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Who cares what Ron Paul thinks about evolution? He doesn't believe it's the government's job to cram creationism down kids throats, so what he personally believes is fairly irrelevant. And anybody who knows anything about Ron Paul knows that he isn't some ignorant, fundamentalist bible-thumping hick like Mike Huckabee... Ron is a freaking medical doctor who got his degree from Duke. He's clearly an intelligent man, who just happens to have this one quirky religious thing going on. And lots of very intelligent people are conflicted over the whole evolution / creationism thing, because of their religious beliefs.

Not a big deal, IMO.
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Which means that sppi is lower, since the NP has a much bigger screen.
I wonder why they went for Android instead of some light Linux distro. Not sure what's the point of having Android on a huge LCD.
I generally skip "(google.com)" articles because of this.
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Strictly speaking, you can get a list of files in the directory. i.e., opendir() and readdir() will not return "Permission denied". However, you can't access any of the files within the directory.

Yes, and this is commonly used for the parent directory of a publically readable directory.

Fore example, you can't read or write anything in my home directory but you can execute through it to read stuff form my public_www directory.
If the execute bit form my home is removed, that breaks my webpage.
I agree. I get confused by this too. When I see google.com in the link title, I never know where it might go. Maybe G+, maybe a search, maybe docs, etc. I've seen it all on HN.
Next question: Why now? If this was being worked on for several years, why wasn't it released much sooner?

I have nothing against projects coming from Google. I'm all in favor of it. However I think Google acts as a much better open-source citizen when it adopts a posture like it has with HTML5. With HTML5, Google got involved early and publicly and one of their employees works as a benevolent dictator, which in the case of HTML5 is Ian Hixie.

When a project is released from some company, with no real defined ownership in the form of one human being or a small team at that company, it is a far less compelling project to get involved with, and the likelihood of a community being formed around it is low.
What do you use to develop desktop application. 
I know people are moving to browser based application but some people still want to have a desktop application and probably talking to online server. What is your choice of platform for a lightweight application and why?
I love reading these files and finding something new to use. gdefault is definite going in.
More like under fascist and corporatist pressure to let the bill pass.
> Are there any good reasons why Python can't allow both?

That is, you want [a for b in c for a in b] to represent both foreach(c, foreach(b)) and foreach(b, foreach(c))? Surely it must choose one or the other.

You can sensibly argue that the order should be reversed, but not that python should allow both. There should be only one obvious way to do things.

> Does this feel weird to anyone else?

Not to me; [(x,y) for x in a for y in b] translates simply to:

ret = []
for x in a:
for y in b:
ret.append((x,y))
You're right, it was an insult.

It is nonetheless still true.
Data depends on the code. You can't write neutrino arrival time to file on hard disk without some code in between the equipment and the file. That code can be wrong, too.

Some code has to be trusted, and scientists can't check every assumption every time, so I don't blame them. But why don't they allow others to check the code? It's the opposite of scientific method.
It's down.

Let everyone know about this.
There should be more of it.
Actually I'm planning on splicing it into MakeGreen, so instead of getting a green bar when my tests pass I get Nyan Cat flying across my window. Maybe over Thanksgiving weekend I'll get around to it.

Edit: Also, if anyone can show me how to draw an ASCII-art Nyan Cat in one line of text that would be awesome. Nothing I tried looked recognizable.
This is really well explained in the docs:
http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html?highlight=...
Seems like vim is finally getting its own Nyan Mode? (http://nyan-mode.buildsomethingamazing.com).
I agree, but this should be submitted as a comment on the Feature Requests story (see link at the bottom of HN pages).

In fact, this request has already been submitted, so you should just vote it up.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=996374
Still, this is not a good reason not to release code. We can deal with funny comments, bad jokes and dead code. Why not let people examine the code? They are not programmers who will be judged by the neatness of their code.
Some of this definitely belongs in separate files.

The problem is that most of these are things I came up with when, during the middle of coding, I thought "oh, this would be really nice". So I just switched to my vimrc, added it, and got back to working, instead of thinking about where to put it, creating new files, etc.

Every so often I'll go through and clean it up. I just haven't gotten around to it for a long time since it works perfectly fine as is.
Can I get some background on what the leaked HBGary emails are, I'm curious.
Good point about providing more info on the page. We are having a meeting tomorrow and we will make a point of expanding on the ladning page. It was a rush job in order to have something to show off at a recent Hacker News meet-up where I was giving a talk.

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Currently "gravity" pulls stories down as a function of time. If time were replaced by a counter that increments with each story upvote across HN, gravity would be normalized for activity and timing would matter less.
Android is a light Linux distro. My coworker next to me has demonstrated running Firefox on it.

I would imagine odds are pretty good you can hack this thing to put your choice of distro on it in the end.
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They said it also runs Ubuntu, and will run the Windows 8 ARM version. Android is good for a low power CPU like ARM since it doesn't require as much horsepower. I would imagine that running a Firefox browser on Ubuntu under ARM would be a pretty painful experience compared to running Android.
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How do either of those save causality? If you've got regular neutrinos traveling FTL, causality is broken. It doesn't matter if the particles travel FTL because they really have a measurable velocity FTL or because they somehow spontaneously teleport.
I guess if that LCD can handle touch then it'll be just a big tablet where Android is more useful.
It may take more than one absurd bill to shift the window enough.
Glad to. It will have to wait until I get home this evening however as my archaic work machine runs IE8 and you don't appear to support it (don't blame you!).
Do you have info about which location has what type of meters (especially length/cost)? I've always wanted an easy way to find the cheapest/longest time allowed/most convenient parking.
This post will balance things out, i think...
If your TV has a USB port (mine does, and is in no way state of the art) you should be able to power it from that. Not quite a zero cable solution, but it's close.
Thanks.. I saw that mentioned in another comment as well. When I first went to the site I didn't see any affordances indicating that that graph was clickable.
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I support dual landing pages generally when serving two networks.

A grocery store leads distributors in through the back and consumers through the front. They have different needs and if you want to maximize your short introductory moment, it benefits you to tailor the experience.
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I've made this library to pull a MacGyver but maybe can be useful to someone else. Ideas and improvements are welcome.
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I was wondering when this would happen... Glasses have transcended practicality into fashion. They are now no different from shoes, belts or watches. In that case, lensless glasses are an eventuality. US hipsters are already doing this, but not to the degree that HK is doing it.

I admit, there are many days where I wish I could wear my contacts with my glasses.
Same here.

cd
hg clone http://bitbucket.org/sjl/dotfiles .dotfiles
ln -s `pwd`/.dotfiles/vim/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
cd -

My full Vim config is now installed, plugins included thanks to Mercurial's subrepos.

But really, I don't find myself editing files directly on servers all that often. And when I do I usually prefer bcvi anyway, because I can use MacVim instead of Vim through a terminal (which I hate because of all the shadowed keys).
On one hand it's nice to see them using words instead of guns.

On the other hand I agree with the other concerned comments about the militarization of fact checking. However, until they cross the line and actually shutdown a website for being "untruthful" I'm going to hold off on the public flogging.

"the fact they engage with us indicated we've hit a nerve"
Um.. No, to me that means they're willing to engage in conversation with you, likely because they presume you're wrong and feel they can fend you off in an honest argument. This is no indication of "hitting a nerve" but nice try.
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>Biology researchers don't get to reuse the other guy's mice

In a sense, they actually do.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/C57BL/6

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/BALB/c
I run

wget -qO - bit.ly/newbox | sh

or

curl -Ls bit.ly/newbox | sh

and am up and running. No sweat. I keep this stuff in Dropbox too, just in case.
I am actually involved, right now, with securing a couple .xxx domains for a client. Although not an adult product, the client wants to protect their product name from being associated with adult content.

For the record, my client is happy to pay the large (compared to normal domain registrations) fee to keep their .xxx from resolving.
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You are comparing apples to oranges there though: the specs are significantly different:

* more powerful CPU (or at very least the same design at a higher speed, 1200MHz rather than 700)
* more powerful GPU (both can play back 1080p OK, but the GPU can be used for much more than just movie playback acceleration)
* more RAM (1024Mb on the CC, 256 on the RP(B), 128 on the RP(A))
* wireless networking via 802.11b/g/n and/or Bluetooth (the rp will need a USB device plugged in to do either of these)
* the thing the RP has that these don't are wired networking built-in (and then, only on the slightly more expensive model B) and USB ports (it looks like the CC will operate as a USB MSD but I can't see any wording in the descriptions that suggest it can act as a host for USB devices)

I plan to grab at least on RP (the planned-to-be-$35 model B) when they turn up as the spec and the price combine to make it irresistible as a techie toy, but what you get for the extra cost of the CC (the target is $200, not $350) is considerable extra power and built-in wireless options. Depending on your needs this price-for-performance might be a good deal, though the Pi should do admirably for what I plan to play with.
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I understand that what I'm saying is a bit of a stretch, but when they claim people don't love computers for not doing that they're doing, they may as well take it to the extreme. People have written operating systems, maybe these people should say everybody else doesn't love computers.

I mean, obviously I don't expect anyone to build everything they use. My argument was aimed at the "you don't love computers" statement and not at the fact that they don't write their own OS.
I was expecting a bug that had some subtle relation to the Javascript language... this example would apply to any language and is essentially demonstrating a strong lack of knowledge and/or carelessness with file permission masks / chmod and unix filesystems generally.
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G+ is too damn confusing. That is all.
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I've basically memorized my .vimrc and .gvimrc files from retyping them over and over again, but then I take the approach of using the standard configuration when possible and only customizing the minimum required, so it's not as bad as it sounds.

The power of VIM as an effective and consistent text editor is far more important to me than the power of VIM as a highly configurable editor.
I understand that, I'm just curious from a personal point of view.
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Perhaps an electrician should ask to check all the solder joints on all the cables?

How is that any different from a random programmer assuming the physicists are incompetent and presuming that what is really necessary is a code review?
That's easy for him to say, but is there any evidence that this is, in fact, true?
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Maj. Nevers was my OIC for several weeks in 2005 during the Marine Corps response to Katrina. He's a stand-up guy, honest, all that good stuff. But let's not kid ourselves. Though you may have guys like Maj. Nevers who are interested in being even-handed and honest, the generals and politicians who oversee these activities are less interested in such things. They have interests to pursue and protect (and rightly so). Those of you saying this isn't US propaganda are wrong; those of you who are saying this isn't an appropriate action are wrong.

It is propaganda, but it is appropriate.
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You've implicitly accepted that the first implementation is correct, which I've found is one of the mental blocks that people defending this practice seem to have with frequency that surprises me. It isn't true. It isn't even the sort of thing you can try to debate your way out of, because it simply isn't true. Rather complicated numeric code written by non-software engineers is not something I'm willing to presume correct. I wouldn't presume it correct if it were written by software engineers, either, but at least then we'd probably have some sort of halfway reasonable testing to point at.

Further, the Kolmogorov complexity of a simulation is typically a wee bit larger than the Kolmogorov complexity of a square root implementation. That metaphor is beyond useless, it's deceptive.
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I've been reading through some of the comments on Amazon's site and I've stumbled across a growing faction of people who just want to be left alone. They just want to read, listen, watch. They don't want to worry about who's going to sue them or fine them. Is this growing trend in line with the desire of SOPA to push entertainment and knowledge transfer back to physical media?

What impact (not just "BAD") do you believe this will all have on the future of education?
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A quick browse of the code shows mostly code that appears written by the Prey developers (Fork Ltd.), and a few BSD licensed libs.

Assuming that's the case, they are free to release the code under as many licenses as they want (as long as they don't violate the BSD parts) - it's their code. They can release a GPLv3 version to the public and still publish to Apple. The copyright holder is not bound by the GPL if he releases his own code under GPL.... he already has all those rights, and more.
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On all my machines ~/.vimrc and friends are symlinked out from my Dropbox folder.
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They use identically-specified mice. They don't use the same mice. The mice used by one lab could, theoretically, be off-spec mutants. Or the lab could have made mixed up which mice they used.

Saying you used a particular strain of mouse is like saying you used a particular algorithm on your data. Asking to use the exact individual mice used by another lab might not reveal an error such as mixed-up strains.
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I've had that concern as well but have not found it to be a problem in practice. For one thing, it's not hard to go back to default vim if you're on a different system. For another, it's usually not that hard to copy your .vimrc over if you're going to stay awhile.
One handy thing to remember for this is that Backbone.js is a library, not a framework ... you call it, it doesn't call you. If you already have a good method of organizing, namespacing and loading your JavaScript, you should be able to get your Models and Views to play along nicely.

In general: http://backbonejs.org/#FAQ-tim-toady
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Hello!

Every once in a while, I like to offer my time to help other passionate people be a little more successful with their goals. If there's anything I can help you with, just ask here. No strings whatsoever.

If you'd like my help: Be specific about what you're trying to fix/solve/accomplish...your goal. The more details you provide, the better I can help you out.

I've done this before a few times now, and it's worked out well for everyone. Check out some of the previous "No strings" sessions I've done to get an idea of how I can help. (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mikegreenberg)

I will try to help all requests made before the end of today and will attempt to complete by the end of Sunday. Be patient and check back. Please keep requests to tasks I can do in ~15 minutes. I'll spend more time willingly, but smaller requests lets me help more people! Thanks. :)

Cheers!!

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been reading the jobs biography someone kindly gave me for my birthday last week, and it does take a certain mentality to want to take an idea and make it succeed over everyone else...

Ive always been happy to quietly create, but perhaps i should stay foolish, stay hungry!! ;-)
This is where I see the operating system going: a combo of carrying something with you for physical authorization and dumb terminals that load whatever you need, where you need (whether from the net or you've got it with you on a device). Exciting times to see something like this.
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The circle feature, while nice, makes it look like a ghost town.

I don't put people that are not on G+ in my circles so when they sign up, they see an empty feed. Facebook knows that you need a minimum amount of friends in order to find the service useful. With G+ and the circles, this threshold is higher and more difficult to reach as there are less users.
I use tumblr and while I understand and empathize with what they are trying to do, I found their approach to be a little heavy handed. All the content on your dashboard was blacked out, and for the entire day, when you went to edit your content you got directed to the "call your congressman" page. I found it very very off putting ... just my 2c.
I was actually about to make the same comment. jQuery core is awesome, but everything else just seems like bloat. In their defense, they're tackling a hard problem but I think they might be going about it the wrong way. I think they should solely focus on cross-compatibility and forget about UI frameworks. Then again, UI frameworks aren't a terrible concept for those who want to whip something together quickly (and inefficiently). Maybe it's just a better idea to branch off rather than try to be somewhat of a subsidiary and ride the coattails of the jQuery name.
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The reasoning in the article is a bit off for evaluating the popularity of a website. Saying the usage has dropped in 11 of 21 isn't surprising. Many websites gain users in a pattern of big spikes, followed by steep drops, but with the new plateau higher than the before the spike.

When it's a blog, the big spikes come when posts goes viral. I'm not sure what would be the big spikes for google+ now that the public launch has happened. Maybe just a bunch of little spikes in their case.
> The point is you patent a specific method of trapping mice, that can be embodied in a device.

Otherwise known as an idea.
IIRC HDMI is one-way and touch-screens send touch information back via USB or some other connector. I can't see any wording in the specs that implies this has USB host capability, so unless I'm wrong there it it wouldn't be able to doe touch that way.
"The more ways to compare experiments, the more sure we will be about results."

No. The more exactly you duplicate the original experiment, the more likely you duplicate any confounding issues. If someone observes something through a telescope, it's best to verify it through a different telescope somewhere else, to exclude the possibility of an optical quirk of the first telescope.
Another vote to say this works - I maxed out my Dropbox referrals for about 20 bucks a few weeks ago.

This is a good way to burn those $100 AdWords credits that Google likes to hand out like candy.
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Four of us (2 front end guys, 1 back end coder and a designer) have been working on it in our spare time for the last month and a half and we think we've reached the minimal product that we can show. Lots of iterations to come and plenty to do.

The first version of the product allows people to create great looking presentations for the iPad. Users log in, create a deck using one of our pre-created templates, upload some images, add some text and then share the link. A presentation when opened on an iPad installs to the home screen and functions offline.
Sure. I wasn't posting those links to further this argument, I posted them simply because they are interesting.

Besides, they're only inbred strains, not clones.
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