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The idea of transparency resonates with me, but to attribute a lack character to people who do not live and have the opportunity the Mr Zuckerberg enjoys is something i find abhorrent.

Transparency starts at home, Facebook is not a transparent organization, if his ideals call for it, he should be the first in line, and his business should tag along. his case would look better if he led by example.
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I've gone backpacking eight times this year despite the rather rough weather back in February when I started.

It's great to have a hobby that involves a lack of analytical thought, just your immediate surroundings and some physical effort to expend.

Keeps me sane when I live and work downtown, and type at a keyboard in front of three screens day-in day-out.
Except that you have much greater choice of language. Honestly, I dislike client-side web programming because it forces me to use Javascript, even when Javascript may not be the most appropriate language. This would let me choose one of a large range of languages. Definitely a step up.

Secondly, isn't the point of this that it sandboxes native code? That means you can, potentially, have code running much much faster than Flash can.

More choice and better performance = win IMHO.
Guitar, studying japanese, and recently started lindy hop. #2 and #3 are complementary, and #1 helps #3.
Photography too... particularly landscape and wildlife photography. It forces you to get outside, to wait, to be still and patient.
Indeed, but it's still within the confines of the rule of law. He could have avoided this unhappy conclusion by either not accepting business from the US that is illegal here or never stepping foot in the US.

Heck, he could have joined Antigua in bringing this before the WTO in 2003: http://www.antiguawto.com/WTODispPg.html

The law was published, well publicized and I find it very difficult to believe he didn't know or ever question why 98% of his business was as a result of it. That's different in nature from web sites steadily disappearing due to the Great Firewall of China. You could of course assume that any access you have to the outside will disappear some day, but you then wouldn't build a business that is based on international Internet access.
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As a start I will point you here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Peoples_Rep... (note: that should be People's the HN url detector clobbers it)

There are enough other sites with information on China's civil rights abuses that you should be able to duck Duck Go it ;)

Living in a country with little or no respect for the law and expecting a reasonable outcome is not rational. You cannot extrapolate the experiences of your friends to cover the whole system, you don't have enough data. History shows us that China can be very ruthless in enforcing their idea of laws.
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Capoeira. It's a mix of Brazilian martial arts, music, culture, dance, and game, and one which requires physical training as well as the ability to think quickly and creatively on one's feet, and it teaches you how to truly control your body, something most people never learn to do.

Many people don't know much about it, but it's a beautiful sport. (Martial art, not dance. Common misconception is that it's non-contact - it's only non-contact if you move fast enough!) I particularly enjoy it because of the associated culture and traditions.

(In case anyone's interested, here are some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8xxgFpK-NM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51q1VB_dDik
Feel free to email me if you have questions.)
Are you sure? All architectures I am aware of have mechanisms to do this in a branchless way. On my machine:
int main(int argc, char argv) {
int x = 0;
x |= (argc != 1);
return x;
}

Relevant portion of assembly (no optimizations):
cmpl $1, -20(%rbp)
setne %al
movzbl %al, %eax
orl %eax, -4(%rbp)

Most other architectures have one of:
1) condition codes that you can use to predicate an "or $r1, $r1, 1" (e.g., ARM)
2) compare instructions that put a 1 or a 0 in a result register, which can be directly ORed in. (e.g., MIPS)

Of course, that code only works if you are either not writing in C89 or if your compiler and ISA conspire to always return exactly one from true boolean expressions. It is my understanding that the C89 standard only requires "nonzero," so you might need "a |= (b != c) ? 1 : 0;*" instead.

YMMV depending on compiler and architecture, but the 2 or 3 platforms I tried without passing any opti flags were branchless.

Test program:
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I haven't had a chance to try it on Linux yet, but it seems to be there:

http://lifehacker.com/5453124/skype-21-beta-2-puts-screen-sh...
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There seems to be a great market DPI and other "security" focused technologies. You can always sell such products to Governments.

That being said, I find it hard to believe that the internet can be censored and regulated. It just takes too much time and effort to be worth it. Whatever the technology used, there will always be workarounds. There is no such thing as foolproof technology.

More and more its seems like a big con. The Government wanted it and some smart guy told them it can be done. He must be making a lot of money now.
Cycling. All kinds and lots of. I even run this http://www.lfgss.com/ because what hacker wouldn't combine their activities.
i've got a proxy or two you can use in the states, email me.
That actually brings up a good point. When I was using my iPhone for skype calls, I'd have to first figure out if it was going to be a screen sharing call, in which case I'd use my computer instead. It'd certainly be nice (though probably lots of technicalities to figure out) to link a computer into an existing mobile skype call for screen sharing.
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The problem with this is the same as for services like dropbox. If enough people do this they will start blocking the slicehost IPs.

To be successful you need to have
* IP usage distributed over a wide range
* private distribution of proxy details
* ability to switch to a new proxy when your current one is blocked

Tor tries to accomplish most of this, but from the OP's post it appears that it is being effectively blocked, either by watching Tor entry points or by packet inspection.
First: umm, why? Paper is a great technology, and often the most appropriate tool for the job.

Anyway: The bulk of the volume of paper I deal with in my office are invoices coming in. Presumably, you'd need to negotiate with all of your vendors to invoice you electronically; I don't imagine this would be easy. I scan the invoices, and forward them to my accountant, and then file them.

My accountant does all my outgoing invoicing for me, so that paper I never see.
It's available and works perfectly well.
I'd like to tout an increasingly rare hobby among younger people (non-retirees): Bridge, the card game. It has a rule structure and that hidden-information element that appeals to nerds, but it forces you to think critically and rationally instead of analytically (usually--opportunities for highly analytical plays pop up), and forces you to be able to relate with another person both at and away from the table, since it's played by pairs of 2. There's a reason it's Bill Gates' favorite game.

A lot of fascinating older people play the game, as well. I met a small business owner who was formerly the first computer salesman for a major mainframe company--IIRC it was Honeywell, but don't quote me on that. At least one famous international financier occasionally shows up to the bridge clubs in Chicago (unfortunately I've never ran into him).

The downside is it's hard to find a critical mass of bridge players in your age and "hang-out-ness" category.
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He's absolutely right. Both of them are ridiculously flawed 'standards'. OOXML because there are literally sections of the standard that don't clearly document the behavior required of the implementation (space lines according to method used by Word 5), and Open Page because it documents only the required behavior for compliant, error-free swf's, when in practice the error-handling behavior is much more important (which, if you're wondering, is why we don't have a useable open-source reference implementation of Flash - even the bits without DRM).
I am a rock climber and have met or seen at least half dozen people on HN who also climb. Can't say enough nice things about it, gorgeous hobby.

edit: I was also curious about this, and created a similar thread a while ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=862139
Flying (halfway through pilot training), scuba diving, travel, reading, and I hope to take up sailing later this year. I tend to enjoy things that combine multiple skills and disciplines into one activity. For example, becoming a pilot requires proficiency in a variety of technical areas such as navigation, weather, and aircraft operating procedures, but it also requires learning airmanship and the art of flying the plane by feel. We spent several hours this week doing takeoffs and landings with the entire instrument panel covered with a towel, to get used to flying the plane with only your sensory input to guide you. Enough rambling though :)
Be sure to push your DNS through the OpenSSH tunnel too, or they'll see your client's DNS requests. Here is a very short write-up on safe web browsing while on untrusted networks: http://16systems.com/OpenBSD/untrusted.pdf
One of my favorite things to do is to go out and travel. Leave the computer at home for the weekend or a week and go visit somewhere new. Spend some time with friends and loved ones. As a side hobby, I've really been into taking pictures because I want a photo journal of all of those experiences and I want them to be as good as possible.

Some great resources for traveling are Spirit Airlines and Travelzoo.com. With Spirit you can pay something like 40 dollars a year and they will send you deals every few days in the mail with flights as low as $9 (plus tax). Travel Zoo sends amazing deals weekly.

In addition to that I love cycling, wakeboarding, cooking, and lots more but they mostly all involve getting out of the house and away from a computer.
well, aren't they?
That link points in to empty space, and even if it didn't I highly doubt you'll find a single documented case of a foreigner operating a business in China that was jailed, unless they were doing something illegal.

Simply asking for resources with a statement that you'll be forced to leave if you can't work will most likely not result in a jail sentence or even any action at all.

Without proof that's just scaremongering about China.

We all know China has human rights abuses, but if you read the charter on human rights then you'd know that there is almost no single country that does not have their share of that.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/us-human-rights/page.do?id=1011100

Of course I can not extrapolate the experience of my friends to the whole system, but neither can you extrapolate the other way around and say that there is absolutely no reason in China at all and that a mere request would get you punished.

Unless you can back that up with proof.
The ruling class of the PRC is currently willing to keep power by any means necessary.

I'm hesitant to bet against a ruling class while it still maintains its own Gulag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laogai) and gets 65% of the country's organs for transplant from those it executes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_in_the_People%...).

Yes, someday it will likely all come tumbling down, although I think that history shows that tends to happen when the ruling class loses the will to engage in such extremes. Or if its own history is any guide it might split apart again.

But in the meanwhile they clearly think its worth the time and effort. And little mammals like us startup types need to be careful to avoid getting trampled underfoot.
That's slightly oversimplified I think, and risks ignoring e greater causes of why Chinese internet companies have succeeded beyond American ones in that market. Facebook ripoffs like Xiaonei were vastly more popular than Facebook itself even when no block was in place.
If it is legal to smoke pot in Amsterdam, but illegal to do it in the US would you consider it ok for US law enforcement to jail visitors that have smoked pot in Amsterdam, or sold pot to United States citizens?
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Ok, mailed you back with access info, hope you got it!
I really enjoyed flying when I used to fly. After ~35 hours, I ended up soloing twice and then had to stop. (Initially due to a long stretch of poor weather, then a re-evaluation of my financial situation :))
I used to do Capoeira too until I broke my wrist. My knees weren't too happy about it either.

Now I do climbing (no, it's not as hard on the wrists). As much as I enjoyed Capoeira, I have to say, that I enjoy the whole "me vs the wall" aspect - especially bouldering. I suppose it's because I'm an introvert. :)
Ultimate Frisbee. It's real good exercise (which hackers need), and there's something peaceful about throwing a frisbee. Plus "reading" the disc (figuring out where it's going to land) is interesting because a disc has a few more degrees of freedom than a ball.
Actually don't use slicehost but a small time ISP that can offer this kind of service.
I really recomend you read chinalawblog.com it's a great blog and can give you a picture of the law situation in China, which for some things is better than most think.
Since he is on a shoe string budget, there are plenty of cheaper VPS solutions, many under $7/mo. I had one for $3.84/mo for awhile. Latest deals are collected at http://lowendbox.com
Photography also :) glad to see some photogs on HN. I do mostly street photography - I find that it gets me engaged with people and forces me to be much more social than I'd otherwise be (I do stare at a screen all day for my day job...)

[edit] Also, working in an industrial kitchen. Nothing like getting your hands dirty that takes your mind off brainy matters like programming.

In the end IMHO the best hacker hobbies are the ones that are mentally nothing like hacking at all.
Got it, thanks, working great.
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If true, he was a dumb fuck.
I use Gists for pasting (http://gist.github.com). It's really nice. You can have private gists, which are reasonably secure. You can have multiple files. You get syntax highlighting. And if you paste some code and then want to build upon it, you can edit it either through the web interface or by cloning the repository, working with your favorite text editor, and then pushing your changes.
I'm talking about metaclasses in Python for the hell of it. I'm talking one-liners that consist of map, lambda, map, lambda, filter, map, map, map, join. I'm talking about inconsistent indenting and one letter variable names everywhere. I'm talking about huge monolithic code bases, all of which he wrote, containing code copy and pasted from each other instead of making a library. I could go on but I'll spare you. I agree that "poor design" and "horrible code" is quite subjective but sometimes it's an easier call than others.
MMA. In my experience the technical sophistication and methodical nature of submission setups appeals to people who are abstract thinkers. Many people need to get over the bar brawler reputation though :) Don't worry, most practitioners are a lot smarter than the typical Tapout fan :)
dublinclontarf, I live in and run a business in China. I solve my problems with a VPN. I find the GFW an annoyance, but not a huge one. It mostly just means my connection is slower when I access certain sites. Do you live in Beijing? I'd be happy to meet up with you if you're in the area.
Entropy wins all by itself.
I think Buffett and Munger mean what they say about valuing honesty, but are nonetheless human and therefore prone to rationalization.
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Cooking is mine as well. It is an invaluable skill for man, woman, and child.
That's a really good idea, and it doesn't seem like it should be that difficult.

The way it should work is that when you log into Skype on your computer and you have an active call it says something like "you have a call going on another device, would you like to join it on this computer?" and then you could screenshare.
i loved flying and hope to go back to doing some at some point. i have about 150 hours, flew some fun high performance and complex aircraft. just too expensive to keep up...
Better for us as developers but as for the user of the product (the person paying for/using it) it is not good. We are meant to have the problems and not just pass them to the users.
The only difference putting it in writing makes is improving the indisputability of the evidence

IMO indisputability is a HUGE deal.
Common? I'd have to say that among the average population it's the most common attitude. Most people just want to work, get paid, and go home. Sure, they may want the glory (but generally it's sufficient recognition they really want), but they definitely don't want the risk.

Common in a group of entrepreneurs? No! Common in the workforce of the average company? Definitely.
Wine making and also wine tasting.Cooking as well and I also plays various musical instruments.
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From the comments, those are 'backend requests' and not even static file requests.
Yes, thanks. I always feel like linking to myself is a bit... scummy. In some way. Can't put my finger on why.
Moving to taiwan/hk/macau and taking cheap flights to the mainland could be a good alternative.
Based on a CNBC special I saw a year or two ago, I believe Warren Buffett is also regular bridge player.
Cut Zuck a break. We are humans. We say stuff we don't necessarily mean. I am sure you can find equivalent off the record conversations from Gates, Ellison or anyone big name poking fun at how much power they have and how they could abuse it if they chose. To go back to when he was 19 and pull this out makes it even more ridiculous.
My problem with the assertion in this article is I see technology creating an even greater need for the welfare state in the future. So I see attempts to diminish it as being ultimately pointless.

Up to this point technology has created as many jobs as it's replaced because it's enabled us to do more than we could before (much of the analysis computers now do in the financial market for example wasn't possible 20 years ago).

But that trend will eventually catch up to us. Especially once robotics matures and starts replacing so-called "unskilled labor" jobs. Think about it. A single robot can replace at least 3 shifts of laborer (and probably 4 since it can work faster with no breaks). Even with the increased need for maintenance personnel there's simply no way we'll create as many jobs as we lose. Once that happens we're going to have an excess of people and they'll need to be given some means to live.

Which is why I disagree with this article. For better or worse the welfare state is here to stay. What we need to do is find a way to make it more efficient so it doesn't bankrupt us.
I don't believe this has anything to do with what you or I think is OK, I think it has to do with the rule of law and how that helps or hinders businesses.

Having reasonably clear constitutions (big C and small c), laws and rules allows one to plan for the future and focus on serving customers and the like instead of worrying if the state will inadvertently shut you down (I assume we're both assuming that what the poster is trying to do as a business is not against PRC state policy, it's just collateral damage).
Does Tor use encryption between nodes? If so that should solve the deep packet inspection, right? If not, why not?
There are so many things that will require us dollars, euros, whatever over credit cards for your business anyway, so get a card that can do currency exchange anyway?
I voluntarily live in China and in many ways prefer living here to living in my homeland (the US). Otherwise, why would I be here? The food's great, the economy's great, people are friendly if you try to understand the culture, cost of living is low, and there's plenty of interesting historical stuff all around. Not to mention it's a very fascinating time to be here as you can see the most populous nation on Earth rapidly undergoing social and technological change.

Just don't get so hung up on the politics and you'll find that the water's warm :)
lifting weights. it's not only a hobby, but a balance and medicine.

"When the Iron doesn’t want to come off the mat, it’s the kindest thing
it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it
wouldn’t teach you anything. That’s the way the Iron talks to you. It
tells you that the material you work with is that which you will come to
resemble. That which you work against w...ill always work against you." - Henry Rollins
I was struck by the two chemistry references, too.
fencing.
Cycling. Indeed, I'm having some regrets about beeing at a Startup Weekend and having missed the live coverage of what has proved to be one of the more epic stages at the Giro d'Italia in recent years... sigh.

I like to ride, too, but have been sick an awful lot this year, due to our daughter being in nursery school and picking up a nasty array of diseases.
I've heard stories of people really wanting to buy advertising on 4chan and 4chan management being entirely unresponsive, so it might be a bit on their side too.
I am certain that it gets Steve off when people do this for him. Humble themselves in his presence, grovel a little and hope that a scrap of fat from the Apple table will be flung their way. Because as we all know Steve should be in charge of the direction of their totaly independant company.

I am not educated enough on the details of this situation to comment on the actions of the parties, but good for him for standing up to Steve in that email and telling him, you have never scratched my back, you have kicked me a few times and now it is your turn. I am sure that really chapped Steve's bum.
Nice of them to at no point define what the fuck WASP means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant
He's still saying the same thing, just more eloquently now.
There is flagging for articles, and downvoting for comments depending on your karma or karma/post. I don't know what the particular values are.
Diving, traveling, photography, and flying airplanes

Those are the expensive ones.

Karaoke, reading, diving, exercising, and writing are the cheaper ones
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That's what I do too! Just did it again last month and simultaneously move into a smaller place. I still have some boxes in my car and now that they've sat in my car for a couple weeks and I don't miss them I'm pretty sure I don't care or it may just be sentimental stuff.
Paragliding. It's pretty tactical, and there's a lot of information to assimilate about weather, clouds, thermals, etc. Snowboarding, cycling, hiking, guitar, piano/keyboards. Music composition is the closest thing to programming that I've found, in terms of intellectual absorption.
Your first sentence is a circular argument when the state gets to arbitrarily define what's illegal and notoriously includes legally undefined "state secrets" that have extended to basic economic information ... or anything that embarrasses someone in power.
Hackers every time. It just makes me want to go code something
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