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Since its still ongoing, I cannot be too specific, but I can comment the following:
the company is in an identity crisis, where the direction is unsure. meanwhile its a very good place to work, interesting, demanding and stretching my capabilities.

the sad politics are between the group I reside and the sales division, as they are desperate due to the identity crisis.

from my experience there isn't a company without politics, specially when you get closer to the business side.
Admittedly these SOPA/PIPA powers are on the wish list of oppressive regimes throughout the world – and please don’t tell Russia or Belarus about them. They’ve been hankering for an excuse to shut down their Internet Tubes for years and a great nation like Uncle Sam doing it would be just the green light they’ve been looking for. Sigh. (Here in Europe we prefer to slightly forget about those guys. And please don’t ask us if Russian are Europeans – we’ve done our best to avoid that subject for 60 years and we ain’t about to start now.)

What the hell?
How do I add that to apt-get sources?
it appears to have been around for 4+ years

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20070915000000*/http://primar...
But if the programmers are running the show, what is management supposed to do? That's why there's a scrum master. Yes, you need a leader, but often that role gets pushed to a manager, who focuses too much on process. They should rename it the scrum playmaker, with each sprint focusing on a new playmaker, returning control to the team.

Managers also have a much different understanding of the word "competent" than the people on the team.
> Well there is an option for Fx keys as Fx keys instead of shortcuts in Preferences.app

If you've plugged an Apple keyboard into a Windows box you know that they don't just send the standard function key codes. I don't think that the PC version's function keys would just work as volume and iTunes keys on a Mac. And even if they did you would have to remember where they are, and how they are different from your MacBook keyboard. Apple routinely shuffles things around. Is F4 a Dashboard key or a LaunchPad key?

> But this keyboard, even if it supposedly designed for the mac, won't get my money

Ok.

> Basically, they took the PC version, didn't change the molds (expansive!!) and just printed some mac-like labels on the key.

I'm certain they would have to send different key codes in order to be truly compatible, as they claim to be.

> A cheap hack, not worth $133.

If someone wants Das Keyboard and also wants the function keys and such to work correctly then maybe it is worth $133 to them. It's not to me, but I can see how it is to some. Even if all they did was change the caps and key codes that could be very valuable to some people. If I were a fan of Das Keyboard I would probably shell out for one.
Who is pirating works from artists they've never heard of? Everyone I know who pirates stuff is actively looking for something.
You must stop bathing for one week and blog about the results.
So the White House is protesting SOPA today...?
My personal preference would be to avoid Made in China junk, for laptop have powerful i7-class processor and full HD screen and yet be slim and compact.
The only Laptop that fits all above is Sony Z class and it does not come cheap.
But if you live in silicon valley and does not carry Mac, you'll look like a redneck weirdo, so your only choice is to go with Macs.
That made me laugh, the post quality of 4chan may be terrible but there's obviously a few smart people about there.
Those "Facebook is run by the CIA" rumours seem a little more credible.
"an all-out war between Hollywood and Silicon Valley." makes it sound as if this is simply two factions of lobbyists battling against each other.
By too complicated I mean I have to think about it, because Ubuntu broke something that previously worked.

The best solution is to get somebody Oracle can't block to put them into a repository.
Disappointingly trivial post:

1) I don't know a single person that would seriously argue that dynamically typed languages can perform better than their statically typed cousins.

2) As we all know, programming is the art of making tradeoff. One common pair is ease of writing vs. performance...

3) I think Adobe should be more worried about making a flash player/plugin I can't use to warm my hands by playing video after I come back from lunch.
Well... they do, indeed. Esc on load / no JS is all you need.
Real black out would have been much better.
In Simple Hash Key mode, it is just a key-value store. All the logic is in your app and/or supporting libraries, not in your DBMS.

In Composite Hash Key mode you also get limited range queries. These are supported by any DBMS that indexes its primary key via BTrees.

DynamoDB is cutting the features to the bone. This makes it easy to migrate out of DynamoDB and, at a first glance, hard to migrate into DynamoDB. Particularly hard to migrate from a RDBMS with complex schema/index/trigger support.

The beauty of it is that complex features can be built as libraries as the needs arise. The next five years look very exciting. Hats off to Amazon.
blaking out it's the right move to make common people get what will happen soon.
Just as I predicted last week, Twitter is filled with people complaining about the Wikipedia blackout. College students in particular are screwed cause they can't get their work done. StratGirlStories writes, "WTF WHY IS EVERYTHING BEING BLACKED OUT!!!! I HAVE A FUCKING PROJECT DUE IN 5 HOURS!!!! I NEED WIKIPEDIA!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCKKK"

And that's only one.
"Earlier this year, this bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously and without controversy."

Could that be because the Tech industry was pretty much excluded from the committee hearings?
OCD, or just "fear of missing out"?
The items are limited to 64kb so its implicit.
this is the type of info that needs to be posted on motobabble.com. Awesome tune job! i love the flexibility from daily driver to tarmac.
Easiest work around for the Wikipedia SOPA Blackout
The Easiest work around for the Wikipedia SOPA Blackout is here!
It's a database, so you can always get your data out again.
So the assumption I'm making here is that they set this (sub)domain up and had the IP as their old servers, the servers have changed hands (since they moved to Wordpress vs. self hosted) and the new owner has a wildcard host entry set up.
And that second URL is the first hit if you google for the company name.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=black+oak+asset+management
Probably caused by pointing to an old IP in their DNS, which is now reused for a different site. And because that server doesnt know about that domain, it shows the default vserver:
http://70.32.92.201/

Still bad though, since they now have access to the cookies/local-storage of techcrunch.com itself.
Short-sighted.
We should use SOPA againt SOAP and ask internet providers acroos the globe to block access to every server that runs a SOAP webservice.
You seem to be unaware that Google is also blacking out their logo on the homepage & search pages.
Are they still using these domains? Looks like they just stopped using them but didn't update the DNS records and now someone else has that IP address.
Wayback machine replaces images with Anti-SOPA message
Note quite black, but I think the point is clear.

http://thenextweb.com/
Brazil is the only BRIC country standing ground on Internet Freedom.
When the Pirate Bay was blocked in the Netherlands, ISPs had to blacklist not only a list of domain names but also IP addresses.
Book publishers O'Reilly (oreilly.com) and Pragmatic Programmers (pragprog.com) are both black. Guess I'll be buying more from them. They're willing to lose sales in order to protect the internet.
Looks like just a new owner of 70.32.92.201 where they still have some old dns records pointed..and what you see is the default vhost on new owner's site, blackoakam.com. Nothing to see here.
I must say, as a European this was pretty annoying to read. While a few of the points were valid, for example, that not depending on organisations in the US (ICANN) as much as we do today is a good thing, this will still affect us as the requirements for a website to be considered for a takedown are still pretty wide/vague.

An all-European site running on a .org-domain? Bam! The US could take it down for everyone, whether they are European or Asian.
I meant to type first world country (pitfalls of posting at six in the morning.)
Today must be a great day for you.
How to set up a mirror of Wikipedia
Some valid points: ActionScript probably is, objectively, a better language than JavaScript.

The article, however, comes across as clueless and obnoxious.
They also expect search engines to deindex the sites, which makes them harder to find/use if you can't keep up with where they are any given day due to knocking it out. Still idiotic, but it does increase the effectiveness of the whole insanity.
Yet they bought phonegap anyway..ah huh sure ..
The two subdomains (technews and primaries) both have the same IP of 70.32.92.201, a MediaTemple IP. TechCrunch used to host at Media Temple according to DomainTools Hosting History. There is probably an A record in the DNS pointing those subdomains to those specific IPs.

The IPs have just been recycled and are being used by MediaTemple hosting customer.
CBS radio pretty much said the same thing. "..went black to protest anti-piracy measures". We're all so busy blacking things out we forgot that the media needs guidance in framing the issues.
I completely agree -- I'm just saying civic engagement is always possible, if not easy.
Interesting concept. At first glance a noble mission.

Nevertheless, this is yet another rationalization for something horrible. When you think about sentient animals that enjoy entertainment, feel boredom, get aggressive when confined, and have a desire to be intellectually stimulated, you realize what an unbelievably sick circumstance this really is.
I am not Barrack Obama, and I endorse this message.
No. They offer the equivalent of Amazon S3, SimpleDB and SQS, but nothing comparable to this
That is the problem though. I am paying for the rights to pay for the music instead of paying for the music.

That is exactly where it went wrong.
The Oatmeal shows why SOPA is bad
A better title "Why I'm a Thief".

You can always choose not to buy it or watch it if you dislike it. Is it something like air that you really can't live without? People tend to be greedy. No matter the big guys or the little guys. Just the same. People sucks.
It was, but I'm sure the protest mob will still hate it. However, there is grain of truth in it. When the US passed the UIGEA it created huge opportunity in Europe. US export restrictions on cryptography has also been good for Europe.
I think there are plenty of software consulting groups around, particularly in the Valley. Google is your friend on this one, or if you're a local, just ask around.

I was referred to the company I now work with most, but I found the last bunch of guys I was with via Craigslist.
what is blocking domains supposed to solve, exactly?

Makes it harder for the average person (who doesn't know the difference between a domain name and what you type into the google search bar) to get to pirate sites.
Join the SF SOPA/PIPA Protest 12-2pm, Civic Center
Speakers include Brewster Kahle, Ron Conway, Jonathan Nelson, Gideon Lett and others.
Sleeping is a horrible issue for me. I work best with 8 hours sleep, but my mind sometimes doesn't let me sleep. Some weeks I sleep 9-10 hours average, some weeks 4-5, depending on the level of stress or the ideas I get. I'm usually really creative on that point in time were i'm almost asleep but still conscious. I usually stand up and write down ideas. However, I'm super tired the next day. I've tried to balance my sleep hours, but I haven't found a solution...
Lock-in? You'll need to get all your data out and transform it into whatever alternative you pick. I'd say as far as AWS lock-in, this is on the low side of things.
Can do me a favor and drop that in the AWS DynamoDB Forum so folks can look at it? https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=131
Ask HN: What should I say to my Congressperson about SOPA?
Does anyone know if there is a sample paragraph or two that I should say to a congressperson. If I am going to take the time to call, I would like to know what/how to say it.
The Archive Team is doing that too. Here's their list:
http://beta.etherpad.org/p/KDVzcBCKTj
And then going back to school to drop off their hats when you get there and notice they didn't wear any and its 5 degrees F out.
How does an early-stage investor value a startup?
I work with Javascript everyday.

And I hate it. It is broken as a language (var hoisting, this can mean pretty much whatever you want it to, no types, not even a good damm s32int).

But it works on all platforms and so it will always beat Flash.
Given that there are 6 billion people in existance, it's quite possible that there are some complete ass holes.
I'm sure these tweets won't help with donations.

"Wikipedia needs to fuck right off"
"Fucking Wikipedia trying to be cocky"
JavaScript Programming Patterns
And Big Table (or at least GAE) does support transactions.
I'm not sure how you can feel like any place that is ruled by laws does not fall under your two positions.
People have started using downvotes to indicate disagreement. Ironically, on this site at least, sufficient downvotes result in that post being hidden from view. Imagine that, censoring opinions with which you (in the proverbial sense) disagree.
Agree. I meant to put a note about this. I was quite financially secure and did not need the money. I would have doubled down on this idea if this was my only option for paying bills. But it wasn't and I could easily find a job that paid more and was more rewarding, hence why I killed the business. I feel like many software developers are in this position. While I'm no fan of a JOB the kind of job I can get as a software developer sets the bar pretty high in terms of replacing it with a business.

That said I've never been in it for the money. It's easy enough to get a job as a programmer. If all I was going for was making money, entrepreneurship makes no sense at all. So all I'm typically looking for is to cover my bills so my wife doesn't stress out too much.
I think it looks great.

My only comment is: put the class synopses (?) in a fixed width font (like they are. In the detail section). It looks odd this way.

+1 for being completely usable on my iPad and not breaking the back button while all still being quite snappy.

FWIW I have no issue with the green. Good work, guys.
You don't think you can replace one with the other?
Entertaining, given how bad the Flash toolchain is: I'd have to be in a very bad performance spot to consider giving up a stable, functioning debugger, real text editor, usable tools and high quality APIs.
Ask HN: Is Grails dying?
Sorry, I sincerely don't want to start a flame war here.

I've been looking for a web framework that runs on top of JVM. At the first glance, I like what Grails is doing. So I did a quick Amazon search for books about Grails, and it seems that the most recent book is of June, 2009. Is this a bad sign for a web framework?

Also, it would be interesting to hear your opinion of Grails.

Thanks!
Complicated(?) template rendering. I have a template with varying sized elements, and a collection of images that I need to stuff into said template.

Not sure how to accomplish it, as I can't just iterate through the results as I need to put the right sized image into the right-sized grid (or scale it, which might be easier), but either way, I have four columns, some of which have either 1 or 2 rows, and each of the rows may be of different heights.

I know that there will always be seven elements in the template, and there are fixed heights that I can cheat with, but beyond that, I'm stumped.
oh i see what you did there

*sorry, reddit is down
I think this is huge. My first wish, before secondary indexes, is that they don't round up to the nearest 1KB for pricing.
DVD is a huge cocktail of patented technologies. You either license it properly or perish by the lawyers, that’s my understanding of it.
http://gamerhighway.com is blacked out today
Yeah we noticed that too :-( we actually have to push a fixed up...its fix on our qa site. Dang...
I think this is a tendency for entrepreneurs and/or tech people. The exception are those guys that sleep 4 hours per night and are fine the next day. I hate/envy them so!
Astigmatism can sometimes IMPROVE your vision.  But it mostly sucks.
OCD is certainly playing a role here. I can't leave my computer with e-mails unread, for example. I feel the "fear of missing out" as well, which is probably because I have started to build my life around knowing everything that's going on in the tech world. That is of course, impossible, and I know it. But getting away from the feeling is hard when your life revolves around computers and the Internet.
Was mentioned elsewhere on HN, but dailyWTF is also whiting themselves out.
Did... did I write this and forget?

Exactly my habits.
Ask HN:Is there any way i can black out my Facebook page?
I think that will get more attention from my facebook friends
One of the core issues here is the typical US-centric viewpoint that proposed a law affecting sites hosted in other nations. Which makes it annoying that the petition link requires a US zipcode. Just a little thing, but it irks me.
That's actually a valid goal of civil activism. Similarly, physical protest marches in Washington are hell on the commuters there.
I find the article is one of the best and most informed I've read. And by CNN of all people.
My websites will only support the latest browser versions
Android’s Share of New Smartphones Collapses
Depends how many times my toddler kicks me I guess... anything between 6 and 9 hours generally though.

Having a baby made me realise that I can tolerate much lower amounts of sleep (and many more interruptions) than I originally thought. I also get up earlier than I used to, and actually enjoy it instead of just complaining about "not being a morning person".
Interesting idea, but it's not scalable. As you add more users, your interaction is less meaningful.

On the other hand, if the app let you interact one on one with an animal, then that is a very novel concept especially for a kid who lives in a metropolitan area, etc.
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> The legitimate option is GO WITHOUT IT. You have no RIGHT to anything here...

Legally? Indeed. Ethically? I disagree. I have the RIGHT to partake in what is part of my culture. Whether I like it or no, series, games and movies changed my worldview and made me the person with a extensive cultural knowledge I am today. Of course, I can do with what I can see legally, and I do, but although the TV series here in Flanders are very, very good, there's just not that much of them. And I can go to the theatre, but when was the last time a cinema in Belgium showed "2001"? And does any big company really deserve to make anymore money of that?

Or consider this. I'm a huge fan of "My Little Pony". The series and the community around it have enriched my life enormously. What are the odds that without the internet and without piracy I would have ever seen it?

Without piracy, I would have been a much less interesting person and I believe I have the right to be the person I am today.
Rupert Murdoch's (barely-coherent) Twitter feed
Didn't scroll down enough to see your post. I agree, too.
There's a comma in the URL.
The problem is not copyright itself. The problem is that the creators are not the copyright owners any more.

This is a very subtle distinction. We should do all we can to help creators, not publishers. Publishers have their place in the distribution chain, but they should not be allowed to act as if they were the creators.

If the publisher's business model is failing, so be it. Publishers and gatekeepers are not worth saving. Creators are. Support creators. Buy CDs directly from the artists. Buy them through the shortest distribution chain possible (even if that might be Amazon or Apple).

Create laws that make copyright an unalienable right, thus forcing publishers back to the publishing business that is rightly theirs.
Websites Protest SOPA, PIPA Bills
I has also been used to build a tank for transporting humpback whales between the 20th and the 23rd centuries.
Use the new 'timeline' style profile page and you can select a header image for your profile.
The author claims that he hates the music industry and won't miss them, yet he admits he's willing to break the law to get their products. Consider the absurdity of this juxtaposition.

Modern popular music is properly considered the product of both the artists and the industry. Someone mentioned Rihanna. Do you think you would have any idea who Rihanna is without the music industry? Would her music sound at all the same with the music industry's backing (funds to pay for studio use and hire studio musicians)? If you don't like modern popular music fine, but if you don't like it, why are you pirating it?

Given that perspective, when you download music, you are enjoying both the labor of the artist and the record company. If you don't like the price they're charging to enjoy their services, that does not give you the right to simply not pay. (We can debate elsewhere whether you already have the right to not pay, but you certainly don't get that right simply because you don't like the price.)

Someone asked for a better analogy. Sneaking into a movie theater and standing (so you aren't taking up a seat) in the back is an analogous situation. You are enjoying the services of the movie theater (which you consider worth breaking the law to get access to) without paying their asking price.

Someone reminded us that copying isn't stealing. Well it isn't sharing either. Two children playing with two toys isn't sharing. Two children taking turns with one toy is sharing.

To return to the most important point, the author's argument can be summed up and generalized as, "If you don't like the cost/benefit ratio of a service, you have the right to take it for free as long as no one is directly hurt in the process."

Frankly, I think people like that should be stopped, which as Ed pointed out, almost makes me feel like a SOPA supporter.
It has actually helped, if only a little. I've almost finished up a report I've intended to for a while.
Facebook's Worth
The view from Capitol Hill: SOPA is on life support
I'm not an ActionScript hero, so I can't really weigh in on its awesomeness, but the fact that they rewrote it three times and ultimately ended up with a solid language is to be applauded but not surprising. If you were to put the perfect language and smartest compiler into (what I percieve to be) a somewhat kludgy proprietary environment like Adobe's present toolchain, that doesn't strike me as a recipe for win, though. If I'm wrong about the state of affairs there, feel free to educate me.

Dusting off the age-old interpreted vs. precompiled fight as a closing argument strikes me as a little weak as well. If raw runtime performance and the benefits of static typing were the ultimate measure of a language's utility, nobody would write Ruby.

The author would probably be wise to read up on disruptive innovation. The biggest mistake an incumbent can make is to overestimate the importance of the disruptor's weaknesses while the disruptor is busy eating the incumbent's lunch.