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I have about 200 friends, I have met all of them in real life, I occasionally add new people, but I also remove people when I realize I don't care about them and what they do. I care about my friend count, but in the opposite way, I want to keep it low, and meaningful. The same is true for most of my friends. Most of them only add other people they actually know.

As for posting, neither me nor my friends use Facebook for chatting. It's photos and status updates about what we are doing or going to do. It's almost never questions, only statements. Then again, me and my friends are in our mid-thirties, none of us "grew up" with Facebook, none of us used it at university, and the common topics are work and kids and vacations.

I have a number of friends on Facebook that are younger around 20, extended family and the like, and they use it in a completely different way: They add more friends. They never remove friends. They have no critera for friends other than "doesn't dislike", it doesn't matter if they don't know the person well or not.

They also use it a lot more for public chatting. Someone posts a status update, and then two or three people have an unrelated conversation in the comments to that, because... it's an input field and it was there and they know the relevant friends will see it.

And that's just two different ways of using it, I'm sure there are a myriad more and I have absolutely no idea which way is the most common. But it's pretty clear from your post, and from the piece by Arrington that both of you bring your own biases into it. You both think that most other people have the same Facebook experience as you do.

So Arrington goes "Facebook sucks for me, therefore all of Facebook is broken!". You're much, much less egocentric, but still, I wouldn't make the bet that you did that the grandparent post's view was unique. :-)
Resistent to accidental jamming, but jamming a broad range of frequencies would easily jam it, wouldn't it?

That might require more hardware, but it do not think it require superior technology.
Honesty, its not conductivity that's the problem. What we really need are transistors that have a big enough difference in conductance between their on and off states.
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Indeed, OSHA is another. That is why a lot of small businesses, mechanics and machinists for example, purposely stay small. They can't afford to grow because of the increasing regulations. There were several studies at the time of the early-1990s recession and again about the time of the dot-com crash about this, investigating the causes of "non-growth", because most new hiring usually occurs in mid-size companies. I don't really understand why anyone surprised that the economy (especially unemployment) is still screwed-up this long with the hammering mid-size companies have taken in the past decade.
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Are you aware of the name of this forum?
anybody got any recommendations on how to write IO code for SSD's vs Spinning media ? Are there any good file systems optimized for SSD ?
You are responsible for making that feature work. Write a test. Just do it.
http://www.noob.us/humor/the-office-dwight-faces-nerd-tortur...
They already have:

https://github.com/defunkt/github-gem
A lot of the incubators/VC/.. would love to have you advice their companies. Perhaps get connected with them and bring the idea up.

Good way to start is by giving some talks in the startup circuit.
It's not quite that straightforward, is it? State taxes are federally deductible. And virtually everyone in the upper middle class owns a home and takes a whopping deduction on mortgage interest, and property taxes are also deductible.

I'd also push back on "not much in the way of a safety net". I'd like universal single-payer health care, but in the meantime it's worth remembering (a) once you hit retirement age, you very much do get public health care, and (b) retirement age is when you're most likely to incur medical expenses.
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If you're gonna travel, don't go to Europe. Different cultures? Go to Asia/Africa.
But it's also important to know that the tools are there in all service sto decrease the noise and increase the signal.

You can unfriend people. You can unfollow. You can unsubscribe. You can hide/block/remove almost everything you don't like.

I get your point that human nature makes it a lot harder to do these things, but the tools are there. Every time I meet people who complain about some social services I tell them that the services are exactly what you make them, and not the other way around. They are so broad, so general, and so open that you can make your experience exactly as you want it.

And that's important to remember. If Facebook sucks for you, it's mostly because YOU made it suck. :)
exactly! my point is these are human factors we need to design around.
This guy is a millionaire and started his company at age 17
> Near the end of the decade, the first Earth-like planet – with spectral evidence indicative of life (O2-CO2 cycle) – is discovered 30 light-years away. We name this planet, "Destiny."

It seems to me a self fulfilling prophecy.

That said, it's really optimistic, but a good reading.
"""When people talk about Iran it's more about the things that are, by any definition, wrong, than their traditional or religious choice. """

Actually, people weren't talking that much about Iran before --it's just because it happens to be the current target, so western media plays Iran a lot.

It's also for the same reason why people DON'T talk about Saudi Arabia, which is 10 times worse in those aspects than Iran --but since it's an ally, it doesn't get played unfavorably much, if at all.

Now, what are things that are "by any definition wrong"? Who gives the definition? Let's see your examples:

"""You simply cannot, in any modern society, discriminate against someone because it happens to be a woman, or throw stone at someone until they die because you didn't like his opinion."""

In the US 50 years ago there was prevalent racism against black people (heck, there were hotels/restaurants etc not accepting them as customers).

Was that civilized? No. So, would another country be justified to say, bomb the US and topple the government to pass laws to change that? I say, no, the people of the US would have to do it themselves (as they eventually did). So, why should it be different for any other country?

And who says that all countries should get to the same level of "civilization" at the same time?

For example, besides abolishing slavery earlier, tons of countries had women voting much earlier than the US did. And tons of countries have abolished the death penalty already.

You say "you simply cannot, in any modern society throw (a) stone at someone until they die because you didn't like his opinion".

And I say, that in modern societies like the one I live, you simply cannot execute anyone AT ALL, whatever he said or did. It's unacceptable. When is the US going to come around to this one? And how is stoning worse than the (horrible) electric chair or the (disgusting) gas chamber?

Still, americans have the right to do those things (to one another), if that's what their society wants and believes in. People are not justified to call them "evil" because of that, nor to try to topple their government. The same should hold true for any practice of any SOVEREIGN nation.

I don't even care if they are cannibals in country X, let them do what the f... they want. No one should dictate how other societies should live.
The advantage of off-the-shelf companies used to be much greater when the company registration process was slower and all done off-line. These days it's less relevant.
Yep.

I don't think 50 years will fuck the Earth up.
Maybe 100~150, if there's no nuclear war.
> Why? It's not by the definition of wrong of those Iranians. Where does that objective standard come from?

That's a large debate on its own (read up on John Stuart Mill for instance) but essentially you're arguing for a philosophy called relativism, the end of which is that there's nothing objectively right...

On the other hand that would mean that the U.S. is justified in however they treat Iran, since they're nothing objectively wrong either. Sometimes you really can't have your cake and eat too.
Indeed, the space-hysteria is a remnant of the 60s i guess and we should be over it by now. There's nothing special about our reachable outer space - just dumb rocks and no possibility of life. Realistically speaking, an optimistic version should include a smaller population of humans, the old megacities replaced with sustainable habitat, people living extraordinarily long lives (200+ earth years), the end of all disease, artificially intelligent agents, the ability to "upload" knowledge to our brains, humans with enhanced cognitive abilities, new life forms etc.
I've been using the ghi gem by Stephen Celis recently. It's a lot more comprehensive:

https://github.com/stephencelis/ghi
It's not complicated. Look how Louis CK markets his own shows: "ALL NEW JOKES". People want to pay for new stuff, not just jokes they've heard. Comedians test out new material in safe, small sets; if you record that material and stick it on Youtube, you're fucking them over.

Regarding the personal drama tacked onto this:

@pattonoswalt Less and less sorry for what I did. Got into comedy 'cuz it's the one vocation that lets you treat assholes like assholes.

@pattonoswalt I'll post my response to this gnat-fart of a situation sometime this weekend. But no matter what...

@pattonoswalt I'll always err on the side of real human emotion. If it costs me asshole "fans"? Guess what? Less assholes in my life.

(Incidentally, Patton Oswalt is I think the only "celeb" I follow on Twitter. He's pretty excellent there. Also, the best live show I've been to.)
But the problem with SOPA is that the determination of whether a site is "primarily designed" for copyright infringement is subjective, and a determination made entirely by the party alleging copyright infringement. In theory people using DMCA takedown notices now are only supposed to use them for cases that are really copyright infringement, aka aren't subject to Fair Use or such - or has a legal right to use that song. In practice, copyright holders use automated systems that make no attempt to gauge whether or not some YouTube video or whathaveyou is actually infringing, but just issue a take down request for anything their automated systems find matches a pattern in their database closely enough, with sometimes hilarious results.

I expect that at least one major copyright holder will use a similar system with SOPA, since there seems to be even less theoretical penalty for doing so than with the DMCA. So yes, I expect that the BBC might very well be blacklisted just because one used posts a link to infringing material. And then it will stay blacklisted until maybe the slow wheels of human review come to the consensus that it was indeed an error, and fix it.
How did you choose an accountant? That's the problem I'm currently facing. Actually, that would make a good swombat article...
nice and all, but what i really want from github is the ability to pull request from the command line. (i know it's scriptable, but I've not got round to it yet)
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Even if this is still just a rumour, this is quite a bombshell story! :-O
It's certainly not the flipside of Louis CK and the author of the post does not say anything to that effect.

Nevertheless, comedians are running into this problem all the time. People don't understand that 1.) they aren't just "talking," but these ideas were thought up ahead of time, 2.) they are constantly working on new material that they hope to one day sell in some form (CD, TV special) and uploading it on Youtube takes away from the surprise of the joke, 3.) they should be compensated for their work

That's what it comes down to. A comedian has the right to use his artistic work how he wants. He can give it away from free through Amazon servers or he could charge $50 for a DVD, but it's his choice. It's not like comics are patenting their premises.

Patton probably went a bit too far but this probably happens to him constantly and he's so sick of it. I hear about stories like this all the time.
The District of Columbia used to accept books for resale, not to put on the shelves. The acceptance ended with 2011, when the library's store at the MLK library downtown closed.
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This may be less relevant to the topic, can anyone point out how to start a company in India (I am a Indian citizen). Your help is appreciated.
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Actually you're not alone. I have a startup in Azerbaijan, the same situation. I divided the work between workers, they can't to the work alone, so they don't know actually what they are doing. I teached the some parts of the business, they do the mechanical work, without asking the questions. I also made a non-compete clause between them for 2 years. Here are some tips from other HN community for this issue:

1. Split your workers into departments. No one single worker should handle all the processes.

2. Use forms to guide people through the process. It will make your processes easier to automate.

3. Take some upfront payment. That will discourage customers from dealing with your employees on the side.

Another trick that I learnt from somebody else is to hold one key process to yourself.

Someone I knew gets clothing manufactured in China. But before it is sold, they do an adjustment to it that is not known to the factory.

Just as Coke has its "secret recipe", you have to make clear to your freelancers that you have a secret step. It will be enough to discourage them from running away with business.

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"""While I agree with you, your last paragraph is just non sense. What's specifically bad? Honestly, if you ask this question you're shouting out that you have no idea what today's iran (or most of the muslim countries) are like."""

You don't get to judge Iran as "bad in general" by your standards, though.

You only get to judge Iran as "bad for you", by your standards.

If you want to judge Iran as "bad in general", you'd have to also show that the people of Iran don't want to live like they do.

Because if they DO want to live like they do (which I assure you it's the case in general), then there's nothing bad about Iran. They just live in a way that you happen to disagree with.

They never came to tell you how to live YOUR life, though.
Regardless of what you think of ESR's personality, politics or hacking skills, I found this to be a pretty good read.

If ESR can write a really good software development book, why do some people thinks ESR can't code a damn?
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Yes, social responsibility is a bitch for the individual businessman. Boo hoo hoo.

But for society as a whole, these things are good. Long maternity (and paternity!) leave is good for the children that will one day grow up and become productive members of society. Having laws around parental leave preventing discrimination means that society doesn't have to deal with paying unemployment welfare for women around 30, and having a hard time re-integrating them into the workforce at 40. Instead this cost is spread out among all the companies in the form of employment laws.

I understand that all businesses wish to have a workforce consisting only of young well-educated males that are never sick, never take vacations and work lots of overtime, but there's a cost to getting that, and almost all businesses forget, or refuse to understand the value society provides to them. You want a workforce? Sure, it's gonna cost you, both in corporate taxes, and in social responsibility by employing less desireable individuals. Tough shit, pay up.
What is the simplest way for citizen of EU member state to create and manage UK Ltd company without ever being to UK or owning anything else there (or renting physical office)?
Game design wise, the best are:

- The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell: http://amzn.to/zFOiEk

It's pretty comprehensive, but I found it a bit "heads in the cloud" and not very hands on. The lenses give you some hands-on approach if you apply them though. If you are looking for a book with very specific "how-to-do-this-or-that" then it may not be your thing.

I like to pair this book with David Perry on Game Design: http://amzn.to/ytXF7G

That monster tomb is all hands-on and You can use it more like a cheatsheet:"OK I need a villain. Let me turn to the 'villain archetypes' section and pick one at random. OK he needs a weapon. Let me turn to the 'rifles' section and pick one at random" and so on.

I also really liked "Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design" by Scott Rogers: http://amzn.to/xuVjWU

It is the book I recommend to budding game developers because it is sort of like "Art of Game Design" lite. It covers most of the same topics but don't go into such an intellectual depth which is a GOOD thing for people just wrapping their heads around what game design is. Once they finish that, I move them to Schell's book.

Cheers
Like hubs' pull-request?

https://github.com/defunkt/hub
I haven't found a single mention about him not being a good developer. Do we have any references?
One of my coworkers recently put this together. It lets you issue pull requests from the command line. Check it out:

https://github.com/AndrewLorente/pullme
This seems heavily related to the main point of the book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" . There are two major types of thinking-instantaneous, "go with your gut" judgments, and conscious processing. Spending even a minute on a decision forces you to use some conscious processing in addition to the go-with-your-gut decision.

This is especially useful when you're solving new problems or working on things you're not particularly good at. My personal example is estimating distance. When somebody asked, my "gut feeling" about the distance from Boston to Delaware was 600 miles. 30 seconds of conscious thinking and I realized it could be no more than 400 miles (the correct answer is about 350).

The other useful aspect of switching to conscious thinking is that it at least makes you aware of the rationale for your decision. When making a conscious estimate I break it down into smaller parts, and if the estimate is way off it's usually because one of the parts was off. But for me, that doesn't work with instant guesses.
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Why even say "I make X?" "I'm looking for Y" still answers the real question and has the advantage of not giving them a lower anchor.
The same system in Azerbaijan.
Yes, it can be used for regular political activism, and sometimes is.

But the "four horsemen of infocalypse" are all there, ridiculously easy to find, but at the same time impossible to trace, and form a biggest part of onionspace.

It can be also taken as a proof of true Tor anonymity, though; the sites are all there, and the only thing law enforcement can do is to try to break the security of the sites and sneak for some info THERE.
Do you know if I can file my own taxes? I keep everything in QuickBooks, and my company isn't really making enough money to justify spending thousands on an accountant. I wonder if I can do my own return, but the HMRC site is not helping.

On the other hand, I wonder if I can just register as a sole trader, invoice my company and enjoy the free tax bracket, as I didn't make more than that last year.
Here's what I meant by "flipside": while we're all praising Louis CK for what he did, he also managed to do it without the majority of his material leaking on the net beforehand. Comedians are a somewhat unique case worth watching because they develop their product in public as opposed to a typical company that can (usually) throttle the news as they see fit.

I posted the article above as opposed to the Barbara Grey post because I think Oswalt should be supported in what he did (although he kind of did it in a bad manner but like you said, it's not the first and won't be the last)

Oswalt has promised to offer his view of the story later today.
I was talking about the showcases "celebrated" by the western media.

And "http://vimeo.com/2232226? Really?

This is coarse-grained propaganda, if I ever saw one!

As a commenter on Boing Boing says:

"""Yeah IMO stories like this one are useful in preparing the public's psych & emotions for the upcoming US "let's display bi-partisan foreign policy" demonstration...in other words, for Obama & his Secdef Gates' planned attack on Iran.
Any secret special US Forces ops going on right now? Or are your "journalists" doing their "patriotic duty" by looking away, to enable another War?
How do you distinguish between those Iranians it's OK for the USA to attack or maim or kill and those who aren't? Are only employees and civil servants of the State of Iran and those who actively oppose US control/diktaat over Iranian domestic policy "fair game"? Or is it only those Iranians who happen to live in Iran ? Or those opposed to the views of "freedom-loving" Iranians living in foreign exile?
I think the USA/Western media should STFU about Iran, and and instead direct their efforts at getting NATO and the US Armed Forces to immediately stop killing Asians.
This would show their humanitarianism, if not their usefulness...."""

Designed to let the viewer with the impression that those blogs support toppling the government, changing their way of life etc. It basically uses the notion of having a blog as axiomatically meaning that.

Have you read a lot of those actual blogs, not just the selected few celebrated in our media?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2009/06/16/are-you-ready-for-war...
Regarding startups, I would usually include the third line of the quote.

My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
To be honest, I find The Unix Programming Environment by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike much, much better. The book truly captures the Unix philosophy and teaches you the idioms. It's unsurprisingly since it comes from the original Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research Center and the authors are extraordinary technical writers.
I see 91,143 people like this - on that blog post. Facebook like are seen when you type exact same URL. When there is a link with dynamic atributes like http://www....blogpost?commentform234 than it'll not show the likes, comments etc.
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I'm sorry, if I'm Iranian myself does your reply still applies? Just wondering.

I'm tired of this political correctness, it's so 90's. But it will take more than a couple of downvotes to shut me up.
This "everybody has the right to their way of living" is getting old and stupid.
Have you ever visited Iran? I find it interesting that when I talk about this subject with people from muslim countries, they understand me very well and mostly agree with me, while most westerns prefer to paint everything with fairy-tale colors and say that they are 'tolerant' to every culture.

Anyway, your comment is almost semantically null. Why wouldn't it be obvious that anyone's judgement has whatever credibility you want to give it? Furthermore, By assuming that everything is subjective you're basically stating that you won't dare to stand for any opinion of yours.
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A corollary to Arthur C. Clarke's observation in the original article:
The most daring prophecies about space travel and AI will increasingly seem "laughably conservative" only inasmuch as they fail to change from decade to decade apart from the dates
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