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Wait, GuruPlugs have fans? I own two, and though they spend most of their time in their original packaging, I don't recall hearing any noise when I plugged them in.

I also have a SheevaPlug installed in an uncooled building that regularly exceeds 100F in the summers, and it seems to be doing fine after replacing the crappy original PSU with their updated version.
Why would throwing the switch be risky? It's supposed to be HA. If it doesn't work, that's a bug, and you fix it! Just like backups are not backups until they have been restored (we verify this by making our data warehouse depend on the backup) and hot standbys aren't standbys until switched in (we do this to databases regularly.)
Netflix apparently has a chaos generator that randomly kills machines as a standard process. If you're supposed to deal with failure, make sure you're dealing with failure regularly!
I don't really understand this comment. Why would it be understandable that some employers would not believe that he is a capable black acoustical engineer?

And even if they did, wouldn't it take maybe 5 minutes worth of correspondence to figure out if he was or was not? Unless you are saying there is rampant racism in the acoustical engineering industry to the point that he would not even advance to a correspondence level with a hiring manager based soley on the fact that he is black.. Which I would doubt.
Is the 8 device limit a hardware or software limitation?
Does seeing violence around you make you more or less violent -- I can see it going either way, and to be honest, I'm not aware of any research that attempts to answer the question. I guess I can do some digging.

I agree that video games MAY not be good for kids because they may socialize less as a result. However, video games can have positive benefits. Steven Johnson argues that the complexity of modern video games induces a beneficial cognitive workout that's worth paying attention to. Check out his book: http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Bad-Good-You-Actually/dp/15...
Ask HN: Is there any famous hackers / programmers that smoke marijuana?
All famous IT-guys, who smoke marijuana I've found have "creative jobs", like "UI designer". But I've found no engineers, that are known for doing this thing.

Do you know any of them?
They explained that a ground fault prevented generators from delivering power. Manual start doesn't help in that case.
Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2880805

The submission with the discussion is here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2879546
If you're looking for Lisp-like meta-programming, I'm pretty sure you don't want Node. It may be easier to grok, but that's because it's much closer to Ruby and Python than it is to lisp. The interesting thing about Node is its event-driven structure.

For that matter, you might not want Clojure to be your first lisp experience. Have you considered Racket, the scheme dialect? It seems to have lots of useful libraries, in addition to being, I don't know if "cleaner" is the right word, but something like that. A bit more traditional, maybe simpler.

I don't have that much experience with lisp or Node. If someone with more experience can correct my impressions, I would be grateful.
If people cared about "we did x first" as a reason why some software is better, everyone would be browsing with Opera. What matters is how well they do something now.
>Well. He's 55 yrs old

I doubt that would be much of an issue, especially since a lot of the acousticians in the Boston area are around that age and I can think of at least a half-dozen Boston-area hires in that age group.

>and has been out of work for sometime

If I had to guess, I'd say this is the big issue.

>His race might play a part in potential employers being doubtful that he has those skills

Maybe, but again I've seen no evidence of this around Boston-area acousticians. I've certainly can't remember ever being on the receiving end of it.
The idea behind not optimizing prematurely is there are some optimizations that come at a cost of decreased maintainability/readability. Not prematurely optimizing means choosing to prioritize your code structure to allow no-unexpected-side-effects changes and easy readability by other people, but it is not an excuse to use a O(n^2) algorithm when an O(n) algorithm can be used without cost. You should always be aware of the ballpark O(n) of your code, but in the initial stages of a project you might choose to prioritize other things.
I also suspect there is more to the story, and I would like to point out that he was unemployed from 1993 to 2007, which is a period that included an immense economic boom. I don't see how the current tottering state of the economy explains his inability to find any employment at all from 1993 to 1999, which was as good a time for an engineer to be hired as I can imagine. I was there in that job market, and there was a constant problem of recruiters cold-calling people by randomly dialing company numbers and trying to tempt them with higher salaries. There were all sorts of company policies to stop that from happening, including assigning phone numbers out of a really large space and making incoming calls go through the receptionist. For a physicist and acoustical engineer with computer programming experience to not be employed at all in the late 1990s - sorry, blame it on anything you want, but don't blame it on the American economy.

EDIT: also, that same LinkedIn profile claims he started his masters degree in Plasma Physics in 1972, when he would have been around 16. Come on people, engage some critical thinking here. You're not hearing the whole story, and you're not hearing it from a reliable source.
This is in the pipe.
> "we were all aware that the system could be abused"

I think we were all aware that the system could be abused to buy yourself an extra coffee every once in a while, if you happened to be in Starbucks when the card had money on it. We were all aware that you could overspend, either on yourself or "for charity" (witness Sam's comment about buying food for homeless guys.) If that was the only vulnerability, most of us would think it acceptable -- most of the time money you put on the card goes to brighten an honest person's day, but occasionally someone games the system.

Until the exploit was posted, I was not aware that it could be abused by skimming $50 at a time onto your own card within moments of it being deposited on the main card. This is an unacceptable level of exploitability -- if you put money on the card, it's very likely that it will go to a scammer of some sort.

I'm glad Sam exposed this far-more-serious-than-most-of-us-realized vulnerability. I'm not pleased with how he went about it (particularly the game he and his brother seem to be playing; Daniel's startup deposited exactly $625, the same amount Sam took.) I'm not pleased with the "yuppies buying coffee" vs "starving kids in Africa" comparison. But I'm glad this particular exploit has been exposed, which means we now have the opportunity to set up a better-and-safer version of Jonathan's Card.
I can only speak personally of the individuals I know who have done this at NC State. The cost per semester is $1,802.17 for one class. The average time that I've seen for the people who've tried this approach has been between 1 and 2 semesters, maybe 3. Of course, I don't know that many people in the first place, so my sample size is limited.

http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/cashier/tuition/gradtuition.asp

Plus, as a student, you get access to the career fair as well as the internship program.
I don't find it inconsiderate. the Parent poster is simply suggesting that if you don't have a job, and desperately need a job, take any job you can get.

He did not disparage people who become unemployed, it is obviously something that happens to qualified, hard-working people every year for various reasons.

I agree with the poster's sentiments. If I was ever in a position where I was unemployed, I would take whatever job I could find if the alternative was becoming homeless. Obviously, if Wal-Mart turned me down, that is not a job I would be able to take.
Despite what this article says, "cd --" is equivalent to "cd", which is equivalent to "cd ~".
Agreed. My first reaction was "way too high". The problem imo is that they don't have a huge edge over the competition. Hell even Ubuntu has a semi comparable product. Not quite as user-friendly, but do a few easily duplicated UI difference really justify billions?
The Raspberry Pi site really needs a one-line blurb below the logo explaining just what it is, or failing that, a prominent "About" link. I shouldn't have to go through several blog posts, an unhelpful FAQ, etc. just to infer that a Raspberry Pi is some kind of embedded board that runs Linux, and still have no idea what CPU it uses or how fast it is.
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I don't think there is a need to use the tracking software to build a case against the burglar. They caught him with stolen property and have fingerprints. No need to go high-tech here.
imo this is key: "Basically we were told, when you're done talking, stop, and don't let that pause goad you into say something stupid." And, unfortunately, something I'm still working on.
Hi, I'm a designer very interested in the senior care market. I did my thesis project on assistive eating devices (http://averyseriousdesigner.com/3d_bowl.html), and did research at 2 bay area elder care facilities. Since then, I've gotten connected to a Stanford prof who's connected to the elder care space, who teaches a class about assistive device design. I've also done work with Golden Leaf Care, a Bay Area web startup trying to create a better online experience for families seeking care for their relatives. I'm also in touch with Omhu (http://omhu.com/), a new New York based company dedicated to making and marketing really well-designed products for the elderly. Hit me up, I'd love to connect you with any/all of my network!
I'd venture that some do and just don't talk about it seeing as its illegal and all.
Now -- at least for the big features, it's already implemented in GCC and Clang. I have no idea about MSVC++.
The draw (pun intended) of the DreamPlug is the appliance-like form factor combined with very low power consumption. Also keep in mind that the plug computers are kind of a marketing tool to get companies to buy their custom-built ARM devices from GlobalScale. If the PogoPlug and similar plugs are any indication, at high enough volumes, it should be possible to make a profit selling a finished device for the price of a D2plug.
If open source is too much work, you can also publish in trade journals. For example I published an article on JSR-170 for IBM DeveloperWorks in 2006 when I was unemployed. It took about a weekend to write, and IBM paid me $600 for the piece (and boy was I desperate for the money). I had companies asking me for interviews within days due solely to that article. The oddest thing is that I continue to get interview requests from that piece (and a few from PHP Architect), even though it was written in 2006.

By the way, the reference to "SoloFX Enterprises" is fake. As I said, I was unemployed at the time, so I just made something up. You'll find several other articles from me right around the same time period.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jcr/
Yes, I disagreed with that. In almost any project I've worked with, which has never been profiled, then over 90% of the time is spent in a few functions, which can be easily optimised.

Of course, after a few passes through the profiler, things start getting harder, but that's a seperate issue.
Am I the only person here who thought the whole "experiment" was "how much publicity can I buy for $100 initial investment?"
From the first article, "Some of the highest-profile pop-ups involve established chefs relocating to summer quarters." - Agree there is a movement of DIY'ers starting these. I just acknowledge that there are two separate entrance points into the market. One, established chefs who create the highest quality food. And Two, DIY'ers where you don't know what you're going to get. From the article, "food at these instant restaurants ranges from quasi-student to haute cuisine."

There is a similar difference between Vacation Rentals & Hotels, but I expect both establishments to make money for a long time.
Pwn2own may use prepared exploits, but researchers tend to go for the easy low hanging fruit, so there is a lot to infer from who falls on the first day etc.

Read this from the horse's mouth and see what you can infer from it. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/questions-for-pwn2own-hac...
>I also suspect there is more to the story, and I would like to point out that he was unemployed from 1993 to 2007

This is an excellent point. I was working for a Boston-area acoustical consulting firm in the late 1990's and we had a hell of a time recruiting people. After an unwillingness to so so, the firm had to start giving out signing bonuses to attract candidates and still lost applicants to competing firms.
I didn't quite understand the story - he liquidated all his assets to buy his parent's home then moved in with them to take care of them. It sounded like he bought the house altogether. If so, why homeless? Could he not pay the taxes?

In any event, while his sentiments were laudable, I'm reminded of a Dave Ramsey saying - "you can't help someone from a position of weakness". I think it was DR, anyway. In other words, to be able to help someone financially, you need to be able to keep yourself financially strong. As crappy as that might have been what would have happened had his mom still been alive? He'd be on the streets with an elderly Alzheimer's parent.

I realize people can't predict the future, but I've got friends that are continually doing really dumb things with money for their kids and even grandkids, and are going broke (and beyond) in the process. I think it does little to help the kids learn a sense of responsibility. My parents both helped out some when I was growing up and migrating to adulthood, but never to the point where they put themselves at serious financial risk. I'm grateful for their help, but we all felt I needed to do most of it on my own, which I have.
I'm curious as to why this game listens to the default Starcraft port of 6112?
If you are in desperate need of a job, then don't go to grad school for a year to reset yourself, take a handful (at most) of classes at a community college. Paying a handful of thousand (at the most) so that you can find any work in particular is well worth it if that is what you need to do.
Virgin Group wiki says the only founder is Branson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Group

One of these wikipedia page is lying :)
Perhaps this is the strategy he was pursuing when he took on a second masters in acoustical engineering. Getting more degrees will probably not solve his problems, especially for a 55 yr old man.
Criticism does not mean being "anti". It does sometimes but if it's a complex issue and people take their time to understand it's various aspects, the critics are usually never "anti".

From Windows 95 I was hooked on GUI's. I didn't like Microsoft but I liked Windows. I'd almost never care enough about Microsoft to say anything but when it came to Windows I always had an opinion I'd want to air and it was always in the spirit of wanting an improved product.
Mac OS 9 felt like a joke and the various Linux distributions felt unfinished.

But eventually I changed to OS X when one of it's later "kitties" came out. Among my friends who have a Mac I'm pretty much the first to ever criticize Apple products but if you look at how much money I spend on the platform and how much time I invest learning about it you wouldn't think I was a critic. I don't have opinions about Windows beside wishing IE wasn't such a pain to design for.

Being critical does not equal being against something. When your critics no longer want to share their opinion of your product or service, that's when you should be truly scared. That is when you're in a really, really bad place.
Both ActionScript and Lua are compiled, one way or another. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to have caught on to this an people are still widely referring to all dynamic languages as interpreted. Dynamic typing, garbage collection, and just-in-time compilation have a cost, which I guess is what Carmack was referring to, but the term 'interpreter' seems poorly applied here.
Wait that's absurd.

So as an entrepreneur your idea is you want to go around asking people if they'd be interested in an idea before you decide to invest time into it?

So what happens if your idea is (at least to you) pretty brilliant yet you don't get feedback. Will you drop the idea and move onto the next thing?

So with this logic I assume you have least a half dozen "idea" sites like this and whichever gets the most feedback, that's the one you will invest your time in?

Sigh.

Edit:
So I just realized I started pretty much every sentence with "So"
I think that my comment came across as an attack. Rather, I just find the ways in which poems can interact with and affect existing, seemingly fixed aspects of language are beautiful and interesting! And in particular, it means that poetry has a unique place in discussions about both proper grammar and common usage.

You make a good point that you were furthering discussion about common usage and not necessarily grammar.
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dang, another RESTful article that doesn't have anything to do w/, nor mention, Representational State Transfer.
So the N8 has the same pixel density, twice the amount of pixels, and the iPhone is the one with the really good CCD, got it.
This getting down-voted? This is an eminently reasonable suggestion. If I had need of money and was able bodied I would absolutely apply for such a job if the alternative was homelessness.

Two extra points:

1) At the age of 55, I am not sure how vast a swath of jobs are available in construction. I know crane operators make major bucks, but there is a long waiting list for the training. Perhaps someone with more experience knows of other non-labor intensive jobs in these industries a 55 year old man could find. But maybe in this instance, for this man, it's not the right fit.

2) Regarding asbestos: I hope you're joking. Having three degrees does not entitle anybody to any job. But everyone in America deserves safe working conditions at the jobs they can find!
Like letting people play and provoke them afterwards, measuring the different reactions when playing prior an ego-shooter or Sims.

It would be interesting to test various ways of mitigating violent behavior, like whether or not subjects are reminded before and after playing that "it's just a game." You'd also need to compare playing a video game for x hours to watching a movie for x hours, reading a book for x hours, or being made to wait quietly in a room with nothing to do for x hours. Finally, comparison to other pseudo-violent pastimes like high-contact sports would also be enlightening.

Edit: it should also be considered whether the benefits of video games outweigh any negative behavioral influence they may have.
I know I'll never buy anything from a business run by Sam Odio, unless he somehow were to redact all this douchery. I suspect I'm not the only one who feels this way. There are too many decent people out there to waste time and money with someone like this.
He spent ten years liquidating all of his assets and caring for his aging parents until they passed on. I don't know that it explains the entire employment gap but it seems reasonable that he would be a tough sell for many companies: older, and despite the good education and prior employment history, his skills are bound to be rusty. He was deliberately not working during that period.
I think it's because existing compilers (eg GCC) used typeof already for experimental implementations, so the standard had to avoid it. Same as with hashmap, hashset -> unordered_map, unordered_set.
Your comments about the build system do bring up a good point. Perhaps leiningen or cake should be adopted as a default build tool and integrated into the main code base and website.

I admit that the complaints about the lack of examples in the documentation does confuse me a bit. The documentation sites for C and C++ don't seem to include examples either. For me, tutorials and books were always the go to places for examples. I will agree whole heartedly that some of the 3rd party libraries like ring/compojure need some serious documentation improvement, in particular since the architecture of these libraries is fairly complicated.

Could someone link examples of good documentation they like from other languages to help clarify?
Regarding apprenticeship-type programs, my father works for the Corps of Engineers, and my uncle is a life-long electrician. Both are work with training programs these days. Each of them has said that it's extremely hard to find someone who is both reasonably intelligent (or able to put down his/her smartphone long enough to appear so) and able to stick with a program through completion.
I've found this particularly beneficial when having meetings with people who are more successful than you or have wisdom to impart. I try to say very little except things that will goad them on (to talk more) since within each conversation w/ a smart person there is a little nugget of gold that could change your business or life forever - it's just a matter of being quiet enough to hear it.
"...that conventional wisdom is wrong..." ... "...For the very first time in its history...". So people are wrong to assume that windows products are vulnerable just because for the first in years it happend not to be ?

This article is pointless imo, doesn't explain why is it any safer, only assumes it because some hacker HIRED by microsoft said so.
That's a tough question, to be answered in one post. I'm senior software engineer, and there are probably hundredth of thousands junior programmers that are better than me. I would go with the junior programmer - especially if he came on internship position, if nothing else he can integrate scaleform (you still need programmer there).
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$1000 coding challenge from E la Carte (YC S10)
E la Carte (www.elacarte.com ) is a startup out of MIT that deploys tablets on restaurant tables so that guests can order food, play games and pay for their meals without waiting.

Test your skills at http://www.elacarte.com/challenge and win $1000

Rules: Winner gets $1000. Next 5 top-ranked applicants get $100 each

Time and quality of submitted code are both factored into rankings.
Definitely more to the story... but still a fascinating look at how degrees don't mean everything (obviously)
Ah, so you're affiliated? :)

No, first thing I tried was a 'real world test', calling a German mobile number from here (Tel Aviv, Israel).
Wasn't the A4/A5 chip fabbed by Samsung? Apple doesn't have a chipmaking plant...yet. There's one part that's Apple-only.

And Samsung wouldn't have to imply anything. They could just make life harder for the iPad supply chain.
Many times you need to get your foot in the door to even get those 5 minutes to prove yourself. Not arguing that racism is a factor here just playing the devil's advocate and pointing out that it is possible even if implausible.
In case anyone's interested, here's the original story:

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/08/building-better-web-apps-...
I really, really don't understand this valuation.

But I also don't understand why MS and Apple are not pushing their own services more aggressively. And Google could add that in a month (I guess they still have the GDrive code somewhere)... good for dropbox ;)