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I spent a couple months living on a sailboat off the coast of Colombia and Panama last winter. I was crewing for somebody, but it was easy to see that it wouldn't take a lot of investment to get up and running on your own.

Worth knowing, from a developer perspective, is that Colombia has really good 3G coverage. Unlimited mobile internet access will run you on the order of $20/month, and it's available pretty much everywhere. Including anywhere you're likely to set up shop on your boat.

The San Blas off the coast of Panama are where you really want to be, but unfortunately the internet access isn't so great. You can get online in a lot of unlikely places (there are islands with literally nothing except coconut trees and a solar-powered cell mast), but it will cost you.

Head to Cartagena and ask around at Club Nautico. Chances are you'll find somebody who knows somebody who has a boat to sell.
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Launching bulk cargo would still be a very worthwhile thing to do. Solar power satellites, anyone? The main obstacle is the launch cost. If we could reduce the shipment of bulk items to orbit to freight rates, then solar power satellites would become a reality. The US military already has specs for electronic components that can withstand 100,000 gravities. (Yes, the number of zeroes is correct!) I bet we could develop lightweight thin-film solar panels that could be rolled up and packaged to survive 1000.
There's a recent post about scripting in Vim using Ruby, but as one commenter says there, it's more portable to use Vimscript itself. I don't do a lot of Vimscripting, but I found this tutorial helpful. Here are the other links as well:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script...

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script...

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script...

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script...
You might be right. But keep in mind that the US population has been growing. Do you have data on the GDP per capita?
This is awesome - I have a 30' sailboat that I don't spend nearly enough time on. I would love to cut free for a while this like this guy! It sure would take a lot of courage.

Oh yes, and boats do require quite a bit of maintenance. I do most of mine myself and actually enjoy it usually, but it's not always on my schedule (although I try to be proactive, that helps).

One last thing: as a geek I really love fiddling with the boat systems. Having only two car-type batteries is not a lot, so I've been doing little things like replacing lights with LEDs (every boater should consider that IMHO for 1/8th draw and better longevity), changing how the charging system works, getting some solar going (in progress), etc. It's off the grid living!
Navies still get an awful lot of leverage out of the ability to destroy merchant vessels.
Seconded for Dancing. But you don't have to be good at it...

Everyone who starts learning the Waltz or ChaCha (or Swing, or Tango) is appalling at it. And it's pretty liberating to be in a group of people all of whom are happy klutzes.

At my (pretty tech-centric) university, the dance club had over 2000 members : the key selling point for the guys being 'girls like to dance'. And learning steps together has a logic component (so it's satisfying to see yourself getting better), but also a huge WTF component - which takes everyone out of their comfort zone in a good way.

Don't worry about the excellent dancers showing off : they'll be taking other classes.
Hence the quip: a boat makes you happy two times.... when you buy it, and when you sell it.
Perhaps a one-and-a-half citizenship state. There are ways to keep your old citizenship. But I don't see how that matters too much?
I will be honest with you. I absolutely hate cold weather. I know few people who invited me go to Nederlands and I have said I will think about it. I hate it when its 23F here in NY, last week someone told me it was ~-20F in NL.

Have to go there during summer, if I do. :)

Thanks.
Do not buy an SSN/fake birth cert or falsely claim citizenship. Overstaying a visa is an administrative violation but not a crime as such. False claims /documents are a felony and will torpedo your case, even decades later. Just forget about those ideas.
I looked at this and found myself thinking "wow...I REALLY hope patio11 sees this!" :>
tunnel can be environmentally controlled, which is good to reduce the possibility of combustion (argon gas). The force against the rails can be mitigated by the constraints of the earth it self at tremendous pressures. The exit can be out of the side of the mountain, its somewhat arbitrary. More importantly the tunnel/launch tube should be at/near the equator.

And yes, since the first half of the tunnel is sloping downwards you are using a large fraction of g to accelerate the slug/projectile, thus reducing the power requirements.

Its an engineering problem, not a physics problem.

Unfortunately a project of this scale is beyond the largest organizations that exist today, nation-states. Maybe later?

When the day comes for the need of a super-structure to be built in orbit, this technology will likely be used. This or a space elevator. Getting far enough away from our own gravity well will free us from this rock.
I'd argue that the logic is flawed. Studies have shown that Twitter users in general are more narcissistic than Facebook users (although rather obviously the frequent status updaters on Facebook are more narcissistic than average users) in general.

Given that teenagers are in general the most narcissistic group of all humans - seemingly by biological specialization - that they should be the biggest tweeters.

I believe the reason teens aren't bigger twitterers is because they're not being exposed to it. Online membership is a rather passive recruiting method, it's not like boy scouts where there's someone coming into your classroom trying to get you to join. Teens will have to find twitter largely on their own, which if Twitter isn't advertising to teens it means it largely won't be found until it goes viral in schools like MySpace did in its day, notably another very narcissistic site.

Teens in more affluent areas, with better phones and messaging plans are likely more twitter users simply by virtue of better access.
Ask HN: Is there any market for creative coders?
I'm a sophomore in high school at the moment, and have been thinking about the future quite a bit. I decided to take up Processing, because I find visual feedback is helpful in being motivated to learn programming. It can produce beautiful images and interactions with very little code, and it's a lot of fun to work with. In your experience, do you think there is any market for creative coders? What would art buyers think about art that is created with a computer? Is it a gimmick, or an evolving medium with lots of potential? I would love to hear your thoughts, and thanks in advance.
App Store for smartphones is more about lock-in than app discovery. If a consumer has too much invested in iOS apps and games for example, his/her next phone upgrade will most likely be still iPhone.
You don't need the reaction argument. High tariffs are bad, no matter if the other guys decides to also bang their head against the wall or not.
How old are you and where do you live?

This is similar to how I felt during my two-three years of university.

Some people already suggested that, but I will repeat:
- find a hobby outside of computers (like Salsa)
- sign up in an NGO (Toastmasters, AIESEC in my case)
- cut off internet cord to force yourself to program outside of your home
- absolutely remove all instant messengers, ircs etc. if you want to socialize with people then go out and eat lunch with them. if you don't know any people irl (or afk ;) then go and meet some on networking meetings / parties

Perhaps the most important thing is that you need to broaden your horizons. I know it may sound like a heresy, but a good programmer is a one that "feels the real world". If you lack social skills and you lack interests outside of programming then this will influence the quality of your work.

Why? For one - you will have problems working in a team of programmers. Two - if you're into anything else than low-level systems programming then you will need to interact with people who are not programmers. Not understanding normal users will hurt your career a lot.

Oh - and if your city doesn't have enough people interested in programming then move as soon as possible. Living far away from a community will hurt a lot (if you want to be really good).
Your answer makes sense. Regarding [1] I do believe that your right, without air resistance the escape velocity is the same regardless of direction. The reason I chose the speed of ISS is because the escape velocity to enter into orbit it he speed needed to maintain that orbit. So in order to reach an orbit that parallels the ISS you would have to get up to the speed of the ISS and not necessarily any faster.
Sounds like mercantilism.
Extremely buggy on Ubuntu/Chrome.
FYI, 5 years is not enough time to do 50 countries. It took me 10 years of traveling 6-9 months a year to break 50, and I'd say more than half of them are places I don't think I spent enough time in.

I'd recommend taking that half of the plan out, and just shorten it to "travel for 5 years or so". Chances are you'll find at least one country that traps you for an entire year. Probably best not to set yourself up to feel bad about it.
The press release claimed that Anonymous didn't try to DDoS Amazon because it would be "in bad taste." That doesn't sound like the Anonymous that I know.
Go see your family. If you can't, find a good housemate.

Also, host parties or social gatherings in your home.

Hosting a party in your home is great practice if you have trouble socially. It takes some work and planning, but most anyone can learn to do it. It forces you to take some responsibility for entertaining guests, and to relax ssome of the control you maintain over your personal domain. You won't be able to spend the entire time avoiding attention.

It does help, though, to have handy at least one socially outgoing person who is comfortable leading conversation beyond the typical introductory chit-chat.

Oh, and it doesn't have to be a drinking party or a dinner party. You might gather to play games (card/video/board), discuss books, or watch sports, TV shows, or a movie. I mention sports and TV shows because they're more conducive to breaks for conversation than a movie.
Web 3.0? That's so 2009. We're on to Web 4.0 in all our apps.

Somebody really should do an analysis of the last ten or fifteen years of this stuff. Some words seem to be perennials. "Cloud" comes to mind. We had tag clouds, social clouds, and now? Just The Cloud.
Good to know about Colombian 3G coverage. I'm actually going to Medellin soon. Will probably stay for a while. If any hackers are in that area would be great to connect.
Forget about launching people or anything squishy or delicate. You'd still get a lot of use out of things that could survive 1000g. That would let you launch things into orbit with an accelerator only 4 miles long. Launching refueling stations or LEO->GEO tugs would be useful. How about rolled-up thin-film solar panels?
Please keep in mind that non-tablet devices have 800x480 screens, too. (Mine phone, too at 3.5").
Thanks. I have a set of "life goals" and none of them are "rigid", think if it as a "baseline" goal so I know what I am aiming for. If things work out the way I planned, it nice; if I visit just 20 countries in 5 years its still 20 more countries that have not been to before. I am fine with it.
Looks like they shouldn't have outsourced their entire infrastructure.
Asking users questions never increases security
What apps are there that are particularly useful for a single task? Most apps that I download I do so because they'll be useful in the future, not just once.
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Great breakdown of an argument that has going back and forth for years here in NYC. In a similar vein, anybody who has some extra time and interest should take a look at http://nycbigapps.com/. The deadline has been extended two weeks further into late January. There is a Meetup this morning if you happen to be in the neighborhood, http://www.meetup.com/NYCBIGAPPS/calendar/15493668/?a=cr1p_g....
Since there's no comments. I'll chime in on this. They've been available for a while. YUI2 grids was my first experience with grids, and I hated it. Way too complicated and confusing. I quickly moved over to Blueprint.

When YUI3 grids came out I gave them a try cause I'm using YUI for my front end. The new version is much more intuitive to use, and the fluid layout is great. I'd recommend anyone who was deterred by the YUI2 grids to try the new YUI3 version.
For a similar adventure, check out bumfuzzle.com and go back to the very beginning of their blog.
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The problem is the projectile comes out of the gun so fast most of the weight is going to be taken up by shielding.

Just how long does the shielding have to withstand high temps? We already solve a much harder problem with reentry of orbital vehicles. The problem here is much simpler, as we don't actually want to shed most of the velocity. In fact, we want to lose as little of our kinetic energy as possible. If ablative shielding can handle reentry, it can handle launch. AFAIK, the mass ratio for reentry shielding is quite good.
I've always been a hobby programmer, but over the last few months I've been developing some web sites and trying to bring my skills up 'to the next level'. The things you mentioned- vcs, bug tracking, deployment- are definitely non trivial. Partly because while most programming languages are well documented and have lots of tutorials, the things you mention are almost a black art, something every programmer does a bit differently (I think) and rolls their own scripts.

For example- there is a php project I want to contribute to with bug fixes. I can fix the bugs no problem, but submitting a patch & using the bug tracking system? Way beyond me!
A friend of mine who got on the featured users list and went from 10,000 followers to 1,000,000 followers said it was like nothing changed. The number of @replies and RTs didn't increase noticeably at all.
>Assanges point is that the harder you make it to be secretive the less conspiracies you will get

If someone wants to whisper something in your friends ear, and seeing it you step closer, does the third party whisperer quit or do they usher you friend away so that they can keep the secret?

Making it harder to keep secrets means that people are more secretive.

Decreasing the ability for people to communicate is not at all a good thing IMO. If diplomats can't do their job, acting as intermediaries and smoothing over relationships between countries then I don't think that is going to help anyone unless they desire anarchy.

>It's not by any metrics naive it's exactly what is going on right now.

Could you expand on this I'm not at all clear what you're saying.
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i guess "startup lifestyle promoter", which is your tagline on your site, belongs there too.
I hate websites that don't let you click on the image for a larger version. Especially when the article is about something visual.
> Do any of the mobile app stores have an API?

An API for third party to get "random" app store data, or an API for applications to provide/manage stuff to purchase out of the "main" app store application?
I usually implement a tic-tac-toe game as my first project when learning a new language. Tic-tac-toe, properly implemented, will give you a pretty good tour of a language. But with that said, Hello world, still serves it purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia

Bangladesh is South Asian, not Southeast Asian.
How often has Batman fought someone with a gun? Heck, I'm pretty sure he's fought people with frickin' lasers! In any case you're focusing too much on gear. For both of them their greatest asset is their mind. Spock is definitely ahead of Batman in that regard.

Although do keep in mind that Spock is an explorer, Batman is a crime fighter.

Plus Batman has defeated every superhero he's ever fought against including Superman.
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I'm planning on doing something similar in a few years once I've saved up enough. Just curious - what is a good amount to have saved up to do something like this? Are you still planning on working while your traveling?
Resistance to length-extension attacks is one of NIST's requirements for the competition; a hash that had that vulnerability would have been disqualified.
Are you willing to hang around with any people that don't mind you hanging around? If not, then your loneliness is a choice. Maybe an unconscious one but still, a choice. In that case you have chosen to value your alone time more than the social time with people you possibly don't click with. At this point you are aware of something you feel you deserve, having rejected the things you feel you don't deserve.
It is like fizzbuzz/binary search in that most people think they can write it and they get it wrong.

Quicksort requires careful selection of pivots, and is unstable. (Many scripting languages (perl, python) are opting
for stable sorts)

Check out Bentley&McIllroy's Engineering Quick Sort for a guide about the problems implementing a production ready quicksort.

If you're going to teach them something easy, simple and relatively hard to implement badly, teach them merge sort.

Then teach them adaptive merge sort.
First time I hear of "frenemy".
I think this is good advice; maybe it could be paraphrased - don't ask to ask (dive in).

I think people are often quite hung up on being courteous, and are keen to gain permission to have that initial conversation.

While I think that's understandable, this is a nice example of why it's useful to a) be persistent, and b) get to the point of the conversation efficiently and effectively.
As a life long sailor, I've seen too many stories like this one. Luckily your friend didn't die in the process, but too many people who think it would be very romantic to get on a sailboat and go round the world don't realize what they are getting into and do.

Just yesterday two men sank off of Nantucket on their homebuilt sailboat and the Coast Guard had to rescue them by helicopter. Luckily they were still close enough to shore to be reached. I don't know what they were thinking, but one of their most egregiously bad moves was bringing 1 survival suit for 2 people. And that is just the most recent story I've seen (like I said, it was yesterday).
And after all we're just loose clouds of atoms and free will is an illusion, so stop worrying and start liking people. You don't have any choice anyway.
At the risk of being downvoted, here's a "conspiracy theory." Why did the ad block for firefox recently stop working for youtube and google sponsored video ads? Personally, firefox's superior ad block was the last thing preventing me from defaulting chrome. Maybe google engineers figured out a way around the ad block, who knows. Regardless, does anyone know an ad block that still takes care of the video ads?
Someone already pointed out that you try out "Hello World" to see if everything is working correctly. Anyway, the author fails to make the distinction between is and ought to be, it's sloppy.
It's feasible to build a structure about 10 miles high using even conventional construction techniques. (Which would allow for orbital velocities at under 500 gravities.) Some folks at JPL have determined that aircraft building materials make 60 mile high structures possible.

I think our government should build such a launch accelerator in the desert somewhere. (Tilted at 45 degrees or so, to get a cargo drone out of the atmosphere and give it a big boost towards orbital velocity.) The ability to place bulk cargo into orbit would give the US a tremendous economic advantage. (Selling solar power satellites, colonization of Mars...)
Do not do this to random people's websites. Google is one of an enlightened few. You will be surprised how easy it is to piss people off just by looking for cross-site scripting; something innocuous you do is going to cause popups to appear for all their customers, and they're going to go ballistic.

People have gotten into legal trouble doing this.
On a related note: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-12-11/
Yes I am planning to be working during my travels. I have a decent savings but I don't know what would be a good amount. I have options to fall back to if things doesn't work out though.
It is almost always better to pay more for a better boat upfront than get a cheaper boat and fix it up along the way.

Cosmetic stuff is fine, but on a 30' boat, if you are fixing structure or engines, it is going to get expensive quick. And if the laminate itself is wet, you are probably headed for a dumpster.

Get a good mechanical survey and a good structural survey on any boat over $10k.

I agree with your views on sailing, I've been crusing for a long time, and it honestly is one of the best things I do. Though I leave the computer, tv, at home. I find disconnecting completely for two weeks to be far better than taking my work life out on a boat for a year.
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Actually, once you get to a high enough altitude, it doesn't take that much fuel to maintain your speed. The "Pop-up" trajectory (first stage up, 2nd stage forwards) is one that's actually practical and has been proposed for TSTO.
Upvoted, but I have a small disagreement: do NOT take a cat (or any animal) while lonely. You won't truly get rid of loneliness, but you will decrease your motivation (by providing small distractions). Animals are fun, but get friends first.
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I didn't say great or excellent, just good. If you don't like it, you won't get good. Competence is sexy. Shared WTF will get you started, but that's about it. Shared passion is another level entirely.
Looks like you are right. Tells you how much I know about the region.
Not exactly what you are looking for, but it's still a rare and very valuable person who sits between front end designer and developer, equally at home in Photoshop and an IDE.

This is going to be massive over the next few years with web, mobile, tablets, internet TV, paid content etc. Interactive consumer and media experiences.

It's not art as you described, but imagine it would scratch the creative itch and keep you gainfully employed!
I doubt he doesn't enjoy life. It's possible to enjoy life with such attitude too. And actually it's quite easy.

And no emotional hangover after "friends" fail you!
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What did I say HN? What did I say?
An API for a third-party to query app-store data (things like Genre, Position, Name, Icon, Screens, Free/Paid, Reviews, Popularity, etc.).

Update:

Turns out Apple has this (iTunes & App Store Affiliate Tools), including the revenue share with affiliate networks.