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Perhaps there's a SaaS opportunity to build an intermediary API for these other services. It would present a single, sensible, unified API to developers, and would negotiate all of the crappy APIs of other services on the other side.

Facebook changes their API? No problem, API Intermediary simply updates its Facebook API calls once, maintaining the same developer-facing API as before. Google Translate gets deprecated? No problem, API Intermediary just switches translation providers to Microsoft.

Of course this would be a ton of work to build and maintain, but therein lies the value to others. Because of that, it probably couldn't be free (who would want that headache for nothing?) and it would probably not always offer the full range of capabilities that direct API access would, but it may still be profitable.
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>> Why do you need more than one dimension for time coordinates to express time dilation
Because in theory, there is no absolute time we can take as reference. 1 year for an object on moon is not 1 year for an object on Jupiter. So time dimension may include other factors that defines itself.

>> How is time an outcome of gravity?!?
"General relativity shows that gravity is really not a force, but rather a consequence of the fact that space-time is curved due to the distribution of mass and energy." More on http://www.ram.org/ramblings/science/time_is_relative.html
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WHEREAS,

1. "Physics Essays", the journal in which these papers are published, has the reputation of being ... on the fringe, let's say;

2. Every single time I have seen a PhysOrg article linked from HN, it has turned out to be at best borderline crackpottery;

3. There is not enough information in the actual article to tell whether this alleged research makes any sense and/or explains anything correctly, but it's full of handwavy stuff that looks very unpromising, and there's no sign of any actual, y'know, physics;

4. The actual publications do not appear to be available for us to read without paying at least $15 to "Physics Essays";

5. On searching for one author (Amrit Sorli) I found, e.g., http://gsjournal.net/eeuro/sorli4.pdf which contains gems like this (in which "QS" stands for "quanta of space"): "One could suppose that consciousness is the basic frequency of QS that build up a-temporal cosmic space. This basic frequency of QS by acting on the neurons of the human brain creates the phenomena of 'human consciousness'. The more the vibrations of the neurons are in tune with the basic frequency of QS, the more person will be conscious. The intensity of the human consciousness depends on the synchronicity with the basic frequency of QS of cosmic space.";

6. The institution with which the authors are affiliated doesn't seem to be one that does any actual science to speak of;

NOW, THEREFORE, I proclaim that this is almost certainly rubbish that isn't worth attending to.
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Networks expand returns on ability. They allow people to find better places for their skills, better access to employees and capital and expertise. But they do very little for people who lack ability in the first place. An
"in" with a hedge fund or VC or a big law firm won't get anyone anywhere without the ability to deliver the goods. Networks work by filtering. That country club golf partner doesn't think to mention his buddy in your field if he doesn't think that buddy will find you impressive. And if he did, his buddy wouldn't be very interested in his introductions.
I understand where you are coming from, but I can assure you that my first sentence is not meant to be ill-spirited. Rather, it servers the purpose of setting up the second part of my comment which reinforces how much "patio11 is not just the bingo card guy".

I think that Patrick did an awesome job with Bingo Card Creator, but Joel didn't hire the guy because he manages to make $30K in software sales a year. That's not an impressive number for software sales in itself. Plain and simple. Patrick is however an impressive guy when it comes to the specific set of skills he has, so it just makes sense for him to capitalize (possibly far more than Bingo Card ever could) on that.
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I designed for the most capable browser (in this case Safari) and then made sure it still worked well in all the others. If Firefox and IE had support for 3D animations then it would look "best" in every browser.

Perhaps I should have said for an extra visual treat use Safari.

For more on this theory of web development you should checkout Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke (http://hardboiledwebdesign.com/)
It's not just having access to networks, it's using them. Can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

All too often I see, from first hand experience, the poor and the middle class having the same opportunities: broadly speaking, the latter take advantage thereof, the former don't.

Sure, some networks are not accessible. Many are, and if one does not take advantage of what opportunities one does have, then more will not become available.
Don't know why, but this brought to mind the book by Gibson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Difference_Engine. The book is not about a Tunny Machine, but does paint an interesting world if the Difference Engine had gotten funding. If only they had ycombinator in 1847.
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Wow, that is unexpected. I can think of a lot of developer tools that use google translate to give a rough first translate. Things like Wordpress and web framework plugins. It seems like they should have just dropped a fee structure on top of it and that would eliminate abuse.

If any developers out there are looking for a new API to target, you could consider mygengo. It's not free (because it isn't machine translation), but they do have developer tools and an API available: http://mygengo.com/services/api/
Server's down. Here's a cached link:
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EDIT: stop giving me upvotes. I've got 11 points now for nothing more than a link. I don't deserve them. Stupid hidden points...
It was the physicists' attempt to explain the mathematical paradox of Achilles and the tortoise using physics (and an unproven physics no less) that tipped me off.
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This website has been knocking around for some time (my human memory tells me at least a year) but I do not believe whoever owns the Commodore brand now has actually shipped any of these products.

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx - the rendered images look like a machine significantly larger than the original C64.
That's not abuse... they could easily have blocked a single website. I'm thinking it would have to be spammers using google translate to generate content or something.
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A bit rough but still a fair question.

Obviously, the first thing I was thinking about was the similarity of the two wheel/suspensions designs. Next up, I was wondering about the engineering decisions which resulted in the designs being similar. The main question I have is, "What advantages did the multi-wheel designs have?" I think it must have something to do with trade-offs between mobility on the (theoretical) terrain and power consumption, but really, I'm just guessing. Whatever the reasons are for the similarities, learning the engineering and testing behind the two designs would be fascinating.
He's talking about Emacs 23.
As a trivial example, in Sri Lankan culture, you don't say "thank you", "you're welcome" or give anycompliments. Instead, it is common to tell someone they look fat when you see them after a long time.

I am not sure what you mean by your example. Telling someone they look fat when you haven't seen them for a while is a kin to saying you have done well for yourself and would be a complement. Mostly it just sounds like a difference in culture that changes when the culture around you changes.
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"Protestant work ethic" is the term we use for a specific group of people who happened to also be protestant. And it very much is the case. You hear it in nearly every person you talk to.
Some company with the 'brilliant' idea of making PC:s in C64 cases has come up atleast once a decade since the 80's. Equally pointless each time.
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There's something fishy about an emacs article that doesn't mention vim at all.
This seems like a desperate move. I'm not aware of the timelines but it seems ridiculous that Paypal just sat around knowing their "secrets" were taken to Google and hoped the person(s) that took them would remove all traces and not divulge them to Google. Would make me believe that Paypal was incapable of actually delivering a quality product and Google seemed like a more viable candidate for actually getting the idea implemented. Lawsuits like these are increasingly only a mechanism for the lazy or inept to feel validated. I guess this is why we're told ideas are pretty much worthless.
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For something more enlightening on the subject of the mechanics of time, try this 78 minute Google Tech Talk, "The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMfW1jY1xE

A really good introduction to how entropy gives rise to the perception of time passing, as well as a lot of other crazy things.

If you're actually a physicist like many here, you probably won't learn anything new. The nice thing about google tech talks is that they're effectively aimed at software engineers, ie. very clever people that aren't domain experts.
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It's funny. Lately I've been working with NLP systems and in the last few years there are a few really good parts-of-speech taggers that are about 99% accurate. All the ones I know of are based on hidden markov models, which definitely would disappoint Chomsky.

Part of the trouble w/ Chomsky is that real language doesn't draw a clear line between syntax and semantics. Even though an HMM doesn't correctly model the nested structures that are common in natural language, it makes up for it by encoding semantic information.
You are probably thinking of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (Spirit and Opportunity) landings on Mars. While airbags were deployed to protect both Spirit and Opportunity during landing, descent speed was managed by supersonic parachute and retrorockets.
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I'd personally prefer an org-mode blogging engine which didn't rely on ruby & emacs running on a server.

Much rather have something that worked like Jekyll or Hyde in doing static html generation.
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"O'Reilly is correct that these questions can only be addressed by mythmaking, religion or philosophy, not by science."

... My jaw is on the floor. It drives me nuts when people go from 'We can't explain that yet' to 'The only explanation is God.'

The tides are incredibly complex when you insist on 'why' all the way back to the beginning of the universe. Everything is!
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I actually did this just the other day here on HN. It seemed like a pretty cool service, but they didn't have pricing info yet, so I didn't sign up.
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I've used elance, freelancer, and v-worker, and a few others without much success.

The Aussie companies have retarded policies for allowing you to get your funds out of their account (freelancer makes you wait 15 business days for instance for the first transaction). They also take their cut before you even start the work, often placing your account into the negative and then if the client bails they keep your money.

It's hard to get bids accepted when most people are choosing providers based solely on lowest price rather than aptitude. Also, like 90% of the people that I've worked with on these sites are high-maintenance and change the project's scope every five minutes. One guy even is trying to sue me even though I implemented what it is he wanted (pre-scope-creep).

And as for Craigslist being better; I don't think so! Every job that I've gotten through Craigslist except for one has been low pay, the client dragged their feet with everything and yet was super demanding and unrealistic in their expectations.

There's gotta be a better way to do freelance business but these sites don't appear to be it. Many of them are just places with sub-par services for freelancers that are designed to upsell you add-ons like testing and badges.
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_70% of the poor own a car, 25% own two cars._

Those particular numbers don't tell the whole story.

There are many ways to "not have a car", including "the car has broken down and they don't have the $300 to get it fixed, just like what happened last month because the car is fundamentally unreliable after owning it for 15 years (or getting a 10-year-old used one because they had a windfall one month, five years ago) but they can't amass enough cash to get another one, because they're living hand-to-mouth."
He mentioned being affected by cognitive dissonance when referencing other editors - he was probably thinking of vim :)
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1 You've never had a magnetic strip fail on your card? or the numbers worn off your card?

I am certain magnetic strip/smartcard failures happen far less often than flat phone batteries.
Physorg is tabloid nonsense. Why do people keep linking, upvoting this stuff?
These things are still used in legacy systems on farms and such.
tl;dr

Use Emacs 23 to create a distraction-free writing environment using org-mode, darkroom-mode & markdown-mode.
Shipping "mid to late june" apparently.

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The US rovers have used a rocker-bogie[1] system for their suspension. While the wheels look similar, the suspension on the Lunokhod almost looks like leaf springs.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocker-bogie
True. I am just being somewhat defeatest with respect to the inevitability of torture in such a jail. I'd rather be farming gold until my ass hurt than some alternatives.
... and the relentless quest for consumer data continues. It's a nice concept, one that has been hyped for a long time. But the trade-off is sharing/giving up even more personal data.
In this specific case, I don't know.

Meta answer: Though there are certainly times that I reply these days when I would have only upvoted if comment scores showed.
It feels like "broken" has been in the hacker lexicon a long, long time. Certainly much longer than "disrupt".

When I use the word "disrupt", I'm usually self-aware of using a zeitgeisty word. But "broken" is just how I talk, and have for as long as I recall...
Blah blah white people. Blah blah blah black people. Same old story of white guilt by the NYT

I'm neither white nor black, but I was definitely poor. Grew up in the ghetto with gang violence. The problem isn't "access" or outreach programs for poor people—the problem is and always will be the parents. My parents stressed the importance of education and now I do well. My friends' parents didnt, and most of them barely graduated high school. Some even dropped out.
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Or even the Mars Pathfinder mission.
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The Lunokhod rovers have an unusual and unique appearance because they used pressure vessels to contain the electronics.
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Haven't peeked under the covers in years---this is enough to make me go take a look. Now if someone would write a mode for time-lines then that would pretty much finish up the usual writer (fiction) shopping list.
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I think the author makes a good point here, but unfortunately networking is only a mere fraction of this equation. More than anything, in order for impoverished students to better understand the situation, someone needs to tell them. Explain how our current social structure is unfair and doesn't yield any advantage. Is it grim? Of course. But without a heads up how the hell are these kids going to protect themselves? When you're that young, everything seems attainable (even if just a little bit). Unfortunately, as these kids transition out of high school into adulthood, they begin to realize that they may not have a better path. By instilling thoughts early on, explaining the necessity to focus on school work and the value that it provides your life (also explaining what's actually available, i.e. the networks discussed here) could prove to be a motivator for lots of kids. In order to be educated you need to be educated.
"Answering the question “What’s wrong with this patient given these set of symptoms and this family history?” turns out to be a natural fit for the computer."

Well, wake me up when the natural-fit question becomes "What’s wrong with this planet given these set of eco-symptoms and this social history?"

I'd really like to see what the answer might be.

A Post Scriptum Edit/Addition Below ;)

The IBM Watson system that recently won on Jeopardy is thoroughly probabilistic and statistical --Norvig (see news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2591154)

In a future far, far away when humanity will have gained experience with millions of planets, stars, and human colonies and space-castaway societies - maybe then - IBM Watson will be able to answer my question...

Submerging in cryogenic sleep... see you later... <yawning>
if battery weight is a problem, can't they attach a external power cord to it ? I mean it's not like the water pressure is coming from inside the robot.
> 99% of people have no clue what a "cookie" is used for and just hear that it is "evil" and such.

99% of people also don't know how to evaluate the safety of a food additive.

Most don't even know proper food handling procedures and couldn't even evaluate the food safety procedures of their favorite restaurant's kitchen (assuming they even had the time to do so).

Hence, governmental regulatory bodies. You might not agree with the regulatory environment, or with the outcomes, but the regulatory position is logically consistent.

> At the same time, these same people have no problem exhibiting themselves of Facebook or tracking their positions on Foursquare.

Ignorance aside, people are quite often circumspect with what they share on social networking sites; they, honestly have no idea the level of tracking and data sharing that occurs.

Even still, your statement is an unfounded generalization; there are clearly plenty of people that don't use Facebook (or Foursquare) and do have a problem "exhibiting" themselves.

> @gov: Just make something like this (http://www.networkadvertising.org/ > "Conumer opt-out") legally binding for tracking networks (not for individual web sites!) and the whole "Cookie" paranoia is solved.

As a consumer, I prefer opt-in for analytics, user tracking, and unsolicited spam.
It's a company they are going to do what helps their bottom line the most, if keeping people happy helps they will do that, if not they won't.
How did he get to be an exec if that's the best he can do?
If I remember correctly, in this documentary "Tank on the Moon"[1], they said, one of the scientists who worked on the Lunokhod missions consulted with NASA for part of the design of the Mars rover around 1995. Apparently he worked on the wheel design, to help overcome grip and other factors on the Mars terrain.
[1] http://science.discovery.com/tv/tank/tank.html
In my case, I have plenty of criticisms of my own of the US and tend to have foreign friends (in part because I grew up in a bicultural home). So I have certainly had conversations with foreigners where I agreed with some of their criticisms. And I have also had friends who lived in a country where the country as a whole had a negative view of the US and where the US had a negative view of their country and it wasn't some big personal issue between us. In some cases, it was treated more like an in-joke. In this particular case, my friend was so consistently critical in a very ugly way and so rabid about it that I did often feel like "If you think all Americans are pure evil simply for being born here, why on earth are you friends with me? How sick is that?"

This was an extremely good friend. I still miss them. One of the things that stops me from trying to reach out to them is that I don't know how to get past these issues. And I'm not interested in being someone's "whipping boy" for their personal bugaboo. I don't think there is anything healthy or constructive about something like that.
I think it's clear enough without the example in the brackets. Anyway, it wasn't really a criticism, just more detailed information that I thought readers might appreciate.
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Geez, do you also wear a tinfoil hat, or was this humor?
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IMO, the 'service requested by the user' is to deliver the website, and all that the 'website' entails.

One might also say that cookies are never strictly necessary. We can always just put tracking IDs in the URL. And when browsers get rid of URL bars, it'll be harder for people to copy/paste the URL (with session ID) so the 'security' aspect against that argument will fall on deaf ears ("I can't see the problem you're talking about, so it's not real").
Sadly I think technological advances has only accelerated this phenomenon. We've gone from an era of static pages that would require considerable effort to change the overall layout of to CMSes that we can twiddle and upgrade with nary a concern for backward link compatibility.

Personally I think it should be a principle of every professional web developer that you just don't break links, period.
I don't get it.

I assume he still had to pay for what he took home, so how is him going to a farm and killing a chicken, pig and goat any better than someone else doing it and selling it to him? Hell, the people at the farm would probably have done it more humanely anyways.

Yes, he wants to be more thankful by providing himself with a concrete connection between the animal and his food, but what does that really change?

And I think a lot of the pig and goat will go to waste.
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I think your explanation is misleading. LPCs predict the shape of the speech waveform, nothing higher level than that.
A better approach is github(jekyll) + org-publish. I run my blog http://www.codeherb.com with it. Source at https://github.com/anisaraf/anisaraf.github.com . It can take some time to set up - depending on your emacs experience. Once set up, it is relatively painless to publish articles(it still doesn't mean that I blog as much as I would like to :P).
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