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This article is pretty interesting and well-written, but hypes up a major fallacy:

Just as the concentration of wealth at the very top reduces wealth at the bottom, the aggressive hoarding of intellectual capital in the most sought-after colleges and universities has curtailed our investment in less prestigious institutions.

This is just the the fallacy that the economy's wealth is a fixed pie; if I get a bigger slice, you must get a smaller one. But wealth and prosperity are not a limited resource. I think it's fitting that the author supports this fallacy with a quotation from the Bible.

By the way, I'm not just talking abstractly. The point made by the author is also just flat-out wrong. More and more people are going to college - now, you practically have to have a degree - because we've been spending tons of money on public higher education. Think of the California public schools; the North Carolina ones (we have 14 public universities!), etc.
Yeah, a thank you from me, too. It's an interesting view and a very well-written post. Though it's true more meta-discussion would be cool :)
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Very true. As one person I know put it, "Australia is a few cities separated by an ocean of largely useless land."

That Australia has managed to not only grow but thrive despite this is a testament to the people there. One great example is the Pilbara ore mining operations (BHP, Fortesque, Rio Tinto), that run some of the heaviest trains in the world. Even more interesting is that while the national Australian network has a tighter loading gauge and stricter load requirements, the Pilbara railways have the heaviest axle-load in the world at 230+ tons per car. For reference, in the US most trains are limited to 120 tons and in China 80 tons.
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What about the countless people that likely suffer from some form of problem like that described, that will never go see a psychiatrist, psychologist, or any other doctor about the problem because of whatever reason? Or, how about the people that have tried, and found the experience to be less than satisfying? How about the people that simply suffer, maybe cognizant of the fact that they aren't completely normal, but have lost hope? Maybe, for these people, the article will provide some hope. Maybe not, but certainly worth considering.
And for Google's practice of letting manufacturers do whatever bloody stupid thing they want. I'm stunned that this one ever got into production in its current state.
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> Unity is not Ubuntu. Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and roll your own systems based on the boxes (Openbox, Fluxbox) abound.

Agreed - it wouldn't have been a reason by itself, but it was an annoyance.

More broadly, Ubuntu seems to be moving towards focusing on providing a polished interface, out-of-the-box support, and all of the other things that would be necessary for luring users away from OS X. That's fine, but they're frankly very low on my list of requirements for an OS, so I used the opportunity to switch to a distro that better fit my needs.

As I said, if that's their intended userbase, I'm glad their goal is working. It just so happens that I'm not one of those users.
That might be a valid analogy if we lived in a world where the majority of cars were bought simply to prevent other people from getting it instead.
If you're doing a reasonably volume of sales I'd recommend just using a merchant account provider (probably your best bet is asking around local startups to see who they use). You'll pay a higher premium due to your risk factors, but you'll get better service.
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.
I tried out Beta 2 (64 bit) yesterday. I think I lasted 30 minutes with it. Unity and Compiz crashed constantly. The machine just seemed generally unresponsive. I feel like these things should've been a lot more stable by now.
Shockingly, some people might not feel the urge to write out an essay length post discussing the differences between JS and CoffeeScript.

Yet, they might still be moved to give a short, high level answer to the OP's question.

Those fucking bastards! :)
Agreed. I'm currently writing a package that contains a few sophisticated algorithmic parts and a ton of wiring. I find it much easier to utilize TDD in the wiring sections than in the algorithmic parts. I still use TDD for everything, it's just that I find myself to be more easily dogmatic about TDD in the wiring code.
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Nifty interface. Impressive intro video.
probably because in a lot of states it's illegal to record audio without getting the person's permission first
Rhino is going to support invokedynamic in the next version, and I believe Oracle is doing a new invokedynamic based interpreter too.
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Arch. I was already running Arch on my netbook, and it worked beautifully, so when I got a new computer the first thing I did was install Arch on it. Haven't looked back.
This is a gross misreading of Nietzsche's conception of the ubermensch. The ubermensch is someone who doesn't _need_ scruples. He operates beyond conventional morality because the sharpness of his judgement and the greatness of his philosophical insights far exceeds the value of the slave morality embodied by everyday law, and morals.
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The server version is not very "user-friendly" - it doesn't even have X installed. They both have access to the same set of packages to install afterwards. So it's a lot easier to start with the Desktop version and then add some of the "server" packages, than it would be to start with the server version and install X, Unity, etc. afterward.
Apple, yes. Windows Phone, seriously? The same Windows Phone which resulted in bricked phones after the NoDo update.

Windows Phone has the same update model as Android. You need manufacturer and carrier compliance for an update to get to a phone. Plus there is no custom ROM alternative like with Android.
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-7/Windows-Phone-...

Despite the brain-dead implementation that's the cause of this privacy fiasco, HTC has the best track record among Android manufacturers when it comes to releasing updates. So I would hope they address this issue, and fast.

http://androidandme.com/2011/08/news/updates-or-lack-thereof...
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I hope you know what you are getting into running a service like this - have a look at some of http://pastebin.com/archive for inspiration.
The prefixes are there so browser makers can implement features that aren't settled without leaving a bunch of broken, incompatible implementations of the same attribute out there. The alternative is trying to find hacks that exploit the browser's CSS parser like we've been doing with IE since time immemorial. If you're using prefixed attributes, you're using a non-standard version of the feature.
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Moreover, Google (through Motorola) will soon make an as-good-or-better tablet at the same price point as the Fire. The Fire is a direct threat to Google's tablet ambitions, and Google has much more cash with which to subsidize tablets. In addition, Google has a monetization strategy (ads + content) which is better than Amazon's (content). Heck, even search ads alone is probably better than Amazon's content model. Amazon's ad. monetization is weak because they don't have a search engine nor a real locality ad. platform.
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Check your inbox ... as far as monitors go, my first one was a NEC Multi-Sync EGA monitor that had the pin-out you need. It was top-of-the-line but cost $650 for a 640x350 16-color display. And it was heavy! I believe I sent it to our local recycler last year, but I wanted to point out that there are VGA-EGA adapters packaged much like RS-232 (serial) gender changers ... if I can find the appropriate one, I'll send it along with your keyboard.
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If you are a hiker or boater, send me an email (in profile) and I will send you my apps for these. Gaia GPS and Marine Charts.
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If I remember correctly the patch was rejected due to technical reasons, i.e. rejecting the device ID collection would cause the app to FC (force close) or render it unusable in most cases.
You could try something like LBE Privacy Guard (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security) which does let you deny permissions to installed apps, try denying the device ID to apps and see how many of them continue to work. I have, and not many do.
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If a new user came to Ubuntu, like this person has, Unity will effect the reviews of Ubuntu. So IMO they will not care if its Unity. It's still on Ubuntu. So if this user was to say Ubuntu just sucked ass, then they're talking about the whole OS in one. Not just Unity.
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This is from May 5, 2011.
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Los Mini implantes consisten en un implante de titanio en miniatura que actúa como la raíz del diente y un anillo que se incorpora en la base de su dentadura. Esto hace a su dentadura mucho más estable y deja de salirse en momentos embarazosos. Permite pequeños movimientos de la prótesis, pero no permitirá que la prótesis se caiga a menos que quiera quitarlo.

Los mini implantes le permiten masticar todo tipo de alimentos que puede no haber comiedo en años, tales como carnes y tal vez incluso ¡goma de mascar!
Many people use servers without X and with a configuration that emphasises server tasks and security. They tend to access the server using ssh or other remote protocols. The choice of a graphical distribution did strike me as a little odd, as did the choice of a distribution with a support life measured in months.

But, linux is about choice!
However, one way in which Amazon can make a ton of money on the Kindle Fire is to use their Silk browser to replace ads in search results and web pages on Fire devices. They can do this because Silk is effectively a rewriting proxy. Customers may stick with Silk anyway because the pages will load more quickly. There will be backlash, but Amazon may decide to do this anyway. Obviously, they would only replace a small percentage of the ads so as not to be cut off. Alternatively, they can use Silk data to better target Fire ads. to users outside of the browser, or with interstitials.
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Ah, but there is. As one of the commenters on the site noted, you make a floppy with the redirection command in "autoexec.bat". Of course, I only have a 3.5 inch USB floppy drive, but not a way to work on 5.25 inch floppies (no sure if spare drive in garage still plugs into anything in newer mobos)
Ask HN: How does look like your OS X development environment?
And not only development. How do you organize Desktops/apps in Launchpad? What apps do you use for self organization and productivity? What just cool apps do you use?

Do you use Automator and how if so? What shell/text editor/etc do you use?

What's your typical workflow?

Maybe screenshots of your desktop and Dock?
Rant: When a company Pivots, a developer gets it's wings. There are no rules to raising money anymore, no path. I don't care what a VC tells me. It invalidates VC funding models, otherwise Color should not exist. They could create a fund with the money they have in the bank. At least that would make sense.

e.g. - No reason not to bootstrap.
It's too bad. Looks like Color is going down. Their initial idea of "location based social networks" (through the use of mobile phone data) would have been much more profitable in the long run and probably lead to some interesting services. Their initial execution sucked but their "big idea" had potential.
I considered making the title "Apply to 50+ startups simultaneously", but that would have been disingenuous. While yes, we have over 50 companies participating, only the top 1 or 2 scorers would realistically be given the opportunity to interview all 50+ (if they really wanted to).
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Most C++03 std::strings (including g++'s) are copy on write, so inserting into a hash_map will not copy the string, only update some reference counts.

(Pedanticness: Assuming a few things, like you don't have any references or pointers into the string).
Previous HN discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3058207

By the way, HN Search was an epic fail at finding this earlier thread, but it easily turned up in a site-restricted search on Google.
The tablet spec seems to be Honeycomb / Android 3.2, but the screenshot clearly shows the icon of the phone app - and the first Galaxy Tab (7 inch too) was a phone. What do you guys think, will the next Galaxy Tab come with phone functionality again?
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I'd like to try to respond to this, but I can't, because you've gone out of your way to obscure whatever point you have with three paragraphs of ultra-sarcastic nonsense.

Fundamentally though, I think your point is, "I don't trust Facebook because of statements and privacy mistakes they've made in the past." That's a fine opinion to have (even though I obviously don't agree with it), so please, for the sake of discussion, state it like that instead.

Edited to add that, in response to your first point (the non-sarcastic one), it doesn't necessarily imply an intent to track users. Filing defensive patents is nothing new at FB (Facebook patented the News Feed and hasn't yet sued anyone for infringement).
I'm also a long time mac user, running the new Ubuntu on my desktop. Couldn't be happier with it, the UI is clean and user friendly. Feels like I'm using a slightly modified version of OS X. Apt-get can be useful at times...always sure to do my large-scale projects on Ubuntu.
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Amazon certainly makes money on Kindle Fire when you buy books, or music, or rent movies, but also, when you impulse buy anything from Amazon rather than waiting till you get back home and rethink it, or leave the library or class or work and stop at Target on the way home.
Why should they hurt anyone else? The money's just sitting in a bank somewhere.
> As a developer, Unity's handling of multiple terminal windows is extraordinarily ham-fisted. Say you have a web browser and three terminal windows; when you Alt-Tab from the browser, only one of the terminals appears in the list. And when you switch to it, all of the open terminals gain focus.

I often run into that exact problem with OSX. That is partially why I'm considering trying out Xmonad.
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I could see using this during a vacation when I'm separated from my spouse for a short time. I'm going shopping for groceries and she takes a short walk, and we can still stay connected, she shows me the landscape and I ask her what she thinks of that cereal.
Or me in a shopping center, looking for a new camera/whatever, and she shows me what kind of dress she thinks of buying in a totally different store.
These kinds of "still connected, but following our own paths"

I don't know if it's going to be successful. What if I rather be there in person? What if this sort of semi-connection is not compelling and feels like making life one dimension shorter? Who knows, but it's a far cry from useless.
imo gentoo was even more like that for me. there's not even an installer (at least there wasn't when I was doing it). you're literally just running commands and moving files around
With Citizens United, corporations are now "people", so they should be taxed just like ordinary people.
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Google seems to have basically abandoned 'google listen'. After trying various programs, I've settled on BeyondPod. While it takes a while to configure and has some rough edges, it will automatically download new episodes and delete old ones.

It lets you set to only download when the phone is on wi-fi, or charging, or both (my personal preference).
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You're right, Amazon's Kindle line is a catalog device and much like print catalogs, they're sold at a subsidized loss with the hopes of generating core business sales, but the Kindles aren't core to their business in the same manner as the iOS devices are core to Apple's.

Their use cases and population sets are so disparate that anyone making a claim that Amazon has somehow entered a tablet war with Apple is either an AMZN investor or is someone hell-bent to get their name in print regardless of the accuracy of their assumptions or their tolerance for embarrassment. That's if there was a theoretical tablet war in the first place.

Please read: http://www.asymco.com/2011/09/30/the-case-against-the-kindle...
This is a dangerous article. A dangerous, slightly manic article.

Someone close to me is affected with bipolar, which drags me into that universe. People who self-medicate - such as the author - are very common with this disease. There are a million people who claim they've "overcome" it, some through alcohol or street drugs, some through nutrition and lifestyle changes. The danger is that when you're manic, you are your own blind spot - you're in no position to self-assess, you think things are great when they clearly aren't.

It's been three years since the end of his "challenge", and from the sound of it, three lovely years. Meeting a new love, getting married, positive things. How will the unmedicated author react when, say, a parent dies? Or the marriage ends?

There's nothing wrong with trying to understand the disease, its effects on your body, and the effects of alternative therapies - I commend the author for that. However, the claim that he's "overcome" bipolar this way is reckless and frankly dangerous. There are countless bipolar patients out there who struggle every day with their medications; the costs, the terrible side effects, and who fight a battle of willpower to stay on them despite feeling "cured". One article like this, one claim to the opposite, is all it takes to break them.

I'd love for this article to be true. I'd love it if my friend didn't have to spend thousands on medications that are slowly killing her, but somehow I doubt this is the answer.

Edit: What great feedback! It's interesting hearing people's different experiences with various forms of treatment. I think the lifestyle changes the author recommends are sane and sensible, helpful changes. They just aren't a "cure". You manage these diseases and you must be very careful when tweaking that management.

I highly recommend that anyone who's involved with - or interested in - a mood disorder read An Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison. It gives you an excellent understanding of the subtleties and trickery this cunning disease exhibits.
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my favorite part:

'Based on what I told him, Dr. Hoffman ran a number of alternative diagnostic tests on me: glucose tolerance (which tests fluctuation of blood sugar levels in response to sugar intake), food and chemical sensitivities, vitamin and fatty-acid levels, and heavy metals toxicity.

The most relevant test appeared to be the glucose tolerance test. If I recall correctly, I appeared to be highly sensitive to sugar: after eating sugar, my blood sugar spiked higher, and then crashed lower, than most people’s.

Dr. Hoffman told me there is mounting clinical evidence linking moodswings to blood sugar issues, and that in his experience bipolar patients respond well to cutting out refined sugar, and coffee and alcohol (which affect blood sugar) from their diets. “You should stop eating refined sugar altogether, and stop drinking alcohol and coffee,” he told me.'
Wow, this is a great example of either willful misunderstanding or outright misleading "journalism". When did Reuters become Business Insider or Gawker?

Yes, a dividend cash-out is unequal for different parties. It's not necessarily evil. Lots of things in startups are unequal rewards for unequal risks and contributions.

Treating founders (and maybe early pre-series-A employees, and early seed investors who take common) differently from later investors and later employees might be desirable. The founders are the ones making a choice between selling the entire company now for $500mm or so to a place like Yahoo where it will die, or raising VC money to try for an IPO, an outcome which will expose them to much higher risk and yet might make 90% more returns for everyone (investor and employee) alike.

This might be more complex if a company has a hired-gun CEO with 5-10% equity stake in options, and some founders with common stock. One could argue that the CEO should be incented to "swing for the fences" as much as the founders. A founder probably has a greater percentage of net worth tied up in the company, and may substantially lack other assets; a hired CEO probably doesn't.

If capital gains, dividend, carry, bonus, and wage income were all taxed at the same rate, it would be more straightforward to just declare a special cash bonus to founders at financing events, vs. going through the somewhat indirect route of dividends.
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The sad part is: both Democrats and Republicans are beholden to the corporations, and not to the voters.

Every law that gets passed has these hidden loopholes and exemptions that benefit a select few corporations. Who puts these loopholes in? This is all done surreptitiously, and I've yet to see any accounting for these loopholes.

What we need is a Wiki-like system while drafting legislation, so that every edit can be tracked to the author(s).
If you are interested in node beyond a single thread of execution, you are not alone. The core team is also interested. Although the wind is blowing in the direction of a multi-process instead of multi-thread architecture. (The distinction being mostly empty, for the kinds of distribution that make sense in node.)

If you want to get started on multi-process node.js, the http://hook.io project is sort of an Erlang-OTP for Node.js. I've used it on a couple of things, and the API is compelling.
1) No fallacy, if the the Pie gets bigger, but a small percentage of people get an increasingly larger percentage of that pie, inequality is increasing.
2) The author did state that more and more people are going to college. Thus if you have a fixed size of "Ivy League schools" a smaller percentage of the total will get into the top schools.