think they are wrong?
The Big Biang Theiry is "nerdface." The audience is lsughing at the characters, not with them.
What planet do you live on? $195k is WAY above the average salary for a programmer. Only in SV or other super-hot markets will a 26 year old command a salary that high, and even then, only if they're amazing at their job. Most places, you're looking at $70-$100k.
I would love to see the actual numbers and how Frontex arrived at them - Frontex' job is NOT to decide on or even investigate in asylum applications at all. They have to refer applicants to relevant national authorities; one becomes an applicant by merely stating the wish to apply for asylum [1].

I furthermore have a severe problem with categorically saying that Moroccans "have no reason whatsoever to ask for refugee status" - the country is not as bad as it once was, but political activists are still far from safe [2].

[1] http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Publications/Training/Practi...

[2] http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/middle-east-and...
I just spent a month in Europe (coming from Australia). 2 weeks in Germany, then 2 weeks in England and Wales.

It was interesting seeing the difference in opinion in these countries on both treatment of refugees, and the whole "Brexit" situation.

Germans (that I spoke to) see Brexit as a purely racist / nationalist debate and don't really understand why it's being argued as an economic debate. They run the numbers and shake their heads. From an immigration point of view, they bring up, for example, the Spanish situation (~100k spanish people living in the UK, ~500k UK people living in Spain) and wonder why Britain think that leaving the EU is going to be good for "jobs and population" when this imbalance exists in many other european nations as well.

In the UK I saw "Leave" posters everywhere, and occasionally an EU flag or "Remain" poster. Speaking to people it seemed obvious that this debate was primarily about racism / nationalism and the economic questions were secondary to the general population.

I have a feeling that this may be a perfect case-study in how governments disguise contentious and emotive issues (that the general populous have strong opinions on) as economic issues (that are easily mired in layers of complexity) to make the debate seem more palatable to outside observers.

The horrific killing of Jo Cox occurred while I was on the flight back to Australia. It will be interesting to see how, despite the terrible circumstances, this event changes the tone of the debate. After all, it's hard to stomach that someone would kill someone else over the effects of trade policy, but the effects of "migrants" taking jobs are historically contentious. You only need to look at the Trump campaign (And Australia's disastrous immigration policy) to see how passionate these issues can make people.

I think MSF are making the right decision here (from a logical and moral viewpoint) but I hope they don't shoot themselves in the foot with this precedent. After all, it won't take too many further changes before they can't, by the same justification, accept money from the US, Australia, and any other country that seems bent on pushing a nationalist, rather than a humanitarian agenda.
objectively regulate

There's your problem. Such grandiose visions might have passed for a 1930s-era technocrat, but are laughable today.
> a certain penchant for poorly aimed rockets and human shields

As for that, I'm all in favour of giving Palestine high precision missiles and an Iron Dome system.
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Some parts of the Arab world are helping, others are not only not helping but making things worse.

Anyway, people from as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan are now seeking asylum in Europe. We're talking about billions of people that can potentially claim asylum for one reason or another. This isn't going to work. The EU cannot be made responsible for sorting out the problems that afflict the entire region of Africa and the Middle and the Far East.
If you can find a drug dealer dumb enough to give you money, it would be irresponsible to not take it. That said, your situation has practically nothing in common with MSF's.
Aye! Indeed!
30 minutes sounds less objectionable than what I've experienced.

The episode that turned me badly against take home tests involved a two-phase approach. Both were handled through a recruiter. The first was about a one hour set of questions (what does this code do, implement this class, explain dependency injection, that short of thing). That went well, so they then moved to a homework project they advised to spend no more than 5-7 hours on.

I did this, sent it back in and... crickets chirping. I called the recruiter (in house) every week or so to follow up. In about a month I got the standard "we've decided not to pursue your application further at this time.

I honestly have no idea if anyone even looked at it. I certainly never talked to a developer.

I can see how a 30 minute exercise could be a good thing, in that it could save everyone some time. Even then, though, I see it as a red flag if a company wants too much of my time before I talk to a developer in the recruiting process.

Keep in mind also, there's a huge difference between being available to work on something that comes up in a job, and shaking free 5-7 hours for a take home test that a company only might even bother looking at!
I work for a smallish company, as a developer. We get to choose our own tools. I think the reasoning is valid -- who would know better than the developers what actually will make them more productive?

In practice, I don't need to approve any purchase with management. I have a company credit card, and if I feel I need license for Sublime Text I'll just buy it.

But you are right -- as a private person I'm quite a bit more price sensitive about my tools than as a professional who is expected to deliver.
Maybe. But how about letting the investors and market decide? These exchanges do not want competition and are hiding behind the "protect the small investors" schtick.
>What do you think the thousands of engineers that work on these products are doing?

Not much. Usually worsening them...
And in the meantime keep grabbing somebody else's land. You're a man of high principles, indeed.
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He didn't 'try', he (or she) did. And he could because it was allowed, intent or not.

> Well, the Ethereum community can also do something that was neither intended nor planned for.

Of course they can. And that will make the whole concept moot.

> You say that doing so would be a breach of contract. I say: Well, go ahead and sue me.

No-one will. But then also: no-one will ever trust the concept. It either works or it does not, you can't say it works and if it doesn't we'll fork. That's simply institutionalizing unreliability.

The attacker has - very elegantly - pointed out a major flaw in the whole thing in a way that not much else could have: in the end we all have to either trust some higher power to interpret the context in which a contract was drawn up or we will have to live by the letter of the contracts. You can't have it both ways.
> That remains to be seen.

Isn't this a somewhat meaningless statement? Is it possible to prove that "no matter what system you create to transfer goods, resources, services or value representing those, it will be exploited"? Is it possible to prove the contrary (that there is or could be such a system)?

It will never be seen because we will never know for sure one way or the other. Best we can do is to make educated guesses based on past experiences.
Can't blame you. It's the stupid system that refuses to improve and improvise.

Us consumers are stuck.
In the Frontex Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis 2016 Frontex investigated Nationality swapping and they found:

"In 2015, 173 042 migrants who claimed Syrian nationality were screened; of which 85.8% were assumed by screeners to be Syrian nationals. As regards the rest, 8.6% were assumed to be Iraqi; 2.5% Palestinian, 1% Moroccan, and 2.1% were assumed to be of other nationality."

So yes, 14.2% of the people who claimed to be from Syria really originated somewhere else. But, if we again sum up those who come from a country who is currently in a state of conflict (I included Palestine), we gain 97%.

Edit: Also, you should note that people are screened again during the process of applying for asylum. So I guess the number of wrongly assigned nationalities is neglectable.
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I think maybe you're a bit confused about what HN is, it is a community that gathers and discusses news that is relevant to people who are starting or funding new companies, mostly in the information technology sector.

Cryptocurrencies attract money and spawn companies, there are YC funded startups that are based around cryptocurrencies. If you're looking for refuge from them, you've gone to the wrong place, this is basically the lions den. If there's money to be made with technology, this is where it'll be discussed, no matter over whose back.

Just that it's on HN doesn't mean HN or even YC supports it. If everyone on HN would support ETH, BTC or the DAO, it'd be worth even more. It's just interesting technology with relevance to business and finance.
The answer, an open letter to the attacker: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4oo3ud/an_open_le...

And according to this [1] (based on the signatures) the open letter from the attacker is fake.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4oo1io/an_open_le...
>For example I worked on software that helped soldiers

Soldiers deployed in the other side of the world where they have no business to be in the first place? Securing cheap oil resources and/or control of strategic interests?
I've tried to explain my position briefly above in an edit.
I'm not sure a former businessman being spiritual is particularly more phony than anyone else doing it.
This really highlights the differences between trying to understand and formalise the theory behind distributed systems and trying to practically build and use distributed systems.

In a practical sense, bitcoin pretty much has the property of strong consistency. That is a useful thing for people to know and understand. However, none of the theory that applies to strongly consistent systems necessarily needs to apply to bitcoin, because bitcoin is not theoretically perfectly strongly consistent. This is also important for people to understand, as otherwise they may incorrectly assume that certain results apply to bitcoin, e.g. the CAP theorem, leading to confusion.

So, I really do believe it is important to differentiate between talking about the properties of distributed systems in a theoretical sense and talking about them in a practical sense. The current formalisations of distributed systems have mainly been built to understand the theoretical properties, which while can be useful as a starting point to understand the practical properties, its always important to note that distributed systems may have good enough approximations to useful theoretical properties for a particular use case.
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This letter is fake. Signatures do not match. Flag and move on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4oo1io/an_open_le...
My media company uses facebook because it is very easy to target those who would be interested in our product. We've found it is very difficult to keep our ads running. Despite being told that our ads are in compliance with their "20% text rule" they are regularly disabled. In addition, the initial traffic is always much better than after the ad has been running for several weeks. This makes facebook advertising very costly in terms of labor.
An important part of this (that I've still not really figured out) is, if you're pushing much of your validation in the DB, how & where to interpret the different validation errors you might receive, and pass back through your application for turning into friendly messages, highlighting formfields, etc, etc.
By we are you referring to the US? The US has a lot of capability here. I'm not going to go into a long winded post going into this. I just wanted to point out that unfortunately this kind of hand washing taking place in your comment is very effective.
I think Levine did a good job debunking the idea that a bit of disclaimer in the Terms of Service would preclude a court of law from considering facts beyond just the [exploitable] code of the smart contract. In the real world courts are fully equipped to handle situations like a faulty contract being exploited by insiders and outsiders alike. Fortunately the law is not a Turing machine. I think if the hacker who exploited this bug ever was uncovered it would not go well for them.

But the idea that any miner choosing a fork which blacklists this recursive split exploit is liable for damages to the hacker, that's just laughable. Can you imagine a universe where miners are legally bound to continue investing their hashrate in a particular fork?

The entire system is predicated on miners independently choosing whichever fork they want to support. The attacker is welcome to mine as much as they want on their preferred fork, just as any miner is free to do the same.

In any case, the market will decide how much the Eth on either fork should be worth. You can argue which fork you would value more, or which universe you would rather live in, but what's neat is ultimately the miners and the market will decide.

Whatever direction the Eth ultimately goes, one thing we can be sure of is that blacklisting is always possible to the extent that miners are willing or able to be compelled into implementing them. A campaign against blacklisting this particular address seems to me to be misplaced, because other than enriching the hacker it accomplishes nothing. Miners upgrade their code to express their preferences all the time. Miners can run "official releases" or variations on the same at any time. I think arguing that loading or not loading a particular commit proves anything about the future nature of Etherium is pretty speculative. You can blacklist an address today and not blacklist tomorrow. You can not blacklist today and blacklist tomorrow.

My own opinion is that Eth is very much still in Beta (or Alpha) and the community is still in Kindergarden learning how to write secure contracts in Solidity. We should expect these contracts to fail like this more often than not. If the miners vote for a "redo" on this particular bug in this particular contract I think it doesn't matter much either way. The reality is that Eth has a very long road before it can be safely used for its intended purpose, and that realization (whether it should have been obvious or not) will have a larger economic impact than this particular hack being rolled back or not. It's not like this is the only bug in "The DAO" code.
Wouldn't you have been a good (great!) candidate for an O-1A or EB-1?

Completely understand if you couldn't be bothered at this point though. What a loss for the US.
In Google's case their actual product helps with research aside from the money.
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1) Racial superiority or tribal instinct aside, my question is, how is it going to be paid for?

Helping the refugees/migrants integrate will cost a lot of money. Legal representation for them initially. Initial housing. Schooling. Essentially everything has to be paid for by govt until they get some low paying job that will barely pay for their expenses. And most likely they will end up needing govt assistance for the rest of their life because they don't have the skills needed in the local economy. And this life of depending on govt assistance will very possibly be the life of their offsprings too, because they couldn't get the necessary education due to their parents inability to deal with the new society.

2) The people creating the legal standard for dealing with refugees in 1950s and 1960s couldn't possibly have foreseen what's happening today. Certainly not the scale. With smartphone and social media, the scale is something no one expected.

3) Some limit has to be set on how many refugees/migrants are allowed in. Otherwise, the region of Syria/Afg/Iraq will be empty of people except for the warlords and their underlings. Now where do you draw the line?