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There's simply no difference between, say, Wendell Berry and Pat Robertson, C.S. Lewis and Jerry Falwell, Dostoevsky and Fred Phelps.

Is this sarcasm? Maybe it's too late for me... Robertson, Falwell, and Phelps will be rightfully lost in the tides of history but C.S. Lewis and Dostoevsky had important things to say and conveyed them quite well. (I don't know Berry.)

It's just flat strange and saddening to me, to know that there are those who truly think that the Santa Clause analogy would have been devastating to St. Augustine or Tolstoy or Tolkien. That the existence of reflective intellectual Christians like Annie Dilliard, Flannery O' Connor or Walker Percy so long after Darwin is merely an anomaly to be ignored.

I am a non believer, not quite interested enough to be an "atheist", but I never paid much attention to the arguments atheists made. They seemed contrived and unnecessary. When I attended college and started meeting people from many different backgrounds, I couldn't help noticing that there are hundreds of different faiths. Which one any given person belongs to depends more on their friends, family, and geographic location than anything else. This is pretty arbitrary for something ostensibly so important and serious. So it seemed to follow that all religions must have been made up over the years.

As the years have worn on since college I've discovered that the reason I fell out of faith so easily probably had to do with how my mind worked. Like Dawkins in this respect, I had a hard time taking theology seriously. I just though it was an offshoot of history and literature but it seems people believe there is actually some philosophical credibility to it. I can actually read texts from the history of modern religion/science (like Aquinas and Lucretius) and find them interesting but modern theology I cannot digest for some reason. So it is particularly difficult for me to engage with serious theists.

That being said, I also don't read atheist texts. Seems like a waste of time. And I don't need an encyclopedia of arguments for something that seems plainly true to me.
A valid point, if Google or its founders had lobbied for the law that permits those particular tax havens.
Mary Jo Foley just came out and said the exact opposite now:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-desktop-apps-w...

Sinofsky is of course the person to listen to, but I'm concerned that wires aren't crossing correctly -- and I'm not sure from where.
You make some solid points. My net-net or tl;dr of it all is this:

For anyone you work with to respect you, you must show that you at least have tried to do they work you hired them to do, and done it competently.

The longer version: As a CEO of a software company it means you've at least developed in a couple languages (even if its only php, ruby and some Obj. C) and actually built something. As CEO you need to also be good at (or at least had some success at) sales to be able to attract talented and well connected sales execs. If you can do both things at an above average level, you are irreplaceable.

Again, both dev and sales positions are crucial. It's very hard to find someone even marginally good at both. Great salespeople and devs should be paid and treated like the rockstars that they are. That's the easy part.

The hard part is actually being the guy who can bridge both worlds. You're not worth the paper your business card is printed on if you can't attract talent, raise capital, sling a little code, sell, and ultimately be the product manager for your company/product on any given day.

It's a hard effin' job, and if done well will earn you the rockstar hires that will make your company zoom.
You're in luck! I have a Chrome extension that prevents just that. Let me send you a copy you can install for yourself...
In the case of Chrome (and other browsers are moving in the same direction), you should be able to check the pid of the instance you're dealing with. At least, I assume that's the case if they're offering native c++ support.
I've never once see an Atheist imply that Phelps and Lewis should be judged equally, just as I've never even conceived of someone dismissing someone's accomplishments purely because of their faith. Likewise, I'd like to thank you for reinforcing the notion that Atheists are angry. As one who feels persecuted, I often do feel angry about it. But to assume that I'm not versed in religious, theological, or philosophical texts is irritating. Have you ever actually engaged these people you refer to, to explore if they have this depth of knowledge you seem to require them to have to have an opinion?

Are you equally scathing of the millions that vote to keep me from having rights because their preacher on Sunday that they blindly listen to, tell them I'm a filthy sinner? Ignorance is not unique to any side, and well-versed-ness is not a requirement for having an opinion. And from where I'm sitting, Robertson, Lewis, Falwell, Phelps, the Greeks, the Romans, they all make the same fundamental mistakes in logic as far as I'm concerned. Of course, I'm not going to get riled up about it unless the live half way across town and I have to see them with their signs on my drive to work twice a week.

For what it's worth, I don't even find Dawkins to be that terribly reductive. Much of his talks and writings revolve around very real, palpable, tangible and timely issues. He addresses them at high levels and reduces them and disassembles them. Also, I don't understand your first sentence at all, it seems like just another attempt to lump and dismiss atheists.

It's all anecdotal, no doubt, but the Atheists I know are FAR, FAR better versed in the Bible than the typical Christians that we come across who want to shout at us, insult us, call us names or inform us of the tortures we'll endure after we perish. Similarly, I'm shocked at the droves of people on my campus that haven't been to church in years, haven't read the Bible, are generally not good people, and can't even enumerate reasons why they cling to their faith, but happily rush out to vote for anti-gay Republicans. We can talk about the sad state of theological discussion in our society, but I see a far less intellectual "default" position in place.
Laptops are going to be cheaper, last longer, and going to be harder to break IMHO. IPad's are fun and I definitely use mine, but I'm not sure if they are the best bet for this application. Outside of looking cool and making patients think their doctor is really technologically advanced I'm not sure what they bring to the a table that a much cheaper netbook couldn't.
Fair enough point. Both sides tend to exaggerate their own martyrdom. Atheists are treated appallingly in many quarters of society, and for that the anger is understandable. And if you're referring to my post (re: dismissing atheism) then I didn't express well enough that I was discouraged about the kind of atheism I run into all too often, that seems either angry or merely out to tweak and provoke rather than discuss. I have tremendous respect for many strands of atheism. Nietzsche had a staggering integrity, his writing still amazes me. I have had many great conversations over many good beers with thoughtful atheists. I don't dismiss it -- I want to understand it mostly. I don't 'get' atheism the same way they don't 'get' me, but that's ok. Bar's still open and we can keep talkin. That's the kind of discussion I was trying to advocate.
Problem is people have differing and conflicting axioms. "Hands off what's not yours" does not converse well with "spread the wealth, by force if necessary".
Maybe, we don't know. I'm guessing that @agl can't respond in detail, because he's likely bound by whatever disclosure agreement the Chrome team entered into, but he's a smart cookie and I'm inclined to trust his assessment.

I obviously have no way to know whether this is a big deal or not. These guys have a "proven track record" from the ASP.net thing, but remember that attack came after a number of less-than-earth-shattering releases from them around padding oracles in other circumstances.
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Response from a much better source:

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With compassion and respect.

He is an evolutionary biologist, so he should make what he knows about evolutionary biology available. Tell people about it, write books, grant interviews, attend conferences and seminars and host talks about his ideas. But show some respect.

At the end of the day, no matter how loopy or wacky a persons beliefs are, they deserve respect. There is just no need to go around calling people "idiots" or telling them to "fk off" if they don't want to take on his world view.
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I agree with literally everything you say except one thing (and boy is it a biggie).

This really depends on the work environment. In big corporations people get impressed by suits more than in smaller companies where everyday is casual Friday.

Just because you dress casually doesn't mean people aren't judging you based on looks. If anything, they're judging you more because they're seeing the real you.

This is one point the OP is probably right on. People, regardless of the size of their employer, judge you from the standpoint of looks. It's just in our nature. To say that one can overcome this with simple coding prowess is incredibly naive.
The iframe injection reminds me of cookiemonster.

In my understanding (I am not an expert), the attack really boils down to two high-level steps:

1. Gain a foothold in the browser to inject javascript.

2. Run a chosen-plaintext attack from that position.
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Thanks. isn't that seems to be a choice now for HK devs wanting a quality service for hosting?
Well, he sells stickers. He shouldn't be talking about how a technical founder/entrepreneur doesn't need to know anything about the technical aspects of his company/product.

If you sell stickers it maybe will work out for you. But if your company is highly technical you should at least know a little about how your product is made to decide if ideas are feasible or not.
I disagree with your first point. The editing features like finding files, key bindings, navigating methods within a class etc. are pretty clunky.If they gave us a vim plugin I would be happy.
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From reading a couple of replies now, I'm thinking that I didn't express myself well. I respect atheists, especially ones that have taken the time to think about the world and their place in it and the nature of truth. Most atheists are engaged with the big questions and that's more than I can say for most. I probably have more in common with the average atheist, in terms of our desire to engage big questions and draw conclusions, than most of my Christian friends on that count.

I also realize in my post that I haven't adequately taken into account how persecuted most atheists probably feel. It's a problem of perception on both sides -- both feel attacked and misunderstood. But I can definitely see how an atheist in America might feel marginalized.

I respect the atheist if nothing else for the simple fact that they have the integrity to hold to a conviction, the intellectual curiosity to engage the biggest questions and then the courage to stand with that conviction in a society that doesn't tend to hold with such opinions. With such atheists I can have long discussions and good beer. Beer seems to be a recurring theme with me here...
if by "your mind cannot heal anything" means "everything dies eventually" then i agree wholeheartedly. but that's probably not what you meant. considering that many of a maladies today stem from chemical imbalances controlled by the brain, or by the second brain http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gut-second-... your argument seems over the top. in fact, since it's hard to know what you know and impossible to know what you do not, how can any thinking being ever say anything cannot do anything. have you surveyed the depths of every human mind, animal mind, extraterrestrial mind to achieve such certainty? if so, what am i thinking right now (you should probably be able to guess because i'm lobbing it right down the middle).

the more one learns, the less one knows. of this, i am less certain every day.
I agree with his points on the Tinyproj stuff. Most of the projects there remind me of the job postings that label every fucking programming language/framework as a requirement. And then say you need at least 3-5 years experience with them. These were a little more focused than that, but extremely vague.
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I also read hacker news off the 'new' page. I find many interesting links that don't make it to the front page, and I don't find it very difficult to keep up with, but again I 'spose that depends on how often you're willing to keep up with it :P.

Plus someone has to give those initial upvotes :P
I'd say the other option is EC2/AWS/Amazon with their presence in both Tokyo and Singapore. But the choice between Linode or AWS tends to come down to other things (Linode is cheaper and I'd say simple/more predictable...AWS is more complex and offers way more "cloud" services).
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LOL, i have this image of my pot guy showing me a paypass terminal.
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I guess I'm curious for more clarification on your post then. I guess I don't get the point. I feel like it would be summarized, "Lots of people like to loudly be ignorant about their beliefs". I don't disagree with that, but I don't find it uniquely or even tilted towards atheism.

Further, I still don't understand the reductive criticism on Dawkins. Again, I find much of his positioning to be directly related or relatable to very palpable issues. Even in his books, he uses real life modern and historical examples and addresses their basis in logic and their societal effects before breaking it down and discussing it in what I might call a reductive fashion.

If anything, I feel like you're looking for a philosophical discussion that Dawkins, and I would suspect many Atheists, are flatly uninterested in.

(I find myself a little surprised to see such a discussion surrounding Santa Claus. I won't purport to know how the cited individuals would reply to such a simplistic response, but I've yet to have it sufficiently answered and though it may spark a larger discussion, it's simplistic nature is a way for me to express how little initial\fundamental stock I put in the existence of either.)

In closing, yes, beer and a good theological discussion sounds nice. Most of the people who were willing to sit down with me simply refer me to a higher authority now though (they tell me that they can't answer my questions and to go ask a Preist or a Preacher, I've already been Catholic once though :P).
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold your horses, I’m not saying it doesn’t deserve to be a big fucking deal (here on out known as BFD), which it totally does! I just want to know WHY?
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I do not think the point was that this isn't reliable or profit-generating. My take was that "reliable" and "profit-generating" are goals he finds sad and distressing. Perhaps the founder feels an incredible passion about stickers and thinks they'll make the world a better place, but it has the sound of an exercise in pure business.
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> Another advantage is that a crit-bit tree guarantees good performance: it doesn't have any tricky slowdowns for unusual (or malicious) data.

Consider a crit-bit tree over variable-length bit strings. The set 1, 11, 111, ... (with n bit strings) has depth n.

Depending on how you count, it can be argued that this is still substantially better than the worst-case of hash tables, but in all of the ways I think of counting, a crit-bit tree is worse on this input than a balanced search tree.
It depends of what kind of business you are dealing with. If you mainly serves mainland, then host in mainland as you don't want sudden ban of your site.

However, please note that hosting a site in mainland requires a registration at the respective ICP bereau hosting province.
hmmm..

Wouldn't it be better if there is mobile payment between phones? I would love to pay my friends by tapping with their phones.
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I am guessing that they are able to bypass this restriction.
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How many startup man-hours were spent tracking that Ubuntu bug down on Cassandra instances? I've heard several nightmarish stories.
A clarification then (the reply tree seems to halt, so I'm posting this higher up):

I run into a lot of atheists these days who've read Dawkins, Dennett, Sam Harris, maybe even Stephen Pinker, heck maybe even the whole John Brockman crew of "Brights" and so forth. And that's all, and I don't understand that. I'm no exemplar of intellectual integrity, but I'm just too curious to not read contrary points of view. I thought that was the point. When I first started questioning my own faith, I went after the best atheists I could find to read, which at the time were guys like Antony Flew, Quentin Smith Kai Nielson, Peter Singer. Then later some pretty deep reading of Russell and Ayer. On the existential side Sartre, Camus and finally the greatness of Nietzsche.

I don't find that same aggressive curiosity and charitable engagement with this generation of atheists that have latched onto the Four Horsemen, and honestly I don't find the Four Horsemen all that compelling, even at a distance. Dennett of course is the deepest intellectual of the bunch but I don't find much new there. Consciousness Explained just really, really wasn't, sorry. But that's ok -- we can debate that, I would just like to see some curious, adventurous young atheists who can read both Dawkins and someone like, say, Christopher Dawson or T.S. Eliot -- not just for the sake of debate and argument but for the understanding of the soul of a worldview that deserves at least respect and not derision.

Likely the same thing you're asking from me...
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Good point. I'm an atheist, but it always makes my blood boil when atheists apply false moral equivalence between the effects of different religions, as if all religions have equally bad consequences.
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Data centers are huge, hot, and expensive. Both how hot an area is and how prone to natural disasters it is drastically affect the price of the data center.

The parent post asks good questions. Why are the data centers in Tokyo rather than in 'x' where 'x' doesn't have said problems? My best guess is network connectivity.
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If you honestly think that the Tea Party is some kind of popular, spontaneous grassroots movement that looks out for the interests of the middle class, then I'm sorry, but you're being taken for a ride.

You may wish it were that way. It may have even actually been that way for two weeks back in 2009. But it's not that way today.
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