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This is completely true. I was focused completely on work when I was at work when I had no kids. My first kid brought that building completely down. I would sit at my desk staring at the screen not knowing that time was even passing. I finally had to force myself to sleep at lunch in my car in the parking lot so I could focus enough in the afternoon to not get fired. Luckily it passed and I started getting sleep after a while. It is amazing the stuff you think and do when highly sleep deprived.
I think that's unfair, the mod who closed it isn't even an SO employee.
Who wants to sign up as the first ever crowd funded, open source lobbyist? I'd do it myself, but I'm not American.

I will pay you £5 though. Get another 100,000 like me and you're making a cool £500,000 gross. Just be sure to properly document what you're doing and what you intend to do.

I'll also give you £5 worth of slush money to grease palms and what not.

And if you meet certain objectives and milestones, I may even give you a £5 bonus at the end of the year.

Hell, I'll even give you £1 to give to every member of congress you secure, and £2 for every president you get!! (serving presidents only).

All these numbers are in Pounds Sterling. Do the math.
Dictatorship is not accurate. I'm from Singapore and seriously, you can do whatever you want, just don't break the law (as with any other countries).

Singapore is very pro-business.
Developers really need to understand their users and implement these cheats intelligently or they create frustrations of their own.

As an example, I played a football game that obviously had some type of tackling assistance. When I dove to tackle someone, my defenseman wouldn't dive to the spot I was aiming at, but instead try to orient himself to the ball carrier. The developers probably thought that this was helping people with their "misaimed" tackles, but it was actually causing me to miss them. When I dive, I'm aiming for a spot where I think the runner will be, not where he is at the moment I hit the button.

I've seen these types of things enough that I'd approach the idea of implementing a cheat much more cautiously than other features.
Whatever language you use, there are going to be many ways of writing slow code. The reason people use threads very heavily in (say) Java is that it is the way things are done effectively on that platform, because there isn't really anything better. It's not because it is globally the best way to do things in every language and condition. So it doesn't make sense to insist that exactly the same pattern be the 'best' solution in every other language. If I naively apply a Java "best practice" in LISP and get bad performance, does that mean LISP is suddenly unsuitable and fraught with horrible performance problems? Probably not: rather, it means that I'm newer to LISP than I am to Java, and that is why my program is not performing as well.

Again - I am not aware of any devastating performance problem with Python - and in general I don't hear anything about the GIL except when someone is trashing Python from a list of talking points.

You suggest I'm being disingenuous by attributing to me the statement that "all interesting problems" are solved by profiling. But this is really dishonest, as I didn't say anything like that to begin with. Nobody was even discussing "all interesting problems".

The right way to deal with Python programs that perform poorly, in PRACTICE, is to start by measuring - and then focus your optimization effort on the parts of the code which are actually creating the problem. The vast majority of the time, there would be no need to switch off of Python, but even in those incredibly rare cases it is certainly possible to write a little function in C and call it a day.

Not to start by switching to LISP. LISP is not a miracle panacea. Ruby is not. Python is not.

For the purposes of optimizing highly performance-sensitive parts of a program, I prefer writing C to writing LISP. For the purpose of writing new software, I would in many cases choose Python and leave performance concerns to when they are actually demonstrably important, because I tend to get more-than-acceptable performance from Python in most cases. I like C just fine, I have written C for many years - in the event I am ever facing a problem which is magically impossible to solve in Python, I will not hesitate to use C. That is not "giving up". That is simply saying that there really is NOT any devastating reason why someone should avoid Python out of some evidence-free anxiety about performance. In the worst case, you can still use C to handle the nasty bits.

So I have NO reason to switch to LISP, least of all some perceived performance advantage due to a lot of hand-waving about the GIL. But anyone who wants to use it should feel free, I am not about to mount some kind of advocacy campaign against tools I don't happen to use.
> I'm surprised, would have expected that in Germany.

Wo ist Walter?
Lack of communication and inaction are two very different things though. In the case of SOPA, they would pass the bill next week, then email petition singers 6 months after the fact on how anti-American the petition is. The petition in this hypothetical situation didn't delay anything, but prompted a communication at a later date.
Not sure if someone noticed but the women workers are wearing the cloth-mask so as not to be identified in the photo. Interesting, weird and depressing that its embarrassing to be working building sanitary napkins.
I am really glad to see that he did not jump to "profit" at the end. Hope he gets enough support.
I had just remarked, the other day, that people obsessed with Chaitin's Omega are much more interesting than people obsessed with Pi.
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Also, you don't have to be any kind of saint. You need to be an a-typical lobbyist. Preferable with experience working for big oil, big pharma or big tobacco. A low down dirty underhanded lobbyist motivated purely by money, but paid for by people like me.
I don't think so, from the FAQ:

You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual
problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the
usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.

Programmers is simply for less focused on code, more conceptual questions.
I think it's naïveté in a certain way, and also a belief that the power of ideas should win out above everything else.
I think you might be overreacting a little bit in feeling sad about that screenshot. Sure it's ugly but it might be quite powerful.
Large organisations need systems that control their business processes. They even need systems that control the changes to their business processes. There's no way to delegate responsibility without some form of beauracracy.
P.S. Please show other better screenshots to inspire us.
It's not education, it's not propaganda, it's a legal form of bribery.
No offence taken, I do actually know a lot about linked lists, trees, graphs and so on. Partly from past experience, partly from reading technical articles and partly because I've researched the type of questions asked and therefore brushed up on these questions.

I guess the main argument I have is that I don't believe these are the best way to find out if a developer will be good at the position being offered. But I can't think of a better solution (other than getting them to work a trial period) and others seem to like this way of doing things. Therefore I will learn and adapt, which is the way of programming anyway :)
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The linked list question is just a proxy for basic competence.

Without such basic competence, it is probably not possible get "the job done" well.
Why would we want this artificial evening of the race? If someone is polling at 2% why should he receive a huge portion of advertising time?

Doesn't make any sense.
Programmers mod here: this is inaccurate, as these types of questions are pretty much off-topic everywhere on Stack Exchange.

Programmers is the whiteboard to Stack Overflow's compiler: if you have a specific (emphasis on specific) programming issue that doesn't involve code, it's likely on-topic for Programmers. If it's just a poll of weird/funny/cool/etc. stuff, it's not welcome.
No, Programmers is for strict Q&A as well.

I am on record on meta.programmers.se as disagreeing with that policy.
I'm pretty sure national security rules pretty much nullify any sort of Safe Harbor agreement.

Otherwise, it's just paranoia (and probably justified). As an America with nothing particularly interesting, even I am not real hot on the idea of storing information "in the cloud" right now.
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When he says "compress," he means "losslessly." A compression which doesn't actually allow you to compute any of the original data is pretty lossy.
Would you explain whats wrong with that UI?

Could you with your skills fit more information and ability to change it that fast in that amount of space? I doubt it.
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It does help explain the temptation of jamming client JSON right into a JSON object store.
Are you sure about that? I think it's because they can't afford a proper medical mask, they are using a scarf or something similar [Especially keeping the story in mind that this machine is supposed to make napkins for poor women]. As you can see, one woman's back is facing the camera so she doesn't really need to wear a mask unless for cleanliness purpose.
Good story, but a strange guy. Also, he could probably do more good for his country by selling his product. He would actually disrupt the industry, instead of creating yet another charity project.
The way to fight poverty isn't to give poor people poor solution. The way to think about it is that you need to level the playing field, so even Indians would laugh at making their own napkins. If you told a white American do make their own napkin, they'd laugh if your face. But we seem to think it's reasonable for an Indian to do it. That's absurd.
If he creates a better industry, he can keep the profits in India. He can then employ persons who will be rich enough to afford to not make their own napkins. That money will trickle out in to the economy and create a richer India. The only solution to poverty is economics. And you can't become an economic super power on charity.

You can stop reading if you get the point, the rest is a rant:
Another example that everyone loves of agriculture. Have you ever heard of a success story through teaching farmers to use non-industrial machinery? Hell NO! You can't win that way. You need to find a way for farmers to compete in the real world, not coddle them. Microfinance them or something. Maybe teach them to partner with a company with the money to buy all the right supplies (tractor, fertilizer, etc) that can actually turn his land in to profit. Then he isn't charity, he's a businessman. Charity is not the solution for people like me (by which I mean a healthy person that can work, since there's no difference between me and another 23 year old in any country in the world).
Stack Overflow isn't a discussion board. It's a Q&A site. It's not intended for neverending lists that don't have a correct answer.
I hardly think that's the case. They are making "sanitary" napkins, which should ideally be clean. I guess they are taking the necessary precautions for that.
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Could there be an alternate explanation for the masks; such as to prevent inhalation of cellulose fiber used in the manufacturing process?
The SO employees have seen it. If they want questions like this open, they all have the power to override moderators.
No, it's closed because it's a list question and there is no actual answer.
I applaud the inventor's drive to lower the cost of production, but sanitary napkins aren't necessarily the best solution.

For instance, a menstrual cup is generally more cost efficient and certainly more environmentally friendly. And it can be manufactured with simple equipment (rubber injection mold).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_cup
There are so many subtle details, which are so well designed, you can't catch that with a score.

The whole games makes an impression as a whole. We are only talking about game mechanics but there are few games that have this atmosphere. The music, the lightning and the themes are simply art. You can't break that down in a list.

There is only one Shigeru Miyamoto.
Where's SOAP? I can't search for open "problems".
No not really, most professional developers, even using languages with little to no supporting libraries/APIs rarely, if ever, have to write code to reverse a linked list. Of course, given the question in an interview a decent programmer should be able to reason their way through the problem. This is not what I am debating.
As a curiosity, I might wish to understand the inner workings of an STL map container, but 9 times out of 10 in a professional environment it is more appropriate that I understand how it should be used, it's pro's and con's and all it's supporting functions. However, even the most novice of programmers can find those answers out with a quick search online.

I guess I just don't like questions where you are required to remember facts you no longer use rather than reason your way through problems you might encounter in a real job.
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You don't understand the taboo of menstruation in India. The culture is steeped in superstition and traditionalism. My hat is off to Mr. Muruganantham for driving through this and (in a Gandhi-esqe approach), not selling out.
I can see where you're coming from, sometimes I'm half expecting them to ask me how I'd move mount fuji ;)
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People don't care about the environment when they've got more important issues like food, shelter and safety to worry about. Fuck the environment! Help the people.
I'd be all for donning a Guy Fawkes mask and changing the world if there was even the slightest assurance that the system replacing it would be better. I don't think there is.

Bravo - this is going in my quotefile.
I'm disappointed HN! There is a lot of pontificating, but not much science here.

It takes all of 2 minutes to try this experiment yourself (plus ~8 minutes for the download).

1. Download chromium http://chromium-browser-source.commondatastorage.googleapis....

2. Unzip to a directory

3. Create this batch file in the src directory, I called mine "test.bat"

echo start: %time% >> timing.txt
dir /s > list.txt
echo end: %time% >> timing

4. Run test.bat from a command prompt, twice.

Paste your output in this thread. Here is mine:

start: 12:00:41.30
end: 12:00:41.94
start: 12:00:50.66
end: 12:00:51.31

First pass: 640ms; Second pass: 650ms

I can't replicate the OP's claim of 40000ms directory seek, even though I have WORSE hardware. Would be interested in other people's results. Like I said, it only takes 2 minutes.
I've learned not to speculate on such matters when it comes to a relationship between two people. We never know the full story, and what they decide to accept or forgive in each other is really up to them.
I am not so sure. I don't know why it could not have been a for-profit operation. Profit is not a dirty word. I would like to think that a for-profit company would have achieved his goal (of making cheap napkins available to women) faster than NGO approach.

Let me give you an example. In India, many low income people can't afford shampoo bottles. So retail companies came up with a concept of 'shampoo sachet' [http://goo.gl/GUopS] (similar to ketch up sachet) and sold it for a rupee (back in 90s when I was growing up). Without this product, I would have never used a shampoo when I was a kid. It was a HUGE seller and you could find it in remote parts of India. I think it is taught as an example in business schools in India.

As per my other post, he is selling his napkin for 12 rupees for 8 napkins. If he actually decided to manufacture them and retail them on a scale, I am sure he can still keep the same low price and achieve better distribution. His current approach of getting people to install machine and then making napkins is much harder to scale. That's my personal opinion anyway.
>bumrushing congress in much the same way that the tea party has done.

Let's hope not. The Teaparty congress started going to work on things that didn't serve the tea party, but rather, corporate benefactors.

Another example of the big problem being that money == speech.
Fellow Israeli here.

I wouldn't call it "a bunch of hype," but I agree that most of us don't live in fear. I object to the word "hype", as those that have experienced terror attacks don't forget them. The fear isn't exaggerated, but the frequency is.
By not profiting, he is kneecapping his ability to spread his invention around, and now both you and he are reduced to "hoping" for support, a word choice more appropriate than you probably realized.

Profit isn't intrinsically evil. Sometimes not profiting is much more evil.
Ditto what the other two commenters said.
Also, he sounds like a true nerd. Doesn't care about social opinion and just invents his way to success, even if people think he's weird.
Am I really alone in thinking that the Internet Quorum UI isn't really that bad?

No, not at all.

My first thought when I saw it was that it's actually pretty clear and straightforward as far as interfaces go, the only real difference between that and the type of Web 2.0 interface that people use today is probably a 100 line style sheet to make it look less 1995 and a conversion to use AJAX requests instead of full page reloads.

Then again, "just" probably means quite a bit of work in the case of converting to AJAX requests, if the code that generates these pages looks anything like I imagine it does...
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I'll admit that I am not 100% aware, but I didn't post my comment in ignorance.

If there is one person that you ought to be able to talk to about a taboo issue like that, it should be your wife. In fact, she was perfectly placed to be the "more acceptable public face", and talking to women about his work. It sounds like it would have made the process a lot easier for him.
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This is actually a social pehomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
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I can't speak for everyone, but for me it is just another reason to wait and watch the film at home.

why wait? i can't think of any 3D movies that have been released lately that didn't also come out in a regular version. there are a ton of theatres that don't have 3D projectors and a lot of people don't like it or don't want to pay the extra money to see it in 3D. i just recently saw hugo in standard projection at a theatre that had both versions playing.
My exact thoughts. Once again, you also explained it a whole lot better than I did (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3370197). Being raised in lower income family in India, I have certainly seen how capitalism could lift people of poverty.
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I really, really, really wish the Google+ Desktop site worked on my iPad like /most every other non-Flash site on the 'net./ It's so bloated with heaven know's what (JavaScript?) that all I get is a tantalizing preview of G+ before Safari crashes. Even regular Google crashes Safari if I'm logged in on my iPad (thanks to the new Google Bar?). G+ is the last 'Desktop Only' website I use. (Outside of work, at least.) This makes it considerably less useful for me.

I'd even be happy with a native iPad app, as long as it supported some of the 'desktop only' features like Shared Circles.
Well, not so fast. Not all pages should be rendered client side. Some pages need to be indexed by search engines, and they need to be rendered on the server. Stuck. With a non-JavaScript framework, duplication of code is inevitable.

Why can't you just have the server serve up the raw data using a simple (RESTful) interface, then place all your logic in the client?

The search engines can index the restful interface... All the rendering intelligence can live in the client. If you do this, the server code doesn't need to be javascript and hence doesn't need to be node.js.

The real evil, IMHO, is server-side html templating, which I think people will move away from in a few years.
That will never happen because too few of the Reddit generation are willing and/or capable of pulling out their checkbook (err, PayPal account) to cover the cost of that. In fact, too few of them are even willing to show up at the polls (40ish% compared to over 70% for age 55+[1]). Until those change, nobody is getting kicked out by the Reddit generation.

[1] http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/p...
Yeah, not very new. The idea of "homomorphic encryption" has been around for a while.

http://www.securityweek.com/making-use-sensitive-data-cloud-...
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (and a photo is just a photo). There may have been other photos where the women are not wearing cloth-masks, but those photos didn't made it because they didn't place enough emphasis on the inventor.
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People coming from a history of pretty much just client-side programming (or moving to JS server-side from completely different languages, having worked with JS client-side) might just use eval because that is what they've done before (not knowing that JSON.parse exists). The nodejs documents don't explicitly list JSON as part of its API (because it isn't, it is part of V8's codebase) so an inexperienced programmer using the node documents as a base for tinkering might not discover the built-in JSON parser early on so use eval instead.

Admittedly you should not be using eval() client side either for much the same reasons you chould not be using it server-side, instead find a decent JSON library and use it's parse(). Modern browsers include such utility functions anyway, but you can't rely on them if you need to remain compatible with old-but-still-common junk like IE6/7/8.
I don't have all the solution. But poor people are people too. They're not going to like a solution that makes them know they're poor. Like if you tell them they can't have a flush toilet. A solution to toilets must make people feel respected, and not have shame.
His solution is great because napkins is the best known product, and he's able to make it available to all. He isn't telling them to use a hose or some shit. Sure, a hose is reusable, but fuck that!
North Dakota has ballot initiatives and is running a surplus. It isn't the ballot initiative that is going to kill California, it is the unfunded pensions and public union pressure.
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Is that so? Are the "benefits of initiating followers into the Blades of Skyrim?" more helpful or factually verifiable than a list of lesser known data structures?

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/41411/whats-the-be...
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Actually, Fortran is pretty widely used in the sciences. If you're working with R, you're probably doing some Fortran stuff, too.
I meant it's not a data structures question in that it doesn't ask anything particularly prodding into understanding deeply something intricate about a data structure. I assume any CS student knows what a linked-list is and can figure out that it has a getNext() function. It's more about coding than understanding a linked list.
It also works by using an '@' and typing a friend's name. So, just like twitter and just like the GP is wishing it would.
That has 2 answers. The datastructures question got closed after 89 (some of them duplicates). Plus they're on two different sites. I don't get the point of your reference.