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Unfortunately, 'Sony' and 'open' are rarely related...

I tried YDL, Ubuntu, and OpenSUSE on my PS3, and with the relatively small amount of memory, the slow disk, and the locked-down graphics subsystem I found that I couldn't really do many useful things with it. If I were involved in HPC I'm sure I could have found something, but as-is OtherOS has always been more of a gimmick than a tool in my eyes.

I imagine those interested in using their PS3s for scientific computing or Linux hacking won't mind not updating the firmware, while those interested primarily in gaming or media playing won't care that they can't dual-boot anymore. It's frustrating that Sony are doing this, but I don't think that practically speaking this changes a whole lot.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_completeness

nand is more likely.
something i do for more general two digit multiplies is to work from left to right, like he states. take his example, 27 squared:

2x2 = 4
2x7 + 2x7 (cross) = 28, carry the 2
now you have 68
7x7 = 49, carry the 4
729

it's usually fast enough for me, and i don't have to remember other tricks.
Cory Doctorow's collection of stories called "Overclocked" was a nice distraction. Check it out if you get a chance. I believe it's actually out there on his site for free.
Having the ability to do quick calculations in your head is critical for good engineering.

I've worked as an electrical engineer and knowing a lot of 'envelope-style' calculations is important when you are trying to trace down problems. Being able to calculate parasitic inductance, or capacitance is key when say trying to find out why and opamp is oscillating.
I read this story in high school and several years later I had a strong urge to read it again. I couldn't remember the title or the author, so I paid someone $10 on Google Answers to identify it. Highly recommended.
Now this seriously has to be some of the best news. Ever.

What more could MBA's do for us, but to all leave for east, thus ensuring another century of western dominance.

On same note... Now I'm convinced that China will be the next bubble to burst.
I also had a fairly solid experience with a Reddit ad.

My main problem came in that the first 48 hours (out of 96) that I ran the ad were great. A ton of impressions, comments and traffic. Yet the last 48 hours or so I got almost no impressions or clicks on it. For anyone at Reddit I can provide my account information (its all under 'tibbon') for you to see what I'm talking about.

What I personally took away from it was that you should run your ad for two days, and then not run similar again for a month or so.
I wonder if they can somehow be persuaded to compromise - all future firmware updates limit the owner to running Sony's OS, but if you're prepared to forego the consumer goodies, they'll lift the hypervisor restrictions.

As a matter of act, with little or no marketing or other overheads, they could offer an open PS3 for a bit more than the consumer version (say $400), on the understanding that when you purchase it, you are not entitled to support for anything except physical hardware failure.

I'm really sad that PS3's potential as a general computing platform have not been properly realized. Of course that's partly Sony's own fault, but there has been much less interest than I expected even in the possibilities that were available. I thought the Cell offered a really interesting architecture and expected a surge of black-box applications. Oh well.
Hmm, some googling turns up that the state of California doesn't require any newspaper announcements for incorporating the LLC, but it delegates the "doing business as" registration to the counties, many of which do require an announcement. Can't seem to find any quick info on which do and which don't, though.
After somebody has tried the other channels. Doesn't have to be the same person.
There's no such thing as "host proof". There is software tamper resistance, which gives limited protection against the host and is often used for DRM. But this software does not use software tamper resistance. The author made up the term "host proof" to refer to the fact that the data is not stored on the client and is sent to the server encrypted. That's it.

This is Javascript "pgp -c" (passphrase-based encryption) but less secure.

With Javascript crypto, you implicitly trust the server. You are executing code downloaded from the server in order to encrypt your data to upload to the same server (or one run by the same entity if not the exact same box).

Instead of trusting the server to encrypt your data for you, you're trusting it to send you unmodified, non-buggy code to encrypt your data for you. Every time you connect to it. The one time it sends you a trojaned (or buggy) version of the code, your data is compromised.

I prefer to get my software once, audit it, and be sure I'm running the same thing every time. With Javascript crypto, every time you connect to the site is a crapshoot. Is it 0wned today? Maybe.

The comments section of a post I wrote has a discussion of Clipperz, a JS crypto library:

http://rdist.root.org/2009/06/10/when-crypto-attacks-slides-...
Predictably Irrational is just a "popular" summarized version of work in this area of psychology. If you like it, consider looking at some of the work by Daniel Kahneman:

http://www.amazon.com/Heuristics-Biases-Psychology-Intuitive...
Hayek's Challenge by Caldwell - http://www.amazon.com/Hayeks-Challenge-Intellectual-Biograph...

I wrote a review on Amazon that you can read there for more details, but in short: this book describes the themes that interested Hayek, their historical context, and how attitudes to them evolved.

I consider myself "left wing" and Hayek is no great hero of mine (when I read the book I was barely aware of him - I think he is more famous in the USA than Europe), but that doesn't stop this being one of my favourite books. The range covered is huge, the historical background of the times is fascinating, and Hayek is a much more complex thinker than you might imagine from the way he is treated in current popular culture.

Vaguely related, "Machine Dreams" by Mirowski is another absorbing, thought-provoking book on the history of Economics (simplifying hugely - the influence of the cold war on the rise of "free market economics"). The style can be a little frustrating, but it's worth the effort. http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Dreams-Economics-Becomes-Scien...
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pkrummins is the Lil' Wayne of blogging.
One of my roommates constantly uses Linux on the PS3 as his justification for why the PS3 is better than the Xbox (oddly he just says this, and hasn't actually loaded Linux on it from what I can tell).

Sony seems to be notorious for what they allow as features on their system. SACD optical out playing, PS2 support and Linux support seem to flip back and forth between hardware and software versions.
You're going to have a hard time reclaiming the word/acronym from the celebrity gossip weblogs/sites:

http://www.internetslang.com/FUG.asp
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fug
http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/
etc..
It's not trusted computing. It's "encrypted on the client by code downloaded from the server before sending it back to the server".
What does one have to do to get a dev kit actually?
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" If he refuses to refer me, on the other hand, to someone who might be looking to invest in my project, I'm going to recognize that his ability to judge talent is nil."

Hypothetical: What if your idea and your business plan is a flaming dog pile? Choosing to recognize that it is his ability that is lacking at this point is called arrogance.
I'd say the problem is less that it's inflammatory and more that it's totally useless. NoSQL as it is used encompasses a whole array of totally different technologies, everything from a bigtable style column store to redis, to memcachedb.
Very few places seem to contain structure and similar writing advice, the vast majority (at least targeting novel/short story/other forms of prose writing) all seem to target all the stuff like dialogue and ignore 3 act structure and similar forms. Most of the best info on those parts of writing seem to be found looking at screenwriting resources...
While I am generally opposed to government welfare programs, playing computer games back in my day meant futzing with Extended Memory Managers, IRQs and Hex Editors.
Academic research can lead to learning truths, but I do not assume that everything that comes from academia is true, or even most of it. I think the modern world has an entirely unwarranted, and somewhat harmful, credulousness when it comes to claims of "studies show that . . .".

But that is really beside my main point, which is:

1) To define "happiness" is a process relying on various assumptions.

2) Any attempt to measure that happiness involves further assumptions, in the approach that you use, and assuming the reliability of the results.

3) The idea whatever you're calling "happiness" is something that should be maximized or optimized is also an assumption.

It doesn't matter if these assumptions are made by an academic or not. They're assumptions, not facts. They're worthy of challenge.

I agree that my notion that individual choice is valuable is an assumption, and not everyone shares it. But you don't seem to see the assumptions inherent in the ideas of the happiness planners.
I'd like to hear how the code of the new commercial space companies, like SpaceX, compares.
It's a good article, but it's pain points haven't been valid for a long time. Also I believe rails 3 relies less on alias chaining and more on rack middleware.
That's strange that you suggest master/slave replication as a way to achieve consistency and availability. If you lose your master, you can't take writes and are thus no longer available. And if your slaves are behind the master, then reads from the slave are stale, definitely not consistent with the master.
you are trying too hard. finish the book first. Go back and read sections that pricked your interest or you found absurd (or whatever).
I read that as: "current web app designs are bad, and this is no worse." But that assumes we can only choose your JS crypto or other bad web app designs, a false alternative. There is a third option.

What ever happened to all the other non-web-app crypto that has been doing much better for the past 20 years (PGP, SSL, /dev/urandom)? How does your solution compare to those?
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Must be nice to have such clearly defined problems.

edit: woah, feature-fail == bug? Why'd it take them until 2007 to not have to reboot whenever they reached a new year? I'd call that a rather significant, costly bug, even if they don't, and it may very well be one of the longest-running in actively-developed software.
There's been a fairly large refactoring/re-architecting for Rails 3, including, unless I'm mistaken, avoiding alias_method_chain.

This is correct, and is a significant understatement. Rails 3 internals are on the order of a complete rewrite at the architectural level. The OA is only of interest for historical reasons at this point.
Right, cash cushion is there to take you through the first few month until you become ramen-profitable which is the first major milestone. It also helps to calm to down the nerves for people who are exceptionally risk averse, like I am.
Games develop critical thinking skills. Problem solving would seem to be "something valuable."

I agree with the general proposition that problem-solving skills are well worth developing. I also agree with the reply you have already received that how much problem-solving there really is in computer games depends on which game we are talking about. Games are like many other things in life--the calling of but a few, but good in moderation for many. I just don't like seeing learners let computer games, especially the computer games without much deep problem-solving, crowd out of their schedule other worthwhile activities.

Thanks for asking.
I agree, but I tend to read HN comments a lot more b/c of the way they get sorted by votes and in general they seem more insightful to me. If the author of the blog isn't on HN, then I am probably more likely to comment on their blog as well.
Perhaps, but sadly your day is no longer today and, by and large, that is no longer the case.
That's pretty awesome that the ruby community came together and put up the cash for this. I'm still lost/in the dark as to why no Ruby projects made it into the GSOC.

Also, here is Charles Nutter's blog on this:
http://blog.headius.com/2010/03/ruby-summer-of-code-2010.htm...

And the official page:
http://rubysoc.org/
The War of Art - Stephen Pressfield - how to overcome yourself

Gates of Fire - same as above, the story of the stand at Thermopylae

Agincourt & 3 part series Archer's tale - Bernard Cornwell - accounts of medievil warfare

StrengthsFinder 2.0 - Tom Rath - take a test and discover your strengths/things you love to do, focus on on doing those
My publisher did this for me. I'm pretty sure that's how it usually works.
My favourite read of the last few years was The Tyrannicide Brief.

I moved house 15000 km recently and this was one of the few books that came along (the others are in storage). Most of the other ones are mentioned in other comments.

From the New Yorker review:

In 1649, after Oliver Cromwell and his army had taken King Charles I prisoner, they had to decide what to do with him. The easiest option, according to a contemporary, was assassination, "for which there were hands ready enough to be employed." Instead, a lawyer named John Cooke was given the brief to prosecute him. (Other lawyers left town to dodge the job.) At the time, there was no language for what Charles was charged with: as king, he was the law, so prosecuting him seemed a logical absurdity. Robertson, a lawyer involved in the prosecutions of Augusto Pinochet and Saddam Hussein, credits Cooke with helping to make those proceedings possible; he "made tyranny a crime." But Cooke himself was executed after the monarchy was restored. His heart and genitals were fed to stray dogs, and his head, at King Charles II's direction, was displayed at the entrance to Westminster Hall.
I recently enjoyed "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art". As the title promises, it's a great look into the economics of contemporary art - what forces determine the ridiculous prices you hear about.

http://www.amazon.com/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contem...
"finished" the part published so far, that is. Many are doubting that Martin will be able to finish it, given his pace and the huge scope of the story. But I second the recommendation, read it anyway!
The submitted article talks about strategies for avoiding that difficulty (which are also mentioned in replies to your comment by other participants). I note that hiring ANYONE has the risk that the person hired will later dislike your job. If the job were greatly enjoyable, I suppose any hiring manager would rather do the job himself. But if you think you have good reason to hire, why hire less than the best applicant? As another reply to you has already said, having a good person on board for a while can provide benefits to your company that last even after that person has moved on to another opportunity.
Cool be pretty usefull. Is it just me or is the Key choice a bit weird? I find J for next and K for previous confusing. Would have expected it to be other way round.
They use the same industrial computers ands real-time OSs that modern airliners use, and which Nasa uses on more modern kit.

The shuttle software isn't necessarily a good engineering solution.Spending the same time/effort/budget on a more critical part might have saved some of the shuttle failures.

If you think of it in aircraft terms, is it better to spend $ making the avionics software 99.9999% reliable rather than 99.999% or is it better to fit smoke hoods/more exits/better weather radar etc.
King Warrior Magician Lover, by Robert Moore and Douglas Gilette. It is a deeply insightful book about the path to a mature masculine psyche written by a highly respected Jungian psychologist (Moore) and a mythologist and counselor (Gilette).

I recently finished reading this book and their four subsequent volumes, each of which goes into great detail about the four archetypes. Reading them has given me much stimulus for thought and personal growth.

http://www.amazon.com/King-Warrior-Magician-Lover-Rediscover...
It depends on who I want to have a discussion with. If the original poster (OP) is the blog author, then I'm probably going to comment in whichever environment I think I can talk with the author. If the OP is not the author and I want to talk to the author, then I'd comment on the blog. If I want to rant/rave but not really to the author specifically, then to HN.

But that's me - do what you want.
Some advice I once got about contracts:

If you have to go back to the contract and start telling the other person "The contract says you would do X", then the relationship is already screwed up and it is almost beyond repair.
For example, I'd love to see ads from other HN members (ONLY) here on HN, and I'd even pay to run some myself.

I agree! Maybe make it require a certain karma level to buy an ad. The revenue could help make HN a bit faster.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series.

A very enjoyable description of the pinnacle of pre-Industrial technology.
Strongly agree on Greg Egan. "Schild's Ladder" is one of the best 'hard' SF novels I've ever read!

I can see how you'd feel that way about Market Forces. Personally what I liked most in that book was the way the main character developed/changed over the course of the story. That being said I would consider it on the 'lighter' end of the SF spectrum, but I still think it's an interesting exploration of a society taken to the extreme.
Who's going? I'm kind of chocking on the $700 admission price - it feels like a lot of money.

On the other hand when I ask myself "if given $700 what would you spend it on, that would be clearly more useful than this conference?" I can't come up with an answer.

Hello, cognitive dissonance...
if you are into fantasy the mistborn series is awesomeness redefined :)
What's the purpose of the timestamped versions? (As opposed to just one version, or just running it from the .git checkout?)
A few that I've read recently and liked:

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

Mostly about cognitive biases. Helps you think better by knowing your shortcomings.

Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand

About protecting the environment, but with interesting takes on nuclear power, GMOs, cities and slums, etc.

Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes

Made me re-think a lot of things about food. Despite the "pop-science" title, this is a well researched book that looks at countless studies from the past 150 years.

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheier by Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird

A biography of Robert Oppenheimer. Fascinating man.

The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker

A must read. Evolutionary psychology.
The Burj Dubai, like any other structure is full of bugs.

The point of engineering is to make a system that is resilient to a certain level of faults. That's why the tower doesn't collapse if there is a 0.1 mm crack in one of the bolts.
"Looking to trade: American MBAs for Chinese hackers."
I rarely find myself commenting on the blogs for two reasons

1) I don't want to have to fill out all the info they request (unless it is a blog I regularly find myself going to

2) I don't want to have to remember to go back to the blog to see further discussion and comments.

HN just makes it so easy to go back and see the threads that I found interesting and I can then read what other HNers have said.
I think it should be changed to NJSQL

The O stands for Only. As in Not Only SQL. I believe the term is somewhat misleading.
I think it is pretty helpful how HN has members from so many sources (in this case jedberg w/ reddit) so that we get great responses like this so quickly. This type of effort is the best advertising anyone can get.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

AMZN blurb: You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is "flow," an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have. The exhaustive case studies, controlled experiments and innumerable references to historical figures, philosophers and scientists through the ages prove Csikszentmihalyi's point that flow is a singularly productive and desirable state. But the implications for its application to society are what make the book revolutionary.
also don't ask for a compulsary profile picture. one can change it later if he likes your product.
It doesn't - but can you guarantee that everything it is talking to doesn't also change?

A GPS string might erroneously say it's day 367 or be one character too long because it printed 20010 or a telemetry link might ask for 4million readings because it calculated "-1"
The job candidates and recruiters may be leaning in the direction of Asia. The experience once they get there may be underwhelming. I know many young investment bankers in Shanghai that have lost their high paying jobs in the last year with no outlook for improvement. The major finance hubs in Asia are anything but cheap for comfortable Western standard living.
Correct. You qualify to no longer have to read retarded comments on Hacker News.
It's much easier to rollback if something goes wrong. You have a "known" good copy and just change a symlink.

We do the timestamped versions too, but our build process tars everything we need up and SCPs it over. Our release directories usually need to be transformed, though, and can't work as a simple git checkout.
Anyone out there have ideas about embedding HTML5 videos on other sites? I love that we can implement controls, playlists, etc., all in JS, but I do wonder how to safely hand off those features to another site, like the embed tag does for flash. Iframes, maybe?
> But "bugs" in a 2,717 ft tower are unacceptable.

People have a tendency to overlook "bugs" in architecture because of the immutability of the medium. But once you start noticing that the HVAC is uneven on your floor, the hot water takes five minutes for ramp up in your office's break room and the conduit runs for networking are bizarre you start to understand that architects and builders run into design and implementation problems as well.

In fact they have their own word for patching. Renovations.
The Art of War is definitely worth at least one read.
It also depends on how you define a "bug". A car that crumples too much and injures the driver when hit at this angle or that angle within these speeds could be considered a bug. In which case, counting the number of knobs that fall off, plastic that cracks, and parts that wear out prematurely, not to mention discoveries of toxic fumes / paint / etc, cars do have thousands of bugs.
I remember reading how Bethe taught Feynman how to square numbers around 50 in his head.

1) Start at 50^2 = 2500.
2) Pick a number, determine how far away it is from 50, call it N (N can be negative).
3) Multiply N by 100, add that number to 2500.
4) Square N, add that number to your current total.

For example, 52^2.
1) Start at 2500.
2) N = 2.
3) N100 = 200. 2500 + 200 = 2700.
4) N^2 = 4. 2700 + 4 = 2704.

Example when N is negative: 47^2.
1) Start at 2500.
2) N = -3.
3) N100 = -300. 2500 + (-300) = 2200.
4) N^2 = 9. 2200 + 9 = 2209.
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