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ReadyReturn sounds like it only works if you have an extremely simple tax return. While that is great, I don't understand how the people with a simple W-2 are having such a painful time with taxes. It takes about 5-10 minutes to finish a simple return. What am I missing?
While stealing the employee stock options is beyond pale, the real issue is what the working environment must be like there. I was in a similar situation many years ago with a completely corrupt management team. My boss and I got off on the wrong foot when he asked me to lie about another employee he wanted to fire and I refused (which led to him then trying to find people to dish dirt on me so he could fire me).

The CEO and president were fully aware this kind of stuff was going on but looked the other way because he was producing the results they wanted to see (they weren't exactly clean either and several years later were both indicted on criminal charges).

I saw multiple people break down in tears due to the pressure he put on them. Everyone was stressed out all the time. People were constantly in poor health due to the stress. Backstabbing was normal operating procedure just to stay off the hit list. People would doing anything to suck up to the boss so they could keep their job another week, or month, or quarter hoping things would get better.

After I left the company I couldn't believe I put up with that. My health was in the toilet. Mentally I was wasted. I remember at my next job constantly worrying that everyone who was being nice to me was setting me up. I parsed every word people said to me looking for a trap. It took me a full year before I could sleep more than four hours a night.

The ones who have left or were let go are the lucky ones. The stock can't be worth the physical and emotional damage.

I've worked in a lot of high pressure jobs before that one and since then but that place will always stand out as the most damaging period in my life.
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Compilation is not a good example of this, though. Parallel compilation is something that any language that allows for separate compilation has supported for decades (make -j N at its most basic, with some language implementations providing more sophisticated support).
In other words: a YouTube ad was serving malware.

All that backend obscurantism is completely irrelevant to the hapless viewer.
Yes. Agreed, therefore my "to me that means" and "in western nations". And this is something that --in a democracy-- we can vote on: higher or lower capitalist-threshold? :)

While the exact threshold is up for debate, I think it is an otherwise easy to distinguish class difference.
> You can't do the work on Linux.

Although it is buggy, I use the Linux editor regularly. :)

> And their project format is locked to prevent you from opening a project that had just been opened in a newer version than the one you have

Related pet peeve: The Linux editor appends "Linux" to the project version, forcing a complete reimport of all the assets when moving between the Linux and Windows editors even if they're actually at the same version.
It's probably the same or similar reason people cheat in online video games.
This can simple not be true: proof: take 2 computers render in parallel, combine images at the end when happy with the result. The combined images will look better. The 2 computers shared no resources. As such, ray-tracing scales.

Luxrender for example has a problem here: all threads are writing to the same output buffer, causing bottlenecks and non perfect scaling. (Might be corrected by now.) The advise then was: run 2 or more Luxrenders, and combine the output image (luxrenders flm file).
There's nothing inspirational about wondering if your friend is going to survive yet another dangerous stunt, just because they can't feel alive without risk. It's a shit situation for all involved.
I said you can't build games from linux, not for linux.
Yeah, I don't meant to imply they're shortchanging anyone - retail sales are tough even on higher-margin goods like outdoor gear. I was just comparing to online retailers, where profit-share + member discount brings them to rough parity.
> You need a hopeful monster that can run its metabolism throughout the cell to develop large genomes of the type that can support differentiated cells in multi-cellular creatures

There are a quite a few creatures sitting at the boundary between unicellular and multicellular like colonial algae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvox) and hydra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus) - I call this one "at the boundary" because you cans simply cut a piece of an adult and have the pieces heal intro 2 live adults, so "being multicellular" happened before having proper genomic mechanisms for encoding body plan and body plan related cell differentiation for this organism, for example, information pattern is all emergent based on relative position of cells - there are experiments to prove this, it's not all inference from what I said above). So there's no missing link here, you can have a pretty smooth continuum from unicellular to "proper multicellular" (like body plan with cell types differentiation encoded in genome so it can "boot up" from just one fertilized cell). Also yeasts and unicellular algae have pretty huge genomes with tons of redundancy / duplication / room to spare / room to accommodate multiple cloned copies etc..

Yeah, biologists do like to point out that there are "very clear differences" between the organisms I mentioned above, and that they are clearly separate things, because they do love their beloved classifications of things :) (god forbid one puts an organism on wrong shelf of their library)... but if you look at things more computationally/informationally, there's a lot of flexibility and no clear gaps/boundaries "down at the bottom of the tree of life"... really can't see anything that evolution would have a problem searching through, no big ridges to block gradient descent in this problem space (like there are before proper-unicellular-life-with-genetic code, despite all "RNA world" theories... that's why I'd be more inclined to think that there may be planets with life supporting condition where microbial life has not had the chance to start yet despite the requirements being there... rather than life "getting stuck" at the microbial stage)
There's the general rule of thumb that one's right to privacy is inversely proportional to one's power over others. Be it political, economic, or whatever. So a Presidential candidate deserves less privacy, because they pose more of a public risk. That distinction is clear in US libel law.
> and maybe we can start to address the lack of democracy (and excess of lobbycracy/plutocracy/capitalism) as a problem.

Instead of cheering how "democratic" we are.
I completely agree, though I thought it more polite to not completely dismiss out-of-hand the person to whom I was responding.
Also one of his books displayed some graphs that showed the distribution of IQ by ethnicity. He did not write "black people are inferior". You did.
I knew they had experimented with it, but I couldn't find an up to date version. I just assumed they had abandoned it.
I remember the first time I got my sweaty little hands on a 286 with VGA graphics (before that I had an XT with CGA).

It was like stepping into the future.

Shortly after I got my hands on a 386 Elonex laptop with B&W VGA and it was amazing (I got it from a family friend who was binning it, the ribbon between the screen and the base had snapped and it was a 50p part for a machine that was selling well north of a 1000 at the time).
Using Couchbase with Docker and Deploying a Containerized NoSQL Cluster
If anyone knows a way to programmatically export reader-mode style PDFs, I can throw a quick website together or something.
Facebook's perfect, impossible chatbot
Aren't generation and consumption very close to equal?
Not even arguably.

Hell, Brexit is more destructive to Americans than ISIS is.
Looks like they are not thrilled with Microsoft's LinkedIn purchase.
Indeed. That's also why Libel and Slander are an offense in England, even if it is true. Truth there, is no defense.

I much prefer the truth as a defense idea, which goes against the strict interpretation of the UN's charter.

And do not forget, "Grab her by the pussy" is now the presidential standard. there was some in this country that were that crude and direct about sexual assault, but those views are now given much more airtime..
Well your "dividend" is simply a portion of what you bought. Sort of like a rewards credit card, they're not actual dividends.
Who defines sufficiently large? There is probably a ISP that is smaller than the New York Times does this standard not apply to them?
Yeah, I was sad about the loss of a lifetime guarantee, but not very surprised. It seems like a lot of people were either using them for free 'rentals' (returning gear after the season) or lifetime replacements on normal wear. I've still had good results returning anything broken or ill-fitting, at least compared to competitors like EMS.

I assume there are smaller co-ops that are truer to their intentions, but I suspect economies of scale might leave them with very high prices.
Not possible, as you need the request/response model to get the interesting information. You send "010D" (mode one, PID 0D) to get the vehicle speed value. That's "read only", but you need to send data to get data.

What does seem to be a hole is that the dongle exposes general CAN bus communications, as well as OBD-II commands/modes that are NOT read only.

Here's a chart (from wikipedia) of the different OBD-II modes: http://imgur.com/a/YpGNU

It's fairly obvious which ones would be somewhat safe to expose. They would need to block the others in the dongle, and block general CAN bus access as well.

I believe the high level problem is that the dongle exposes everything, and they are doing the parsing in software on your phone or laptop.

Well, and auto makers not having a separate CAN bus for the OBD-II connector to talk to the ECU. I believe some vehicles do, and some don't.
Thanks!

Will change the default to classic international rule and keep variants as a second option (eg. under some kind of a country flag).

Have not yet thought on rules with more than two players, but I will consider it.

Having an AI will be nice, but I do not have an idea yet how to integrate it safely (to avoid cheating) in the client. Did not want to add AI in the server to avoid increase in server load/costs.

By the way rules written by other players/developers, with variants of them as known in their country, are welcome. I will consider adding those rules to the official demo.
On the Evaluation of RDF Distribution Algorithms Implemented Over Apache Spark
I found mountain biking to be less about "I'm going to ride this trail faster than you" and more about "I'm going to ride this trail 'better' than you."

By better I mean with more finesse: a good challenge for example would be riding a tough trail without ever putting a foot down.

Mountain biking also adds an interesting element less present in road cycling, the need for traction control.

Pulling off a tough mountain biking climb involves controlling traction, over loose crumbly soil or roots and rocks. If you try to just mash it the rear wheel will only spin out and you'll blow the climb.

It's not necessarily the guy with monster quads who will be the best at mountain bike climbing, but the guy who can feel where his rear wheel is at all times, and how much traction it has.
It's on my long-term-roadmap to transition. Currently, I'm not smart enough.
Also of interest, "A Void": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/busting-eight-common-e...
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For Apple, you should not think in terms of profit. They probably care more about power consumption and having the best of the best.
> I started to understand the realities of potential PTSD with a particular patient. When I was a resident, we admitted a guy whose ICD started firing while he was feeling fine and mowing his lawn. He freaked out, stripped his shirt off and ran screaming up his neighborhood street until he found some help.

My _first_ priority (in the back of an ambulance) with someone who had an AICD fire is to get some significant sedation on board. I've seen multiple patients where the the anxiety of anticipating another discharge is amping up their SNS enough trigger their arrhythmia (triggering another shock).
Alexa skill for Kodi – 2.5 update
This device pulls drinking water straight out of the air
2011 is a long time in gear years! I went to a flagship REI here in Seattle the other day and was happily surprised when I played with the REI house brand gear. I'd recommend giving them a visit and seeing if they have improved (I have no idea what it was like in '11).
> nothing that touches more than 12V.

And as a reminder since you mentioned them explicitly, a USB charger counts as 110/220V, not 5V.
I wouldn't say "indistinguishable", because governments at least theoretically serve the people's will. US law was initially quite hostile to corporations, which were considered unaccountable. Until the late 1800s, only corporations with public-interest charters were legal.
The average income of a programmer is as relevant as the average income of a musician. It will not tell you anything about how much Lady Gaga makes, or the fact that the richest man in the world is a programmer. This kind of averages could possibly be relevant for bricklayers, but even in that case I doubt it.
I have, from EU. I've been living in Auckland for 2 years. Scala dev. I left recently though. I think I may have good perspective, shoot me questions if you want.
Ask HN: Could hackers prevent WW3?
Is it at all feasible that hacker collectives / independent agents might be able to stop world powers intent on violence from destroying each other?
1. I have an actual printed out manifest lying around here. It very clearly says dictatorship on many cases. And that there is a ruling party and the to be ruled.

2. I disagree, but this goes too far.

And about those other schools, yes there are nicer formulated ones.
But in my opinion, they all go in the same direction. "Rich are evil" "poor are good" "poor must take from the evilrich and then is all good"
0. It's the 'a small price' plus a free tier that concerns me in terms of sustainability for a business. It makes sense of Walmart to provide and maintain and support free software because the free software:

a. does not cannibalize sales transactions.
b. does not have design incentives to be delibrately
bad/frustrating/incomplete
c. does not allow the creation of bad business metrics
like "Look how many free users it has!"
d. *does* create a virtuous cycle where there is revenue
for support and maintenance proportional to its use.

The free tier of a paid product does the opposite of each. Not only is the paid tier "competing with free" the company itself is actively anchoring the price to 0€.

1. 10,000 free users and 1000 paid users means supporting 11,000 users on the revenue from 1000 (and that's assuming an optimistic 9% conversion rate and an optimistic 1000 users). With the current pricing that's less than 50k a year before expenses.

2. The revenue model in #\1 suggests a significant probability that the business will be underfunded. Underfunded businesses tend toward ceasing operations. I mean if the business gets to 1000 paid accounts a year from now at a steady rate, that's only 25k in the first year.

3. Where I am going is that the as a business proposition, if it is worth investing the time in building and managing a website on PageRocket, then it is probably worth 50€ a month and with 50€ a month per paid account, there is money to run a business and incentives to make the product worth 50€ a month or 100 or 200.

Of course, if the goal is passive income, then that's a different model.

4. There was an interview with Jeff Atwood (I think on Hanselminutes but maybe Software Engineering Daily) where he described the three things a landing page has to do. The two I remember are it has to tell people 'what it is' and 'why the person should care'. A lot of goes in to those will be subject to interpretation by the visitor. "Oh a box to type in my email address" leads to a lot of quick assumptions that it is probably better not to have people make.
That's US law, in the US truth is a sufficient argument against libel. This is the UN charter. Do you know of any other documentation that outlines article 12 in more detail? I'm coming up empty.
The science behind why your shoelace knot is doomed to fail
100%. It's going to be hard to kill Snapchat with a clone if you don't open on the camera. Which you can't really do without ruining the experience for existing users.

The only few times I used Facebook's "My day", I just posted my saved snaps. (and I only did it to see who'd open!)

I don't even use the regular camera app. It's always Snapchat. It's the best casual camera app out there.
There are plenty of jobs available for game engine developers, and low level engine programmers in general. If you'#re applying for jobs with React/Electron in the descriptions, you're not really applying for engine developer positions, though.
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I just run VcXsrv and launch gnome terminal. Works fine.
NYC was easily the worst part about visiting the Greater New England area, but to each their own. I mean sure it's interesting to see that world-famous city and spend a week in it. But that first breath of fresh air in a week, as we stepped out of the train in Beacon, that was really nice too (not the only thing I didn't like about NYC, compared to the surrounding area, actually I only noticed it as I stepped out, after a week).
> keeping things synchronised isn't that hard in practice

I disagree, I think how difficult it is to keep things synced varies significantly between users. Sure, its easy if your work is consistent and you're disciplined but if you find yourself switching between very different projects frequently the overhead of syncing machines and setting up software repeatedly can become significant.
I like it. A couple suggestions:

- show the opponent's dice roll

- show pieces taken off the board (or where they will be put).

Good work!
dont most places in the world have your employer deal with your tax contributions?
Netgear software appears to delete OS X database files
Ask HN: Is it bad practice to use the decorator pattern in JavaScript?
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Big Data Has Come to College Advising, Raising Bigger Ethical Q's
Yes, which is an important point: this serves as a local root escalation to any process which can open a UDP socket.
It is referred to that way in old datasheets: http://imgur.com/a/GlDiz
I had to do this when my wife and I moved from Austin, TX to London. My wife and I turned 2 filing cabinets worth of files into a dropbox directory tree. For the actual scanning, I followed the wirecutter's advice and found that the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i Mobile Document Scanner worked well. It seems they are now recommending[1] a different scanner though.

For the actual organization, we had a naming scheme of "$(source of document) $(title) $(date %F).pdf".
For example:
"Texas DMV Toyota Sienna Registration Receipt 2015-05-16.pdf

[1] http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-portable-document-scan...
Did you actually check the link you posted. Because he is quoting from there.
I mean, it's plausible that we could make enough to get by doing work that isn't fulfilling. Building websites for local churches, for example, can pay well enough to at least keep the lights on, and there's plenty of that sort of work. Trouble is, it can be career killing to be out of the game for a few months, especially if web dev is not what you want to be doing.
We also always tend to neglect the equally important counterpart to Moore's Law,Dennard scaling. Dennard scaling is on its deathbed, and has been plateauing from around 40/28nm. Since power consumption is now the problem for everyone, including supercomputers, this problem will compound the almost impossible to solve data movement wail m
People have their phones out all the time, and Rolexes can be easily faked.

Also, I'm talking middle class status symbol. Not rich person status symbol.
Any recommended tutorials or "cookbooks" to get a basic game written with Godot?
Conflating politics with what shows up in your Facebook feed is how we got into this mess.
> They wouldn't need generation ships. You "just" need sufficient tech to put engines on a suitable astroid and accelerate it to a decent fraction of c; it only needs enough logic to fine tune the path. An invasion force is horribly inefficient vs. just slamming a lot of mass at someone at high enough speed.

I misplaced a link and the name of an author of a sci-fi novel in which space battles are much more science based than the usual laser-tag shoot off. I'll dig through my bookmarks and hopefully post the name in the reply when I get to my pc..

I think there was also a reddit thread about it sometimes in the past.
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> As kids we're exploring all kinds of ideas --some good, some regrettable, but we should be able to explore them without fear these crumbs of exploration will follow us in to the future as if we were fully mature and aware as we explored ideas.

Why shouldn't everybody be allowed to explore ideas without consequence?
I meant it in the code's current state. Suppose the development stops or stagnates in a month or two. The product is complete. So you can remove the transpilation. Also we won't have to transpile current features in the future. That and code can go as is and have the benefit of native execution that it doesn't currently have.
Why is this above topics that are many times higher than the current topic rating (17 points vs other topics with 40-50 points)
Where? Mind you, I don't live in a first world country... So it must be either remote, or allow relocation. (in my country at least ALL jobs are for React/Electron/Java... I applied to them because they are the only job listing that existed in first place, better to work on the 'wrong field' than to be hungry).
I don't think it's possible to create a totally incorruptible system, and who defines sufficiently large is an important problem, but I think it's not a reason to dismiss the idea. Any regulation is plagued by this question and the specter of regulatory capture. Do you think it's possible to counteract the natural decay of free markets without a [del:'central'] regulatory authority?

No, that standard would not apply to a small ISP. The premise is institutions that grow strong enough are able to unduly influence and capture the regulators more easily. Corporations need to be kept small enough to regulate effectively. The existence of "too big to fail" private institutions is a threat to democracy.

EDIT: National government, itself an institution, also needs to be kept small enough that it can be contained by the regulators on it, so this is clearly not a simple problem. The issue there (in my opinion) is that the check on national government is supposed to be the states, and they are too weak to do that effectively.
The truth is that people registered there for a free trip.
Tagging TODOs is really useful. I can always look at source control, but that's more effort than seeing a name or bug number. At Google our linters are actually configured to create errors for any TODO/FIXME that isn't immediately followed by a user id or bug number: e.g. TODO(12345) or TODO(myname). I thought it was a little annoying at first, but over time I've realized how much faster it is to have that additional context.
I'm asking about games that would require a similar sized group of people that an outdoor sport would. board games, roleplaying games, etc.