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I'm not usually one to complain (loudly) about stories, but this is just poor reporting.

> Farr believes that by launching an independent satellite, by the hackers, it will be ensured that internet is no longer uncensorable.

I'll ignore the fact that they're saying that the Internet is unable to be censored now, and this would enable censorship, and move right on to: why does he believe this? How does one satellite handle traffic for more than a small number of users? How does one satellite handle traffic from more than a tiny slice of the Earth? This post is 99.9% content-free.
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can do rails, django, js (backbonejs, coffeescript)

Contact in my profile.

Oh, and Happy 2012! :)
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I'm interested in distributed systems and big data. Some of the things I've been doing recently: testing multiple currency support at a betting exchange, building analytics widgets backed by a disco cluster for a large online publisher, working on an implementation of the telehash protocol.

I've also worked in search [1,2], distributed systems [3], testing [4,5] and p2p systems [6,7,8]. I have a strong background in math (real analysis, probability, discrete maths) and computer science (randomized algorithms, AI / epistemic logic, machine learning).
I've worked professionally with python, ocaml and erlang. I would also like to pick up clojure.

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Blog - http://scattered-thoughts.net/

Github - https://github.com/jamii

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[5] https://github.com/jamii/ocamlcheck

[6] https://github.com/jamii/dissertation

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[8] https://github.com/jamii/erl-telehash
Wait; Europe doesn't have any lower copyright limits than the US - they're both at life + 70 - so if the latter isn't getting any new works into the Public Domain, isn't that because they already are?
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50 weeks/year * 40 hours/week * 60 min/hour = 120000 work min/year -> 37.5 years.

So, most possibly, Watterson was refering to the total time, not just the time spent at work

365.25 days/year * 24 hrs/day * 60 min/hr = 525960 min/yr -> 8.5 years which is STILL a very long time.

I have not (yet) had to spend so many years on something I did not like.
I'd recommend freelancer.com/odesk/elance or any other dedicated market place. Freelancer.com i.e. allows very focussed searches via projects, you can specify the skills, timeline and all requirements and usually you get tons of very qualified bids in less than 24-48h.
Sounds like a good idea, until you realize that a satellite can be shot down without much fuss:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT
London:

At Mixlr, [http://mixlr.com], we’re currently looking to meet developers.

Mixlr is a platform for broadcasting and listening to live audio. We launched less than a year ago, and have a large and fast-growing user base including some of the world’s top DJs and radio stations.

We also have an interesting and scaleable backend architecture which involves not only Ruby but lashings of Java, C and C++, with heavy usage of Redis and MongoDB.

We practice test-driven development, use Puppet to automate our server configuration and live by the mantra of rapid deployment: join us, and you can expect to see your code being put through its paces by thousands of users - within hours (or quite possibly, minutes).

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Sorry, but we're not hiring remotely at this time.
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Golang and python developer. Full web stack. iPhone apps too.

Email in profile.
It's great that hackers everywhere are thumping their chests waiting for the bill to pass so they can prove their flavor of a circumvention scheme works. I don't think anything extra needs to be created from what we have already apart from perhaps easier-to-use interfaces for the plebs. Software, in particular encryption everywhere, is the only viable solution, and we can still use existing hardware.

A satellite seems like a stupid idea though. It can easily be shot down (as both the US and China have demonstrated), costs a lot to get up there (where's this money coming from?), and is technically a weapon of mass destruction (as are all things in space).

Side-note: it was kind of hard to read this, I'm assuming the author's first language isn't English... The MSNBC article was much more readable: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45828456/ns/technology_and_scien...
It seems that facebook white space "quirk" happens when document mode is set to IE8/IE9 standards.
I think IE7 users shouldn't have a problem.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/60164/Forum%20Posts/facebook.png
It's not just China. It's a general problem with any high-latency link (for example satellite or mobile broadband.) These redirects easily added 2-3 seconds to the latency of retrieving a page when I was working over satellites at a remote retreat center. And that was as you say on a good day. Hanging connections were very common, I often had to do a hard refresh on various Google Apps to get them to stop the spinning wheel of death.
These instructions were linked from a CFL bulb I just bought (to replace yet another bulb that's burned out within a year or two).

Pretty sure 95% of people will just sweep these up and bin them. And also just bin a burned-out bulb.

(Edit -- apparently in coal-powered areas the Hg emissions saved from burning coal are greater than estimated emissions from CFLs in landfill, though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp#Mercur...).
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I think you're just trying to salvage an incorrect application of the term, and I don't think we're going to get much further here.

As an aside to that, your last phrase a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects highlights a significant difference between British and American irony. In the US, you can choose to wear an ironic t-shirt. With British irony, you can't - irony is something that is unintentional (it can be known, just not intended). As soon as you intend to do it in any way, it's deliberate or expected and so becomes unironic.
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The main DDG limitation is that it doesn't really work well for non english resources.
Yes, but I'd far rather work with/for someone I met through Hacker News (probably, in general, I did actually find a great guy through oDesk). I've found some great work through these HN posts before.

Definitely for seeking work those sites do tend to be mostly a race to the bottom, you wouldn't believe the silly small amounts some people bid for projects (and how often they get chosen based on that).
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Social business website, Lion.

Interested in UI Design person for remote contract work. Knowledge of Python/Django, other web development and community web applications would be beneficial.

Contact via profile.
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My only problem with DDG is page load speeds. Initial page load is slower, searches take a while, but my major problem is that even after the page loads, the results of the page aren't yet fully loaded.
Someone should mention: this "cloud" is not actually a cloud, but relies on physical things to exist. At both ends, loads of electric current is needed. It relies on mining to bring the infrastructure, and it replaces your own information management with facilities managed by people you'll never meet and companies you'll barely know. But you have to trust them and agree to their terms, and become their customer.

Living in the cloud could be the most you've ever sold out without knowing it.

My advice: keep a few books. Bookshelves can be left in standby mode for years without needing a recharge. When people come over you can hand them a book, maybe an art book, and they will enjoy flicking through the pages. The UX of a book is top notch. Leave and rotate a few on the coffee table (if you have a coffee table, or is that in the cloud too?).
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Ruby/Rails developer, also a better-than-average node.js (tho prefer CoffeeScript over JS itself) and python/django developer.

me@goshakkk.name
For what it's worth (and as far as I'm aware), H1B visas are now capped (i.e. full) until October 1st, 2012 - applications are accepted from April 1st - so there may not be much sense in companies including the keyword "H1B" as requested, unless they're looking to fill a roll later in the year..
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Mac/Windows icon designer and iPhone UI designer / digital illustration / branding

http://dribbble.com/fernandolins
http://behance.net/fernandolins

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Herein lies the art of programming - writing clean, elegant code that isn't overwrought. It's hard, but the key is to keep in mind that complexity is the enemy and simplicity is the aim.

Easier said than done :)
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I can do two things!

- Front end: HTML 5, CSS, JS/Jquery.

- PHP development. I'd like to do more 5.3 but I'm more weathered in 5.2 due to client demands. Also Codeigniter. But I can pick up most things.

If you're really desperate, I can hit things with Perl too.

I use Mercurial for source control but I'm comfortable with git also. I'm familiar with most modern day practices & processes. I won't say I've been overly-exposed to something like Agile or TDD for instance because I haven't. But I get these things and I learn quick :)

I have worked on pretty much every kind of site imaginable now and would estimate I've built an area of internet roughly the size of Ireland.

My own site is currently temporarily based at http://pitbot.pgkit.com (and something else I threw together at http://applab.pgkit.com). Happy to supply URL's of other recent work (and not so recent too if you like history!)

Email is in profile.

I'm UK based.
also you can't use it as a verb. Google this, google that. You can easily duckduckgo my contacts... nah, doesn't sound right :)
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Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Skills:

Python/Django

IBM Lotus Domino

CouchDB/JavaScript

My domain expertise lies in Document Management and Record Management systems, I have also worked on some of the most complicated Lotus Domino systems in the world (network of 300+ servers, 30K users,...) where I have learned how NOT TO design and handle NoSQL data AND how TO design and handle NoSQL data properly. I have experience moving key/value data around, migrating data, etc.

If you are looking for a web developer I can get stuff done. But I have the most experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting NoSQL based systems.

I may not be the smartest or the most knowledgeable guy around. But I pride myself on getting shit done. Sometimes it takes awhile, but if you set me an objective I will either reach it or give you conclusions on why it cannot be done, by me or in general.

Contact details in profile.
I got mixed up these guys back in 2003, when the were still called Wrox press. Reading this timeline makes me think this "bait and switch" is part their standard operating practice when dealing with authors. Back in 2003 they were also desperate for cash ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/03/17/wrox_hit_the_rocks_a... ) and ended up publishing the book I worked on (with 3 others) minus the last 5 chapters which were still being written. I wont mention the title as frankly I'm ashamed of it. Happy to verify via PM to the same username on reddit
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> I noticed something : when the viewpoint is lookint at a flying block wich is not that big, it's lagging the same as looking at the entire world. Is is rendering something in the background which is out of the view?

Yes it is. I have experimental frustum culling implemented but something with the coordinates is wrong and it starts to cull things it should not.

> But I can't understand why it's that slow ;(

Because it's work in progress and in many parts the implementation is just not finished yet. I need to fix the frustum culling, I have to improve the front to back rendering, have to switch to transferred objects for the web workers where possible, speed up the critical code paths and fix the Chrome performance bugs that come from too many VBO switches.
The high CPU usage is expected because I spawn off four background workers that peg all your CPU. It's not intended for public consumption yet, so don't jump to conclusions.

When I have finished this it will perform better.

> Or is this 'demo' asking too much of WebGL?

The WebGL part is only half the story. It uses webworkers for the perlin noise generation and this is currently very slow in JavaScript.
Our speed varies by location right now but this is changing as we get servers in more locations around the world.
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SEEKING WORK. Belgium. Remote, have no problem with travelling.

Mobile development; iOS (Objective-C) and Android (Java) development. Past experience also includes C/C++ and desktop development (Windows and Mac).

Specialities: Low level programming in C/C++, high performance code, multi platform software (desktop, mobile), porting of libraries, 2D/3D renderers for games, back end systems.

Portfolio work is up at http://pandaris.com. (site design needs to be updated; haven't had the time). In terms of personal projects -- just released an iOS voip client for gamers (Ventrilo) with another update pending apple review. Also developed a password manager which is not released yet.

Email and skype are on my profile. Get in touch if you're interested in having a chat! :)
I don't have the exact statistics, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's the other way around in Sweden, automatics being the more uncommon choice.

Supposedly, automatics incur a few percent more gas usage. And gas is really expensive here.
Except H1B is used as a generic term to indicate willingness to sponsor visa applications, including types other than H1B visas (such a TN1 for Mexican and Canadians), so please, keep including it.
Oh, didn't think about that. Fair play!
Is there perhaps an age and gender variable coming in here?

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-u...

Many people involved in small IT companies tend to be 19 to 24 and male?
Cool! (heh)

I want to meet local entrepreneurs who are in tune with the HN ethos, but it's really hard sometimes in Jante country :)
Nextpeer - Tel-Aviv:

So weird, I just sent out this email today looking for our very first employee :)

Nextpeer has been growing at an insane rate we're now looking for our first employee.
We're looking for startup-minded people, who want to take on an influential role in our company.

A little bit about us - we're changing the way people are playing games on their mobile phones (here's a short article about us http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2011/12/06/nextpeer-multipla...).
We're funded with offices in Ramat Hahayal.
Being our first employee will be both a privilege and a responsibility.

We're searching for someone smart, creative and independent.
Tech skills should include either mobile (iOS) or backend (PHP+DB+Node.js) knowledge.
Most importantly though, we're looking for a person who is passionate about gaming.

If you're interested you can contact me directly at daniel <at> nextpeer.com
If you're using Google Chrome 15 or earlier, then what you're seeing is a problem with SPDY that was fixed in Chrome 16. But it's considered the unstable version, so the auto-updater doesn't go that far.
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More likely, google requires compatibility with its set of C extensions. At least when unladen swallow was announced, this was one of the major requirement. I would expect the problem to be similar in most large corporate environments.
SEEKING WORK - Remote, with occasional on-site days in Boston, NYC, or general area.

I've worked on lots of stuff, including Lisp compilers, robotics, embedded systems and video games. These days, I specialize in quick-turnaround Rails projects, helping companies get new features in front of users.

I also do some EC2 and Android projects, and I'm an enthusiastic—but amateur—copywriter. Email in profile. No recruiters please, unless you're able to disclose the name of your client.

Company: http://kiddsoftware.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/emk and https://github.com/kiddsoftware

Sample Ruby project: https://github.com/emk/rdf-agraph

Blog: http://www.randomhacks.net/

Résumé: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ekidd
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Skills: PHP/HTML/CSS/JS/jQuery/AWS Platform
I can work on frontend (JS apps/HTML) or backend (PHP or AWS infrastructure setup/maintenance). Working knowledge of Python.

Recently worked in building the HTML5 edition for MobStac's mobile offering. It was built for iPad is mind, so most CSS is -webkit. Similar to Pressly's offering.
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I'm a freelance graphic designer and developer (we do exist!) currently contracting to a US-based design firm as a UI designer in addition to freelance work (and working on my own side-projects). Always interested in talking about more projects though. Hit me up if you want to chat :)

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Thanks for giving it a go! We have improved a lot in the past year and contiune every day so I encourage you to try again in a few months if you are still inclined to do so. Result quality also of course varies by query and query type so each person can have pretty different overall experiences based upon ths types of things they regularly search.

I also encourage people to submit feedback with specific result issues.
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Based in Northern Italy, but native English speaker.

.Net Developer, lots of experience building web apps on the .Net stack, mostly of the "Alt.Net" flavour. Able to get stuff done, quickly and with quality.

Deep knowledge of C#, less deep of F#. Also good at front end web dev (but not a great designer) including being pretty good with actual Javascript.

Lately have been working with RavenDB, Knockout.js and Backbone.js.

Email in profile.
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Our 0-click is largely in English, but you should be able to type in non-English searches and get non-English results. If you change your region in the settings, it will also boost results from a particular language/region combo. You can also do this on a per-query basis by adding say r:uk to the end.
Comufy (http://comufy.com) is looking for talented PHP developers and JavaEE developers in London.
If you have a passion for social media and at least 3 years experience in the industry, please give me a shout at seb -at- comufy.com
Though I agree with the authors feelings that the designs he shows are crap, he is missing out on what I believe are two trends.

Firstly, he states himself that he uses a 'desk' a flat surface with lots of space, like most desks. Yet he is looking for a 'computer desk'. Why does such a thing exist? What is missing from the original desk that makes him want to have a 'computer desk' that is more like is regular desk?

Secondly, I think there is a growing trend toward stand-up desks, and that is likely where some more innovations may appear, because there are some slightly different design requirements when standing.

But really, it is tough to beat the original large flat space for putting anything on...
We're working on all of these issues. Initial load has a lot to do with network location and we need more servers. The after-the-fact thing is by design so that some slower elements don't slow down the faster ones. We have a new design coming out that should lower the perception of things changing much though.
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I've tried Pypy to speed up a background worker that create collages of 300-500 images, this is my experience:

- The JIT optimization doesn't survive between different runs of the script. Since I run a different script for every collage, I haven't see a noticeable speedup.

- The script also download the 300-500 images from facebook with curl, this module is not supported yet by pypy

- Since the most of the time is spent on images resize (PIL.resize) which is in C, the JIT can't do many optimizations.
SEEKING WORK - remote only.

Graduate CS student.

Skills:
- Javascript and nodejs expert.
- SQL, mongodb, redis.
- OSX and cocoa programming.
- unix systems.

I can work for free.
I remember the good old days when google hid this behavior.

They allowed the link to be direct and just attached an onclick handler that loaded an image url to their tracker.

Maybe too many people like me are disabling javascript on Google services (when you rarely can anymore).
What is the current visa availability situation for Americans or Brits in Israel?
It's because the license length has been extended. As a result, works that were close to enter public domain at the time of the last extension has still not entered the public domain and won't for some years yet.

See the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998.
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