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>Okay. Who are these people? Show me these cases.

Anyone putting their time and/or money to work on a risky enterprise where the expected value is negative - which includes most startup founders and angel investors.

What we do for a living doesn't seem rational - typically, we get back far less than what we put in, especially if you consider opportunity costs. But yet we still do it.

Why do we do this? Entrepreneurs don't strike me as irrational - as a group, I'd consider us more rational than average. Instead of dismissing risk-takers as nuts, you should listen to what our behavior is loudly telling you - our utility curve isn't concave, it's convex. Risk-taking behavior in the face of negative odds only makes economic sense if marginal utility of income increases, not decreases, with income.

You know, it's not only entrepreneurs whose actions shout "hey, diminishing marginal utility of income isn't valid." Anyone who buys a lottery ticket does it too. People aren't stupid. Everyone knows they're on average only getting back a fraction of the money they put into a lottery. What their actions actually tell you is "hey, I value the incredibly small chance of getting rich so highly that I'm happily taking what would otherwise be considered a sucker's bet."

If you really want to maximize utility in the tax code, you'd have to have all of those who behave in risk-adverse ways (with concave utility curves) subsidizing all of those who behave in risk-loving way (with convex utility curves). Which goes a fair bit beyond 'tax deductions'.

Honestly, the way people actually behave makes me think diminishing marginal utility of income is completely questionable - instead, many of us believe and behave like there's an increasing marginal utility of income.

But enough about economics - the argument we're having really hinges on the definition of concepts like 'fairness' and 'justice', which is what you should've started with, not some utility curve argument that's only tangentially relevant. No matter what the utility curve looks like, progressive taxation is repugnant because it's neither fair nor just. It clearly violates the principle of equality before the law - even though all men are created equal, progressive taxation makes the property rights of the wealthy less important than the property rights of the poor. If taxes are a necessary evil, and I suspect they are, they should be proportional, not progressive.
Sorry - typo. I can't seem to edit it, unfortunately.
Others have made suggestions before me.

I just moved the PC to Debian Squeeze as the package management methodology is familiar. Gnome 2 supported for another 18 months or so (perhaps longer depending on the time it takes for the testing version to become the new stable). I suppose it depends on the versions of the software you need access to.

I also moved to a tiling window manager, dwm, prompted by the need to purchase a new monitor and getting a largish widescreen one. The 'stack' of windows runs down the right hand side, the 'main' window is on the left. I've set the split to 60/40. There are 9 tags (aka workspaces) and hibernate to disk works well, so I have stable window layouts that work for weeks...

Xubuntu is fine on the netbook, students can understand the one panel at the bottom.
At 20 million dollars, that would be a rather significant premium above market rates.
Just for what it's worth: I'm playing catchup on 1.1-1.3 tomorrow and Tuesday, and I'm sure others haven't started yet too, so feel free to keep posting here and we'll try to keep paying attention to the thread.
Well, that's interesting if Facebook server fails to deliver you the javascript API files, Color.com will only display you an empty page. Their application initial load depends at a 100% on an external website on which they have no control. If facebook has a downtime for that file, nobody can load their application. That's sounds like an awful idea.
I agree with the first two paragraphs, but I don't think the third follows.

If wealth were all relative, then people at the bottom could be "getting poorer compared to people at the top." But it's not the relative comparison that matters. The people at the top having more wealth does not cause the people at the bottom to have less wealth.
It’s something of a hopeless pipe dream, but what the internet really needs is an upgrade to the HTTP protocol to allow persistent connections like telnet. When HTTP was designed, they never imagined people would “log in” to sites, and as such, the protocol is horribly designed for doing so. Not defending Facebook here, but the problem is a symptom of that poor protocol design.
All I was trying to say was that there are reasons beyond desire to implement a product that would make a company file for a patent. I don't know anything about any product designed to do this, but I also don't know everything about every product at Facebook (it'd be impossible to get my own work done if that were the case).
How many of you from USA , Europe are willing to shift to and work in India 
Are people ready to shift to India leaving their life in USA , Europe for a great job and challenge
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Yes. It doesn't make sense to dismiss Portuguese and Spanish as merely "European" languages for a German learner any more than it would to dismiss Spanish as a "U.S. Hispanic" language for an anglophone U.S. learner. The fact that they originated in Europe doesn't change the fact that they are also "non-European" languages.
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That's precisely the point. To adapt the lawyer joke:

Q: How do you tell that a Facebook spokesperson is lying?
A: Check to see if his lips are moving.

Facebook has demonstrated on numerous occasions from the earliest days of the product that it holds user's privacy in contempt. What else do you need to know?
A desktop based on Cent OS or Scientific Linux springs to mind. Support measured in semi-decades... should see your hardware (and possibly users) out.

Now, Sir, Just what do you call 'older'?
I think the word pivot is over-used. When I think of a person pivoting, I see someone more or less in the same place but facing a different direction. A company that pivots does the same, but changing the product completely isn't a pivot by a leap. Not saying that's bad, but it isn't the same as exploring a particular product space by trying different variations within it.
Point to the places on this doll where you have been fucked by node.js...
Yeah this is awesome. Party like it's 1985
I don't agree with that posting. Amazon is going after a totally different market. The Kindle Fire will be no where near as elegant and trendy as an Apple iPad. They are for totally different purposes.
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Whatever the initial motivations, the system only persists due to the continued support of the masses, who genuinely (and misguidedly) believe it to be the best thing for children. It's a tragedy, not a conspiracy.
I mean, by the patent description couldn't this just be the ticker auto-sharing stuff?

I think something along the lines of what they've done where you have to approve a given app (or domain) before you can be tracked on it and maybe otherwise it logs things anonymously with a hashed UID like Facebook asks facebook app developers to do with all their logging.
You can always use: http://go-lang.cat-v.org/go-search
As a 3D printing dude - right now the main emphasis is either hobbyists can DIY print stuff at home (since they couldn't do that before) or you can use 3D printers to make really crazy geometries that aren't possible - think of nuts lattice-work.

Here's group that have amazing algorithmic 3DP art: http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com

Other practical uses are like InvisAlign mouthpieces that are each 3D printed to your specific teeth. It would've been possible using CNC, but would have been very hard to do.
I don't know why joindiaspora.com is so reluctant to sign people up. You can sign up at eg. http://diasp.org, which is working now has no waiting list.
I will check it out. Now I just need to get my Kindle Fire, so I can view the iPad optimized version (will it work well?)
Then why didn't you say that? You'd have cleanly communicated your point with minimal confusion, and it would have let us skip out on the snarky stuff.

Seriously, I'm not trying to be a Facebook PR drone here, I just want HN to not suck, and one of the reasons it didn't suck before was the lack of snarky crap.
Inequality is only bad inasmuch as populists use it to rile people up. Let's say I have $100 and you have $50. Then someone gives me another $100 and gives you $5. Inequality has increased, but is the situation worse? Is anyone worse off?
I feel like there's a common thread in many conversations I have these days, which can be described well by "We've tried to domesticate genius, and lost it." It's the parents that push their kids to be measurably good at all the things they've been told geniuses are good at. It's the students who go to university because that's how they're told they will get good jobs, and not due to a thirst for learning. It's the managers that try to create a workplace that has some superificial resemblance to another place that has turned out great work, and then expect that they've flipped on the genius switch.

We're so used to measuring and planning everything, that when we decide we want 'genius' all we think to do is measure what we can in other instances, and force that to happen. I suspect it's very hard for a lot of people to believe that (a) it takes all kinds of un-measured hard work, (b) there are so many more aspects than they can think of that go into creating genius, and (c) there's a measure of luck to it and they can't control everything.

Back to the topic of the article though, I see parents who believe there is a causal link from Good School --> 'Good Job', and see a link to Good School from all these things 'geniuses have been known to do.'
"Value" is a slippery term, but...

Palotta, Komen, Grassroots, and other professional charity/political fundraisers that sell hope and lies to donors and spend the proceeds on administration.
Rooted EVO 4G here with Cyanogenmod 7

- Swype: I can't type on a mobile phone without this thing anymore.

- ConnectBot: For random times when I need to address an issue by SSHing into some servers.

- Evernote: I used to use the Google Docs app, but have since replaced it with Evernote for all my note taking. It has a native app for most if not all devices and works better IMO.

- Wunderlist: This is a recent addition that has replaced GTasks. It looks better, has a native app for all platforms. Unfortunately, Android version doesn't let you reorder tasks, but I'm willing to live with that since I'm near a computer all the time.

- Netflix: Great for roadtrips or longer drives. Unlimited data plans are awesome.

- Skype: For free video calls.

- Amazon Appstore: Free faily apps. Hit or miss, but some great stuff on certain days.

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There is so much sugar added to our food that it's not surprising that aside from epidemic diabetes there might be other health impacts.

Nearly all processed food has sugar (or corn syrup) added. The only really easy way to avoid it is to buy unprocessed or minimally processed ingredients and make meals from scratch.
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Sounds great! While checking the project out, I was thinking that it would be awesome if it was possible for me to do some design adjustments myself.
The NYT article used "fluency" - I'm fine with going with that.
A few favourites from my (rooted) SGS2:

Epistle - a simple text editor which transparently syncs to Dropbox.

YATA! - my favorite timer app

Chordbot - really cool for trying out music ideas

d7 reader - No nonsense google reader client

UPnPlay - for playing audio/video off my NAS

MortPlayer Books - audiobook player

QuickPic - best gallery I've found

Pinboard - for saving bookmarks

...and games: GameBoid, psx4droid, Snes9x, UAE4Droid (all emulators), ScummVM, Wesnoth, Nethack, Xenowar...
It's hardly reasonable to recommend changing OSes just to use a different text editor.
That should be fairly achievable with either-macs.

I started out with Aquamacs, but ended up getting annoyed with enough of the differences that I finally switched back to the (then Carbon, now Cocoa) emacs.

Most of the useful settings live in the ns- customize-variable land.

; open all new files in existing frame
(setq ns-pop-up-frames nil)
; make Cmd act as meta.
(setq ns-command-modifier 'meta)
; ... C-h v ns- TAB TAB
This doesn't make much sense -- other audio/video sharing systems (GTalk / etc) would experience the same problem then.

I believe you are referring to the one-party / all-party telephone recording laws, where in some states all parties to the call must know the call is being recorded. This is not relevant for this software program (unless it is being used to stream audio from a phone call...)
I'm looking forward to the next version when they release the API to access the discount window.
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"Do you think there's a market for it?"

That's not a question you should be asking us, that's a question you should be answering yourself. Do you see people chatting about this need on forums? Google? Etc... Do you believe it's a problem people do not know they have yet?

Best way to test the latter is to code it up, post it here, and see if anyone uses it.
See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3062900
>As an European, I find it cute how knowing "two or more" languages is sufficient for super status in North America.

>edit: It's also pretty amusing to see how touchy North Americans can be about this even on HN.

That's because you're comparing two distinct things. There is no comparison between learning a language naturally or because it is spoken in your home environment and the brute force process of learning a language which you have no exposure to, and no real incentive (economic, social) to learn.

The way you phrased it appears to be disdainful, "oh how precious", which noting the faults of the comparison, makes you come off as somewhat rude to a North American reader.
There is no sound on mine when I've turned sound off. You didn't try muting it? :-)
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I am impressed by Michael's willingness to talk about his personal experience with bipolar disorder. People don't realize how prevalent it is, as those affected are often too embarrassed by past behaviors from when manic, too unsure when depressed, or rightfully concerned about the stigma from outing themselves to want to share their experiences with others. That's why you don't know how many of your acquaintances have it and that's why the stigma persists.

So kudos to Michael for sharing.

Michael's piece reads like many others I've read on reddit's bipolarreddit subreddit. A 20 something self-diagnoses themselves with bipolar II and lets the world in on their ability to self-control the disorder without medicine (in many posters' cases, without a medical support team).

In most cases I'm glad for them, and the provided advice is usually what any book on bipolar will tell you to change about your lifestyle. Sleep 8 hours, cut out stimulants, cut out inebriates, exercise and meditate.

My concern is that the subtler message of "just overcome your brain disorders with pure will power" might mislead readers to dismiss medication as one-size-fits-all tranquilizers/stimulants and provide their fragile egos one more reason not to seek help from a health care professional.

When I encounter clearly manic or psychotic individuals online I reach out, gently. I've made friends on TF2, Reddit and via YouTube. I've watched helplessly as many who categorically eschewed all medical assistance eventually slipped into psychotic states, evidenced by incoherent, often angry messages about their delusions in my inbox. It's not always fun reaching out but in a number of cases you can get the message across early enough and they successfully get help.

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder a couple of years ago and worked with a doctor to find a combination of low-dose medications that has squashed any sort of noticeable irrational moods without any noticeable side effects. It took nearly a year of experimentation to find the right combination. It's frustrating, especially on the downswings, but worth it in hindsight.

Thanks Michael for the interesting piece and if Michael's story resonates with you, consider investing in a visit to an experienced provider. Be patient.

And if you have experiences with bipolar disorder I urge you to suppress your ego and share them. Only with widespread sharing can the stigma be quashed, and people will be more comfortable seeking treatment early.
You can look for an armoire style desk. I nearly bought one of those once (then it wound up not in the budget or something). My recollection is that it did come with room for a printer, so I think that's entirely possible to find in an armoire desk. An alternative you could consider is a drop-leaf desk. I had a small drop leaf desk at one time that I used with a laptop. I loved it. I think one benefit of a drop-leaf desk is you can get them with legs so there is more leg room than you might get with an armoire. They tend to be somewhat cheaper as well.

Here is a picture of a drop-leaf desk with a laptop on it:
http://www.cymax.com/Common/Product/Coaster-Desks-Traditiona...

I used to close my laptop up, stick it in the desk and close the desk. My children were older than yours and I have no idea how that would work with a second screen added. Style-wise, mine was more oriental looking than western. I have been googling and so far haven't seen anything like what I once had.

Best of luck finding something that works for you and your situation.
Right, but top-quality education is fungible.

Not everybody needs to go to an Ivy League, just like not everybody needs to own a 75-ft yacht.

I'm OK with that.
You do not have to leave a country to find work. There are many jobs that are being outsourced online, start looking here: http://www.brandfiesta.com/h4-employment-hiring
why does he keep mentioning dbus and glib? I havent been following node.js development and last time i checked in, node was written in c++.
You should root and install 2.3.4 via Odin. The battery difference is substantial.
(you've got an extra http:// on your URL.)
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In a more flexible language (or with overloading), you can get the best of both worlds.

// yay, scala
def someMethod(config: String = File.ReadAllText("bal.conf")) = {
//etc
}
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some of these frameworks are very good specially Sproutcore but i still prefer writing my own code.
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It depends on the opportunity. If I could keep my US (web developer in Los Angeles, CA) salary in India, I would consider it. I'm not sure if that would make financial sense for an Indian company given the number of capable web developers in India.
Yea those are great, sorta reminds me of this from 2005:

http://evhead.com/2005/11/ten-rules-for-web-startups.asp

*BTW, you should note that this list is circa 2004 in the title :)
does RoR run on plan9? I mean if it doesnt, then what am i supposed to do for step 3?
I don't have any 7-inch tablet now to test it out but I would assume it would work much better than the usual print optimized version.
That's fair, but you can see why everyone is skeptical that is the reason behind this patent filing?

Shame on me, but I don't follow Facebook's announcements about privacy enough - it never even occurred to me they'd deny something like thi Just like Google started out monetizing the semantic graph (and providing them an superior search engine in exchanges is their goal. I thought that was the whole point, and the reason behind the $80B valuation (ads served in a Google like way using the social graph instead of the semantic graph). It just follows that this would require a certain degree of integration between ad partners and user tracking.

ps -I'm not trying to single you out and lay the blame for all my gripes with Facebook on you, I hope it doesn't seem that way.
What you are describing is the difference between a standing army and mercenaries. Chris Dixon [1] describes it succintly:

> Generally speaking, there are two approaches to relating to other people in the business world. The first approach is transactional and legalistic: work is primarily an exchange of labor for money, and agreements are made via contracts. Enforcement is provided by organizations, especially the legal system. The second approach relies on trust, verbal agreements, reputation and norms, and looks to the community to provide enforcement when necessary.

Now I'll certainly agree many employers pay lip service to "loyalty" as a means of controlling costs and turnover without it being in the least bit reciprocal.

So while this may not be your typical experience (it certainly isn't mine) I can tell you from experience that Google takes this pretty seriously.

That all being said, you are basically a fair weather friend and, to be perfectly honest, you'll never see the rewards that only come from sticking through the hard times, which is actually your loss (IMHO).

[1]: http://cdixon.org/2009/10/23/twelve-months-notice/
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HN has karma too, that pushes people to write in a certain way, more positive tho get karma points too.. But I think the result is still better than reddit.
The automatic overdraft "protection" scam was recently made illegal. Now you have to opt-in to have overdrafts covered.

Banks made a ton of money off of this, so this is another reason why they are trying to find new ways to raise revenue. At least a $5 fee is out in the open, and consumers can choose.
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afaik, facebook does not use flash cookies. In the initial blog post that caused the cookie uproar, I thought he mentioned that? Otherwise maybe it was somewhere else I read it.
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If "script" means javascript, then SEO will be a large problem because the main article content will not be visible to search engines.
I would take your concerns about HN quality a lot more seriously if this wasn't about sarcasm directed at your own employer and if it wasn't about a story that exemplifies the truly breathtaking duplicity of the corporation that pays your bills.
>Dividends are legal, tax-favored, and exist to reward actual shareholders-of-record

there is a special well known definition for a schema when "dividends" are paid using new incoming capital. The dividends you're talking about are supposed to be paid using earnings from the actual business.
They filed in February. It is a (notable) coincidence that the application became public just now.
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Something like 50% of Europeans identify as speaking more than one language. Since 'speaking' is vague, and fluency is hard, I think attaining fluency in multiple languages counts as reasonably 'super' even in Europe.
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I'd recommend "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python" - http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/thinkCSpy...

MIT introductory course that uses this book: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...
I propose a new term in economic discussion: The Fallacy of the Fallacy of the Fixed-Size Pie. ;)
Ask HN: Which books/blogs on PR would you recommend?
I am currently trying to teach myself about the basics of "public relations". Could you recommend any good books to start with? What about good blogs on PR?

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!