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Still, I am not sure if in the end, such measures are only "snake oil". Theoretically it should all cancel out eventually. For example if you devalue the currency, your people become poorer. What is the difference to just paying them lower wages and thus selling your stuff for less Euros? Seems to me it is mostly psychological: devaluing the currency can be done sneakily behind the populations back (printing more money or whatever), whereas lowering wages would get noticed.

Personally I am always for more transparency, so maybe it is a good thing if the sneaky way to conduct economics goes away.
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You can start of with a GmbH but it will be just a little extra stone in your seedphase you should have in your way.

Investors will talk to you - but how much effort would you put in if your goal is to invest let's say 50k-100k as a seedround. You are rather worried about the upcoming series of investment therefore you push into a LTD or similar entities. If you invest only 50-100k how much will you really bother holding hands while the founders change their entity

Btw… Changing a legal entity is a very cost intense procedure.

I might be wrong but i experienced exactly that first hand.
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This landing page really does not entice me to leave my e-mail details.
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One of the best things I've done recently is get rid of my TV and Netflix account (to avoid streaming on my laptop). I've also got rid of my internet connection (so I can't mindless browse the net).

When I do need the internet I usually just head down to a local coffee shop to check emails (usually twice a day), download API docs, etc. Plus I get a nice break and get to have a nice coffee. You'll be surprised how much you are not missing out by delaying emails and twitter checks. I've found my productivity has increased significantly since I'm less distracted with twitter updates, chat messages, incoming mails, etc. And of course, for emergency internet connectivity, I always have my iPhone + 3G. The iPhone is great, since it is perfect for emergency look ups of information but a hindrance enough to not aimlessly browse the web. I also like that HN doesn't have a nice mobile compatible style sheet ;-)
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There's another thing to be jealous of that isn't mentioned: a huge amount (85%), and some of Germany's biggest corporations are privately or family owned.

I'm only familiar with the automotive part of it, but companies like INA Schaeffler (70k own employees + 220k Continental) are effectively owned by a mom and son team. Bosch (300k+ employees) is owned by a charitable foundation and a family. Volkswagen Group (400k employees) is for a large part owned by the state and had until recently a law protecting their voting rights. (I seem to recall the unions own part of it too, but I couldn't find a good reference. Maybe it was another carmaker?)

Outside the automotive industry, conglomerates like Siemens (>360k employees) also seem to have been family businesses for the longest times, judging by all the von Siemens that served as board members or CEO.

I'd hazard to say that these ownership structures allow German businesses to plan for long term growth rather than quarterly earnings and current stock values.

I have no idea why or how that situation came to be though.
I disagree. You have to learn how to not be adverse to risk - it is something, a skill, you can learn. It is personal development, which could be argued is a lower base level skill. It's confidence related as well, and having confidence will help you be able to learn the 12 skills you listed.
It's great to see the perspective of someone living outside the bubble.

Another point for consideration is that (almost) every web start-up, by nature of the beast, is global, and so must compete globally. The number of of these companies is so large that even unrelated ventures are competing with each-other simply for people's time. An hour spent on GitHub is one less hour spent on Tumblr, or playing Angry Birds. They're also competing for consumer mindshare. There are only so many brands I can hold in my head, no matter what each represents. Traditional business was limited by physical space. I only had to know the brands available in my town, and there was only enough real-estate to go around. But now I can be potentially reached by a virtually limitless number of businesses, and they're all tripping all-over each other.

Just like it's become difficult for internet media to generate enough ad revenue, simply because the readers are spread so thin, I believe this thin-spreading of all types of consumers is already having a big effect on web start-ups' prospects.

(BTW, it is in this regard that Zuckerberg's genius really shone, when he chose to tie Facebook, at least at first, to the physical location of college campuses)

Also fueling the (possible) insanity is the "Silicon Valley Press" - you know, TechCrunch and its ilk - which is mostly dominated by journalists that seem to have drunk the Kool Aid, and plenty of it. And if the fanboyism wasn't enough, the industry has now bought a few more journalists (see http://gawker.com/5876539/tech-industry-buys-itself-a-mouthp... for a great write-up).
Can you name a company (or a part of a company that is a profit center, or even an indie developer). That makes it's money primarily from selling GPL software?

Software that used to be sold commercially but was subsequently GPL'd , starving artist type programmers scraping by on donations (i.e earning significantly less than the median programmer salary for someone of their skills) or companies that produce GPL software but make money selling either support or software/hardware based around their GPL software (that itself is not GPL) don't count.
It won't let me sign up. It has a banner at the top saying "Enter valid information" and "full name:" is red, but I have no idea what's wrong with my name.
The legal question will be answered by the courts.

You have to answer the moral question for yourself, and convince others of your position using rational arguments. The argument that it feels right to you and your peers isn't very strong, an argument derived from first principles or maybe utilitarian or consequentialist perspectives would me more convincing.

One of the first principle that I hold is that the products of an individuals labor should belong to the individual and she should have control over it, regardless if it is a wooden spoon or a work of art.
Weird...it's in Polish for me...I wonder what makes that happen...
Indeed, you need persistance to learn where you are going, to learn how to execute and what it means to execute. :)
I concur.

There isn't even a little description to say WHAT I'm leaving my details for.
/Irony

Done.
Whether somebody buys a copy or makes it himself also isnt up to debate here. The question is whether copying itself against the wish of the author should be illegal or not. Copying can be legal and you'd still have people buying copies to support the author. I can copy but I still buy. The legality of copying doesnt exclude buying.

What about someone decompiling someone else's app and putting it up for sale on the Android market. Is that wrong?

What about hacking into someone's server and copying their source code and design documents and using it to build a rival service?

What about selling software which contains GPL code and not acknowledging it or providing the source code?
Or it may work to collect the remaining unbroken eggs into one basket. Maybe centralization is not the solution here. Europe has benefited from so-called "disunity". It made economic and scientific (and social) development possible, with no one political entity able to oppose it outright.
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If you got a second && bother. Please check if it's better now.

Thanks for the honest feedback though :)
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Awesome. I am happy to share details on single warstories and how to avoid them. I just wanted to get this bulk of my chest first :)
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RT happened to have the longest and most full presentation of the interview that I could find in a minute. I originally saw this in Free Software Magazine which linked to this piece http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/others/rich... but it seemed too short for HN.

Now (regarding other more strong notes on this thread) - Stallman has his opinions and he supports them in a very logical way (albeit a bit too passionate). Moreover, he tries to support personal freedom, which in my books is more of an American value than anyone's else. So, trying to dump the real issue here by referring to what RT may be (according to what sounds like post modern cold war psychosis) is at least cheap propaganda.
Yes, when compared with US/UK, they are quite good. You have guaranteed access to decent and affordable socialized medical care. My sister has Multiple sclerosis, treatment is very expansive. The treatment is very expansive, the medicine alone costs a few thousand euros each month, she has to go into a MRI a few times a year, and she still doesn't have to pay more for her insurance than anyone else. If she would lose her job, insurance would be taken over by other public services.

Basic unemployment benefits are quite low, but still enough keep you warm, fed and clothed. In fact, you get paid more than I had while studying. You are not forced to liquidate property that doesn't exceed reasonable limits. Loosing your job doesn't bring you on the edge of being homeless.
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Tichy is right. Devaluation - if at all - works only in the short run [1].

http://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2012/01/should-greece-deva...
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I agree that there are a multitude of factors that have led Germany to the success they currently see. They have obviously found something that works very well for them (so don't hate!). I don't ever see the US mirroring their work-ethic, but we can certainly look to them to find improvements we can make in our own country. Less consumerism is key but has become so ingrained in US culture that I'm not sure it's a feasible goal. Regardless, I commend Germany for its success.
I believe that is was Stallman wants. You have the freedom to not share your code as much as you can. You have the freedom to use that free code as proprietary code. The user has the freedom to also use that proprietary code. This is the reason of the LGPL. As long as your code doesn't link to open code you can keep it as closed source as you want with any license you want. If you don't like using that proprietary system then you have the freedom to not to and use something more open. Freedom doesn't have to restrict you from doing what you want with your code or how you use it. That is what is cool about Stallman. He knows people like, want to make, release, and or use proprietary code and allows it. He just won't use it himself.
You should try taking 5mg of melatonin around 9pm. I have trouble falling asleep before 12-1am, too. Undeterred, I stay up too late every night working on whatever project I have and can't sleep because I'll lay awake thinking about it.

If I take a melatonin I get the benefit of becoming inept at writing code by 10 and will be sound asleep before 11 and ready to wake up hours before I have to start my day.
Take a look at the comment formatting, see for example: https://www.freelancify.com/projects/1-craigslist-search-scr... .

The app does not replace new lines with <br />s or <p></p>s.
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I have used the ability to write to /proc/pid/mem to TEST safety-critical software intended for deployment on Linux systems. The apps I wrote were designed to ensure that altered binaries were not being run on the target system - in order to test the effectiveness of this "TEXT Segment check", I wrote many test cases to overwrite memory using this mechanism. Its useful in that context.
Might be a good idea to auto-link urls in the comments as well: https://github.com/tenderlove/rails_autolink
Personally, I like this one:

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Don't forget that your defense needs are covered by the USA!

Why the downvote? While Germany has a fine military, its the US that traditionally protected Europe from the Soviets. Germany has the luxury of a 1.4% spending of their GDP, while the US hass 4.8%. That 3% frees up a lot of money for social services.

To not mention this in a comparison between the US and Germany is a glaring omission.
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I do mention that humans are capable of sharing their introspections with each other. There are a lot of issues with this, and philosophy is busy figuring that stuff out (from qualia on). This is why I choose to accept the common explanation that empathy plays at least some role in human altruism.

I think we should be just as careful ascribing internal models to human actions that we observe, where we might be even more tempted to jump to conclusions because we think we must be familiar what goes on in other humans' minds.

So, to summarize, I think humans really do feel empathy (I know I do, and I choose to believe others do too), and I know humans will often engage in altruistic behavior. I'm not certain that without empathy we wouldn't engage in the altruistic behavior, though it's likely we'd engage in less. So yes, I do actively apply the same rigor to this area where ethics, philosophy of mind, and neuroscience are meeting. It's a fascinating topic! But it's an area that's easily politicized (morality takeaways tend to be applied quickly...) so I always err on the side of careful interpretation.
Similar thing happened to me. Recruiting agent was playing as if they were on my side all the time. They asked what my desired and walk-away salary was "to make sure my desired salary wouldn't sound stupid/outrageous to the company", also under promise of confidence. I smelled something funny and deliberately gave a lower than standard number to test them. Later the company contact quoted me back with the exact same number.

I also found out that they called other companies i had been in contact with for other jobs, without going through the agent, to get and share information about me with/from them. This was what raised my suspicion to the agency first and made me test the salary question. Didn't take the job they delegated in the end, but for other reasons.

I'm not advising against agencies, they can be useful and land you a good job but don't think for one second that they are your friend. They are there to extract as much information as possible from you. Don't tell them anything that might put you in a bad position for the job and your salary.
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There is captchatrader, which is sort of like that - you can "store" captchas by solving a lot of them at once. This earns you credit which you can use later to have your captchas solved for you.

See this: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/08/19/captcha-trader-automatic-fr...

Of course any such service can be used by spammers, so there is no real "white-hat"/"black-hat" distinction.
Nice work. However I'd suggest you reduce the focus on search box (probably even remove it) . It's not working for most searches and is taking far too much attention. I probably would have left the page, had I not scrolled down by chance.

You might also want to add new input attributes like number, date, time and search etc.
Sales == Huge. I've known guys to clear 250k because they could bring in millions in revenue single-handedly.

I wouldn't classify "making things" as nearly important; The founder that can sell can also "sell" someone on making it for him... But, having a good sense of design would be incredibly useful.
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A crazy cab driver called me an unfeeling robot one day, so I suppose it's possible.
And while I'm still at it: Why can't I both hire workers and bid for projects using one account?

Say that I want to outsource some work on my project x while still wanting to bid on someone's project y?
Try living on the uk JSA (£67.50 a week) if you think that German unemployment benefits are low.

That is asuming your employer has been paying its NI properly my previous one was not and I got nothing.
In 1989 I did the backpack-across-Europe thing for the summer. The Berlin Wall was still up, the Soviets still in Eastern Europe, but just barely. Change was very much in the air.

Everywhere I went, I'd ask people what they thought about the coming European Union. To a person, they were all cautiously supportive, but would also say "But I don't trust the Germans." Everyone expected the Germans would have designs on controlling the thing, and likely the ability to do it. Even the Germans seemed to expect it.

These were the proverbial people on the street, so I'm guessing everyone pretty much knew how it was going to go in the long run.
Wages for Truck Drivers in Germany by city:

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Yes, I think there are problems with devaluations, and one of the positives of the crisis is that Italy is finally starting to grapple with some structural reforms, timid though they may be. Stores may finally open on Sundays!

Also, it looks like http://SrlFacile.org made it in front of the right people, as the recent liberalization package includes a simplified form of limited liability company which requires no 'social capital' and no notary to form.

The psychological thing isn't something to discount too lightly though: wages tend to be 'sticky' in that it's very difficult, generally, to get people to take lower wages.
I'm pretty sure that my wife and I reduced our (future) SS benefits by getting married, and neither of us have been married before. (We definitely increased our income taxes significantly - welcome to AMT.)

We both have decent incomes, so there's no "he'd have benefited from the low-income subsidy".
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I always use white text on a black background for presentations. I thought that would give the best contrast.
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Perhaps RIM's real value lies in their patents (or lack thereof) and this explains why they are unable to make a viable product?
I really don't understand why people do this..
"but I'll try to answer any questions you have here."

ok so here is a question.

How do you plan to let people online actually program a robotic car? (More likely) Do you plan to have some kind of simulated environment? Make hardware accessible through the web? actually run student programs on hardware (and send results back to students)? Make datasets from actual car sensors available?

I am just wondering about the scope of the course here. More information would be great.

Tangential: Does anyone actually write Robotics code in Python? All real life examples I've seen (that actually drive robots vs teach an algorithm) uses C/C++.
I can answer this from personal experience.

After working 9 hours at a full time job, a 45 minute commute home, helping make dinner for the family, cleaning up, playing with the kids, getting them cleaned up for bed, reading with them, putting them to bed, cleaning up the house a little bit, its 9pm.

All I wanted to do is spend a little quiet time with my wife, any motivation to work on personal projects, which may have been fairly strong during the drive home, is now gone, and all I really want to do is spend quiet time with my wife before we had to go to sleep.

So, it had nothing to do with making the day longer, and it had everything to do with the reality that by the time I actually got to the point where I could work on something, it was the least important thing in my life.
I've absolutely no idea what this will offer people but I've signed up through curiosity.

However:

"Absolutely no spam policy."

"We have generated a personalised link for you. Send it to your friends and if at least 3 people use it to sign up - you will receive your invitation much faster!"

I'm not sure I follow your logic entirely

Also, you're missing a favicon. Sorry if this comment seems harsh, it's meant as constructive critisicm
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> I'd always start my day by taking the trash outside and looking at the sun come up over the ocean. (I went to school in Santa Cruz).

I suppose I understand what you're trying to say, but the idea of watching a Pacific Coast sunrise from Califonia (while not in an airplane or other fast-moving vehicle) breaks my mind a little. But your comment also made me realize I'd lived within a half hour drive of the Pacific Ocean for most of my life yet have no clear idea what a beach sunrise would be like. I need to add that to a list.
Well if you like things that are state owned, the government system in America owns 45% of the entire US economy (roughly $7 trillion in spending between local + state + federal).

Surely that makes it possible for our economy to plan really far into the future.

The reality is, you can have two identical government or business systems, and one can be a complete failure and the other can be wildly successful. It comes down to culture. America's culture is rotting and has been for decades. Sloth and greed dominate, and that's a bad combination (people do less and expect more).
It's a bit difficult to compare because there will presumably be things like health insurance and pension plans on top of that, but it sounds more like ~120€/day (assuming 20 work days in a month). So not that much more than the 300€ (though the real cost for the German truck driver is probably much higher with insurances and whatnot).
I just don't see what the big deal is...

The set of information people publish on their own about themselves (like blogs) is almost exactly the same as the set of information they disclose via Facebook.

Anyone can datamine people's blogs for similar surveilance.

.

From Stallman's blog & email history on newsgroups I could work out:

who he knows
what projects he participates in
his age
infer his sexual preference
infer his religion (may even be explicit there)
where he lives
where he was on any day (conference speaker history)

People shout and scream about themselves as often and loudly as they can.
Facebook is just the medium du jour.

Those concerned with privacy have oodles of crypto-tools to do so with.

It's just people can't be bothered. That's the root problem.
Studying law is very systematic through (even more than other 'types' of studying). You outline as you go through the material, then revise outlines, then do test exams and repeat where necessary. Things that are very routine to do, even if they involve sitting at a desk, don't take nearly as much focus/willpower as 'creative' things where you need to decide what to do next, and think of new ideas on how to do it, every couple of minutes.