skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree with you. But now that government is meddling, the waters get murky. All of a sudden it's your government telling you that you cannot fly and not United Airlines or SFO simple refusing service to a customer or two.

If nude scanning is a constitutional infraction, why didn't anyone mention this in response to the 'unreasonable searches and seizures' of my 'effects' (x-ray'ing my personal belongings, rummaging through my bag, etc etc) that has been going on for decades?

If you only focus your outrage on this trivial, narrow issue, you are being played.
The author(s) of the piece may be right. Or not.

It's an unsigned/unattributed essay that is long on weasel words (as wikipedia would put it, e.g., "Many of its 2,000 members..."), short on evidence (a few quotes attributed to identified individuals) and devoid of quantification ("tech leaders have been outraged by..." what proportion? did some take a poll?)

Economics tries to be a quantitative behavioral science. This piece, however...
In fact, you can drive between any two places
in the US and never be searched or questioned
or anything.

Unless you run into a DUI checkpoint...
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I think most people, including from the opposite end of the political spectrum, aren't necessarily down on Obama the man. But they are down on the vagaries of his administration.
The slides were initially made to complement my talk at Front Trends 2010, so it wouldn't make much sense in that context.
First, good luck driving to Hawaii or Alaska.

Second, while air travel isn't mentioned, the constitution, as I understand it, applies to everything the federal government might do, and since TSA is a federal agency, what it can and can't do is very much governed by the constitution. Random searches of people driving cars are unconstitutional, even if the constitution doesn't grant you the right to drive. After all, you could walk to (almost) anywhere in the US, right?

If Wal-Mart decided to put up these scanners, it could very well be illegal, but it would never be unconstitutional.
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All this time we've been perfecting our tinfoil hats we should have been designing tinfoil undies!

I also don't know how thses machines work, but I assume if the foil was enough to block their view, that your pants would appear the same way that guns, knives and other metal objects appear.
I'm an engineer that has been working for > 8 years with advertising or advertising-related companies. This summer I co-founded AdGrok to help people do their own internet marketing.

I agree with what others have said, and will throw a couple more assertions into the mix:

* Start by managing this yourself, or hire someone internally to do it. Agencies (and trada, unless you do cost-per-conversion) aren't necessarily incentivized to spend your money wisely.

* AdWords isn't a magic bullet, and depending on the vertical, can be absurdly competitive. Running Facebook ads, display ads for relevent publishers, and retargeting should be on your marketing radar as well.

* Don't "set and forget" your AdWords campaign. You won't get it right the first time. You'll be surprised by what text ads win and which ones lose. You'll need to "negatively target" certain words, and if you do display ads, really watch what placements work and what don't. None of this is possible without experimentation.

* Don't send all your traffic to your home page. Specific targeting for segments of your customer base will do much better than general messages that don't speak directly to anyone.

* Don't spend money on AdWords without knowing where your money is going. Set up conversion tracking.

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Apple didn't invent all of the tech they use, but they drove its adoption.

Apple changed the "face" of smartphones; this is what Android looked like before the iPhone came along:
http://gizmodo.com/334909/google-android-prototype-in-the-wi...

Styluses and resistive touchscreens were resigned to the scrap heap soon after.

Apple didn't invent multi-touch either, but they moved gestures from a futuristic novelty in Minority report and Black & White into something that regular people use every day. Swiping and pinching have entered our UI lexicon with amazing speed.
Sounds like you have a solid idea of where you are going. Well done.

Doing the overtime to justify the new hire sounds like a good, low risk approach. Congrats on putting in the hard yards now to enjoy the growth soon. :)

Don't do it too long - you WILL burn out.
For me, the 5 minutes in the shower substitute for coffee: it helps me feel awake and ready to go.
> Just water?

That is correct.

PS I do wash my hands with soap after a shit.
I don't buy this article. Nothing is "hindering" cloud adoption, per se; the question is, what problem does cloud adoption solve? For me, the answer is "relatively few:" I have Mail.app for e-mail, Word / Mellel for word processing, NetNewsWire for RSS feeds, Textmate for text editing / blog posts, and so on. None of these will be particularly improved by cloud computing.

But some of them will be harmed by cloud computing: I don't want to have to have Internet access to access my files; I don't want other people to have access to my files; I don't want to have to learn a whole new set of tools that aren't improvements on my old set of tools.

In short, the benefits outweigh the costs. When/if the benefits exceed the cost, I'll start using the "cloud" more. The advocates of "cloud" computing aren't empathizing with their users.

Personally, I imagine that we're heading more towards a place where we have more Dropbox-style local / network integration.
It makes sense to have both short and long-term plans. You should have 3 year plans not because you'll actually follow them to the letter, but because it'll make you think about where you want to be in 3 years.

"Plans are useless but planning is indispensable."
--Dwight Eisenhower
Nobody said it would have to be done fast, but if there are multiple people that will go and do this then there is a chance that if you move too slow that you'll miss out. That is also why I thought it fair to offer the possibility of listing those that plan on working on this so that people could collaborate rather then compete. I thought it would be fair to mention that in case someone thought they would be able to go and do this and come back in 12 months time. By then most likely someone will have solved it. But I don't impose a time limit.

Polished as in: if you think that presenting a pile of junk tomorrow morning is going to pass muster then no, that's not the intention.

The copyright is as far as the transaction is concerned the moment at which payment takes place. I'm not paying this as a private individual, I'm paying it through a corporation and if I want to make a payment there has to be something on the the balance sheet to cover for that. Because the final product is to be open sourced that should not matter, correct me if I am wrong here why there is a practical reason why that is bad. Another good reason is to make sure the code actually does get released under the GPL, and that there will not be suddenly double licensing tricks or other nasty gotchas.

If you feel that you are or might being taken advantage of, then please do not do this, that's not the intention and that's definitely not where I want to take this.

Rather the opposite, I have some money - not a whole lot - and a whole pile of ideas that I would like to see come to life as open source projects. If you feel that you do not want to get paid but you want to make this project come to life as an open source offering then of course that would be an even bigger advantage to me, I figured that by offering a reasonable bounty on this the chances of seeing it becoming a reality would increase.

I take it you are not interested ;)

If instead of just negative stuff you would like to contribute ways in which I could make the offer better then I would be most grateful.
TextMate is getting older and older. I would like to try something else, but I haven't yet found another editor with a sane file/folder sidebar, which is a must for me. Any tips? The sidebars I've seen for emacs and vim either look lika crap or use too big a font for them to be practical.
"On the go, underarm odor is wiped away with a sliced lemon."

A sliced lemon seems like it would be at once more expensive and less convenient than a stick of antiperspirant, though mitigated somewhat if you happen to have a lemon tree.
Wealth = freedom. Freedom to do what you want, when you want to be happy. For some people, that freedom is the ability to take your kids to/from school every day, coach their sports teams, and go on a yearly vacation. For others, it's to buy expensive cars, live in big houses, and go on crazy trips. Totally different in terms of money, but the same in wealth.
The most obvious health issue would be an unverified dose of ionizing radiation and using the incorrect units to measure the dose. A short letter of concern from UCSF might be insightful: http://npr.org/assets/news/2010/05/17/concern.pdf . http://www.dontscan.me seems to have collected other practical issues.
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You can remap ESC to whatever you need. I prefer CTRL+s == ESC:

inoremap <C-s> <ESC>
vnoremap <C-s> <ESC>
I propose: a "mean/troll" flag button in addition to the regular voting buttons for each comment. In addition, we need a mean/troll loserboard.
I think that's what google did when they let him work on google wave, didn't work quite well. Let's hope it does work better this time.
I don't know enough of neither to give you a good answer. But there were two solutions to my question in Python group that helped me understand the issue:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/edf12c87...

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/43999687...

I would like to ask you , if you get a chance, to explain how the following situation is handled in procedural and functional languages:

If you want to control how an object is represented
when you put it in a template you should define a __str__ method:
class Rep(db.model):
# Properties
...
# Representation
def __str__(self):
return "\n".join(self.replist)

and

You can apply a list method to a list object by
actually getting the list object. You can't call a
list method on a query object or a Rep object.

Rep() = Rep object
Rep.all() = Query object
list(Rep.all()) = List of Rep objects.
list(Rep.all())[0] = A single Rep object
list(Rep.all())[0].replist = A list

So once you have that last step, you have a list.
Which you can manipulate like any other Python list.

Thanks.
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I see that a lot of people agree with you.

I, however, would gladly permit myself to be scanned on condition that I never had to view the body scans of any of the aforementioned government employees.

That being said, being scanned (and especially having some files stored for unknown length of time) seems to be a very unpleasant prospect for many people. And...

There is going to be a huge outcry when (not if) some TSA employee starts posting some images online - or having a huge stash of them found on their personal computer. Count on it happening.
As a frequent traveler (usually 2-4 flights per month), this particular issue has really been bothering me.

Up until about two months ago, I had never been asked by TSA to be scanned with an AIT device. I've always just used the metal detector. Two months ago I was traveling out of Indianapolis, and was told that ALL passengers were now subject to screening with the millimeter scanner. I politely requested the metal detector and was declined, and was passed to an area for a pat-down.

After this experience, I now get agitated every single time I have to fly. When I'm in the security line I choose the line that appears to be going to the metal detector rather than the AIT scanner. Luckily, I have been able to avoid the scanners since then.

But the fact is, I don't see how the government has a right to see my naked body or touch my private parts without probable cause.

At the last airport I was at, there was a sign showing how many items had been confiscated at airports, like "18 firearms were found", and "3 highly concealed items". So, in an entire year, they only found 3 "highly concealed items"? In that same exact trip through Indianapolis, I accidentally had left a box cutter in my laptop bag which I didn't discovered until getting home. Despite spending all this money scanning, a simple business travel got a razor blade through security without a problem.

I really, really, hope these new procedures and devices get tested in court. I simply can't stand back and let people violate my personal privacy without cause.

EDIT: Apparently, at least one lawsuit was filed in July: http://epic.org/privacy/body_scanners/epic_v_dhs_suspension_...
Or drive into California, with it's agricultural inspection stations on each highway.

I've often wondered what they would do if they saw clear evidence of criminal activity in a vehicle at one of those checkpoints.
It's also common to remap ii to exit insert mode, that way "i" puts you in, "ii" takes you out.

Personally, I remapped caps lock to esc, because I don't like the way the editor lags when typing an "i" after "ii" has been remapped, but Caps-->Ctrl has the additional benefit of making other Ctrl-Foo sequences easy.
Because they've probably discussed the possibilities beforehand...
Or the multiple border patrol checkpoints that are within 50 miles from Canada or Mexico...
EDIT: Plus, count on some real action being taken once a celebrity's images are posted.
LLC's, in the US at least, are locally defined, so you'd need to find resources in your jurisdiction.

When I started a business, I used two local resources:

1. SCORE: http://www.score.org/index.html

Basically retired business executives helping out new businesses. They probably won't have a great grip on the minutia of what you're doing (generational differences, mainly), but are great people to go over soft skills with (elevator pitches, etc.), and generally have information on where to go and what to fill out to start a business.

2. The places you actually file the paperwork.

Most likely this is the local business license office, and/or the corporation commission locally. Call before, ask a few questions, especially about order of things you need to do (File LLC paperwork or get business license first?). Most people want to be helpful, as it'll save them time if you walk in with all the paperwork done correctly.
From what I've read, yes, it would. But that would simply cause them to pull you aside for a more thorough pat-down and perhaps even require you to show them your tin-foil undies.
I can tell you one form.

I'd never met Maoris (native New Zealanders) until a few years ago. When I first did, I was quite freaked out because I'd be having friendly conversations about common topics with people who were smiling, yet their eyes made them look like they want to kill me.

Look in the mirror and say something in whatever tone you like.

Then repeat, exactly, but:

* tilt you head back

* open your eyes a little further.

Suddenly you're insane, even though you're saying something quite normal.

My understanding is that Maoris, being a tribal culture, have a certain threatening, warrior body language. They're not actually threatening you, they're just being a normal guy in Maori society, and part of being a man is looking tough. I validated this a few years later when my next door neighbor in Australia ended up becoming a close friend, and used the behavior to my own advantage to avoid being attacked without saying anything to escalate the situation when I lived in the UK.
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Right now computer programs written in common languages are internationally readable. It's bad enough having a language barrier in normal human communication. Why do we want to extend the language barrier to code, too? I don't care if it's not English, but there needs to be an internationally-accepted base character set and language for selecting programming language keywords, and that character set needs to be roughly the size of ASCII.
I agree that you shouldn't waste time, but I think wireframing is an important and necessary step that shouldn't be avoided or underestimated.

When you go right into high fidelity prototyping you are focusing on many elements of the design simultaneously. You are focusing on the coding (html prototypes), visual design, information architecture (layout, navigation, etc) and you are doing it all at once.

Because of this you end up giving each department bits and pieces of attention, but not enough to see all the details and insights had you focused entirely on each department one-by-one.

I've shot right to hi-fi mockups before and I ended up not seeing a crucial insight in the information architecture side of the project. For me, doing low-fi wireframes and then moving to hi-fi mockups works much better, so I don't overlook certain details and insights.
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Perhaps he could have a bigger impact if he founded a new company.

If you have a brand new or revolutionary idea, that may be true. But if you have an idea that fits into what somebody else has done, then joining that company and using it as a lever to magnify the reach of your work might be more effective. Another way to look at it is that in a startup you usually have to worry about a lot of things that are not core to the idea, such as marketing and productization. If you have other people to do that for you (as I'm sure Facebook does) then you are more free to focus on implementing your ideas to the best of your ability.
Yep - that's usually the problem with these types of things. We're working hard on trying to solve that problem with our app, though it's a tough one. I've been thinking along the lines of emailing people reminding them of their tasks, but I don't know if that will be too intrusive (people tend to dislike getting too many mails.)
But once again, that presupposes flying in an airplane a fundamental human right.

And if it is, is flying on a commercial airliner a human right? You can avoid the search by volunteering to pay more to fly on a private jet.

And if flying is a human right why can't I make a homemade airplane and fly whenever and wherever I want, without registering a flight plan with the FAA? Or use a jetpack?
You mean bigger impact than working together with the #1 website in the past and the #2 of the moment ?

I fail to see how he could possibly hope to achieve that.
OMG, are you throwing me a softball here, what with the "grok" reference?

I just posted a longish reply to the root post with some general guidance, but I also just wrote http://adgrok.com/getting-started last week to help total newbies get going.

What we're hoping to build with AdGrok (and admittedly, we're not completely there yet) is a tool that lets you act like an "AdWords Certified Professional" without all the pain and suffering of studying for those tests.
This perfectly explains why the Mac App Store is going to be a huge success:

"A few days ago, I downloaded a neat little utility to silence the startup sound on my new 11” MacBook Air. How much did the developer make? Zero, it’s freeware; the programmer didn’t want to spend the time and money to set up a commercial site. How much would I have paid for it from a Mac App Store? Less than $5, more than 99 cents."
> like "18 firearms were found"

Was that using the backscatter device? If so, does that mean that pre-backscatter, 18 firearms a year would pass security at that airport? And not a single related incident in the entire US?
Anecdotally, my father claims that a little body odor was much more socially acceptable when he was growing up in north Texas during the 50s and 60s (consider that climate and the typical clothes that an adult would wear out of the house during that time). My mother, meanwhile, is Vietnamese and wears no deodorant at all.

In fact, I was surprised to see no discussion at all of Asian Americans; east Asians generally have fewer apocrine glands and thus less body odor.
Well, you can use that excuse never to do anything slightly unpleasant. Why do the dishes?
$1M at a $3M pre with a $12M acquisition means I'm getting a 3X return on my investment. Now that's certainly better than losing it altogether, but I think almost all angels would admit they'd be pretty disappointed in that outcome.
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Thanks!

We're actually considering a number of ways of getting the notifications out - I hadn't really considered notifo.com, but it looks like a great solution. I'll definitely be considering it!
Utilizing less chemicals, like baking soda for deodorant link:
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In fact, you can drive between any two places in the US and never be searched or questioned or anything.

Unless you are within 100 miles of the coast or border. http://www.aclu.org/national-security_technology-and-liberty...
When I zone out, basically day dreaming I tend to get "1000 yard stare" eyes, where I freak people out :)

Meth / Coke heads tend to get glassy eyes..not many studies on those effects and the appearance of eyes.
Last minute halloween interactive art exhibit
In an attempt to avoid giving little kids extra refined sugar, we are giving them glow in the dark bracelets. In our front yard, we are going to set up a webcam running Glowdoodle (http://glowdoodle.com) and a big projector on the front of our house. Using the glow sticks, the kids will paint in the air, effectively light-graffitiing our house!

Glowdoodle is part of a research project from my friends at the MIT Media Lab.
I chose it. Any app that downloads data from the web needs to be careful with age ratings - Stack Exchange has more than programming questions - it has, e.g. video games, with perhaps more age restricted material. I chose 12+ as a compromise between Apple's desire to have age approprate labelling, and restricting likely users.
Lawrence Block's books on writing, especially Telling Lies for Fun and Profit are at least as good as King's as far as being direct and giving no bullshit.

I re-read it each time before I start a novel (I've finished three, started many more) and I take something new from it each time.
If you're learning Vim, I highly recommend installing Vimium for Chrome.

It's an amazing plugin that brings Vim-like keyboard mappings to the browser, making it significantly easier to build muscle memory.

http://vimium.github.com/
I don't buy the argument that since flying is not a "fundamental human right" makes it ok for the government to flout the 4th amendment in this particular circumstance.

It would be just as egregious if federal employees were stationed for pat downs and full body scans at the World Series or your local Halloween parade. No pat down, no trick or treat for you!

I find all the Republican arguments that begin with "the constitution applies, except when..." a bit disturbing, frankly.
Isn't that line of thinking antithetical to the startup business as a whole?
Well I don't disagree that in one sense you're making your life harder for yourself by adopting a platform that has a smaller install base...

But I do want to challenge the idea that you're necessarily making the right decision by trying to appeal to the widest possible install base. It might just be that this is more harmful than is commonly accepted.
The ability to spend time doing what one loves is what I consider the point at which you can say one is truly wealthy.