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I had the same kind of thought after Christopher Reeve became paralyzed after his accident. I would think to myself "was he championing this cause prior to his accident? Then he doesn't deserve that much credit for doing it now, when it will benefit him".

Then I realized - it doesn't matter. The fact that someone noticeable shines a light on a cause and makes it more likely to receive some form of advances or help is laudable, if for no other reason than it increases the amount of time that we all think about these things and realize that it can affect any of us.

The only time I get frustrated about things like this is when I tell myself "yeah, but no one's helping out with my priority." But my priority is just as "selfish" - a friend of mine has a disease that gets almost no press. Still, why not cheer for those who spend any amount of time helping others? As soon as they cure / find treatments for these diseases, they'll have time to get to my friend's.

So... I understand where you're coming from. But I think spending any amount of time denigrating someone for trying to help (even if it helps him- or herself) is counterproductive.
Looks great, really nice clean design.

Be more specific about your target audience - guessing it's agencies and designers? You'd work really well with agencies who are primarily designers, who need WP help.

What differentiates you from commodity services like htmlburger/random oDesk freelancers? You're not mentioning price so my assumption is that you're a premium service. Do you offer additional custom development that the commodity slicing services don't?

If you're going for the premium/relationship model, put your picture up, tell your story, tell me where you're located, why will I like working with you and where do you provide value over and above a commodity service?

The faceless corporate look works for commodity services where I want to put PSDs in and get HTML out at the lowest price/hassle possible as part of my business process. If I'm looking for a consultant who will add value to projects (and get paid in proportion) I want to work with people I feel like I already know and like before I even make contact.

Need more specific metrics - it's nice that you guarantee you'll do the work, but do you have a specific turnaround time? Money back guarantee if the work's no good? How much do I need to add onto my client project estimates to afford you?

There's no hook to your offer that will make me think in a few months, when I have a WP project, "Hey what about those guys that promised [X], I should look them up". I already have a number of people on the list in my mind "that do Wordpress stuff". You need to position yourself to be the fastest/cheapest/most W3C compliant/most community supporting/that sort of thing.

Hope this helps... don't take my advice as gospel, it's just the first stuff that came to mind. Most of the above may be worthless :)
It looks really nice but I'm afraid I don't like the headers font ('Podkova' I think?) - it has really strange serifs that make it a bit jarring to read.

It doesn't detract from the overall impression of the site though, that the core front end competencies for creating decent, clean themes are there :) Good luck!
The problem with considering long term effects and indirect consequences is - it's hard, and often there's no way to know for sure what the consequences will be.

If we have 2 opposite effects going on, and one school of economics says this one will be more powerful, and the other says the other one will be more powerful, and there's no way to know who is right, then how can we expect people to consider these effects, if people don't know what the efects will be.

Short term effects are mostly obvious. Long term effects are harder to predict, and people suck at estimating probabilities. So it's easier to ignore the long term effects altogether.
> why are all his promotional materials centered around HIM(...)

Because it is more effective. It is marketing 101 that it helps to spread a message if you have a face to put on display. His story tells much more than any infochart about leukemia ever will. You can bet that people are much more inclined to help if they know who is in need.

Also, IMO, it is more honest. Even if he is "privileged" to be heard when others can't, there should be no shame in him being able to exercise this privilege to save his own life.
A) I think modesty no longer becomes a factor when you are desperately trying to save your own life.

B) Sure, the design is a little flashy (I think it looks great, by the way), but I don't think he is being terribly immodest. He's not bragging about his accomplishments, he's just trying to get people to sign up as bone marrow donors, and he's using his personal plight as motivation.
Well guess a number on how much they've been paid.

Think of one patent that the collective brainpower of Google and everyone who has been threatened with a lawsuit couldn't work around for less than that figure.

If such a patent exists then it's a failure of the patent system and Microsoft is exploiting that failure. If not, then the fact they can do it with a bunch of dubious patents is a failure of the patent system and Microsoft is exploiting that failure.

All this is based on the assumption that they have actually extracted money from these companies, rather than say take token amounts from them which are then returned to them as co-advertising funds for Windows devices so that they can proclaim doom'n'gloom for their competitors.

I mean the patents and the payments are both secret aren't they? Yet every press release is very clear on the point that payments are being recieved by Microsoft (and are silent on what, if anything, is going the other way).
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I don't much care for cycling; I did it for years when I was in school, had enough of it, now I prefer motorbikes. But it's a gross overstatement to say that there is no justification for an increase in bike lanes when they're currently being underutilized; you're completely ignoring network effects. If the cause of under-utilization is lack of cycle paths that cover enough of the journey (i.e. there would be too much navigation of hazardous traffic), it's self-evident that more cycle paths would be justified.

The question then becomes whether or not under-utilization is caused by lack of cycle route coverage. I think it's pretty reasonable to believe that many people used to car transport think cycling through the traffic to be dangerous, and would look more favourably on it if there were separated dedicated lanes.

(If parking is available for 30 USD, then it appears that parking is not actually difficult in NYC. It is expensive, not difficult.)
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So self-preservation is shameless. Got it. Next time I'm dying, I'll remember not to try to help myself.
There will be a bunch of folks at FailCon in SF today. I encourage everybody to get a test.
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The problem he refers to is a classic deflationary scenario. Everybody saves money (to pay off debts, or etc). Money becomes scarcer, since nobody can borrow it (banks are deleveraging as well), and people aren't spending it.

The classic solution is to expand the money supply to get things moving again, which is the point of QE, etc. Creating inflation lessens the value of debt in real terms, too.

Not at all a new thought, in this situation or others. See wiki on debt deflation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_deflation
"Wait, it'll come!"

Granted, it will probably come. But I wonder if it will really make me angry. I fully expect that at some point my child will try to test my limits - it's basically his job. But knowing it is what he has to do, maybe it won't really make me angry. We'll see.

On the other hand, I wonder if the time aspect won't become better over time. Right now we have to watch the baby all the time to make sure he doesn't hurt himself. But there will be the time when he can play by himself of with friends. Of course by then there are also a lot more things we could do with him, which might induce us to spend more time with him in turn.
Wow, thanks for all the feedback. It's agencies, designers, and startups. Basically we do everything from front-end to WordPress (I should probably get a new domain!).

We're a premium service, yes. You want a picture of me? Or the team? You think talking about us being located in Australia will be of benefit? So you're looking for a lot more personality to come through? How would you suggest I add that.

I'll add the specific metrics. Where would you like to see those?

Thanks so, so much.
You can simulate it with a bunch of parallel arrays, one array for each field of the "struct". Wrapping up such a construct in a flyweight object (I described this in a comment to the blog post) can then get much of the ease of use back (though you can't override operator== in Java).
If the military service is at all related, pump it up. Lots of MOSs are technical in nature.

The github portfolio can be really important. Especially if it contains a lot of really good looking stuff and represents lots of self improvement. I'll almost always pause to check out somebody's "portfolio" if they stick it on their resume. It provides me with far more info than just the resume format can.

Nothing wrong with 2 year degrees. It demonstrates being able to finish something, even if it's boring core coursework. Either way I'll usually ask if they want to go back to school, or finish it up. The answers are often helpful.

("I'm too smart for what they're teaching me" is never a good answer to that question btw)

But by all means, put it down there or I don't know about it.
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The actual on-board software of an aircraft is definitely given a lot of attention as far as testing is concerned, but unfortunately more indirect systems, such as maintenance tracking software, is treated pretty much the same as any other piece of software; which puts it down to the company that made it to judge how much testing they perform.

In my company, the management puts a higher priority on putting all available hands on rolling out new functionality than fixing bugs, in order to try and win new contracts from potential customers. Or at least that's their excuse, in my opinion there is no such thing as a low priority bug, no matter what industry you're in.
Why would somebody be ashamed of trying to save their own life?
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Agreed! I just read the article with his quote (didn't have time to watch the video)and a 1 minute read helped me to understand the problem better.

A bit of a tangent, but: my wife and I have almost never bought on credit (save for cars, even our current house) - preferring to pay cash, and accept a "lesser" life style. I have taken some kidding about this over the years since we live a modest lifestyle, but in recent years some family and friends finally understand our odd viewpoint on earning and spending.
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True enough, and I don't even have enough money yet to see all this with peace of mind. But still, I can't help thinking: I am not Steve Jobs, so it is an easy decision (what I do is not that earth shattering atm). My business is not really that important, as long as I make enough to put food on the table.

Also grandparents help, money helps. If you have money, I suppose you could also hire a babysitter.
Microsoft seems to be getting more and more barefaced about this as time goes on.

Only the other day patent 'analyst' Florian Mueller disclosed funding from Microsoft to write a report on FRAND licensing. He then subsequently admitted that he and Microsoft "...have worked together more than once, but that because of a confidentiality agreement with the company, he can’t elaborate on the details of that relationship..." [1].

Microsoft never really changed their spots, they just switched tactics.

[1] http://paidcontent.org/article/419-is-patent-expertblogger-f...
Something's always struck me as very "ethereal" about the concepts of dark matter and dark energy, and I'd be inclined to agree with you. Sooner or later, a robust theoretical model will come along that suffices without either of these constructs, which will be the kiss of death for them.
I think one common error people make is to say "Oh, well, rational actors are wrong therefore I can throw rational actors out of the model entirely, everything goes, nobody knows anything, case closed." As you say, it's still a good first approximation, and to the extent various irrationalities are found, they too are actually reasonably regular and predictable as well. Irrational isn't a synonym for random.

(Moreover, there's a certain relativity to "irrational"; as tempting as it may be, irrational isn't a synonym for "disagrees with the given economic theorist" either....)
In what philosophical framework does modesty or even decency come before preservation of one's own life? This isn't Breaking Bad -- making a website and asking for help is pretty well unimpeachable IMO.
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Meaningless repetition doesn't make it so.
On the other hand, your attitude to this seems quite shameless to me.
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Yes, engine ECU modifications aren't controlled, but other parts, that have direct safety or environmental implications, are (for example exhaust pipes and the way that a chassis can be repaired). And modifications to the firmware of other controllers than the engine ECU can have safety implications. Also yes there is much less regulation in the US, I was mostly talking about the EU market (I think for example that the chassis reparation I mentioned isn't regulated in the US?)
So, in your opinion Paypal, credit cards, and physical cash are all toys because they're designed for moving small amounts of money?

Or are you saying that the potential threat of a sudden market crash precludes using bitcoin as a reliable way of transferring wealth?

Let's take a look at the economics of the latter. Let's assume that over the course of the year, a modest $1 million worth of money passes through my dollar-to-bitcoin and bitcoin-to-dollar gateways, and as I'm charging 1% on each (2% total), I'm making a $20,000 profit.

Then bitcoin market suddenly crashes, and 99% of bitcoin's value is lost. What a disaster! I'll lose all of... well... assuming I wait 1 hour to confirm transactions, I'll lose $100 dollars on average. If I waited 10 minutes, then I'd lose only $16 dollars.

So whilst bitcoin might be volatile, the odd market crash doesn't actually affect people who want to bitcoin as a protocol for transferring wealth, rather than storing it.
its like the dianetics of economics
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For us EU folks, in what timezone is this?
Hope it works out for him.
I fear it will not be that easy to reproduce the current practice of peer reviewed papers in blogs.
Despite its flaws, the reviewing process is quite a bit more thorough than your avarage blog. On average, reviewers take their job quite seriously because, having been on the other side, they realize their power comes with responsibility. Moreover, the anonymity and randomness of the reviewing process --you don't choose what papers you review-- force interaction between people who, given the choice, wouldn't.
The sciences already suffer from splintering, with the freedom of the web it would be even more tempting to remain in your own bubble.
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I totally agree with the idea in the OP (not that we have much free parking left in Chicago). But I have to get something off my chest, although it's tangential to this post. (I know this will be sacrilege to the many HN bikers but here it goes):

First a disclaimer: I, at 40+, cannot ride a bike reliably (yeah, I know, it funny, there's a long backstory), in fact I learned how to ride about 10 years ago, not by applying a kid's natural understanding but (almost) from physical principles, e.g. conservation of angular momentum (which I recently read from physics exchange is not how bikes work). So my comments are an outsider's view to bikers.

I find the behavior of most bikers in traffic to be dangerous, obnoxious and rude. Bikers often say that they should be treated on par with cars (in matters of passing, etc.), but they themselves operate somewhere between vehicles and pedestrians, combining the worse characteristics of each. I have observed many bikers not to stop at stop signs or red lights, because, you know, they're for cars, jeopardizing pedestrians. A 90kg man on a bike moving fast is an object you don't want to run into when you're walking. In parks (e.g. Chicago's long lake shore), although they should share their lane with people strolling and child strollers, they go about at high speeds. Many bikers ignore signs where bikes are prohibited on sidewalks and ride them among people.

And the worst part is you can't say anything, because these guys are living a healthy lifestyle, right? They are saving gas, etc. Now, this, of course, is true, but doesn't give them precedence over all other lifeforms on sidewalks.

Next time you don your cool biker's outfit and feeling totally Armstrong, please try to remember us, lowly people trying to share the sidewalks and streets with you.
I didn't downvote you even if I could have, because it was clear to me where you were coming from (I disliked the article too, though for different reasons.)

However, you (generally, not specifically you) would never say in front of your kids "well I love the first, but the others?" unless you're out of your mind. Imagine they'll dig down in the HN archives.

It can have such a long-term harmful effect on their self-images. The difference might be that this kind of abuse is a bit more explicit compared to the public praise.
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EDT, I think. It started at 9:00 when it was 15:00 here in Italy.
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Ada and Alice. Might I ask if the inspiration for those two names came from a computer background? (Ada for the first programmer, and Alice for the first Apple computer)
I viscerally distrust anything from physorg.com. Anyone have a better option?
Dark energy especially so, I think. I do agree with you somewhat, but dark matter at least is not so preposterous, simply being matter that only interacts with other matter via the gravitational force.
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Most people get out of school and head for a mega corp for their first job. Boring mega corps like to put people into easy to categorize slots for the payroll people. It's an easy marker to look at in a candidate if their job = megacorp and their time in that position was more than a 2-4 years, their was probably an issue with them.

With really small companies, you have to on other things. I've worked for both kinds of companies, there's almost always some kind of title/responsibility change you can point to. It's not often that a person slaves over the same pile of code, in literally the same job for a decade.

Demonstrate that progression in the bullet points or beneath the title.
and they acquired that money while they had getdropbox.com. If get was a bad thing, it certainly didn't seem to hurt dropbox is what I'm saying.
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> The classic solution is to expand the money supply to get things moving again, which is the point of QE, etc.

Let's see, we've been through 2 rounds of QE. Maybe number 3 will be the charm.

What was that saying about trying the same thing and expecting a different outcome?
Why is a legitimate question being downvoted? it might not directly relate to the post but it has a small intersection.
And whose fault is that, Mr. Hedge Fund Manager?
Well, the selling point is definitely Siri, the only commercial Apple made for iPhone 4S is all about it. That's why I think it could be a blow.
I have found the best resource for map reduce algorithms to be "Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce" by Chris Dyer and Jimmy Lin - a short and very useful book that characterizes map reduce problems and their solutions.
People are stupid ... that's all I can say. We have multiple providers selling the iPhone in Germany. One sells it for 240 € with a 40 € / month contract, another one for 19 € with a 48 € / month contract. It amounts to roughly the same end price (which is ALWAYS higher than buying the iPhone straight from Apple), but people say it's 200 € cheaper on the second provider ... stupid stupid stupid ;-)
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HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();

I believe that it has lambdas as well.
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You probably got downvoted because while everyone was having a kumbaya moment, you "went there". I appreciate your level perspective FWIW.
By the way, since PLoS is a non-profit, do they publish their cost structure anywhere? Is it possible to say where the money from a publication goes, for instance?
Designer of the site here. (Thank you for the kind words.) We wanted to do something upbeat and positive, a kind of join-the-movement and do-your-part vibe. If it were a story just about Amit, we might be more dire, but this is a much bigger cause and we wanted to express that.
>I think by "free," Cassidy means "libre," in that adding bike lanes decreases the number of available parking spaces.

Just FYI, I'm pretty sure that's not an appropriate use of "libre". "Libre" is more along the lines of "liberty" or "freedom", not "available" or "unused".

>There's absolutely no justification for an increase in bike lanes when they're currently underutilized, as Cassidy argues

This is incorrect. Aside from the network effect, the (under)utilization of an existing bike lane is not necessarily indicative of the expected usage pattern of a new bike lane. Imagine applying this argument to bus routes. Just because the 32 from Manhattan to the Bronx is underutilized, does that mean that a new route 44 from Manhattan to Long Island would also be underutilized? (Obviously my examples here are made up.)
I don't know how old your kid is, but my little girl is 2 in a few weeks and she sure as hell tests my limits.

I am a VERY laid-back person. I don't believe that kids exist purely to manipulate us, and I do believe that a lot of what some people think is "misbehaving" is just a kid's learning journey (exploring emotions, boundaries etc) but even so... wow. I've found patience I never knew I had.
Even if free means what you posit, it comes to the same: market pressures that make building parking garages so lucrative will provide the need if street parking is replaced by bike lanes. Also, reread the part about how creating a viable cycling path network, which is safe for the cyclist throughout, will attract many more cyclist to the road, as it has in other cities. The current number of cyclists in NYC is not nearly the potential number of cyclists if a good network of paths existed.
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Move it now !! make moving the body as your daily habits. many activities that can move your body, such as chasing your child, go down - climbing stairs,