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The thing I hate most in the world is pseudo-intellectual atheists that just know that they are right.

Many religions teach you that the goal is not to be a douche. Most college pseudo-intellectual atheists/internet atheists are douches.

I am/was an agnostic. At this point I am willing believe the exact opposite of Dawkins and his fellow atheist zealots - since I know that they are assholes.

They (like the Khrushchev of old) just replaced religion with their own zealotous dogma.
Comment #42

It's a shortcoming of the graphics engine, complicated by
the relative lack of memory and the trickiness with
managing what little it has. The implementation in WebKit
for GIF support allocates a 32 bpp bitmap for each
frame, which can chew through memory very quickly. The
bitmap allocator is backed by ashmem, but when the
kernel detects low memory, it tends to kill the process
rather than giving it a chance to back off.

If you have expertise in this area, we'd gladly accept
your help in fixing this.
Problem is, they're also massively abused by people using them to show video. Playing an animated gif 'video' would consume a ton of ram.
Well said. I find this philosophy similar to science, in that as a fan of science, I find it exciting when new evidence or theory comes up to correct or expand an old theory. I'm following this thread for that reason.
I was surprised to see the woman that works for Microsoft Research talking about her iPhone, Mac and so on. Or is that not surprising?
You underestimate the signal he sends by instisting on free software.

If you look at the isolated incident of RMS insisting on only using machines where the software is free (as in freedom) it doesn't make mucha of a difference as you say.

But if you look at the greater picture where RMS is one of the premier advocates for free software it makes a huge difference. He gains credibility by the bucketloads by refusing to use nonfree software, and he can't be called a hypocrite - he actually acts as he preaches. Look at Jgrahamc's comment above for an example. Whether or not it gives him personal freedom I don't know.
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But humans can understand and think in parallel. The teaching process is serialized. Concurrent pedagogy FTW!
I'm in the same boat too. W7 is my favorite OS so far and I do miss the shell. I adapted myself to use Cygwin to fill the gap though. Windows powershell, while a good effort, is not exactly what I'm looking for. The goodness of a shell extends beyond the raw commands. cygwin + rxvt + zsh is my current shell setup and it works pretty well for me.
I'm GLAD of this, frankly. 99%+ of animated gifs are simply annoying and unnecessary
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The article argues every step for a reality-based ethics. And the author has one in mind, not surprisingly. Advocacy is not a crime and arguments are not invalidated by conclusions.

Responding in the form "I agree that..." or "I disagree that..." could start an interesting discussion.
Actually, I think if you squint KDE 3.5 looks most like Windows XP which, while still wildly popular, is in fact 10-year-old software.

Still seems like propaganda to me though just the clever kind where you say something factually true in a way that most people misinterpret to your benefit.

One other thing I found out while reading about this is that this is a new venture for NK and in fact most computer users (though apparently there aren't that many) are in fact using Windows XP.
For me, it was much worse than a normal essay, because it was too slow. I dislike having to wait between chunks of text like that. It was cute and gimmicky at the beginning, but I quickly lost patience.

The website is certainly cool for presentations, but it's a terrible format for an essay.
It's unlikely that they'd say, "Well gosh-- he really likes us, so let's offer him $80k".

But that is exactly what Google does actually do. Not on an individual basis mind, but as a general HR policy.
The point that surprised me the most was the study about lower salaries for non-drinkers (-12.8% for men and -25.5% for women). While the study is from 1988 I'm curious how much has changed in the meantime. Although I'm in doubt that the sole reason for this discrepancy is the willingness to drink.

Maybe you earn more in the investigated industries if you are an outgoing "people person". And maybe you are more likely to drink if you are outgoing. It's the old causation/correlation thing. But still interesting.
> Advocacy is not a crime and arguments are not invalidated by conclusions

Of course; I just wish that the writer had mentioned this at the top so I could have given the arguments context. I've read Rand and personally don't find her useful so all that reading led to... nothing insightful (for me anyway) :)

There was a lot of use of "The fact is" - this is just bad rhetoric. I didn't feel these sections were well enough argued/presented to constitute a solution to the questions posed earlier in the piece.

Ultimately I just felt the conclusion was poor - the article posed a lot of questions and never really addressed them, except to say read Ayn Rand.
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> Posting to HN is like playing roulette.

A hint: your comment that got dumped on here (1) has little/no useful content, (1a) is only barely related to the article, (2) is a tired cliché, (3) is snarky to the point of being mean spirited.

I hope that even if you get a “positive net trend” with similar comments, it doesn’t encourage you. If you’re going to angle for “funny”, the joke has to be some combination of surprising, new, or especially relevant. Because most throw-away joke lines fail these criteria, they tend to get voted down: they’re mostly an uninteresting distraction from whatever other conversation is going on.

Also, your second comment is just a repeat of the lame joke of the first comment.
Animated PNG (APNG) not working either.
Based on their video, it looks to be a camcorder with a really big screen.
Her rectangle problem is wrong. Here are four rectangles with the same area and perimeter:

x = 3, y = 6; x = 4, y = 4; x = 5, y = 10/3; x = 7, y = 14/5

The formula is fix x > 2 (one side), let y = 2x / (x-2) (other side). Derived from xy = 2x + 2y.
What goes around comes around. Many of the techniques being announced for today's SMP systems is the stuff that was being done on big MPP machines by NEC / Intel / Fujitsu / Cray / Thinking Machines in the 1990s.

see http://www.amazon.co.uk/Advanced-Computer-Architecture-Proce...

It seems to me that the techniques that were in silicon then are being brought into kernels today. Crays ran a modified BSD4.3. All we need now is someone to say Hypercube.

Today's HPC is pretty messy. Driven by MPI and Fortran they have even pushed the Linux kernel out of contention by using OS-Bypass because the kernel is too slow getting bytes on the wire. In Plan9 we are experimenting with Syscall currying to reduce latency

http://iwp9.quanstro.net/papers/usecsys.pdf

I've drifted a bit because I wanted to use this quote :

"You want to make your way in the CS field? Simple. Calculate rough time of amnesia (hell, 10 years is plenty, probably 10 months is plenty), go to the dusty archives, dig out something fun, and go for it. It's worked for many people, and it can work for you." - Ron Minnich

oh if you liked that pdf here's another one about Plan9 on the Blue Gene

http://www.iwp9.org/papers/bluegene-20.pdf
It's a feature LOL.
Easily the most likable thing Kevin Rose has ever done. Not just the killing of the DiggBar, but the unbanning of banned sites, and this little bit:

Also with the launch of the new Digg will be unbanning all previously banned domains. While we will apply automated filters to prevent malware/virus/TOS violations, no other restrictions will be placed on content.

This actually gives me hope for Digg.
Android team: failure has never looked this easy.

It would take too long to numerate the demonstrations of incompetence in the Android ecosystem. I guess I'll just point out a couple:

* How about that Update All button on the market application? Oh wait, there isn't one.

* Nice next and previous conversation buttons in mail. What's that you say? Neither is available on the screen itself, and the two actions are in different parts of the menu?

* Truly impressed with that universal copy and paste. Um, about that.

Seriously folks. The phone should never have launched with these deficiencies and the many others that better people than I have noted. But to allow it to stagnate and still not address them for so long? That's flat out contempt for the user.
gedit/notepad++, winscp(when on windows), most debugging I can do in Chrome using the developer tools.

on a side note, has anyone used an editor that does javascript 'intellisense' and was it any good?
> You underestimate the signal he sends by instisting on free software.

It's all about the signal: that's how discussions and politics follow. I have a friend who is strictly vegetarian because of the reactions and discussions that follow, even though he believes otherwise that we sometimes do more harm to our environment in subtle indirect ways (like a fruit company which would contribute to regimes in third world countries).
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Ask HN: level of understanding for java if we want to do clojure prjt
I would like to know which java books/sites to read just to be able to use from clojure, e.g. GUI classes, serial port classes, etc.
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If this really fits in the budget profile that gets approved, then it seems reasonable to me. (All of the following thoughts are dependent on that condition!)

That gives us essentially a period of time for Shuttle to overlap commercial human space-flight so we can prove the new and let it compete directly for the chance to win out over the old. The fiat switch from one system to another under the old plan simply left too many holes for doubters to poke at.

I like the idea of using Orion + unused ISS modules as the foundation for a deep space vehicle; at least we'd have some kind of ship to use when we pick a destination. I'm not convinced Shuttle-C is necessary given the current outline, but if we do build a deep space vehicle I could imagine times when launching a really big payload would be useful.

Also via NASA Watch, a great 5-min answer to what NASA means to us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQhNZENMG1o
Sad, you don't see any real ui interaction. Also remembering the N97 promotion videos and reality, let's wait and see.
That's what they've been told to do, it's not their fault. It's like if you go into a Pepsi venue and ask for a coke, they will always say "Pepsi". Now I just want some sort of cola-flavoured beverage, I'm not that fussed, and they know that, but I don't think "this person is such a pedant" or think I'm being disrespected.
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Not too surprising: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/15/10-of-microsoft-employee...
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If it makes the person feel better by being a martyr, then great. But don't think any of it will change the world.
Certainly an interesting issue.

For the record, I just tested animated GIFs with Opera Mobile 5 Beta on my G1 running CompleteEclair 2.0 and it doesn't do animations either.
Those are all minor UI nitpicks. Android is open-source. If an "Update All" or better placement of Forward/Back buttons in Gmail app is so important to you, you should add it.
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How is that relevant to net neutrality?
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Enough minor UI nitpicks, and there are more than enough, begin to stack up. The "it's open source, fix it yourself" defense is tired, especially when given for a device I'd pay for (if I didn't have the good sense to own an iPhone -- or anything else -- instead).

Also, lack of copy and paste is not a "minor" nitpick. As I recall it's one of the things that iPhone haters would not stop harping about when Android first came out with the half-baked copy and paste it still has today. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQqhJ_fa2M) Even if that wasn't the case, it's a major, serious deficiency in the device whose absence I would miss on a fairly regular basis if I didn't have it with my iPhone.
They do a nice job of showing everything the iPad is missing in 30 seconds. USB port, memory expansion slot, two cameras, video output to an HDTV...
I'm curious how Apple managed to do it on devices that are substantially underpowered compared to many of the ones that make up the modern Android ecosystem.
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"I'd like it if the Air was about half the size. I don't know why Apple won't make something in between the Air and an iPhone."

I'd have thought this was a joke if it was published a couple months ago, but I'm pretty sure March 2009 was before the iSlate rumors ever started. Good call, pg.
Comment #45:

According to the Android developer in comment 42 the explanation is that Android has
multitasking while the iPhone doesn't.
I liked the Apple-like USB cable at about 0:13 in.
Can anyone here tell me if it would be possible to create a user interface for git, say if someone posted a link to a git repository, read the branches from the repository, and add some javascript magic with collapsible tree structure?

I'm not familiar enough with git to know if this is possible.

cheers
this sounds and awful lot like dns. i wonder whether they evaluated deploying this solution using existing dns software. the additional features of this solution that justify its cost are not obvious from the link.
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Apple iPad struggles to share files or print
Both are correct.
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From this very short video I get the impression that its quite a bit thicker than ipad. At the end of the day, you can have the most power slate device int he world but its the user experience that will make all the difference IMO. Android seems to be the best UI for this kind of device.
Not really understanding what short of a truly massive design flaw could cause these two things to be related. Surely if we're running low on memory the backgrounded processes should be the first ones to get killed. Or else how can you make an app that when active pushes the limits of the device? You'd always be worried about getting killed and not about doing what your app is there to do.
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I think you're mistaken. RMS has changed the world exactly because his convictions are so strong that he lives by them in every little detail. If you notice it people that change the world almost always religiously live by what they preach. Their followers take notice of this and aspire to it. It becomes clear that here is someone that talks the talks and walks the walk without cutting corners. Thus they become leaders of a movement.

There are plenty of examples of this from Jesus to Nelson Mandela. It's not about being a martyr or experiencing personal pain, it's about holding true to your values no matter what. It's a very hard thing to do, but that is how you change the world.
Totally off-topic: What font is that?
http://ipadpeek.com/ - probably just frames a new browser window in the iPad.
If the mangers can't stand working with someone their going to favour another person who they like to work with and fits their mood and culture. Even if the other person is a better candidate for the position, we don't work in a bubble, the relationships between people are going to play a part.

There would be workplaces which work the other way, where people abstaining from alcoholic fueled after work events look more favourable.
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Also surely you could just have:

function readGIF(filename) {
if (calcMemSizeNeeded(filename) > memoryFree()) {
displayGifPlaceholder();
}
}

eg just display an animated GIF if there's enough ram, and if not, display some placeholder.

I guess one of the other issues there though is websites that 'stream' animated gifs that never end. Still, you could just disable those for now.
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I think you're vastly overplaying his significance in changes that would have happened anyway. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on that.

Also I disagree about being able to change the world best from extremist positions. The world isn't perfect. You have to be willing to compromise, and accept that you won't get everything you want (At least in one go).

Sure, extremists are sort of to be admired in how strongly they believe in their cause, and how they're often willing to die for it (Or put up with using a 9" computer), but I think far more is accomplished by moderate, compromising people who work toward their goals step by step.

For one thing, he's lost a potential audience - most people will simply write him off as a mad extremist hippy, and not listen to anything he says.

And how much difference has the whole 'free software movement' made when the whole of HN is salivating over perhaps the most closed device ever created with the iPad.
Sadly, iPad Peek is next to useless. It's just an IFRAME with iPad chrome graphics thrown around it. The only creative thing it does is a 75% scale in portrait mode, but that doesn't accurately reflect what the iPad really does.. and since it's just an IFRAME, you not only have to disable Flash yourself, but user agent detection and CSS detection schemes don't work, meaning most iPad optimized sites don't look anywhere near similar with it.
It's interesting that his iterations were all based on customer requests and one of the top articles on HN yesterday was "Why you should never listen to your customers.".
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I find this article provides a better explanation (and thorougher) of the peculiar properties of gold, and some practical manifestations of those properties.
This helped me a lot, and has worked for my friends.

In my case it was more about illogical sabotage of my own work. I thought I was just lazy, but when I started to realize I was using more energy avoiding my work than doing it would have required. Going to therapist may seem stupid at first, but it starts working only after you've done it couple of times.
I try a different city/country every couple of years. New Zealand, England, Australia is next on the list.

You can probably get a work visa for all of these places relatively easily.
It's amazing the effect a first drinking session make for a new employee. Countless times I've seen the difference after that 'first night out' for new staff - the next day they really are much more accepted into the team, and much less 'the new guy'.

If you've recently started somewhere, and feeling a little disconnected from the rest of the team, get down the pub or bar with them and you will definitely notice the difference the next day. It's also true to say the heavier the session the more the bonding.
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Anyone on HN have a ham radio license?
Gardening is an activity that involves a lot of thinking and more importantly it's not a quick fix. You learn to value your time and expect results after months.
It's a bit misleading to say the unlicence is an opt-out of the copyright game. The Public Domain is a complicated area, particularly internationally and you may not be allowed to opt-out in this way.

What exactly is being gained over BSD or Apache 2.0 licence to compensate for this risk?

And since "intellectual property" extends to more than copyright, how does this impact on patents etc.

Finally, if you're allowing others to come along and combine your work with their and then patent and copyright the result, it's not really an effective protest "against intellectual property" is it?

This is all covered in the article itself.
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There's quite a large install base to retrain. The iPhone is, uhhh, pretty popular.

Also, iTunes opens automatically when you plug an iDevice in which mitigates some of this problem.
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Why not just have no stance and simply be nonreligious? Belief of any kind grounded on no evidence at all has always been a grave mistake.
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On servers, mostly FreeBSD 8.0 (a few boxes are still 7.x), along with djbdns, qmail, ezmlm, apache, stunnel, and tarsnap.

On my android phone: Twidroid, ConnectBot, NetCounter.
I'm also early 20's, just moved out from home, but I discovered tall ship sailing instead of kiting. (Actually, I'd done a 10-day voyage on the Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour before that and that's what made me keen for more.)

I'm (trainee) volunteer crew of a replica tall ship called the Enterprize. She's a replica built with period techniques and materials as much as possible. Tarred hemp ropes, hand-turned belaying pins, hand-sewn sails, that sort of thing. The ship's mission is to maintain a piece of living history that the general public can access.

It sounds like kitesurfing grabbed you like the Enterprize grabbed me: the major consideration when I'm planning a weekend now is whether or not I can sail.

I've found that I've met an entirely different class of people in tall ships than most other things I've done. There's a real difference in the interactions, like the forcefield that people put up when they're in commute/work mode is gone. It's not just the crew, either. The sort of people who sign on as passengers are often easy to talk to and have fascinating stories to tell.

Perhaps it's the wind? Keeping lookout while the wind's blowing through you is a fantastic feeling. Perhaps it's the chance to do something physical and immediate? Working together to get a sail set right is extremely satisfying.

I guess that concludes my first post on HN.
Anyone on HN have a ham radio license?