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Actually, GS will never be a "normal" bank holding company. Their commercial banking business is open to a very select number of clients, and will stay that way. GS became a BHC because they would have access to the Fed's emergency funds in case of another major crash -- a line of defense. GS hardly makes any money from their commercial banking arm.

GS's core business will remain their cash cows: Investment Banking, Securities, and Asset Management (in that order). GS will NEVER wind down their Investment Banking arm, in which GS is king above all other banks (closely followed by Morgan Stanley).

GS's core businesses actually did quite well relative to the rest of the industry. This loss is really just "on paper", coming primarily from the Private Equity portfolios. GS has a reputation for aggressively marking-to-market, and their PE portfolio lost a lot of value on paper because the equity markets shit the bed this quarter.
This is a nice concept, but "progressive" and "conservative" are loaded words, and should be avoided. In this case, they're also rather inaccurate, as most of the web, until recently, allowed individuals to manage their identities however they wanted.
The Ksplice blog is one of my all time favorite programming blogs. I am very happy it's back. If you haven't seen it before, it's well worth looking at the archive.

In question 2 I got tripped up because I assumed sizeof(int) == 8 on a 64 bit system. I also got question 4 wrong because I didn't know that &x gives a pointer to an array of size 5.
Or they could use C99's int32_t in the problem's code to make the size of the integer explicit... (Or just state that sizeof(int) == 4 on this hypothetical system.)
Maybe I read this too quickly, but it seems like they're extrapolating from a fairly obvious "Don't let your one year old watch TV ten hours a day" to "Don't let your one year old watch any media at all", without any actual research evidence cited to back up that leap.

Or to put it another way, I'm really seriously doubting I measurably harmed our boy by letting him watch 15 minutes of traditional music videos a day when he was a toddler. (Mostly Liz Carroll, Peter Horan, and Daniel Payne, as I recall.)
It's too bad this won't result in a price drop on the EOS 5D Mark II.
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The problem is that governments define what they accept for tax payments, but the value of that (fiat currency) is being eroded by governments themselves.

Whatever other people would accept as payment for their services and products might well be Bitcoin, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Strangely, I can never read the articles on alistapart. I find them to have a very 'boring' personality.
To me, most of the game is the online multiplayer. Most of that will move out of the reach of people who don't buy Heart of the Swarm the moment Heart of the Swarm releases. I think it's appropriate to say that a player who only buys Wings of Liberty received 1/3 of the game, since he will no longer be able to play online multiplayer with a large pool of worthwhile opponents.

I also think the game is worth the $120-$180, and I definitely plan on buying the remaining two pieces.
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And idling zipcars could park themselves in optimal locations around town, too!
I don't disagree, but I thought it was nicer for there to be a more concrete, actual memory address for the answer.

I thought about explicitly stating "sizeof(int) is 4 on this system" in the intro blurb, but that primes you a bit more than I'd like for the answer to #2, so I thought it was a little cleaner not to.
I have no inside information, but reader has in my opinion been a long standing poor performer. Groups seems like something that will be eaten by Google+. Neither groups nor reader have the new google UI.
I'm not convinced that patching code into a running process [1] is any better than patching the binary on disk. That's the sort of thing that a fully secured system would not allow.

[1] Of course excluding programs that have an actual plugin interface, and the "patching" just constitutes using that interface.
I don't think you really mean this: "I hate to turn this into an RMS rant". If it was true that you didn't want to turn it into an RMS rant, then why did you do exactly that?

The "theatrics" you refer to -- picking alternative, damning names for treacherous computing devices -- are very much present in this article:

Instead of "Secure Boot," the article says, if the vendors implement it in a way that deprives users of control, we should call it "Restricted Boot". Even the reason for the alternative name is similar to the reasons in those other campaigns.

So, the "name-calling" is there - to help people remember the issue.

Is FUD present in any of these campaigns? "FUD" is a derogatory name for negative statements that drum up false fears, uncertainties, and doubts. In these various FSF campaigns, the fears, uncertainties and doubts are all quite realistic.
Well that's Twitter. It's easy to sound like a human in 140 characters.
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I find the test a bit unreliable as well. Only someone well trained in giving speeches would read something twice with the exact same tone, diction and pace.

If he were to record the paragraph and play it over speakers or use that same recording twice, then we could see which system is more accurate.
Try http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-8010.p... . Page 9 has some interesting questions. The whole article is pretty good too.
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Why is this on the front page of Hacker News? I read it, it's interesting and relates to current events, but i don't think this belongs on HN
Dropbox also faces competition from products like TonidoSync (http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html) that allows you to use your own hardware as sync server.

Before anybody jumps on me- Yes. Tonido does support all the OSes- Windows, Mac and Linux. They have mobile apps for all the popular mobile platforms - iOS, Android, Win 7 and Blackberry. It also works on ARM powered NAS devices and supports webdav as well.

In short, one can use their mac mini or home pc as sync server or buy one of those plug devices (www.tonidoplug.com) that runs 24/7 consuming just 1 watt/hr.
> Also, I'm not sure what the legalization of marijuana has to do with ending the drug war.

Thank you. How many of that half who support the legalization of weed also support the legalization of cocaine or meth? Exactly.

Tell someone you support the legalization of all drugs and they'll look at you like you're from Mars.
The study also refers to heavy use but does not define what heavy means.
Awesome! I laughed at the "secondhand TV" part. Good article that reminds me of another I recently read talking about getting away from being distracted (like this article) and spending time letting your brain work: http://www.fastcompany.com/1700298/what-happened-to-downtime...
Isn't the assumption that sizeof(int) = platform type in bytes (e.g. 4 for 32-bit and 8 for 64-bit platforms)? I expected int on 64-bit platform to be 8 bytes in size.
Unfortunately, supporting legal marijuana does not mean they're interested in pushing for legalization.

"Sure, I don't care what other people do." != "We will fight for legalization."
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The bonuses are huge because the numbers are huge and not everybody can do it.

The so-called "marginal value to society" is relative. I might not think your job at the electronic trading shop provided much value to society, but that doesn't mean somebody else didn't. I would bet many of Goldman's clients feel they're providing a great value, otherwise they wouldn't be clients.

The only valid reason for people to be mad is because tax-payer money was used to provide them with liquidity during the financial crisis. That money has since been paid back (with interest), so I have no problem with Goldman paying out whatever they want to their employees now. In retrospect, I'm of the opinion the US government should have demanded equity in return for the loan, but that's water under the bridge at this point. I'm not a shareholder, so GS can pay whatever they want to their employees.
In addition to certification trademarks and limited uses via "trademark guidelines" there's an interesting counterpoint in the case of Portal: Prelude.

Valve permitted (at the very least a verbal license) an independent developer to use their trademark (and other assets) in an unrelated project not controlled by Valve. I'm very curious on the line of thought of Valve's lawyers as to how this would be ok. Perhaps it's because Portal: Prelude requires Portal to be purchased in the first place and therefore doesn't actually compete with Portal?
My one and a half year old learned the alphabet by watching a cartoon several times. I think there is a healthy balance to be found somewhere between 24/7 and zero.
I like your comment, however you described Bitcoins as “A pyramid scheme (artificial value from short term demand)."

I think the term “speculative bubble” better describes value being primarily driven by short-term demand. A pyramid scheme is described as: A non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public.

Now, if you needed to pay $100 to become a Bitcoin miner and you received $50 from every other person you recruit to mine Bitcoins, this would be a pyramid scheme.
Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)
Areas money could be saved if the drug war was ended:

- Prisons

- Policing

- Courts

On top of the unimaginably huge pile of money that would be gained from taxing it... I think legalization is going to have to happen out of financial necessity, even if the politicians and half the population wouldn't agree to it sans financial crisis.
Dropbox also faces competition from products like TonidoSync (http://www.tonido.com/app_sync_home.html) that allows you to use your own hardware as sync server.

Before anybody jumps on me- Yes. Tonido does support all the OSes- Windows, Mac and Linux. They have mobile apps for all the popular mobile platforms - iOS, Android, Win 7 and Blackberry. It also works on ARM powered NAS devices and supports webdav as well.

In short, one can use their mac mini or home pc as sync server or buy one of those plug devices (http://www.tonidoplug.com) that runs 24/7 consuming just 1 watt/hr.
Is there a common 64 bit architecture that is ILP64 as opposed to LP64?
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>> Any ideas on a big/simple headline that conveys the value prop better?

TouchBase - a smarter iPhone calendar

TouchBase - the smart iPhone calendar

TouchBase - steroids for your iPhone calendar

TouchBase - turbocharge your iPhone calendar

TouchBase - the iPhone calendar enhancement for working moms on the go
School Loop is one such edu SaaS.
kogir wrote: "Exactly. When Apple shipped the first Intel Macs without Boot Camp, there wasn't outrage that Windows/Linux couldn't boot; People that cared just didn't buy them. Just don't purchase a computer that has been crippled by the manufacturer."

The free software movement seeks to educate all people about software freedom and to encourage them to value and protect software freedom.

When someone buying a product "doesn't care" about these restrictions, especially if the buyer doesn't understand what they are giving up, that's a problem the FSF wants to solve.

So, yes, by all means: if you don't want those restrictions, don't buy those products. The Free Software Foundation would like to help more people come to that same conclusion, rather than naively buying into a software world where users no longer have much control over their own computers.
Good point, even though I personally find it somewhat interesting it's not really HN related, it's not as if there aren't much better places to read about the drugwar. It's more reason.com then hacker news.
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I'd seen this on zephyr the last time a SIPB member posted it to their class, but I still didn't remember the correct answer to the last question.
Absolutely not, on Windows 64 for example sizeof(void *) == 8 and sizeof(int) == 4.
I don't think that a large majority of the population supporting a certain policy is a good predictor for the implementation of that policy. In October of 2008, more than 98% of the population supported a certain policy and the opposite policy was implemented.
I had the police show up at my house last week because a teacher called the police about a text that originated from my son's cell phone (a case of wrong phone numbers and practical jokes). I can appreciate the need teachers have to protect themselves. I can also appreciate students wanting to communicate the way they communicate.

I think there is a market there. My kids would like it.
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I'm not here to promote the idea of children under 2 should watch TV, but statements like this largely invalidate studies such as this:

"The pediatrics group’s guidelines point out that research to date suggests a “correlation between television viewing and developmental problems, but they cannot show causality.”"
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I think there are some hooks in OSX/Cocoa for doing this, although I don't claim to actually understand it.

There is the SIMBL system which people used to write native plugins for Safari, I guess that's probably stopped since it has an actual extension framework now.

http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php

Then there's TotalFinder, which uses in-memory patching to add tabs and all sorts of other leet stuff into Finder. I highly recommend it. In their docs they say it works similarly to SIMBL.

http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/
It’s official: to protect baby's brain, turn off the TV
Most of the world's currencies don't have backing these days. Even when they do have some kind of commodity backing them the governments don't tell people how much backing is there (The U.S. Government for example won't tell people how much gold they have in reserve). Backing isn't relevant if you don't know how much of it there is.

All a currency really needs to be valuable are two people who have faith in it and who have resources they want to trade with each other.

Also for the record the only reason backing is important at all is because backing means there's a finite amount of currency that can be created. Bitcoin has, in theory, an equally valid limiting factor
> I incorrectly thought that what I remembered about pointer arithmetic would apply here. 1 * sizeof(int) = 0x04, so I guessed 0x7fffdfbf7f04.

Your pointer arithmetic was correct. What you missed was that &x is a pointer to an array of five ints (so, sizeof(int[5])), not a single int.

I on the other hand didn't realize sizeof(int) is not necessarily 8 on 64-bit machines. You learn something new every day...
Heavy media use in a household is defined as one in which the television is on all or most of the time.
Not be to a debbie downer but isn't this a solved problem on certain smartphone platforms ?

I can't speak on iOS (which is what they seem to be targeting at least initially. Based on the picture of the iPhone on the splash page, along with mention of Instagram) because I haven't used an iPhone daily since the 3GS.

I used to use an Android device, but now use a Windows Phone and a lot of this stuff is automatically integrated into the default contact application in Windows Phone. Information can be pulled from Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Gmail, Outlook, and Windows Live. It also shows my history interaction with a contact (MSN messages, phone calls, e-mails, facebook chat, text messages, etc).

I seem to recall that on certain android devices (i.e. those HTC sense and Moto Blur) similar options were available. I know vanilla Android had some decent integration with facebook with Froyo.

Heck, even my mom's blackberry running OS6 has quite a few of these features (social network integration, history, etc).

Am I missing something here ?
Yikes-- good catch. There was an 11th hour edit on that button (from me). Fixed and thank you!
This is totally self serving (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3126173). If you're on the free plan, you should be able to max out your referrals at somewhere between 8-10GB of free space for you (they may have lowered it). I got 30 referrals for less than $10....give it a shot, I've had friends try this recently and they didn't end up spending more than $15.
One example is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but there are many more examples of "generation ships" on tvtropes.org:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenerationShips
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I don't find it offputting; I think it's expected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
original story (http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/helpmehoward/MI93365/)

summary: Woman buys phone for deaf / mute brother, puts him on her plan, he goes to Canada (from US) for two weeks and leaves data roaming on. Phone co claim to have sent warning texts; have cut bill to $2,500 with 6 months to pay.
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A process can't change the address space of another process, period. Even if one is a root process. Separation of address spaces is a basic security service provided by the operating system. So I'm also puzzled how they are able to modify memory in Finder's address space.

The closest thing I can think of is that Finder executes arbitrary processes on behalf of the user. That is, when I double click on something, Finder has to do the fork-exec dance to launch that application. A process fork, however, creates an entirely separate address space for the new process. I would be shocked if Finder did not do that. So, yes, I'm also wondering what it is they do.
Works find in readability. This link might work for you:

http://www.readability.com/articles/giut9xtb
Still, MJ represents the majority of drug arrests; e.g. a significant curtailment of the drug war if legalized
Nice! This might be the final reason to abandon RubyMine.
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Some publishers of various kinds of media welcome the idea of treacherous computing for exactly the reason you suggest: If enough people agree to buy broken computers - so broken that they can not be programmed to copy certain files, for example - then big music companies, book companies, movie companies, etc. all have an easier time. They can, as you say, deliver content only on these broken devices, leading more people to give up their software freedom in exchange for more convenient access to TV or tunes.

It doesn't stop there, though. Some software vendors also like these restrictions. With treacherous computing, vendors can make themselves the exclusive providers of software and enjoy monopolistic pricing. In contrast, consider that the cost of a complete operating system for a non-broken computer starts with many decent options at a price of $0.

Treacherous computing also makes it easier for software vendors to monitor their users in ways that users can't control and might not even notice. There is no way, for example, to tell some devices not to "call home" and betray a users privacy to their vendors.

So it's a convergence of reasons, not just the "entertainment industry" (I guess you mean a few big companies, not everyone who sells entertainment) behind the thing.
You already have a website up and running -- the market will review the idea for you.
Can Facebook and Google+ survive.....
NBC.com now allows people to create accounts, add friends, and watch TV socially. Needless to say, I'm deleting my Facebook and Google+ accounts immediately, there's no way they'll be relevant by the end of the week.

Interesting UI strategy: throw up a ton of roadblocks and make no effort whatsoever to help users add or find new friends and then let the users figure it out. That's ok NBC, we'll take the hours it takes to figure out the system (hint: you can only friend people if you find their comments on videos).

How do you think this will affect Facebook's IPO prospects? Are they about to be "Myspace"d?
Red is finally setting a date for the Scarlet? Very cool.
Sorry for the rant, I am sure people will downvote me, but this has to get out now:

Why does it has to have those ugly buttons in the front?

If you watch the introduction keynote of the iPhone, you' ll see that the entire point of the big-screen-smartphones was to get rid of all those confusing buttons and let the screen handle any input possibilites that are valid to the current context.

I dont care whether it has a better camera, a faster CPU and all of those things, if you force me to look at those ugly buttons every time I hold this thing in my hands, the clear winner (for me) will always be the more minimalistic device, which is the iPhone in my humble opinion.
Nine figures buyout? You really do have to believe in your future success to turn that down, especially as a two year old company and long before the current milestones.

That kind of money, Drew's payout would have been substantial, enough to bankroll any project he could dream of (or live comfortably forever).

He must really believe in what he's doing.
Hrm-- can you drop me a note? webwright@gmail - we did a pretty large beta test and thought this was solid-- would love to get to the bottom of it. There SHOULD be an "add to existing contact" option on that screen. Thanks and apologies for the rough bits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#64-bit_data_models has a few examples -- but I think the answer is basically no?
What? You can't tell the difference between 326 and 233 PPI? No offense, but how?
I got the 4th question wrong; my only caveat is, professional C programmers probably all learn to avoid constructions like this in favor of more explicit ones.
While this is often true, I think gay rights and MJ legalization are inevitabilities that poll numbers show upward trajectories for, and states are already breaking with the federal government to support. The domino affect, state by state, ultimately will compel the feds. Or so I hope.
"Marginal value for society"? Good thing they're not getting paid by society then. If you're not a shareholder, I don't think you get to complain that other people are giving these people money.
The point of the study isn't that kids can't learn from the TV-- of course they can-- but that they'll be _better_ at learning when it's you talking to them, or reading them a book, or playing, or something that's more interactive.

We have a four year old who we've tried to limit watching TV, because you can see a noticeable difference in demeanor and attitude when the TV is on versus when playing by themselves or with us. Of course there's going to be some TV time, but for a kid under 2, I would tend to agree with the study, with the addition that even something like an iPad can be much more of a learning tool.
"If you're event doesn't have a location" - typo for "your".

Looks good. Perhaps a bit weak in the face of Siri's launch?
Yeah very true. I also kind of fail to see the utility of the bot beyond a whimsical demo. And there doesn't appear to be much of a real demonstration of it's benefit.
iPhone 4 = 326 PPI

Prime = 313 PPI

It's barely lower density and it's AMOLED. It's gorgeous.
No because nobody has any idea what the 'soul' or 'mind' is. For all we know it may be possible to completely remove our soul from our body and exist in a different way and enter into another. Nobody knows
I forget, didn't people demo Android running much quicker on touchpad hardware? If so, it's the decision to depend too much on the JavaScript stack and not the hardware that's the ultimate problem.