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> the US no longer produces like before

You're right about that, but not the way you meant: http://mercatus.org/publication/us-manufacturing-output-vs-j...

The US produces twice what it did in 1975 using a third fewer people.
IANAL, but it doesn't just have to be true -- it's on you to prove it to the court with a high degree of certainty.
It is tough to judge this article since the original research paper and data are not presented, but definitely some interesting points. I am surprised that the article makes no mention of major as I feel that has a huge impact on the the types of students that graduate from even within the same school.
Where did you get these numbers? In my research, I couldn't find good comparisons at all. I saw some info in various places attributed to Canalys that showed 33 million iOS vs 32.7 Android unit sales in Q4. I also saw Schmidt claim 300k daily Android phone activations in Q4 with Apple's Q4 earnings report extrapolating to 375k daily iOS sales. Did Android have 75k daily sales of non-phone Android devices? Maybe if we include Nooks and things? Is this even really a useful comparison between two things anymore? Would a consumer recognize a Nook as being the same thing as a Droid, in the same way they recognize an iPod Touch is the same thing as an iPhone? This isn't an idle question since, e.g., millions of the Android activations are coming from phones in China with totally different user experiences. In my opinion, Android is not homogeneous enough to compare against iOS in the way that Windows vs Mac OS used to be.
Though - come on. Do not run into the cognitive framework where you start to compare disciplines. Viewing disciplines along ranks can start messing with you.

When I said I have read about FE and LTCM in the "Black Swan", I meant that the people working there are not complacent. The author of that book for example seems genuinely active - though might not be considered likeable. The virtue of the author's criticism to the field that he belongs, he shows the fluidity adherent to him and others within finance.

Let's compare it to an example from the automotive industry. Companies out of Detroit have been complacent, which had run into serious design troubles. They were in the business of making mediocre cars. When faced with the prospect of bankruptcy, Ford had the chance to reform before the financial crisis hit. GM and Chrysler - which was owned by Benz earlier - leadership flew to Washington to ask for unspecified amount of money. I cannot assign causality of badness in the current networked world, but the physical/manufacturing car guys seemed to be worse than LTCM. And they had the nerve to face California in court over car emission requirements. So, there are other people that have not acted with diligence to the community.

It is about people though. It is not about disciplines. It is all about people.
Slightly off-topic, but I'm actually disappointed by the spread of Internet access to things like planes and trains. One of the things I enjoy the most about flying is that I feel disconnected from the rest of the world, and I try to take advantage of this to focus on a book or programming problem for the duration of the flight, without worries or distractions. I haven't yet been on a flight with wifi, but I suspect that the illusion of isolation would be broken for me, and my ability to focus would suffer dramatically. Hopefully, most airlines will see it as another thing they can charge me for.
In America, yes, truth is an absolute defense against libel claims; in Britain, truth is no defence, yet: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/15/libel-law-reform...
I use one called "stayfocusd".

It's a chrome plugin that allows me block certain sites. I usually give myself about 10 minutes/day on all of my favorite news sites (including HN).
I never said there weren't outliers, but I have found them to be quite rare since using this strategy. If I do have to ban someone like that I ban them by email address, since I require email confirmation to sign up. It slows them down at least. Also, I can ban by regex on an email address so they can't use the gmail trick of adding a + after their username.

I find it just as effective as an IP ban and less likely to affect others.
you can make hydrogen via other means, directly from sunlight, for example, although admittedly that technology is not here yet.
Find some middling distractions that stop you from worse distractions. I find trance music stops me from looking around, hearing and thinking about odd noises without taking any of my attention, and also lifting my mood (uplifting trance podcasts like Lee Harris).

Control your blood sugar. This mostly means a good snack of at the very least, a piece of wholemeal toast, every 3-4 hours. No sugar, and probably no caffeine.

Find the limit to your want to do something else. I can binge on Wikipedia, but then I get bored and save all the pages I have open for another time. Keep doing this and the binges will get shorter in time, in about six months I got them down from two hours to 20 minutes.
The tesla roadster is unfortunately just not competitive with other internal combustion performance cars if you don't want to give it credit for either (1) being a super innovative EV or (2) being environmentally friendly.

Top Gear (and all the car mags) basically review it as a cool, fun novelty. But if you measure on looks + performance, as car enthuiasts do, it's just fundamentally not competitive in its price bracket.

Suing is obviously a mistake. Hoping Top Gear, Evo, Road & Track will push it is just naive. Tesla listens too much to their own marketing.
I am wholeheartedly in agreement with you, to the extent that I took a 36 hour train ride a few months ago partly to disconnect from the normal flow of life, and from the 24/7 Internet access that I am accustom to.
I'd forgotten just how much Clarkson sings the praises of the Tesla in the first half of the review. The electric Tesla thrashes the petrol Lotus Elise in a drag race. Clarkson is obviously amazed - "God almighty:, "this is biblically quick!" - "this car is electric, literally!". "Wave goodbye to dial-up, welcome to broadband motoring!". Then he says how much torque it produces, how quick it is from 0 to 60, and then: "it's even more 'not bad' when you start looking into the costs": £40 to fill the petrol Elise, electricity just £3.50. Wind noise is a problem, but "a small price to pay when you consider the upsides". "And I haven't even got to the big upside yet: 200 miles between trips to the plug." Some adverse comments about the handling, but then he waves goodbye as "the volt head" cruises past the "petrol head". "It is snowing in hell!". "This car was shaping up to be something wonderful..."

After a pretty positive first half, Clarkson does indeed go on to make fun of the car's electrical problems, and then is unimpressed by the practicalities and ecological claims of electric vehicles. Even with a range of 250 miles, and a 16 hour recharge cycle (if you're not throwing it around a track), it's just not - yet - a practical car for many people, or a supercar to compete with the likes of Ferrari or Porsche.

Clarkson's final words on the Tesla: "Incredible - but irrelevant [in the light of the hydrogen car reviewed later]".

As Top Gear and Clarkson reviews go, I thought it wasn't overly biased. I mean, he could have dropped a piano on it, or set it on fire...

I suspect Tesla are just in the need for some publicity at the moment.
That's the point of the operating agreement. It says what does and does not exist.

To quote from Nolo.com (http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/llc-operating-agreeme...) :

"The main reason to make an operating agreement is to help ensure that courts will respect your limited personal liability. This is particularly key in a one-person LLC where, without the formality of an agreement, the LLC will look a lot like a sole proprietorship. Having a formal written operating agreement will lend credibility to your LLC's separate existence."

The operating agreement usually specifies that the member can operate all aspects of the business, including hiring, firing, etc. So authority flows from the member in terms of other people's titles, and it is not necessary to specify lower level employee's title in the operating agreement. It is, however, necessary to specify the relationship of each owner in an LLC to the business if they will be transacting business on behalf of the company. This ensures that the veil between personal and company property remains intact.
I like Google Trends much better than compete and alexa... to borrow a term - they have more bars in more places

http://trends.google.com

Only good for larger sites, as it doesn't cover smaller ones

Here is TC
http://trends.google.com/websites?q=techcrunch.com&geo=a...

Here is HN
http://trends.google.com/websites?q=news.ycombinator.com&...

PG - how accurate is it? Suggests ~20k daily uniques to ~50k now
The data is based of a scraped/entered train schedule from 2009, and hasn't been updated since.

Essentially, the data is always playing back the regular schedule, but is offset by any delays (which can now be obtained by API, earlier by scraping the railway's mobile site). Other than that they use the average acceleration and braking performance of trains, and the max speed at route points.

The project apparently never was finished: this works but isn't up to date. A very similar site and likely by the same maker won a "Who is better than Google" prize a few years back.

It's funny this link pops up now: the Dutch Railways announced an API on March 31st.
I use Toggl (http://www.toggl.com/) to track where I'm spending my time - when I pull up HN to read it, I swap to timing that. Somehow, having a timer logging how much time I spend on non-productive work helps keep me focused.
No. Pass the word. HN is not the new Techcrunch. These aren't the droids you are looking for. Move along. Move along.
Point taken. What people should say is "it's easy" or "it's not difficult".
Microsoft does avoid paying taxes, but by using the Irish tax haven:

http://techrights.org/2009/05/02/microsoft-evading-tax-irela...

(I couldn't find the original, less biased account, but it's been well documented)
Has anyone combined the Kinect with iOS yet? That plus the HDMI out from the new iPad to a big screen tv would equal epicness on an unprecedented scale. In fact, I'd actually pay more for that than I did for the iPad itself. Get to work, Apple.
I don't even like cake.
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I don't see how an article about water encased in silica is relevant. Is it just because it contains the words "dry water" or is there something else?
Hacking your diet/health/body is on topic.
I'm sure Google is terrified of becoming like Microsoft's Windows and Office divisions too.
>I usually charge $10,000 per gig, 4-6 hour work

that's $1600/ hour. Are you kidding me ?
Also look at employment trends. More indies, more digital distribution, social, web and mobile game companies. The AAA studios are known to be fragile, risky operations, and the smaller retail-oriented studios(whether PC or console) have mostly disappeared, with the exception of a few making low-end shovelware.
It's pretty simple how to fix it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLMTvxOaeE
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What phone is it?
Yep: http://www.swisstrains.ch/ (Search eg. for "Zürich HB" for some traffic) But it's also just timetables drawn to a map :/

Oh, and then there's one for planes:
http://radar.zhaw.ch/radar.html This actually uses real data (They have a transponderdata-receiver on the roof) and there's a Google Earth version: http://www.idp.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/idp/forschung/transpor...
« I mean, he could have dropped a piano on it, or set it on fire...»

Exactly. People have to keep in mind this is a Clarkson review we're talking about. If you want to see how he deals with cars he really doesn't like, just search YouTube for "clarkson perodua kelisa".
Here are our actual numbers:

http://www.ycombinator.com/images/hntraffic-2apr11.png

Pageviews are thrown off somewhat by crawlers, but unique ips shouldn't be.
Opposite direction than PA/SF, and a snoozeworthy downtown area to boot. :P
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Using Automator on my mac I have created a few simple folder workflows. For example I have one that everything I drag into it gets printed. This seems simple but its great when you constantly get a few emails a day with multiple attachments that need printing. Saves a few seconds every time.
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That was really fast. I feel pretty incompetent (which in all likelihood, may not be far from true, despite what my client/managers say).

Good job!
Very cool - I was totally surprised and delighted when I clicked Demo and saw what happened after.

Couple notes- it's not a true "heatmap" since it only works when the mouse is moving. If I two-finger scroll to another place, it doesn't register that the mouse has been over a new spot until I move it again. Likewise, if I hover over a spot for a long time then quickly move it somewhere else, it doesn't turn red, only registers a small blue dot because the mouse was not moving (only works when mouse is moving).

Then again I think the applications for this tech/visual effect are much wider than an analytical heatmap.
I'm not sure the target audience (probably you and me when it was written in 96) would react quite as negatively as you suggest. Sure all of this seems somewhat harsh to direct at an individual, but when directed at an entire generation, it leaves the reader a lot of wiggle room to say "this is directed at slackers", etc.

I guess I read this more as old wisdom that people coming of age should think about -- it reminds me a bit of that song "Wear Sunscreen" that came out a couple of years after this. Sure, the advice isn't necessarily original, but that doesn't mean it's not worth being aware of or thinking about once in a while.

As I was reading this, I thought this might be something I'd hand to my 8 year-old to read some day. Not because I think he's an lazy ingrate, just because it seems like interesting food for thought.
Latest HN traffic stats: 100k uniques on weekdays, 1.1m pageviews
I suspect it is about headlines. They have even taken out a google ad on the search "tesla top gear" pointing to teslavstopgear.co.uk

However, the review is clearly heavily scripted (do Teslas really just run out of power and then require pushing down the road?). In the UK, the powers-that-be at the BBC have recently taken a dim view of this sort of constructed TV posing as reality (after "Socksgate" and "Sachsgate", an explanation of which is probably beyond the scope of this discussion...).
With this response, it sounds like both sides are now in complete agreement and there is no remaining dispute.
Here is the link for the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2MpcIiO6A&feature=youtu...

This is Clarkson we are talking about, not some wuss who kiss up to asses when he gets sued... and seriously imo that is a pretty decent review for the Tesla coming from Clarkson.
I knew Gmail Motion was an April Fools gag --- that's what the link sending me there said, but...

It's actually a good idea --- for certain users. In particular, there are many people who use sign language to communicate. For those who sign, what could be more natural than controlling Gmail via sign? And why stop at Gmail?

Further reading: http://cad.ca/en/issues/telecommunications.asp
Patent reform and the role of the courts (excellent overview)
Howto obtain notes in a group stream using Facebook Query Language?
Some months ago I created a minimalistic app for searching within Facebook groups. You can try it at http://gs.sullof.com. Currently, GroupSearcher injects a bit of code in group walls and works very well. But not always. In fact, if you add a note to the group, it's impossible to find it because Facebook doesn't return notes in the group stream.
I contacted Facebook in all possible ways but I received no answers. Also Quora didn't helped me. Probably, I should try with StackOverflow.<p>Is there someone that knows how to obtain notes in a group stream using Facebook Query Language?
you mean the technology where you connect electrodes to solar panel or wind turbine, put them into water and hydrogen and oxygen come out?
I love Google Sky Map. I particularly enjoy pointing it at the ground and seeing stars from the Southern Hemisphere.
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Anyone on here get accepted yet or been contacted for the Battlefield?
Watching the "joke" made me realize something - there's a chance that, in the future, a lot of communication with computers will be done using sign language.

After all, most people (rightly) assume that pretty soon, voice recognition will work well enough that you'll be able to dictate everything to your computer, making keyboards partially obsolete (especially for the majority of users).

But everyone also correctly thinks that there is one big problem with voice-driven computers - they won't work well with many people in the room at the same time. Imagine a cubicle environment in which everyone needs to talk to their computers.

Motion-detection, coupled with sign language, is a pretty logical next step.
Add college kids to that as well.
It is interesting, I didn't read in his post that nupark2 said youth implies ignorance. But that is probably because you'd classify me as an old "curmudgeon" too.

I totally agree that vitality, energy and fresh perspectives are important, but I have also been exposed to them being applied to the totally wrong thing. But I don't think that is an age thing really. I have experienced buffoons at every level of an organisation and at every age. I try to mix young and old, experience and fresh perspectives, energy and caution in my teams. Balance tends to work out well.
The video in question is here: http://www1.peteava.ro/id-641316-top-gear-uk-season-12-episo...
Tesla's review starts at about 17:29.

The episode seems to be centered around contrasting the Tesla with Honda's FCX Clarity.
Here is the 2nd part: http://www1.peteava.ro/id-641379-top-gear-uk-season-12-episo...
At about 21:10, James reviews/introduces Honda's FCX Clarity and finishes by calling it "The car of the next 100 years"

James doesn't stop with the praises; and I think he was perhaps disingenuous in glossing over big details.

The processes for getting Hydrogen to be in usable form requires energy by itself. Whereas Tesla's batteries directly give it electricity, there is a system present in the Clarity that converts the hydrogen fuel into electricity. The only emission is... water. Fantastic, rainbows all around.

Hydrogen is indeed abundant throughout this universe, but it is mostly found in compound forms - water, natural gas, etc.
There is a certain ratio 'EROI' -- (Energy return on investment) -- which is defined to be:
(quantity of energy supplied / quantity of energy used in supply process.)It turns out that in summing the energy required by the very initial processes of getting Hydrogen to be in usable form, packaging it, and delivering it to the user, the EROI for Honda's FCX Clarity is VASTLY higher than it is for electric vehicles, like the Tesla's.

If the episode's central critique was in the basis of comparing the Tesla's efficiency vs. Clarity's (which, to me, felt that an element of it in fact was), it was dishonest of James to gloss over the known inefficiencies of hydrogen fuel cells. As hard as it is for me to say it, as I'm about the biggest James' fan, but I really do think this episode was a little iffy for more than a few reasons.
He isn't giving any info or asking anything about hacking diets, he's only asking if we eat banana peels.
With that criteria any question in the universe could be on topic. "Do you watch humor movies?" --> Is about hacking your emotions with humor...
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I cannot imagine why would I choose to use voice recognition even if I am alone with computer.
Tune your internal filter more strictly. Three categories:

1. Signal.

If you're honest with yourself, no more than 10% of most social news will be signal for you, signal being defined as something that directly helps you improve your work. That 10% is different for different people doing different things, though. Read, bookmark, or pinboard the signal.

2. Useful to be aware of, not directly applicable.

Industry gossip & news, scan the headline and first paragraph so you're not totally ignorant about it at cocktail parties, then move on, don't dwell on it. This is different for different folks, depending on what you do. What's #2 for some is noise for others, and vice versa.

3. Noise.

Around half of social media. Infoporn, Entreporn, whatever. Not applicable to you, won't help to know about it at the expense of actually doing or making something yourself. Suppress your Pavlovian instincts and ignore it.

You could even take this a step further and just cut out #2 and #3 altogether. But if you do that you can also cut out #1 (social media entirely) and rely purely on search engines to find you stuff you need when you need it. Extreme, but there you go.
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What better way to avoid all the compete/quantcast speculative threads than to just post the numbers. Wish we could get that from more hosts for comparative reasons.

Any one know what conversations may have caused the massive spikes on uniques?
I must try that!
If a programmer tells you to use vim or emacs, tell them no. These editors are for when you are a better programmer.
All you need right now is an editor that lets you put text into a ﬁle.

From Zed's LPTHW. While Vim/MacVIM is my editor of choice, if someone is just getting started and using RoR - TextMate or any easy to start with non-modal editor seems like the right choice. Trying to learn vim while learning a new language/framework at the same time could get frustrating. TextMate is still very popular, easy to start with, and last I checked (admittedly a very long time ago) the editor used in Railscasts.
Not quite sure where Tesla is expecting this to be headed towards? Are they expecting the compensation to cover their sales? Or better sales after the suit? Or do they really want not to have anymore review coverage? Or someone in Tesla really hates Top gear/Stig/Clarkson?
I doubt the BBC's legal team would have allowed it to broadcast if they didn't think it would end up in their favour. The losers in this are the British public, who are presumably paying to defend the broadcaster from some car manufacturer who didn't like a review.
Wait a second. Maybe I need some reeducation myself here, but you're pinning the mass-murders of the 20th century on "intellectuals"? And then saying that's the explanation for the present day trend of distrust in science? (Well, that plus the egg flip-flop.) I'm not granting the premise, but even if I did, it's quite a non-sequitur.

You blame scientists for "fail[ing] to resist politicization" without mentioning that one of our major political parties and it's major financial backers hate the policy implications of some important scientific conclusions. The coal lobby, etc. have to attack science as a discipline precisely because the science is so clear. (Part of that is of course claiming that those nasty scientists are raking in the big grant $$$ as a reward for their dishonesty.)

(Re: the murdering, I think it's giving the murderers way too much credit to take whatever intellectual justifications they offer at face value. Sure Stalin claimed to be furthering the revolution or whatever, but he exterminated an awful lot of non-Russians who had traditionally resisted the central Russian state. The rise of the modern state enabled ideological mass-killing, but that just added another reason to all the other ones - ethnic, religious, colonial conquest, etc. - that predate a literate class, let alone an "intellectual" one.)
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