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When Utah's municipally-sponsored fiber optic ISP project looked poised to become the fastest, most consumer-friendly option for Internet and TV in the state, the cable and telco companies got the state to pass a law that indirectly but effectively shut the project down. So on one hand it looks like governments can do some things right, but on the other hand regulatory capture results in the kind of deadlock you describe.

Decades from now when I near the end of my useful lifespan, I would not be in the least bit surprised to see that technological progression in the United States follows an S curve over time, with increasing life expectancy just giving even more inertia to the status quo.
And then I had to go do it again to be able to add the link here: <http://www.nokero.com/products/n200>. :)

For folks who didn't read the article and wonder about the company name, it's a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau of "no kerosene", since the solar-powered light bulb is meant to replace kerosene-fueled lamps in many parts of the world.
Abstinence is not the opposite of habit.
There is no difference between saying that and having it on a card. Plus if it's on a card it's going to have been taken away from you when you were booked, or you may not be allowed to take it, or whatever. Or it may be used against you in another way, as most physical things are. Just repeat the same sentence and don't try to out-smart police and prosecutors with technical tricks.

(from reading discussions like this one on computer-oriented websites I have come to believe that nerds are especially easy to frame by a police man who recognizes a nerds innate desire to outsmart others, and to show it off. Look at where it got Hans Reiser).
You are standing at the end of the block. You hear a woman scream "help! he's taking my baby!", and look up to see two men push a woman violently to the ground, snatch a baby from a stroller, jump into a car, and drive up the street in your direction.

They reach the intersection, where you get a good look at the men as they turn the corner. The drive halfway down the block, and turn into a driveway, pull into the garage at that house, and close the garage door, and then come out with the baby, and get into a car that was waiting in the driveway, and leave nonchalantly. You recognize the make and model of the car and are even able to read the license plate and memorize it.

You are the only witness to this part of their getaway.

The police quickly come, and ask you if you saw them men and were they went.

Are you REALLY going to say nothing? Or tell them you won't say anything without your lawyer present?
I am dismissing his statistics because they do not have bearing on the question that we were discussing, which is whether or not Scalzi was describing poverty in the US. Scalzi is definitely an expert on what he has seen. I'm an expert on what I have seen. As are the hundreds of other contributors to that discussion.

I am definitely not poor now. But we were poor when I was a kid, and only made it through via the help of family and government programs. I am still in regular contact with people who are not as lucky as I was. So enough with your baseless assertions, ok?
> I stopped cold-turkey before and went a whole year before joining my new job and free soda was too big to pass up.

Free soda at work?? Do they really not care about their employees health at all?

Caffeine is one thing but having your employees guzzle HFCS throughout the day ... does the job come with a healthcare plan? That covers diabetes? :)
It's interesting that the pricing model is purely rental. I can see a lot of small businesses/hobbyists using this. $20 to get your website done will grab a lot of attention.

For professionals it could be a good mock-up tool. Being able to quickly show a client a website and alter it in real-time is going to save a lot of time, even if it means having to recode the entire site from the ground up.

Client's for the most part don't really care what's going on under the hood, just that their site looks super sexy.

Which of course will lead to this tool being abused by every half wit who can draw a straightish line with a ruler. <p class="paragraph"> all round...
You might want a tolerance interval
It's been managed before for fiber deployments in northern Europe. I remember seeing a perspective on Ars Technica from Amsterdam, with a photo of a sidewalk tiles neatly removed and replaced without damage: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-amsterda...

So, it can be done.
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This has been my experience with decaf as well.

Really surprised me when I found out, too. (when someone told me I'd been drinking decaf for the past few days)
I didn't say the Republicans' involvement was untrue, I said it was irrelevant.

IMO the constant flip-flopping between the extreme policies of either party is a significant contributor to our country's lagging Internet speeds (and a number of other problems in the US), so I consider the party association highly relevant.
Be careful though because many of the things that Ledger advocates muddy the water between cash and accrual accounting, and it offers 'features' that are natural to the way a programmer thinks but that are against proper accounting practices. Ledger is fine when you know accounting and want a text-based tool to take out the drudge work, but it's not good to learn accounting from.
Could whatever idiot down voted this explain your reasoning so I can completely and utterly refute it? Thanks.
Making inheritable objects in JavaScript without objects
At a simpler level than the other replies, there's a utilitarian argument. There are far more people who lose out from this information inequality than who gain from it.
Pokerstars, the biggest company offering online poker, has an optional RSA token you can use to login. This way, the users can pick their own solution
This is getting absurd. What I find a ridiculously disgusting is your pretentiousness is assuming how poor Americans live. You're justifying your argument based on a shoddy and superficial experience with poor people?

My family immigrated from a third world country and the adult members earn ~$20K salaries. The children have a free and subsidized $10K+ education, is safe (yes, the ghetto isn't on high alert for drive by shootings 24/7), have access to clean water (yes, we use the same water that you use), healthy food which can be purchased at Walmart for a price much less than prices you can pay for food at a fast food restaurant. (Yes, we all don't eat at fast foods).

We also have access to the free emergency room when needed, and dental services for my family goes for about $35 per visit (it's subsidized in a lot of cases actually). The poor in America do not live like the poor in third world countries. Quit insinuating that and stop assuming how poor Americans in 2011 live. We're not as poor as you make us out to be.
That's akin to someone saying back in 1988 that, instead of building a graphical tool like Illustrator, Adobe should have invested in educating designers how to write PostScript by hand.

("Processing cycles on the printer's raster processor are incredibly precious! Can you imagine, this printing job would easily run 70% faster if only the PostScript document were hand-written instead of produced by some junky layout tool...")

99% of designers will never write code, no matter how exciting educational prose and tutorials we may come up with. It's a shame to drive away those designers from the web just because of old-fashioned HTML snobbery.
I should have probably been more clear. There are consumer level DSL and cable connections that are >5mbps. Except for very very heavy usage, I doubt that somebody on a ~5mbps connection would see an appreciably different Internet than I do.

Or look at it another way, I wouldn't consider it a major penalty to move someplace without FiOS and "only" a 5mbps connection. My day job has 2 paired T-1s and I only notice a slight slowness compared to my fiber home connection.

Either way, I wait about as long for a youtube video to queue up, and I can watch hulu without problems in the meantime. I supposed it'd really matter if I wanted to stream 1080p HD. But there's really not a ton of that sort of content on the web anyway that's streamable.
Because most if not all AIR apps have non-standard interfaces that feel clunky, slow, and out of place on Mac OS X.
The people who actually have beaten OS X in Pwn2Own say Lion is MORE secure now than Windows 7 or Ubuntu Linux:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/07/23/leapfrogs.windows.7.l...
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Dear procrastinator
Dear procrastinator,

Procrastination has nothing to do with disciplining yourself or 'just doing it' This is the most common misconception about procrastination and will instead achieve exactly the opposite of what you want. Let me explain:

The reason why human-beings procrastinate is to feel in control of their life. The act of rebelling against an oppressor, an authorative figure telling you what to do, is your way of regaining mastery over your own fate. Very much the same way kids throw a tantrum when their parents order them to do something, the procrastinator puts off tasks because he has come to harbor resentment against the thing to be done. Why, you ask? Because in your admirable will and ambition to achieve your goals, rather ironically, you have created the only thing that can stop you from reaching your goals: a separate mental authority figure causing unneccessary internal strife. You have created a bully out of yourself.

Start listening to the way you talk to yourself; Instead of punishing yourself for not following up on things, you need to learn to let loose. Adopt the belief that you have the natural tendency to work productively and act creatively. Nobody needs to man up, shape up, or be disciplined. Stop framing the world as if it is a constant struggle to get things done, instead start viewing life as a sequence of awesomely fun and exciting things to work on.

Good luck,
Edo van Royen

edit: Humbled by your comments, thank you all. I write pretty regularly, just never on a public forum like this.

note: I notice my writing could use some nuance. Painting an extreme is just a style of writing which helps bring across a point. Obviously there are things that are objectively less fun to do.
Conventional farming has many costs such as pesticides, fertilizer, fuel for farming equipment, transportation costs (fuel), and don't forget land.

Allowing food to be produced anywhere with limited resources is amazing and with 7 billion mouths to feed agriculture needs some major innovation. It hasn't fundamentally changed since the dawn of human civilization.
And yet we are discussing this on a site that uses tables for layout and <font> for styling. I also enjoy beautiful markup, but outside the web development community nobody cares. What is important is that it looks good. After all, people are still impressed by flashy animations.

Sometimes I wonder if aligning our values with those of ordinary people wouldn't yield better results than thinking up uses for the <aside> tag.
There's a very good interview here:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/200808...
with Jim Flynn (discoverer of the Flynn Effect - essentially IQ inflation) where he talks about how we value different kinds of intelligence and what IQ tests are actually measuring. It's worth listening to if you are at all interested in the subject. (Bonus: RMS!)
What's wrong with good old pen and paper?
Try naming the gzip file something else, like .js.jgz. Safari automatically opens many archive types, including, I believe, gzip.
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the game looks awesome, any plans for a re-release?
I think you would get a big kick out of the work of Eric Hoffer.
Warren's real federal tax rate on 99% of his income: 59%

A portfolio company makes $1 in income. Without any taxes, Warren could put $1 in his pocket if he wished. Instead the portfolio company (Wells Fargo) pays 33% taxes, then the holding company (Berkshire) pays 29% taxes, then Warren pays 15% dividend taxes. In the end it's 59%, all of which is really truly a tax on Warren once the smoke and mirrors go away.
(- 1 (* 1 0.67 0.71 0.85)) => 0.595655

So right now 7 out of 12 months of his income is taken by the federal government, and he thinks they should take more! Maybe 9 out of 12 months, where ideally (in his mind) the state government would then come in and take the rest.
Diet soda?
I ignored the question because the answer is irrelevant. One can gain knowledge about the world via statistics, not merely personal acquaintance, and statistics also tend to be more useful.

However, to answer your question, yes. I know poor people. I've lived most of my adult life in poor neighborhoods. My experiences tend to agree with what the official statistics say - most poor people eat enough or perhaps too much (virtually none are underfed), don't work much and do not live in overcrowded homes.

These are the specific points on which I disagreed with Scalzi. I cited statistics which back up my position.

You are also dodging a question, so I'll ask it again: which set of statistics do you disagree with? The BLS, the Census or the USDA?
Does Mr Buffett employ an accountant to do his taxes? Does said accountant employ any tax avoidance strategies?
Note to self: read this article in your copious free time...
Wow, this is such good advice. You're right, I'm constantly having stern talks with myself about being a mature, clever guy and so why the heck am I wasting time, etc etc. Thankyou.
Of all the anti-procrastinating advice I've ever read, this is the most succinct and the most helpful. Thank you.
To be thought of well vs. performing well
There are multiple issues here. Likely the stickler is going to be immigration status, since without a work-capable visa you can't meaningfully participate in a startup. This is totally orthogonal to joining a tech incubator at the moment: YC matters in the Valley but being accepted into YC will not magically grant you a visa.

Depending on how rich "quite rich" is, you may be able to qualify for an investor visa in a US company. If this is the high percentage option for you, start talking to an immigration lawyer ASAP.

If that is not an option, suffice it to say that the difficulty of getting a legitimate visa into the US is probably the biggest single challenge you'll face up to Series A or so. (Believe me, I sympathize.)
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Masturbation changes your testostron levels, so I some cases that might be beneficial. Cold showers influence your metabolic rate, so they can help with weightloss.

Sleeping on the floor may be better for your back, but honestly I don't know.
Who is arguing? I'm summarizing an important fact: the tools are not as important as the craft.
I believe that you need US$500k for an investor visa. Has it changed?
This app will quickly open tabs in your browser when you search using Google.com
http://www.amazon.com/Self-Discipline-10-Days-Thinking-Doing... <-- this book pretty much sorted out my procrastination problem
It's a deceptive listing, but in the description on cars.com you can see that these are $299 per month for 72 months
People still believe diet soda is more healthy?
ClearDB launches global multi-master MySQL array in EC2
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If you use pandoc to convert your markdown to tex, it will pass through any TeX commands embedded in the document, so you can get the best of both worlds.
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This is not true for myself at all!

Actually I think in my case all the stuff you read about procrastination does not really aplly to my procrastination:

I think I am one of the worlds worst procastinators and it took me about 10 years to figure out what might be the main reason for my behaviour. It has nothing to with all the stuff you read in all these procrastination books. It's not about the fear of failing, it's not about the fear of winning, it's not some kind of rebellion against some outside force as you pointed out. It's something completly different:

I never learned to do (unpleasant) stuff!

When I look back on my childhood now, it's very obvious what went wrong: I grew up as a very very spoiled kid which never had to do anything "unpleasant". Did not want to clean up my room? No problem. Did not want to help my parents with preparing lunch? no problem. Did not want to do homework? no problem.

From all those years growing up I can remember only one occasion at which my mother tried to force me to do something. But since I was already 12 or so that this time, she gave up after 10 minutes.

I never learned to endure the "stress" or "pain" of all those unpleasant things I have to do (washing clothing, cooking, ...) so it's very hard for me to do them intstead of just browsing the internet and get instant satisfaction.

In combination with some above average intelligence and a very big portion of luck I was still able to study with good grades and I'm currently in my second year of a PhD thesis. For me it's hell on earth! Giving lectures, preparing papers, filling out forms, applying for grants, ... I postpone all of this stuff all the time not because I am afraid i could not do them or because they are pushed on me from the outside. I postpone them because I never learned to actually _do_ unpleasant stuff.

Does this makes sense? English is not my first language and the topic is quite hard to describe.
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This kind of article sure is an interesting read. Who wouldn't want to know how it is to earn a lot of money talking some people out of killing other people? But I don't think it is the kind of story that belongs here on HN. Neither is any useful information included that helps in tech or start-up business (for example, how to negotiate, if you have just a little leverage and the other one has a lot), nor can you verify any of the information given, because the 'real' source is anonymous or doesn't even exist at all.
AFAIK the current standard is low to mid six figures, depending on circumstances and the whims of the examining officer. It has been a while since I needed to be up on this, though, so don't treat that as gospel. (I used to deal w/ US immigration peripherally on behalf of Japanese clients. These days the geta is on the other foot.)
F1 fan receives bionic hand from Mercedes team
Funtip: Turn off javascript, render navigation and other elements on "Muse" based pages non-functional.

The lack of any meaningful fallback is disappointing.
Accessibility to content should at all stages be a priority.
I love John MacFarlane's extension of Markdown: [pandoc](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/)

This, and the fact that gitit is really good, and has math support (which I desperately need,) are the reasons I'm considering finding a hosting solution for happstack and moving all my stuff there…
Getting the Jumps Right (gamedev)
An interesting assessment of the state of 3D game engine development.

I remember when all you would hear from Carmack is a paragraph of text on finger idsoftware.com every couple of years.
This same thing comes up in eBay, Craigslist...

Some court should declare that a headline is a real offer, and if someone calls to accept, then it's a binding contract.
Very cool! How are you generating the graph, if you don't mind me asking? I'm using Google Charts for something similar.

EDIT: ok seems to be http://raphaeljs.com/
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I wonder if Carmax has an API...
So I can log in as you if I request a magic URL?

A magic URL that will be recorded in plaintext in the logs every HTTP proxy and tcpdump between the user and your webserver, and in the history database of every browser they use?
Interesting read. If you wrote inheritance for js closures or a small interpreter for a DSL, I can't say for sure though.
James Altucher's blog. http://www.altucherconfidential.com

also, read Thoreau and Emerson. And remember this...

THE WORLD NEEDS YOU. Get away from paranoid self-pity, and you'll be fine. You're great. The world waits to delight in YOU. All this time...you've been BECOMING YOURSELF> knock it out of the park this time.
Very well written Edo, thanks! While I disagree that this applies to all cases of procrastination, it definitely applies to many, and was very eye (and mind) opening to read.

Curious if you have other writings posted anywhere? I'd love to read more about your thoughts on other topics.
Android outstripping iOS in ad impressions and device market share
VERY rarely do I stop and think "Wow. I was worng!" This is one of those times. GJ!
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I know at least two Y Combinator companies who moved to Valley. I believe YC helped the founders to get L1 visa.

If a US company or person is a partner in your company, then you may be able to get a L1 visa. I guess this can also work out if you have a US based investor, but I recommend to confirm from an attorney.
So instead of writing down their password, they write down a URL. It ends up the same both ways.
Cheers. I guess you could call it an internal DSL, but I wouldn't call it an interpreter - all it's manipulating is the arguments object, it doesn't manipulate any strings. I'm sure string manipulation isn't the only thing that identifies an interpreter, but it doesn't seem like that to me.
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Anonymous hacks SF’s myBART website. Thousands of Users data released
CloudTask - a cloud batching system that doesn't suck
Great post. Many great things can be achieved with a short burst of energy/focus, but these things are often temporary and unsustainable, which is why the Man Up approach gets trumped by the I Will Continue To Do Better approach once real life kicks in.
There are tons of interesting books I bought, but I have kept on procrastinating reading, since I know that I can always read them later. That feeling IMHO - that I own something and can process it later - is major cause of procrastination for me.

same way my browser windows are a mess with 70+ tabs open. Most of them are only open because the content is too interesting to close and I am too lazy to read!
Did you watch the video?

Most of the time you'll talk to the police and tell them everything you saw and that's that. It's not likely the police will target you, but that's cold comfort if you somehow end up on the wrong end of a police investigation, which is the point of the video.

You sound smart, what are possible alternatives here? Call in an anonymous tip maybe, or describe exactly what you saw, then refuse further communication without counsel present.
Walmart gives up on ever having a store in NYC
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