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Pertinent quotes:

"The trick is to control the urge to put in every feature that comes to mind. It's also important to worry more about semantics than syntax."

"Consensus drove the design. Nothing went into the language until all three of us agreed that it was right. This meant that some features didn't get resolved until after a year or more of discussion."
Nowadays, there is no difference in online/real privacy. If I would not want to tell anyone/anything in real life, I would/should rather leave digital footprints of it on the internet either.
I wasn't asking rhetorically and I am, in fact, a proud Muslim myself.

I appreciate that you used the word 'culture' before your argument but it's still wrong to use the word 'Islam' before 'culture'. It's just culture. Not Islamic culture.

Our moral philosophies are not AT ALL incompatible. At it's roots, Islam is eerily reminiscent of its two previous Abrahamic influences (Judaism and Christianity). If the "West" is incompatible with Islam, then by that same logic it's also incompatible with Christianity and Judaism.

The practices that you mention are heinous and looked down upon by a lot of people, myself included. The places that practice them are either oppressive regimes or full of ignorance. If you read the texts of Islam (the Qur'an, Hadith, etc), women rights are a huge issue and women are very respected.

The problem today is with ignorance, in two ways:

1) Ignorance of people towards Islam. A lot of people have no idea what it is and they're afraid of the mystery. What's worse is that they let a lot (with private agendas) fill in that hazy picture for them.
2) Ignorance of some Muslims themselves that then do many of the problems you're referring to.

I think it's no surprise at all that many of the places that breed these problems (whether it's terrorism or sexism) have low literacy rates, high rates of unemployment, horrible schools, no government, etc. In other words, given these same environments, they would be a breeding ground for bad deeds anywhere. So, again, it's a problem with cultural problems. Not with Islam.

I'm Egyptian American myself. I'd invite you to take a look at some of the more modern Arab or Muslim countries. Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, some of the Gulf states. If I were to respond to your arguments with an example, it would be my homeland, Egypt, whose population is 85-90% Muslim. We have isolated pockets of such problems, often in some of the poorer rural areas, but for the most part you'll find beaches, tv channels, movies, literature that's as progressive as anywhere else.
I won't swear it _isn't_ necessary (and I'm not an Android user, quite the opposite, I dislike it), because I haven't used all Android configurations and programs to be sure it has no beneficial effect. But it is definitely something that shouldn't be necessary.

Of course, sales for items like this where necessity is very subjective really have no bearing on whether or not they provide any benefit. Otherwise the hundred-million dollar a year industry that is homeopathy would not exist.
Few programmers ever work on something that'll still be in use 15 years later. Just have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1995_software (which isn't complete, obviously) - I don't think that even MS Office still contains much of what was in it in the '95 edition.
There was a Brinks-style truck in Manhattan last week, with some slogan like "Blow up this truck in Mafia Wars".

Seems like pretty poor taste, and are folks on Wall Street really playing Mafia Wars?
Yeah, I was terrible at math in college. To be honest, I was terrible at everything, but math especially. It wasn't until a few years ago that I started to take an interest and go back and learn the things that I struggled with then.

Ten years seemed sufficient enough for me to place enough value on math that I was able to overcome whatever my original deficiency was. I'm all for finding a way to teach math that helps others in the same way.
I think his point was that Western progressives don't even get along with all of the population of the West, let alone "traditional Muslims".

In this country, we're divided along such an issue and we have HUGE areas/pockets that no one could dare describe as "progressive".
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Except government has much more power to misuse the information and cause you harm.

Google won't put you in jail, government might.

Governments have too many twisted incentives to be entrusted with too much information. US happens to be one of the better governments, but how successful our voting power was to end or prevent war in Iraq? Or how about recent witchhunt against craigslist? It's not easy to find examples of government doing serious damage.

Google can't start a war.

I would reconsider recommendation that we give government one bit more of power over people.
You're right. Billions of dollars, fancy toys and a hot wife. I don't know how he makes it through the day.
My campus has been archiving movies and video games and music for years now. You can play many, many old games, and current ones too.

They have special rooms with a capable machine set up, and you check in. Or, apparently for some, you can check OUT a game console to play the game at home.

Additionally, I can run Portal satisfactorily on my $250 computer. Not that this makes it accessible to every single person- some people cannot afford $250- but the number of people unable to play will be drastically reduced in the very near future.

Should money be associated with these things? If you feel the answer is 'no', remember that books cost money to buy, and so do movies. It is a bit harder to rent a video game and PC at the library, but we're getting there.

(It is important to remember that while culture may be free, the medium is not. It is also important to remember that 'Library' just means 'Someone else is paying', albeit at a reduced cost.)
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God, I hope that is not the standard. There are some things I want to know that I think are perfectly legitimate questions, but which I would not wish to ask my parents.
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On i386 perhaps, but on modern 64 bit machines like the one in the example code above it'll be using sysenter or another method.

$ objdump -D /lib64/libc.so.6 | grep 'int[[:space:]]+$0x80' | wc -l

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Ask HN: Has anyone developed a submission widget for HN?
I'm looking for a simple widget (much like digg, reddit and every other social news site has) to be able to put on my blog. Basically, it would show the current upvote count (if URL already submitted).

Anyone know if something like this exists yet?

If not, anyone care to build one (for a fee)?
I don't know, this one might bite back. And, it just made Zynga sound more "douchy" (couldn't find a better word). Vandalism is never cool unless it's cool art (Good graffiti artist)
what kind of art?
You do see it with almost anything political, though. Take, say, Marx: most of the anti-Marx vitriol isn't from people who've read Das Kapital.
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It's not ironic, it's sad.

It's sad that "press" or bloggers like Gruber either can't read or go for sensationalist angle and crucify someone based on benign remarks taken out of context.

It's sad that supposedly intelligent audience like HN falls for it and instead of ignoring it altogether or discussing when Gruber became full of shit, we're actually discussing his post as if what he wrote actually had merit.

But that's not Schmidt's fault. It's all on Gruber.

What is ironic is that you actually said the thing that Schmidt didn't. Per Gruber that makes you a creep.
maybe you can base one on the javascript used by this

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Ask HN: best php deployment setting
Hi all,
I am setting up a webserver with php + mysql, and was wondering which is the recommended web server these days.

Also, how realistic/stable is hip hop over wordpress? did some google searches, but didn't find much about it.

Thanks
I'd rather not have my tools perform magical heuristics to try to figure out what I meant to do.

The "-f <filename>" flag is perfectly clear, and useful in all modes (c, x, etc). If you remember "tar czf" as a magical incantation, then you're missing something vital. When you understand what each argument means there is no ambiguity. I don't mean to sound condescending, but in my entire life I've never encountered the problem you described.
Version control is also fantastic because you can think a lot less about making drastic edits. Gone are the days when I would keep bits of code commented out "just in case" I needed it back at some point.
Sorry if I gave that impression: Poor people are not demonized directly in Atlas Shrugged, at least not that I can remember. It has been a long time since I read the book.

But objectivist politics does blame poor people for their plight--or at best, simply ignores them and leaves them to their fate. "Not my problem" seems to be the general response.

I submit that, until everyone has been given equal opportunities to forge their own destiny, it's immoral to remove the safety net. And that even if people really did have equal opportunities to succeed, that it benefits society to prevent the people who really screw up from starving and living on the streets.

And to do that you need money, which means (at a minimum) taxes. And you also need regulations to protect workers from being exploited--which means no laissez-faire capitalism.
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The problem with the backgound taskS is that we don't how how much battery they drain. I found out , for instance, that GoogleTalk is a huge battery drain. I have a FM radio on my device and this one really sucks. It simply won't stop and drain the battery in a few hours. The GUI is crapy too any way. So I don't use it.

The key problem people are fighting for is to save battery life time. This is the only reason people are using this software. Backups and such are not as much a problem. Any software that will contribute to save the battery lifetime will be a hit. An equivalent of the unix top for instance.

The battery life time is the nuisance number one on smart phones. This is why the iPad is a master piece and all these me too players are a joke regarding this. It's the energy, stupid.

HTC is apparently planning to release devices with faster cpu. What's the point if the phone can't run more than 6h with a GPS app, even if continuously connected to the cigar plug? Bluetouth enabled because of driving. The result is that I end up restricting my use of the phone to save battery and this is frustrating and not smart (phone).

So looking around to find means to save battery, the ATM app pops up immediately and it worked for me. I could extend battery lifetime from 1 day to three days by keeping it clean.
Man I love it when John Maynard Keynes gets quoted.
nginx+APC+WP-Super-Cache should be able to capably handle a non-trivial amount of traffic on relatively minimal hardware specs.
Here's an example of a Japanese TV show that has a four year old take a trip "by himself":

http://www.japanprobe.com/2010/07/29/japanese-kid-takes-solo...
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Justice is better. Numbers for happiness are silly, I've learned. Everyone has highs and lows. Are people richer than Jesus or 99% of other humans who have lived?

You want greater resources in the hands of the more skilled. Don't worry about income disparities, but making all boats rise. "Thou shall not covet." If 90% of wealth was in the hands of 5% of people and you equalized, people would have 10 times as much money... they go to the store... are there ten times the goods and services? Cuba or Soviet Russia.

6 "It will be as when a man who was going on a journey 7 called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
To one he gave five talents; 8 to another, two; to a third, one--to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately
the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five.
Likewise, the one who received two made another two.
9 But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money.
After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. 10 He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.'
His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
(Then) the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, 'Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.'
His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, 'Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter;
so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.'
His master said to him in reply, 'You wicked, lazy servant! 11 So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?
Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.
12 For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
13 And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'

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How are you seeing a world "at peace" if you stand around smiling at people who e.g. forcibly circumcise their women and murder their own daughters and sisters as a punishment for getting raped?
Houses in the developed world simply aren't designed to be "green". Painting your roof, reducing the number of windows, and adding insulation are all band-aid solutions to a much deeper issue. All the common "green" solutions might cut your energy consumption in half, but half of a large amount of energy is still a large amount of energy.

I've seen some extremely green homes, and they're far more bizarre looking than the example given in this article. Homes designed around sunlight, earth (for insulation and heat regulation), and airflow turn out looking VERY different from homes that have had energy-saving features tacked on.
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While I am very tempted by your offer (assuming that it's mutual--that you'd be willing to reconsider libertarianism as well, if I brought up good points), in part because I love a good debate, I actually have work I need to get done. Despite the evidence of my recent frequent posts to this topic...

The problem is that if I took your challenge seriously, I'd spend lots of time researching what you said, as well as other perspectives, and...well... Like I said, sounds like fun, but I need to spend my energy on my fledgling business instead. Think of it this way: I'm trying to BE a character in a Rand novel that takes control of his own life and benefits from his own creativity and passion. Or something like that. :)

Also, if we both turned out to be too set in our ways, I think the likely result is that we'd drill down to how our sets of personal axioms contradict each other--really core personal assumptions and views of the world that, to each of us, are non-negotiable. And while I find that kind of thing interesting (see, e.g., George Lakoff, Moral Politics), the net result would be somewhat disappointing--an agreement to disagree.

Thanks for the offer, though.
I disagree. I think Portal is on the same level as a great work of literature. As an aspiring game developer myself, I feel one could analyze Portal as "the perfect game" in exactly the same sense that a classic may be described as "the perfect novel". That's not to say it's the greatest or cannot be topped, but that it took an idea, explored it to its ultimate depths, combined it with supporting elements, and finished up strongly. That there is a Portal 2 in development is immaterial: Portal 1 stands on its own as a self contained work, and in that sense I think it is very much like a great novel.
Except of course that life itself cannot be sustained without the abundancy of the stars
An application that could be useful is one that would help determine what app/service drains the battery. A correlation between running apps and battery consumtion would help.

If google removed the ability to manage services or background apps, they got it wrong. Unless they provide a mean to optimize battery usage.
I was more shocked to see that they use CVS. Then I remember that at job-before-last we were using RCS so I guess it's not all that weird.
I'd agree if you said some book or movies... But I can't find any game (or movies) that is as immersive as a great book...
A shame the android market only offer paid apps in some countries. Only free apps here in Norway, for example.
It is possibly more difficult to concentrate in a cafe (if by "cafe" you mean something like Starbucks or Second Cup), what with all the people coming in and out and all the chatter.

I have not extensively tried to work or study in a cafe myself, so I don't know how well I cope with all the distraction.
Mostly, although I take issue with the "never leave commented code around, that's what version control is for" as an absolute. If it's something that is not adequately replaced, and is likely to save some time for someone in the future then it's better to keep it commented out rather than removing it since future devs may never know it even existed.
Did Gruber float this at Steve Jobs' behest? Great anti-Google talking point, till you realize that Apple has quite a bit of data on you too with iTunes Genius (and will get more with iAds and their new cloud center).

[In this particular case motives are of relevance]
Oh you think geek culture jumped the shark? Wait till the Facebook movie comes out.
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There's a built-in listing of which applications use what proportion of the battery.
> If you don't want 'em to know that kind of information, then don't give it to 'em.

Exactly.

It's not like google is breaking into your home, holding you at gunpoint, and forcing you to type your personal and private information. Instead, people are using a network designed for information sharing, putting their information on that network, and then acting surprised when somebody aggregates it. If you don't want google having your private data, quit putting your private data into google software or onto the public internet. They don't know anything you (or your acquaintances) don't either tell them directly or say in public.
Depending on the climate, they don't have to look too futuristic. Here are a bunch of "passive houses" in Sweden (houses without a dedicated source of heat, instead surplus heat from cooking, showering, people etc provide enough heat due to good insulation):

http://www.google.se/images?um=1&hl=sv&safe=off&...
> I wasn't asking rhetorically and I am, in fact, a proud Muslim myself. I appreciate that you used the word 'culture' before your argument but it's still wrong to use the word 'Islam' before 'culture'. It's just culture. Not Islamic culture.

Salaam. I'm not sure exactly what to call it, but yes, it is a culture of some places, not necessarily the religion itself.

> If the "West" is incompatible with Islam, then by that same logic it's also incompatible with Christianity and Judaism.

Indeed, a lot of modern thought positions itself as incompatible with any traditional religion, and there are conflicts between modern thought and traditional religion.

> The practices that you mention are heinous and looked down upon by a lot of people, myself included.

I don't think that way, myself - a close friend of mine in London is Muslim, and I've eaten at his home. The men eat in the dining room, just men, then they leave and just the women eat. I ate with my friend, his father, and his two brothers. Then the mother and two wives ate. I don't think this heinous. I also don't think a culture where women cover themselves a bit more than people do in the West is heinous.

> I'm Egyptian American myself. I'd invite you to take a look at some of the more modern Arab or Muslim countries.

I've spent time in Dubai, I'll probably be in Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt in the next 12 months. I think there's conflict between some modern thought and some traditional thought that's near irreconcilable, though I agree that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have more in common with each other than they do with modern philosophies that replace traditional religion with social causes. But I fear at this point I'm making friends with neither side of the debate - for what it's worth, I respect Islam quite a lot, particularly the hospitality, charity, and sense of duty in Muslims that I've met is rather incredible. Though, some Muslim practices are at perhaps irreconcilable odds with some modern philosophies that seek to replace religion in society. But perhaps not - in any event, I wish you well, and thank you for the discussion.
I hear you on the differences. I've had tomatoes from my mom's garden, and they're a completely different beast than what one finds in the supermarket. With that said, supermarket romas are my snack of choice: tasty, affordable, healthy. Even in the dead of winter when they're all beat up and expensive. I love them and they keep me away from candy bars. :)

If you don't like "mass market" tomatoes, you don't have to buy them. But I do and I will. Implying that I'm ignorant for my choice or that the world would be a better place if my snack of choice didn't exist doesn't strike me as kindness. Seems more likely to be rooted in pride.

Food evangelists always strike me as pride all dressed up as virtue, anyway. If they were really out to make the world a better place, shouldn't they be building technology, fighting for just laws, healing the sick and poor, that kind of thing? Children are starving in Africa and they're bothering rich people about not eating sufficiently expensive tomatoes.
I imagine a huge number of shades and variations would give similar spectrograph results a couple of thousand years later.