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I don't like extending the turn-of-phrase "lesser of two evils" to subsequently label each candidate evil. I realize you're just continue with the phrase, but I bristle a little bit at the implication that major-party voters are voting in an evil.

> If you are saying you have to choose between two bad candidates, you are implying you would choose a better option if one existed.

Well there's a word missing here that changes it. People are not typically implying they would choose a better option if one existed; rather, they are typically implying they would choose a different viable candidate if a different viable candidate existed.

> If you don't think the third party candidate is a better option, that's fine, don't vote third party, but if you think the major party options are evil, the just don't vote.

This is again a suggestion I take umbrage to, and one I feel primarily made by those unlikely to feel the level of personal impact from a given election. Both candidates are the same, unless your voting rights are threatened. Both candidates are the same, unless you're reproductive rights are threatened. Both candidates are the same, unless you depend on food stamps to feed your children and yourself.

Elections have real stakes. It's all well-and-good to take a philosophical stance with a third-party, but that third-party candidate isn't going to win. It's both a self-fulfilling prophecy to say so, and a pragmatic acknowledgement of present-day reality. So, when one of two people will win, and your vote does matter (which isn't a given), then the rational thing to do is vote for the person who you feel will do you the most good or least harm. And everyone that turns their nose up at you for not tilting against windmills can learn to take it easy.
One problem is that kids, at least in the UK, are taught to say "one plus one" not "plus one one".
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The ProxyJump (-J) and Include directive features are huge! Really improves a lot of workflows where a tool like gcloud autoconfigures hosts in your SSH config (and could now do so with a bastion host easily).

A bit ironic openssh.com doesn't have HTTPS: http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.3

Edit: corrected typo!
Ah, interesting, hadn't heard that -- is it the same as https://austinstartups.com/rideaustin-turns-tnc-lemons-into-... ?
It's also about putting the burden of understanding on the presenter rather than the suggester.
> I think many will agree that the import statement example is fairly weak. If you are writing import statements by hand you should just seriously consider the benefits of using an IDE.

Agreed that the example is weak. I do agree that, for import statements, having and IDE fill those in for you is fair game. It can figure out what you are trying to use and offer to import those, that's fine.

The problem here is the slippery slope. You get an IDE writing import statements. Than it will write getters and setters for you – which is already an aberration that prevents language evolution. For instance, C# has a syntax for default getters and setters (and for properties, in general).

Then you get IDE plugins for writing boilerplate (for, say, JEE). Then you end up with a XML preprocessing pass that writes Java code (XDoclet).

It's amazing the amount of machinery that gets created when people do not have access to a useful macro system.
BBC iPlayer users will have to pay TV licence fee from 1 September
The Mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder Opens Up
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This is very much about putting the burden of understanding on the presenter rather than the suggester. I am big on sharing idea, but up to a point. After a while I started referring to providers of half-baked ideas as "idea fairies." Perhaps they're well intentioned, but they rarely help.
I'm more interested in finding a solution to the problem then I am about protecting my domain of knowledge, or insuring that my coworkers are aware that my domain is special and mine. I can't help but feel that this article comes from a perspective of competitiveness rather than problem solving. Perhaps the reason so many seem to agree with this (even tentatively) is the competitive culture in so much of IT (at least that I read about). I'm glad we don't have that where I work.
I hope you're joking, because in any sane methodology, the developer assigns the story points, not the manager.
I always thought the Safeguard ABM missile complex looked seriously weird and interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program
Indeed, the original Kagi logo played on this - if you looked at their logo upside down, it spelled Key.

http://www.naratt.com/Pictures/KagiLogo.gif
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Love your interest in the community. Thanks for hearing me out!
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A third-party vote is wasted in the context of the current election. It is definitely not wasted in terms of ballot access and public credibility for the subsequent elections.

I think there is a pair of words reversed here: it is not definitely wasted in terms of ballot access and public credibility for subsequent elections (that is, it is possible for it to have some impact on those things), but its most likely also wasted for those purposes, so "definitely not" is not accurate.
#1 PSA.

I wonder what happens to all those bearded 20+year vets after all that neck carnage..scary..

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And now EVERYONE in the office wants one.
Best investment of the year. +Also fun to paint/customize them.

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Ugh, this was the part I hated most about commuting on the MBTA in Boston. It's not too bad in the winter (cold) or summer (AC is on all the time), but the shoulder seasons, when humidity is high but temperatures are moderate so the AC isn't on, were brutal.
Hackers Take Over Pokémon Go Creator John Hanke's Twitter Account
A few weeks ago, someone mentioned in a comment that Unicode was missing half stars (e.g. for rating a movie * 1/2). I've written up a proposal suggesting the addition of half stars to Unicode. Let me know of any feedback and then I'll submit the proposal. In particular, any examples of half stars in text would be very helpful. I've successfully proposed a couple of characters before, so hopefully this proposal will work too.

[1] The comment suggesting half stars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11959139
Disagree. If you implement every possible feature as a first-class deployed feature, your software is going to be (1) huge and (2) so confusing.

Implement core features, then implement a great API for 3P (or your own!) developers to add rich feature sets to the app that some demographics might find helpful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis
Super Simple SystemJS Module Loader Tutorial
Didi Schools Uber on Doing Business in Cut-Throat Chinese Market
I think there's a difference, though. With ML (IIUC), you build a language on top of ML that is a set of functions (and the data structures they operate on) that make it easy to express the program.

With Lisp macros, though, you change the syntax of Lisp. You take things that were not valid Lisp syntax, and you make them valid for your program.

So ML "language building" is in terms of semantics, but in Lisp, it's both semantics and syntax. (Again, IIUC).
No question in the world requires "can you just" in front to be asked in a semantically equivalent manner. I'm not sure why you consider it critical but I'd love to be edified.
Basketball is pretty unique, in that essentially relies on abnormally tall people. When you put that as a requirement in front of the many others you need to be successful in the NBA, it becomes clear why the field is so thin.

You see a few other places with similar fields though, like the absolute bleeding edge of traditional ballet, or some gymnastic events.
Reminds me that there have been some strange studies looking at the correlation of obesity and climate change. There was at least one presumably quack study that implied the obesity epidemic across all species could be a very weird natural reaction to increased carbon in the atmosphere and that carbon capture could actually be the real subconscious intent and that it may be a causal relationship.

(I don't think that is actually the case, but it's a fun weird theory to think about. Much like the FSM theory that lack of pirates has driven global warming.)
I had the honor of meeting Seymour Papert on a few occasions (there's no way that he would have remembered me), and coming away awestruck and inspired each time.

I also read his books and papers, and did a PhD with one of his best-known students, and never failed to come away thorough amazed by his vision, his dedication, and his ability to execute on so much of that -- partly through great research, partly through great execution on his own, and partly through inspiring generations of students of all ages and backgrounds.

Indeed, my PhD research was driven by my interest in pushing Papert's vision one step closer to reality. And my work training at companies around the world constantly tries to make things more constructionist, more exploratory, and thus better for my students.

If you haven't yet read Mindstorms, you should. You might think that it's a book about using Logo to teach kids, but it's not. Rather, it's a book about how children think and learn, and about how to encourage them to think and learn.

It's terribly sad that Papert has passed away, but his vision and ideas live on amount countless people who are better thinkers and educators as a result.
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I doubt Bruce Schneier is suggesting we not use technology. I think the article should be taken as written--nowhere does it suggest that the Internet of Things should be avoided.
That's true. People act like the President has all the power. But that's now how our government work. Power is divided between all the three branches of the government. The President does not have all the power.

Those that fear Trump will become a dictator does not understand the checks and balances of our government.
>sick that I have to vote for the least worst one.

Of course you dont, There are 2 Other people on the ballot in Most states given you 4 options.

I personally will be voting for Gary Johnson this year. (as i did in 2012)
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It's about time, Veertu has been using a lot of LGPL code without attribution or any visible attempts to comply with LGPL license requirements for the many components used.
Hopefully you guys did a true clean room implementation of the GPL components of QEMU.
Completely agree, but that is mostly shared infrastructure. Top football players and top rowers can go to the same place to check cardio vascular fitness. Motion studies don't cost a lot extra for the 100th athlete to do them.

Things like the 'shark suit' really don't advance the sport in any way which is also why it was limited in scope.
I am not kidding or being sarcastic, but let me add another tip for using your "full brain":

aerobic exercise.

If you just take a brisk walk, a quick sprint, or a jog, before you code or intermittently, you'll notice a world of difference.
I would agree that it matters less in non-battleground states, and could have the effects mentioned. This, in general, causes one of the two parties to absorb some of the causes put forward by the third party, which is one of the reasons the system tends to centralize toward two parties.
I, perhaps naively, thought it was a well understood phenomenon. With random references in sci-fi, and a quick appearance in Enemy of The State (movie), I thought it had all been locked down.

It's somehow inspiring to learn how much is there for us to learn.
It's Ubuntu, so it'd be AppArmor, and I would say "I sure hope so".
Show HN: Webgl canvas toy with source
Maintenance is obviously limited to the number of things maintained and cannot stop deflation, because costs will be approaching zero due to innovation and competition.

Edit: And you do expect a return. You maintain your house, because it has a value and rent costs money, so you have more house in the future if you maintain it now. Imagine a world were rent and the value of your house is approaching zero, would you maintain it? You would have more house if you just kept your money and rented a house.
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Presumably jaynos meant those prices are relevant in relation to historical prices: Tesla is near all-time highs, while SolarCity's share price has been around $75 at one point.

I do agree with another poster that SolarCity was more likely to be heading towards $0, rather than back to $75.
Do you mean https://gitlab.com/sse/sophos/tree/master ?

> Sophos' dependencies need a compiler
> supporting C++14 (Sophos' core codebase doesn't).
> It has been successfully built and tested on
> Ubuntu 14 LTS using both clang 3.6 and gcc 4.9.3
> and on Mac OS X.10 using clang 7.0.0

I don't see Windows mentioned anywhere.
OK, so that raises the next question: why do we need to stop deflation?
I agree that, for a majority of the athletes, it is about the spirit of competition. But if the Olympics are about the spirit of competition for some, it should be the same for all. And when I say "for all", I really mean for the executive who sits back and get a large salary from the municipal/advertisement money pumped into Olympics.
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Sure, but when I was new to Lisp, I mentally read it as "add one to one". The first element of the expression is a verb, not a preposition.

This might be good thing to discuss in a tutorial aimed at kids.
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"Making a pop culture reference no one understands" is a punishable rule? Wait... the author works at a game company? How does one build games without understanding pop culture and what people enjoy about it?
> Stepping back a bit, there's no reason that anybody should be getting a salary simply because they are one of the very best at their chosen sport.

Indeed. They should be getting a salary because they provide the extremely rare talent (developed through incredible effort and dedication) that makes the multi-billion dollar business that is the Olympics possible to begin with.

The reason they do not get it is very similar to what you see in other fields like science and art: because the sociopaths that run our society know very well how to take advantage of the love that talented people have for their respective fields.
Whats wrong with voluntary death for entertainment? The gladiators in colloseums were heralded even more so than royalty. But we can all agree that slavery isn't right. That doesn't change the fact that the coloseums were very entertaining, a consensus among the population. So why should we not let bikers voluntarily augment themselves. Sports are all about entertainment. The athlete is like a biblical lamb to the slaughter. Self sacrifice for pride, glory, cash, and kingship. Football has a risk of MS. Definite brain damage over time. Same thing with boxing. I dont think drugs are much different. They probably can be done a lot safer than some of these sports are to begin with
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I get this from PMs and managers more than other devs. As the labeled architect I'm trying to keep the system somewhat "clean" and "can't you just" suggestions drive me up the wall!
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"Can you just ..." is a persuasion to hacking. Don't give in.