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> Suggesting that this is a problem that the industry has had decades to solve on its own and has failed, and that it might now be time for the government to get involved is certainly not "insane" either.

I remember ten years ago when people had certifications from either Sun or Microsoft. They were completely worthless, and the people that had them fell in one of three categories:

1) The ones who got them as a joke, but were actually competent

2) The ones who got them seriously, to try to hide their incompetence

3) IT consultants who did jobs for big, boring, government agencies, or big, boring corporate IT departments and got them out of necessity to score those contracts.

I see no reason to believe that a government backed IT license wouldn't suffer the same fate, and since those licences were useless, the government one will be, and therefore the suggestion is insane.

However, there are industry certifications that aren't worthless, I place high value on the top Cisco networking certifications, but it's also very important to note that that part of IT is the most like conventional engineering and client expectations are sane and bounded. I see a pattern. Do you?
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This sounds funny first, but i have read about this in a book i can't recall right now.

Especially asian countries have a extreme passive and submissive language. The receiver is responsible to interpret the language.

In this fatal example, the lower ranked pilot said something like "our altimeter was very fortunate in the past" and what he tried to communicate was "look at the altimeter, we are to low". He was so afraid to speak up to his tired captain that they died. Another change after that incident was to make a new flight team every time.
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There is a famous incident with an A330 test flight where the auto pilot system happily flew into the ground precisely because, unlike Bonin, it did not panic and give in to the instinct to pull the nose back up.

I'm guessing this incident made the engineers who designed the plane a little more eager to provide for a true unhampered manual override.
I imagine so too.

So instead of debating whether to approach the VC alone, the tactic would be to start by glancing around for a shared acquaintance who you will then idly innocently ask if VC is indeed VC and so on until engineering a favourable introduction...

Not that I'm fond of slimy social networking myself, of course
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Did the canonball also go through cbslocal's server room? That page cannot be found.
> if there are enough cars to handle peak traffic during the day
I got the image of cars migrating across the Eurasia, taking Chinese to work, then Indians, then Middle-easterns, etc.
India hurts itself more than it can hurt Google with this idiotic stunt. The high speed Internet availability in India is pathetic and so the revenues for Google in India should be relatively very small. But the perception that the government is fucking with Google is very bad for India.

This coming from politicians who are the most corrupt is sad. India is not in as powerful a position as China is to make these kinds of demands. They are stupid enough to try to saw off the branch they are sitting on.
I initially struggled with Git on Windows (TortoiseGit was buggy and I'm not a fan of command line) and passed it up for Hg. I took a look back in April (since I liked where GitHub & Bitbucket were going whereas the equivalents for Hg were not as impressive) and since then I've been using GitExtensions + the Git Source Control Provider for Visual Studio with zero issues and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Marco - thanks, but your API still says it's BETA. If I want to develop an app - and provide integration with social networking sites - having a stable API for the core product is a must.
May be you have not set setuid bit on your binary? Try looking in syslog and auth log. It must be failing with an error telling you about this.
Why would more money go to te charity than to your service??? Wouldn't they rather pay less and give you the same amount??
I was also really surprised about this after reading the article. I look around to know a bit more about the Airbus design and arrived at this [article](http://msquair.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/pilots-in-the-loop-a...). The problem is not that they are averaged, but it seems to be that they are not coupled.

It seems that it has been known since 1987 that pilots prefer coupled sticks:

In a 1987 evaluation of side stick controllers Summers et al (1987) found that under simulated ‘surprise’ hand overs pilots Cooper Harper rating of the schemes were (in descending order):

Coupled sides sticks with algebraically summed inputs (1.4),
Uncoupled side sticks with algebraically summed inputs and disconnect switch (final A320 implementation) (1.8),
Uncoupled with algebraically summed inputs and priority logic (original A320 implementation) (3.3), and
Uncoupled side sticks with with algebraically summed inputs (3.4).

So, Airbus chose to implement the "second best" option (using a disconnect switch). The same article speculates that even though several sound alerts might have been triggered - including a sound alerting of "Dual Input" -, the stress situation makes them insufficient:

[...] in the circumstances identified as triggering instinctive responses the value of such alerts is degraded due to the inevitable attentional tunnelling that operators experience in high stress situations.
I'm thinking various components, each doing its own ob_start() for its output, something like that.
> Yes, there are those that would refuse to rub wool because it's a voodoo step. Those people will never turn silicon into iPhones because they let not knowing stand in the way of creating solutions.

My own objection would be: does it really work? If we can determine that yes, in fact, it does, then I want to know why, but I'd continue doing it until we know why. When you know why, you can make it better. Until then, you're still just shotgun testing. Not that shotgun testing can't work, but if you can do better, and you can afford the resources to learn how to do better, you probably should.

I would agree the best is the enemy of the good enough, but also of the better--if all you know are so-called "best practices" and never deviate you'll never improve. You have to answer the question for your particular case though of whether deviations are likely to result in an improvement any time soon.

I don't really understand why, in this particular case, some people would stop the method without a replacement, just on principle of not understanding it. This isn't the first case I've heard of such things though--I've heard of some developers on a team deleting large swathes of code they didn't understand, replacing it with something they wrote that doesn't even work nearly as well. (One of my roommates says for a robot project one of his teammates took apart a working breadboarded controller but still hasn't replaced it with anything.)

> Solve a problem first, make it elegant second.

"If you nail simple and fast, elegant is usually forced to come along for the ride.." ( http://twitter.com/#!/1/statuses/122368755962621952 )

I don't think elegance is at odds with solving a problem, but in general I agree that getting something working that's good enough now beats something that would have been better later. But not always, and possibly not even most of the time, as the time spent in the programming world rewriting and reinventing things shows.
The article mentions you can pay a fee to get access, is that not so?
Get a VOIP/Skype account, find something to sell, phone people in English speaking countries, and sell them it. Google for the expat community in your country if you want someone local.

Apply for VISAs or other things at an English speaking foreign embassy.

Go on craigslist and find stuff for sale phone them and ask questions about whatever it is they are selling. Phone recruiters from craigslist or something.

Figure out something to do that involves English and just do it.
From the below link:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/govt-wante...

"In addition, we received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove 236 communities and profiles from Orkut (Google's social networking site) that were critical of a local politician. We did not comply with this request, since the content did not violate our community standards or local law," it said.

And then the tax notice happens.
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Loitering can be easily avoided by taxing the time on public roads, possibly taxing more for the time the cars are empty and stay on public roads.
I'd say Python has more resources for beginners, since it was picked up ~ 2008 as the teaching language by majors universities and high schools (for example when at MIT's "CS101" originally via Scheme switched to Python). Since then many quality materials for beginners sprung up in Python. To name a few:

http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python

http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html
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Would it matter if they could be weaponised, seeing as China already has nukes?
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There is a plugin for that!

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Where the hell do you get that idea?

Most traffic in the US is caused by the lack of roundabouts.
This is for users, not developers.

Third party developers can only develop apps using the official API that paid-for users have access to. The official app doesn't require a subscription.
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An interesting analysis they don't seem to have made is to look at the track record per person.

They don't describe if someone posts 100 negative comments that counts as 100 or as just 1.

And the whole general angle of seeing if people swing or have two favourites or such is not explored.

Shame. Would be too much to expect of them to make the data - citation and assessment - publicly available.
I prefer Netbeans with Ruby-Rails plugin. Allows me great code navigation, visual debugging and also can be made to highlight SASS/CS via plugins, good support for html/css, auto-formatting of code.
Driverless cars will never go mainstream. It's not something the masses want or need. Just a project for techies to have fun doing for the sake of doing it.
Path excludes me because I don't have an iOS or Android device (yes we do exist).
GPS gives you ground speed. Airspeed is a different thing -- imagine if you're flying into a strong headwind.
True, but that's Apple, not Android. Sideloading on Android doesn't require rooting, at least for Google devices.
As a developer, I have prided myself on putting user experience and ease of use first. This was not something I was taught to do in college or from books on UI or watching keynote speeches.

I learned user experience from Shigeru Miyamoto via Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda.

When consoles started to gain more horsepower and graphics became a primary selling point in games, I was never seduced by polygon counts or FMV cut scenes. I wanted better controls. I wanted more immersive level design.

More than anyone that's had influence on me as a developer, Miyamoto has inspired me to make software for people.

As an aside, do you think there's any way we can get him to make an HTML 5 game? Or series of games on some sort of Miyamoto blog?

Forking anything that Miyamoto has made would be the highlight of my professional life.
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ye no shit, and I am thinking through how the situation gets to a point where he can forget all that and keep pulling the stick back up
Safest seats on a plane are at the back
I double checked, AOA sensors are weather-vane type systems.
The main difference I see is that computers are quite pervasive, so requiring professional licensing for everything computational would be a draconian step, while in other cases the licensing tends to be limited to "official" applications of the expertise, like signing off on a bridge design (though the legal field does overreach imo, with the cartel instincts kicking in and trying to get things like Nolo books banned).

For example, should I need government licensing before I'm allowed to sell a $0.99 iPhone game? Is there any real public-interest reason for such a licensing regime?

I tend to think certifying the safety/quality of products or systems is a better approach than certifying people. In the U.S., for example, it is not common (contrary to some countries) for engineers making consumer products (as opposed to civil infrastructure) to be licensed professional engineers. Instead, the products themselves are tested; for example, a toaster has to pass various safety tests before it can be sold.
Ask HN: Sending Detailed Project Ideas
Hello, over the last few months I've gained a couple notable contacts. Both have told me if I have any ideas I'd like to show them I can email them anytime.

Recently I've had trouble picking an idea out of 4 different detailed project descriptions I made, one of which I will make a working demo of to present to various incubators. After much frustration I decided to email both of them asking if I can send these documents in confidence to help with my decision, both agreed.

Right as I'm about to send them I feel slightly anxious that they might be taken.

Are my fears valid?
Can you explain what your concerns are with Mono? I haven't used it but as .NET developer hoping to deploy some apps on Mono to cut costs I'd like to understand your criticism better. Are your concerns regarding performance, and within which area? Is it poor memory management and what consequences do you have in mind?
Because some research shows that people are more motivated by a donated dollar than being entered into a drawing for an iPad. What do you think?
> short-minded developers to their Objective-C

I see what you did there
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I was shocked what a weak effort had been to make the questions appear relevant to real life.

The entire test reads as if the math problem was written first (20+2n=30+1.5n; n=?), then a story concocted to fit, with a few names awkwardly sprinkled on top.
> If you follow test driven development, your tests become your documentation.

That's the shittiest documentation in existence.

Your tests are implementation documentation, they're useful (maybe) for other maintainers, and useless for third-parties trying to actually use your code.

> Want to know what a method does? Look at the tests for the method where it explicitly says what the method is doing and ensures it is functioning correctly.

Right, look at 700 lines of edge cases testing, that's informative and helpful. Not.
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let alone we forget losing a B2 bomber during take off for similar reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base_B-2_acc...
That's a good point. But on the other hand, could 100 negative tweets be considered the equivalent of one lengthy and really blistering blog post?
Me neither, I'd be interested in the use case for that many. A few years ago I made a PHP-based template system that had one nested buffer to have a poor-man's eval of template (HTML with display-logic PHP) files, it just boiled down to:

ob_start();
include $file;
$contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
Nah, people will sell their houses and buy a truck with their home which would follow them around. What we will actually rent is the parking space.
At least you can find some comfort in that AF447 was the first fatal accident with the type, and that there's been continuous improvement throughout the years (including replaced pitot probes). But bigger design problems might have gone unadressed because it's difficult to justify a major change in a certified design until it causes an accident.
The reaction from some people - "math is pointless and it's fine to not know some really simple concepts" - is profoundly depressing.

In England we have, every year, complaints that the exams are getting easier and easier. There may be some truth in that, but I'd love to see anyone complaining about how easy the exams are actually sitting one of them, and releasing their answer sheet.

(I'd be fascinated to compare GCE / CSE math exams from the 60s, 70s and 80s with GCSE math exams from the late 80s, 90s, and 00s Are any full papers available?)
This is an interesting approach, though I would've liked to see some attempt to put error bars on those estimates. With a sample size of 19 crashes in which passenger seating could be determined, where rear passengers were favored in 11, front passengers in 5, and no strong pattern in 3, I'm not sure I'd be confident extrapolating a strong trend.
Please could you give an example? And your new version of a question to test the same concept?
Can't comment on CakePHP, but I think jQuery is actually an example that favors DHH's view: It really simple to get started with, and there's tons of cools stuff you can accomplish. But try building a full web app along the lines of GMail or Google Docs with it and you'll quickly see that there's only so much you can do well with $(). In a simple website, jQuery can take care of all your JS needs. In a full fledged web application, it's mostly magic in the View.
That doesn't change the fact that they are _very_ easy. European student here - apparently our schools teach way more math.
What is this talk about "ripping off my iOS app’s private API"? Is there a reason it shouldn't be available for Android, and Android apps should use an inferior API?

I understand people would not make some API public until they are ready to support it, but here this guy seems offended because people somehow stole his work - which seems ridiculous.
This might be a good success story from a non-developer who created MixTape.me
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Found it:
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No, but I also don't like "cool" companies. I could care less about the flavor du jour and "ramen to riches" stories. SAP is interesting in it's own way, and invaluable for tons of businesses using their system

But that's the whole point. SAP is boring, and although that's actually good for them - it means they're reliable and dependable -, the TC guy is also right.
everyone who voted for this is a spammer (I guess that's obvious, just trying to help out :) )
My perspective : Take much time to read (probably learn). Take less time to do (No. I haven't said, do little!)
Have you tried GitExtensions? It has a Github plugin. Together with the Git Source Control Provider extension in VS, I've had no problems with Github integration (that being said I'm leaving Github for Bitbucket since Github's arbitrary limits on the number of private repositories pisses me off... for $7/mo at Github I'm getting way less than I do with Bitbucket's free plan).
I'm impressed we can build something mechanical to 0.5 microInches[1] in a mass-produced consumer grade product. And these are little bits of bent metal and coiled wired; not photographic etched wafers of chemically deposited semiconducting material.

(A human hair is 200 microinches.)
I'm personally not convinced that most people do buy Android over iOS. People buy e.g. Samsung over iPhone but that's very different. I suspect that if the Windows gains traction we'll see them start heavilty eating into Android's market share.
Uh, where was my head? Of course you are right, this is because. I fully agree with you, and my word was obviously wrong. Somehow I still had my original meaning in mind, which was the same as you exposed, and thought you were opposing that. Sorry and thanks for the correction.
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this was a really good question @wimpy

i turned my answer into a blog post

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/12/should-you-introduce-yoursel...
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think
"I know, we'll get government to fix it." Now they have two problems.
There's a school of thought that says that user interfaces should be modeless, I wonder if the concept of a mode here is a fault in the design of the HCI as well as insufficient training?
I once (2000 or so) wrote a very smart webmail client used by my then client's customer service. The most used feature were context-sensitive canned responses. It would check the message for keywords (Bayesian filtering came later) and suggest the most likely answer. It was an ugly JSP-based thing that took me a month to write. It should be much quicker to do now with modern technology.
Interesting idea... I actually quite like the concept. I'm seeing this as more of an activist site than a sustainable business, though. What's to stop companies from just counting the respondents in their existing survey systems and just making their own donations?

I'm really glad you're propagating an idea that will raise a lot of money for charity, but I don't fully see how this can become a profit making business.
> Right now the two good things Microsoft has going for it is MVC and C#.

Right now the two good things Microsoft developer tools has going for it are those.

Let's not forget products that make Microsoft's big money - like windows and office. Not to mention other investments like azure, xbox, and ms research.
This is pretty interesting - there are a large number of 'social media monitoring' products around (I work on one), and it looks like Google intend to provide their own here.

To get around the privacy issues with indexing private user data, it looks like they're going for an 'opt-in' model whereby social networks offer to feed data to Google, though it's not clear to me what the benefit(s) for the social network providers will be.

Google Analytics is already a priceless tool for measuring marketing effectiveness, and it makes a lot of sense for Google to bundle social media effectiveness in there too.
Fuel taxes already do this, while providing a strong incentive to run smaller and / or more efficient cars.

Roughly, 50% of my fuel bill is on direct taxation. That's it's primary tax cost, not the fixed annual license cost, and gives me a tax bill that's elastic by usage in exactly that way while also promoting efficiency.

Of course, best wishes to anyone trying persuade the average man in the street that this is A Good Thing....