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I love maintenance. But that's because I'm usually called in to build what should have been built in the first place.

So perhaps it's better to say that I like to make things work. And to me, working implies maintenance over time. Which itself implies that maintenance is possible and viable.
In the beginning validation is more important than maintenance. A one-week project is kind of the equivalent of a developed Lean landing page; it's just there to see if the idea will begin to stick.
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I don't think they're just quirks but let's say it's the way you paint it. Given those quirks, why would you choose to use a platform so quirky for 3 times the price? That's what I don't understand.

I've switched from Windows to Linux a while ago. At the beginning it was "quirky" but I could immediately see how much better linux was. On mac, I just feel that the system is working against me.
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Hi All,

My friend developed a web service to trace the android devices ( http://blog.mobilecare.cc/install ) The web service is a little bit like google latitude, and it support "groups" functionality. You can share your position with your family and colleague. You can also set up a specific time period time to trace the android devices because maybe you don't want your boss to know where you at some specific time. :p

I've tried to promote it on my own web site: http://www.android-x86.org. Does anyone have ideas where I can promote it without spending money ? For example, some web site that we can exchange link, or some forums that we can write some introductory post. Thank you in advance!!
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I can't wait until all of the old media go behind a paywall: imagine what grand ambitious projects will fill the void!
what did they do?
Right, but might just want to do that at work, with yourself and a few other people. You could run this on hardware you already have around essentially for nothing plus your own time.
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Firstly understand that the most precious thing that you are losing here is time - or rather time not spent on building a break-out business. Every day that you spent on the dead end business is time not spent on building a break-out business.

This is what I would suggest:

1. Try selling your startup. Put a time frame on it - say 2 months at the max. Research and Pitch potential buyers. Don't be too rigid on the price. Again, you need to sell so that the business (and its employees) can stretch for as much as possible, and you need to sell to save your time.

2. If the sale doesnt happen in two months, disassociate from the business. For all practical purposes assume that the business is dead. Detach and Break Free. Do not let the dead-end business take your mindspace. Plan the business contingency - you might let your employees keep running the business so that it helps pay their salaries - or you might make it clear to your employees that the business is dead end and they should jump ship. Offer them salaries till the business pays the bills and help them in whatever way they want. Whatever you do, do not engage in the business.

3. Use the now free mind space to figure out the next break out business. Do not try to adapt your existing business. Do not try to 'do something' with your business competencies. Do not 'pivot' your existing business/employees/software.
they built twitter: http://www.140characters.com/2009/01/30/how-twitter-was-born...
As Mark Twain once said: "I apologize about the length of this letter, I didn't have time to write a short one"

Extending the limit would just make people sloppy.
I agree. This economy also isn't getting any prettier anytime soon either... it's going to be tough for investors, and it's going to be esp tough for non-technical founders with just an idea, I think.

This is why I suspect Yuri Milner shrewdly linked up with Y Combinator early on, he saw this coming. Small, nimble teams of hackers will survive and win.
3 times the price? Seriously?
They would probably report as self-employed, although unemployed is possible.

Unemployment in government statistics is an economic-political term basically defined as "people who are able to work, who are actively looking for work and have been for the last 4 weeks"

Its important that they are "actively" searching for work. This is generally (in most countries, including Canada and the United States) defined the same as it is in the relevant welfare codes: looking at job ads, submitting resumes, making physical effort to find a new job (albeit, the extent to which that effort is made is hard to measure)
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There's links to both a laptop PC and a MacBook with similar specs in the article, the laptop PC is 749€, the macbook 2149€.

EDIT : to reply to the comment below... I don't know about weight but battery time on my crappy current laptop (2 years old) is around 4 hours and a half, I think because I run linux (on windows it was around 2 hours). One of my colleagues recently changed the battery on his MacBook pro because it couldn't keep charge anymore, after one year.

About resolution, the MacBook pro I've selected goes at 1440x900, which is the same resolution my crappy laptop has.
"They are trying to get our technology secrets" is not a valid reason for this policy, since you haven't shown conclusively that it's a bad thing to give them our technology.
Title is misleading. The clause prevents some sources of federally funded science from collaborating with China.

"The clause prohibits the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from coordinating any joint scientific activity with China."

That said, this seems pretty crazy to me.
It's too bad they stop with Bachelor's - does the trend continue for people with graduate degrees?
I agree: from reading the title I thought that companies and individuals were banned also.
Too bad the highest education level in the survey is "Bachelor or higher". I would have really liked to see the impact of having a Master or Phd. I wonder if an education level above Bachelor makes any difference in regard of unemployment or just for income.
I am also curious how these numbers looked 30 or 40 years ago.
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ctrl-d

Emacs keybindings work just about everywhere on a Mac.
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Or does it get worse? Do they get written off as "over qualified"?
http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs...
tl;dr

The legendary British documentary maker Adam Curtis has a new series coming out called All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace whose thesis is that computers have detrimentally reshaped our view of what society is and our role in it.
How Dead is WebOS?
New HP devices are coming out and folks are migrating to HTML/CSS/Javascript frameworks, which was always the case for WebOS. Does it have a chance for third place in the smartphone market after it's precipitous downfall?
I could just go for fn + backspace if I didn't care about pressing two keys for that.
I am happy about each and every database leak that makes people aware about the issues with data-mongering. As long as I am not in one of them. Then it feels really really bad (my credentials were "stolen" (ie copied) in a customer database of a hardware shop, since then I get personalised spam and the store still has not notified the thousands of customers whose details are out there).
We ban NASA from collaborating with China, meanwhile NASA collaboration in the past with the Soviet Union and Russia has proved very beneficial (scientifically and politically).
I should have used the /sarcasm tag maybe....
The maximum length should be 160 characters, not 140. When SMS was developed, research was done to show that 160 characters provided enough space to communicate most short messages [1]. Less characters were shown to be too tight. Unfortunately, Twitter, built on top of SMS, had to clip 20 characters for the username.

Of course, that's just for short text messages. Maybe embedding in hyperlinks, pictures, music, and video doesn't need the same constraints.

[1] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/05/invented-...
Ctrl+d is the emacs bindning for delete, itworks just about everywhere on OSX. I do agree with the general slowness (beachballs galore).
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I'd hire you if you kept on going with your answer... you've shown the following traits already:

- ability to analyse the problem

- talk about possibilities, thus displaying communication skills

I have probably misled my comment by using the phrase "brain-teaser" when I really meant "design question".
They do not have similar specs. They might have some of the same components but resolution, battery lifetime and weight are all better on the MacBook Pro. If you just look at the processor, ram and hard drive then every non apple computer will be cheaper.
a good portion of the information i have ever learned under NDA has been valuable to me in some way, so i would encourage founders to sign NDAs and get the scoop. just don't share what you learn outside your company..
If you want to access it from home, you'll need to somehow pay for an internet connection, but you're probably already doing that. :)

Most developers I know are already paying for hosting already -- for pet project sites, personal sites for self/friends/family, for running proxies or experiments, hosting offsite backups, etc. etc..
Think file-hosting sites guard your private data? Think again
Sales people and marketing people are usually completely different animals - I've never met anyone who wasn't a company founder who was successful at both.
I believe you're thinking of the nokia deal (nokia seems to be on a bad path, but the same was true of apple some years ago), but apart from that occasion, what are other dying companies that associated with microsoft ?

EDIT:
I am honestly wondering, it's not meant as a provoking question :)
Yep, also fun + backspace would do but I'd really really like to have my DEL key back. I'm used to it, I love it, it's everywhere, I don't see the point of taking that back.
I was recently rereading Frankenstein, and in the preface, the author tries to refute the then-common notion that the writing and reading of novels represented a moral plague of laziness and indolence. The exciting plots and long page-counts were blamed for helping readers escape the real world and shirk their responsibilities.
Reminder: Get away from your keyboard and call your mother. Today is Mothers Day
Was planning on working all day today. I lost track of what day it was. Instead I'm going to call my mother and make dinner for my wife.
While OS X is generally not very customizable, keybindings are generally good and/or changable.

Try modifying DefaultKeyBinding.dict or if that is not enough, KeyRemap4Macbook.
Readable: A more readable version of "readability"
European law could be the model here. eg. In the UK such contracts are simply and plainly unenforcible because of Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/about-the-oft/legal-powers/legal/unfai...

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Consumer_prot...

I should note this only applies to consumer contracts. With contracts between businesses it's expected that they do know what they're doing.
Unfortunately the app is unstable and hogs an enormous amount of memory. If you can get it to run without crashing your phone, it gives alerts about memory warnings and "switching to lightweight view", and then doesn't actually show street-level parking data. At least, that's my experience. Hopefully they'll fix it in future versions coming soon.
I don't subscribe to the theory that the US government is a nigh-omnipotent entity that always gets its way. There are plenty of things the US government doesn't like that it has to live with, such as strong cryptography, pornography and P2P networks.

I also really dislike the fatalistic attitude that those in power will always get their way, and that we should never try to change the status quo because we will always fail.
(For what it's worth, I was a fan of the old Readability plugin, but I am somewhat concerned about it's direction now.)
We never miss an opportunity to assign blame. We shoot people because of video games. Our kids are dumb because of "bad teachers". We're fat because of corn syrup.
I.e The boss is feeling threatened excuse.
I doubt the 17" will ever be cheaper, but the 13"/15" can be a pretty good deal imho. Especially since the resale value is usually much higher than the PC.
> If you're a company in a developed nation, you should be forced to pay your employees and contractors salaries on par with life in your country, not theirs. It's the only way to be fair.

Sounds like a line from Atlas Shrugged, when goverment forced rules to the market since "it was not fair" that some companies had better offering with cheaper price. It's fair if both parties voluntarily agree, there is no other way.

I think the point was more about degreading of "design" , and the potential "cost" for the customer, when the business owner doesn't care or know what he/she is buying.

If know that you're buying a graphic to present your company and choosing it by your personal taste, then it's ok, but it's not necessarily good design. Like if you order a painting of yourself, it probably will not end up being the Mona Lisa.
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Creds to reddit btw: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/h62oz/x_factor_foxco...
How Companies Can Create a Brand Identity With Text Alone
Concerning the second option:

Sometime you might find potential buyer of your company within your existing or past customers. Have you reviewed that option?

Another option, maybe your competitor could be a potential buyer too? If they have some customers they don't have or they are willing to integrate new functionalities only available in your version?
It is not Mother's Day in all countries of the English-speaking world, but it is Mother's Day in both countries (one English-speaking, one not) where I have lived for extended periods. A family dinner is cooking as I type this. My mother and my wife are invited to eat the dinner, without having to do any of the preparation. My young daughter is planning to make a special minimal-cooking treat for the two mothers with whom we celebrate today.

The Wikipedia article has information about the dates of Mother's Day in various countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day
While Russia has tons of innovations on aerospace, what about China?
There is... problem is, there is also another key called "command", or "apple", which most of the times does what the ctrl key does on a pc. But not always, so you have to keep switching.
There is NO del key

Addressed in other comments

Apple key instead of CTRL

I for one like it this way because it creates a clear delineation between OS/program key bindings and remote key bindings - for example, Win cntl-key combos that stop working when SSHing with Putty because control-key combos are being reserved fot the SSH sessions, etc. YMMV. (and BTW, the Command key came long before the Windows key)

You can’t cut a file on Finder

You can copy and paste files with the Finder. Given how many people I've seen lose or corrupt files using Window's cut, I think this is a good thing.

if you want to delete a file you have to use the option in the context menu to do that.

Command-delete

needed a good 30 seconds for the terminal to start

That is one seriously fubar'd Mac. On my ~4 years old Mac mini it takes all of 2 seconds.
I was very confused for a second while reading the title, for some reason my brain associated 'fortunes' with a very different kind of fortune: http://fortunes.cat-v.org/
as if build quality, aesthetics, user experience, happiness, etc are worthless
Key part of that article:

"Slovakia has a population of only 5.7m, it is also the only country in which the Slovak language is universally spoken. This language isolation makes it easier for the market to be harnessed in this way"
This is so rad! Thank you Chris!
Could be funny to create a real version of this where balls are pushed from behind out of the holes.

Very well done!
Even among experienced computer users, emacs is a bit esoteric.

How intuitive are Emacs bindings for the typical Mac Owner?
Sure I could do that... I mean, I can remap everything on linux too. But I don't need to do that because the keys do what I expect them to. That's my point.
Hm, cmd + x does cut. Just not on files in Finder, the reason I suspect is the lack of a "forcing function" in such a case. It would for example be possible to lose files by mistakingly hit cmd + x. For other operations like this, (quitting without saving, emptying the trash etc) you get a question asking you to confirm.
http://images.apple.com/macbookpro/images/design_trackpad201...
Learn to use the keyboard shortcuts for moving around a line. It's a bit weird at first since they are chorded, but the advantage is that you don't have to leave the main keys so it's a little faster in general and you get better line navigation (at least I have not found similar navigation in Linux).

Also use iTerm2. I don't count the fact that I have to replace the default terminal as a minus since I have to do this for Linux too.

As for why I love my MBP. Sleep mode that works, spotlight, time machine, generally good GUI, unix is still there, really good build quality (I don't worry about it copping a bit of abuse since it's not plastic and does not warp when I pick t up with one hand), mag safe, multi touch trackpad and sometimes I come across an app from an indie that is quite frankly delightful. Eg Capo, Disco (when I still used CDRs), Delicious Library. You just don't see great apps on Linux.
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How do you know the data was stolen? Is it possible that they just sold your information?
That was a really insightful contribution of yours. Keep rolling.
I guess it may depend on what you're doing with the software, the phones might have a self-destruct button or something...

(I guess some companies want to do that with lost phones)
Yes, it does normally cut, but not in finder. I don't see how could you lose files by cutting - on dolphin (KDE) if i cut a file and then don't paste it the only thing that happens is that dolphin notifies me of that (rendering the icon grayish) and, if i close it and open it up again, the file is still there, still grayish.
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By the same token, how many of the OP's complaints are really a problem for the typical Mac owner?
LevelDB: a fast and lightweight key/value database library
Apple doesn't make it very easy for the average Joe to compare Apple versus other manufacturers battery life, choosing the non-standard Watt-hour instead of mAh.
Should be titled - Why RIM is Dead.
I mostly agree, but to play devil's advocate a little:

It's easy to say this is all correlation not causation, that it is the homes the media is consumed in not the media itself. But knowing that, and knowing you have a limited reach into other people's homes, media being the primary interface, what do you do?

A kid playing GTA is obviously not going to shoot up his school simply because of GTA, but I'm not sure it's fair to say GTA didn't play any role at all (combined, of course, with a sick mind), and that it wasn't the straw that broke the camel's back. I, too, see that this is a stretch, but it's a possibility (one that conveniently can't be 100% ruled out), and in the minds of those who aim to control the media I think this is the primary motivation. If you're trying to affect change in a "free" society, control of media is pretty much the best place to do it.

As for how to respond: it's not "this is an unsolvable problem," though in many ways it is the "last war." The answer is to produce more and better media than the opposition, in this case censorship committees, game ratings boards, etc. That fight never stops, but I think fighting it is part of our responsibility in the whole stewardship of culture thing, regardless of what side you are on.
Build quality, aesthetics -> as long as it boots and doesn't fall into pieces, I couldn't care less. I'm a programmer.

User experience -> that's exactly what I'm complaining about. My user experience is severely impaired.

happiness -> ...
Why the dream of microfinance is turning sour
Yes, but then that is a form of notification, although you could say that it's ambiguous to someone who doesn't use that feature and hit cmd+x by mistake. Or, let's say it's less clear than a alert dialog asking you to confirm. Having said that, an alert would be annoying.
above is a screenshot of it (after prpon played with it).
> It doesn't matter if they're satisfied or not, so long as they don't become criminal or violent. Porn and video games seem to be pretty good at distracting sexless men from more destructive pursuits, let alone sexbots.

My point was that not restorting to violence depends upon their being satsified. Porn and video games work for a very small percentage of the population that is anti-social anyway. The desire to find a mate and reproduce is at the core of human psychology. For most men, a porn, video games, or even a sexbot won't be enough.

> I think the vast majority of those men will suffer quietly. The effect on the culture is going to be more subtle than what some people are envisioning.

Like it says here[0], the number of surplus men will be 32 million. So what if 90% of the men stay quiet? 3 million pissed off men is enough to make all hell break loose.

0: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/asia/11china.html
The particular language used is not as significant as learning the principles of programming. The fundamental ideas are language independent. Programming languages help problem solution by providing a framework of abstractions, managing the many little details, and providing a plethora of libraries and tools. Why not learn both on your own?
The author is no exception. The last sentence is that "Video games, movies, and TV are not the problem. It is the homes in which they are being viewed." He's blaming parents the same way that he complains that others blame video games. But I have the same question. What about all the people from broken homes who are not shooting up schools?

My parents raised me with nothing but love and understanding. But I'm young enough that if I murdered/raped someone, they would be blamed. They were abusive/neglectful. They left me alone at home watching Grover too often. Or something like that.
Ctrl-d (not Cmd-d) in every textbox in OSX does exactly what Ctrl-d does in emacs. There is no difference.