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The Federal Acquisitions Regulations
37.115 Uncompensated overtime.

37.115-2 General policy.

(a) Use of uncompensated overtime is not encouraged.

(b) When professional or technical services are acquired on the basis of the number of hours to be provided, rather than on the task to be performed, the solicitation shall require offerors to identify uncompensated overtime hours and the uncompensated overtime rate for direct charge Fair Labor Standards Act—exempt personnel included in their proposals and subcontractor proposals. This includes uncompensated overtime hours that are in indirect cost pools for personnel whose regular hours are normally charged direct.

(c) Contracting officers must ensure that the use of uncompensated overtime in contracts to acquire services on the basis of the number of hours provided will not degrade the level of technical expertise required to fulfill the Government’s requirements (see 15.305 for competitive negotiations and 15.404-1(d) for cost realism analysis). When acquiring these services, contracting officers must conduct a risk assessment and evaluate, for award on that basis, any proposals received that reflect factors such as—

(1) Unrealistically low labor rates or other costs that may result in quality or service shortfalls; and

(2) Unbalanced distribution of uncompensated overtime among skill levels and its use in key technical positions.

-https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/Subpart%2037_1....

Fair enough it isn't legally required. However it is formally discouraged by the government. Also, my particular employer explicitly discourages unpaid overtime and thus it doesn't happen often.
Another example: Collision detection, finding the shortest path, and other physical-world problems are NP-Hard (as the number of dimensions increases, it gets really disgusting to find intersections and paths). But there are a large number of 3D games out there, because "3" is few-enough dimensions that we can compute it with modern computers really fast.
Just curious, how do those "Acked-by:"s get added? Does another developer simply need to respond to the email diff with an "Ok"?
GoogleSXSW
Choosing in context: product recommendation the Bindle way
Why wouldn't I look at the demo?

I want a presentation that looks nice when I am using a 640x480, and also looks nice when the projector is 1280x960. Can Impress.js do that?
ClicktoFlash/ClicktoPlugin (Mac) is great, you only execute flash if you want to. This little app saves me hours of battery life on my Macbook Air. I don't know what's available on Windows/Linux however if you're on a Mac I can't recommend it enough.
Turns out it isn't legally obligated but it is explicitly discouraged by the government in the Federal Acquisition Regulations https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/Subpart%2037_1....
The incentive is better code, catching issues much much earlier, and more awareness on the team. How is that not worth a few extra minutes per changeset?
Tengine - A variant of Nginx used on #1 Chinese ecommerce site goes open source
Tengine is a web server developed by the Servers Platform Team at Taobao. It is based on the popular Nginx HTTP server with many convenient features.
maybe its the other around - being unethical makes you wealthy
I think you should remove that photo of a puppy playing with a can. You might get some pet owners angry at that as it could potentially hurt the animal. Chew instincts + metal = bad things.
A little intemperate but pretty much right IMHO. It's far too easy, bureaucratically, for someone to tighten a security screw than loosen it. So straightforward goofs like this (e.g. there's no permissions system in place for printer or wifi addition yet, so you need root -- just a architecture thing, not an authentication requirement) get locked down by their interaction with the security subsystem. So no one wants to make the call as to whether "security will break" if you allow printer configuration to non-root users. So nothing happens.

That said, modern linux certainly has mechanisms in place to handle this stuff. Fedora and Ubuntu don't seem to have a problem with seamless system configuration from the console user anyway.
I recently moved from one team within my company that didn't do any type of code reviews whatsoever, to a team that does code-reviews-by-email pretty religously (we don't require someone to OK the change before commit though).

This one small behavioral change means a world of difference between quality and expertise on the two teams. I'll never work with a team again that doesn't do some form of code review/pull requests etc.
Headline is completely false. Ars Technica made the mistake, and the submitter copied it. Editors, please fix.

The cited research shows that wealth is a predictor of unethical behavior. There were no exeperiments investigating the direction of causality, or whether becoming wealthy correlates to increased unethicality.

Also, the article closes with a complete non-sequitur about Bill Gates, one the most famously greedy individuals of the 20th Century, whose philanthropy (which has what to do with ethics, anyway)? only appeared after he accumulated more money than God.
Is this a hoax or an actual startup?
"usefulness" is a good way to put it. Had never heard the quote "All models are wrong but some are useful". I like it.
... or does having no respect for authority and social constraints make you wealthy?

It's got a dark side, but there's also a side that's quite defensible. A lot of the social constraints that are placed upon us by society are idiotic: dumb rules made by and for dumb people. A lot of it is also predatory. A lot of the rules and recommendations in our society are designed to put you into debt and servitude. Examples: you must have a college degree (and $50k in debt), you must buy a home, you need a credit card when you're 18 to establish credit, etc.

In my experience: do what you're told and you get screwed.

So maybe people with less respect for rules, customs, fads, etc. are more likely to get ahead?
I think he means that even in a purely classical system (ignoring relativity and quantum theory), F=MA describes a system you could never see in the physical world. After all, it does not take into account friction or constantly acting forces like gravity (yes, I know gravity's nature is more complex than that, but I am talking about a purely classical system).

And that is if we can ignore relativity and quantum theory. With those, it gets more complex, especially given that they cannot currently be reconciled with each other.

As others have discussed, F=MA and all of Classical theory is a model that is definitely wrong, but it remains close enough to be extremely useful even now.
That seems like a massively inefficient way of doing things. Tests are very inexpensive since they can run without human intervention. Code review requires another human to sift through changes. If the automated tests pick something up first then the code reviewer wouldn't need to sink any time into a review in the first place.
I feel the same way. Pretty much the only things I buy online are those offered for free, in an effort to support content creators who use such a scheme.
Is router/server fingerprinting really that "clever." Looks like 5 minutes with nmap and nessus.
My favorite quote: "The single most important thing you must do to improve your programming career is improve your ability to communicate."

Anybody have tips on how I can improve my communication?
I think WalterBright was responding to what I wrote about my own experience. I think you are talking about the Inc article, where Shaikh lacked citizenship.
Defining Your Company's Vision
So it's a big pat on the back for prescribing pills? I'm not sure where you're coming from on this. But I think the person your responding to understood it as an allegory, and getting on the psych defense is missing the point.
Break into the site's servers and steal the code...
We just doubled our number of web servers to handle the massive HN traffic today, so please try again. If you have any issues downloading please email hello@leanpub.com.
Perhaps.. but given the huge number of possibilities, you won't ever be found.
They talk about it in the PDF. Apparently they use a 1400nm laser along the same fiber that excites some receptor, which provides the power for the amplification.
This is interesting. I hadn't realized they were getting into PCs (my only knowledge of Vizio is "shitty Walmart TVs") and they're at least saying all the right things.

Admittedly, at this point it'll take a lot to get me to come back from Apple, but that is definitely a start.
Maybe, but there would have to also be passes through the data afterward to link identities. Hashing is dangerous since browsers are living, dynamic beasts. When someone updates their browser, their useragent changes, and you'll want to keep their new identity as an extension of their old one. Not to mention that people use multiple browsers. So there's going to be a vital step of "linking the new identity to old ones" which can happen on a different thread more dedicated -- but you'll need to keep data. You'll probably truncate ultralarge fields and then GZIP them or so, rather than just hashing them.

One interesting thought: how much space would you need to pull this off? Chromium generates 12 KB of data which can gzip to 3KB, Firefox generates 5 KB of data which can gzip to a little over 1KB. Truncate-then-gzip could be used to keep perhaps 0 - 4 KB per person. Assume that your average user uses ~2KB. That's still rather a lot, when compared with what you can do with counters -- 8 bytes or so to store. If you wanted to keep your database under 2 TB, you could only handle a million people, not hundreds of millions. So it would really be a big distributed project to link identities as they evolve over time. I imagine that's one huge factor in using tracking cookies; it's lazy for scaling.
Broadstone REIT Buys NNN Triple Net Lease Properties
Use mklink /j or junction (SysInternals).
Optional: Combine with a ramdisk, such as Dataram.
The Maps icon in the dock might be a hint that Apple is finally moving away from Google maps - though this would be a better fit for the next iPhone.
Intentionally bypassing user settings to track users might seem like a practical, albeit ethically wrong, business decision, right up to the point that you get caught. Ask Hulu and KISSmetrics, for two. (search "zombie cookies" and those companies names.)
Indeed, although I was referring to the announcement of the announcement.

Is there anything wrong with a little speculation beforehand? While not exactly 'science' this kind of discussion does allow us to test our prediction skills, debate our understanding of our industry, exchange ideas on related topics and come up with interesting (and sometimes inspiring) insight about where our industry is going.

After all, the iPad 3 has the potential to effect (in both positive and negative ways) every startup associated to HN.
I'm not sure if I agree 100% with that but I would definitely invest in higher quality pictures. Also include pictures of owners, preferably smiling, with their pets. If you have loyal users, maybe you can get some of them to submit pictures with their furry loved ones.
fyi - Trying to read the epub file in ibooks and i get this error:

This page contains the following errors:

error on line 1 at column 1: Document is empty error on line 1 at column 1: Encoding error

Update: PDF works, but requires a lot of scrolling on the iphone.

Also, it's a 40 page "book".
You're using the wrong frame of reference here. The first test referenced here is the first test run by a separate qa team.
Noticed this gem in the comments section "Robert Scoble - Or you could just impress the hell out of me, and I'll make sure Apple considers your app for Featured app of the week." No thanks.
U.S. Presidential candidates face patent lawsuit for using Facebook
Never mistake activity for achievement
There are a lot of good business lessons to be learned here but there's a much more important lesson.

In business and life in general you will sometimes make big mistakes and/or just plain get screwed over. This is going to hit most people's sense of self worth and ability to reason like a ton of bricks. You need to be able to recognize when you've been compromised so you don't end up digging a deeper hole like this fellow did.

Sometimes you just have to move on. Revenge isn't going to get you anywhere.
As an individual, you don't get the diversification effect of #1, so you end up paying a premium rate.

Hmm.

USAA quoted me $350.81 per month (same plan provider!) for two adults, two children, one adult 'healthy as a horse', one adult with preexisting conditions.

Just one pass, without shopping around.

That sounds pretty steep - it is - but it's only twice what you could expect to pay for car insurance.

I'll bet if I shop around I could find a deal. Wonder what would happen if more of us did so?
I own a 15" 2010 MBP and a 13" 2011 MBA. The specs on the MBP are significantly better since the MBA has limits on how much I can upgrade to. Both were maxed out relative to the time they were purchased.

That said...

1. I never use the optical drive so that's never been a problem.

2. The MBP is noticeably heavier but that never bothered me. If you prefer a lightweight travel laptop, go MBA.

3. I use Parallels (rather than VirtualBox) to run Win 7 and Ubuntu (and others) and it runs like a champ on the MBP but can lag on the MBA at times. The lag isn't horrible but certainly noticeable. Aside from this, MBA runs like a champ otherwise.

4. I continue to use the MBP as my primary between the two.
You like Node.js? You'll love Opa
Psychs (both types) who are funded by medical insurance are the issue. They're being effectively paid commission from the insurer to find anything that could be wrong with you so they can eat. The moment you get sick in the US, you are a landgrab for cash. It's just wrong.

Here in the UK, the free ones on the NHS are pretty good! If you don't want treatment, noone is going to lose any money (in fact they're saving cash) so you're fine.
Startups: Durham Wants You In Their Smoffice
1) practice
2) evaluate
3) goto 1
You should throw it in your profile. Most people will look there first (rather than through the comment thread).
And here we have the economist who won't pick a twenty-dollar bill off the sidewalk, because if it were really there someone would have picked it up already.
Ask HN: As a potential contractor, should I sign an NDA?
I guess the more appropriate question is, what are the 'dos and donts' of NDAs that I should look out for?

I just got one that has a 3-year non-compete/non-disclose term. That seems a bit excessive, given that I don't know what the idea is and I do consulting for other people.

I am concerned that something like that will prevent me from working on other contracts or engaging clients with similar projects in the near future.

I have no intention of stealing any trade secrets of IP, but what is a realistic solution so both sides can feel protected - especially given that I know that we, in the software dev world, don't like NDAs/patents/etc.?
Is it possible to lose weight without doing any exercises?
How do you think should we answer this question? You think the right choice is "NO"? Well... If you read this, you would understand the right answer!
This comparison about Disney's past and future mission statements makes me genuinely sad:

Disney used to have a very clear mission statement: "Make People Happy."

Now their mission is "to be one of the world's leading producers and providers of entertainment and information. Using our portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services and consumer products, we seek to develop the most creative, innovative and profitable entertainment experiences and related products in the world."
Apple Sends Invites to March 7 iPad Event
Same here. I'll pay $5 for almost anything, and I'm certain that if it's half way decent I'll get a lot more than $5 worth of value out of it.
Clouli’s new network leads Latin America into the ‘Age of Knowledge’
Network App Macroeconomics
It would be great to have the ability to post-pay. I can imagine finishing the book and realizing that it was worth $20, and wanting to pay more. In this case if I come back to LeanPub there would be a list of books I selected to postpay, so after I finished reading them I could judge the true value and pay that (or add to what I have already paid).
New visualizer of Stack Exchange sites
I like the idea. I'm constantly trying to find my phone cause my son jacks it play his ABC game and surf youtube (he's almost 2). Then he leaves it in random places. The only thing I can think of as far as advice is to maybe check out Kickstarter. People seem to be having a lot of success with that. Good luck!
Are you the kid? Pretty impressive!
Yay! I'm an indentured servant to a bunch of overstuffed douchenozzles! Umm... wait... (scratches head)
I think that would defeat the whole purpose of the display being transparent so that you can see your hands. The display itself is not "3d" but is simply changing the perspective displayed based on the position of the user's head.
Ok. I updated it.
GOT A RESEARCH QUESTION? ASK GOOGLE. GOT A STORY QUESTION? ASK Your MIND
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The World
Depending on your browser, you might be able to do this directly in browser setting. In newer Opera versions, the setting to enable click to flash is at opera:config#UserPrefs|EnableOnDemandPlugin
> to point out that you are simplifying

suffice it to say that what arscan presented was itself a model
So it's settled, 300+ppi display and haptic feedback, then? That would be pretty breathtaking.
Jeff and Bulat - this is fascinating and timely. Just this week I've been experimenting with bridging (Apollo) STOMP with https://github.com/wandenberg/nginx-push-stream-module and getting what appears to be similar results. Neat stuff, and I'm half tempted to write an nginx-STOMP bridge to save a few layers of indirection.
I've been pretty astounded by the lack of technical knowledge that TC's writers possess. The coverage now is mostly those meta, "Inside Baseball" kind of stories -- where they aren't talking about the technology, they're talking about the personalities, the stupid feuds, oh and all that insipid Valley navel-gazing...
That is pretty lame. I know students rarely value their time appropriately, but it's not right for a large company to take advantage of the fact.
The Pirate Bay, Now Without Torrents
I think the point you're trying to get at here is the same as what I was saying: Vesting should occur over the same time period as the vestees are making a significant contribution to the company. The situation when a company is founded (founders will be building it in the future, and vesting is appropriate) is completely different from the situation where a profitable and rapidly-growing company takes investment (founders have already made a large contribution, and vesting is either inappropriate or should be limited to a relatively small proportion of their shares).
How is someone trying to take down a website they don't like a "white hat" hacker?
very cool idea, thought about it myself! make sure you got all tech sites in. I have adBlock turned on all the time but I have no idea how can soemone "read" something without ad block.
Depends on who you want to sell to. Newegg very effectively demonstrates the value of showing specific technical details and making them easy to filter or compare. Many vendor sites offer similar search mechanisms ("monitors larger than this size and this much resolution, with these inputs").
JavaScript at Khan Academy
I decided to look this up, and I'm actually impressed with the overview from Snoops: http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

[tl:dr, they really didn't come to any conclusion]
Should You Bank in the Cayman Islands?: A Visual Guide to Tax Havens
I own a company that currently indexes/sorts/sells different algo-based trending information to hedge funds. We also do big-data management for a few of them as well (think processing/storing 4 million messages/second). I'd be interested in some consulting and possibly a full-time position. We have excellent programmers/mathematicians now, but always like to bring on someone with some experience/new things to bring to the table. If you actually worked as a trader, we could get you on our prop floor with some stability track record. Respond here to gauge your interest, and I'll shoot you an email. Thanks!
This is great! Raganwald is already one of my favorites, here and on twitter. I love to see stuff like this. I guess I know what I'll be doing for the next hour or two.

Just a reminder, my ebook is free, too:

html on my blog: http://edweissman.com/53640595

Or if you prefer a pdf, someone I don't even know (thank you, whoever you are) was kind enough to put one here: http://v25media.s3.amazonaws.com/edw519_mod.pdf
You'll actually need to put it in the "about" field, since the email field isn't public.
Would you apply it to other devices then? Do the Galaxy Nexus or Droid RAZR have "Retina Displays"? Clearly not, because that's an Apple trademark. So I don't see what your point is. The apple-only term would be better than the generic if it wasn't an apple-only term. Well, sure.

I just don't understand the desire on the part of Apple fans to embrace what are transparent attempts at rebranding generic components. In a non-technical environment sure. But on Hacker News? Really?
Aaaand nothing of value was lost.
Hi gghh,
Collusion.toolness.org was started as a personal project/experiment by my good friend Atul Varma. It's recently gathered a lot of interest within Mozilla; we're talking about maybe eventually making it into a built-in Firefox feature (no promises). As described on mozilla.org/collusion, we've got a grant from the Ford Foundation to support development on it. So yeah, what's happening now is basically that Mozilla is committing some real development resources to turn it into a proper product.
> In my field, lawyers too see the hours worked as entirely secondary to their jobs.

Aren't lawyers typically paid by the hour?
I would first ask to see the application "John" submitted. Then contact the incubator to explain.
It also helps especially when you are at a restaurant, office or other public places.
Apple actually made a worthwhile distinction with "retina display" - it's the resolution at which the human eye can't discern different pixels from the distances it will be used at. Simply noting the DPI doesn't capture this. Some argue that since the iPad is often held further away, it could have lower DPI than the iPhone and still have indiscernible pixels.
GPU Computing with Jacket in Automated Trader
That's a really good feature; we'll add this to our queue. Thanks!
I'm curious about your experience in the HFT field. Have you ever considered starting your own trading shop?

If this isn't something you feel comfortable discussing in public, feel free to email me — address in my profile. I don't have a job to offer you right now, but would like to talk. When you get to SF, lunch or beer on me.
yeah, it would be much better if instead of 'thou shalt not kill' we taught our children 'do unto others before they do unto you'. Don't conflate the failings of a minority with the actual religion.
World Record Paper Airplane Distance
Apple is rumored to be developing an adaptive streaming file format
* Don't get too greedy.
* Do stuff because you like it and not for the money.
* Stay grounded.

I feel for Khalid, but he's got to pay for what he did. Crap happens in life and you gotta deal. A lot of the things written about him seem to point to a somewhat sociopathic personality. Maybe he could run a Wall street company when he gets out of jail.
Good luck! I hope you'll make a follow-up post to tell us how it all went at some later point.
Python + Sharepoint to moderate internet access? Wow....why?
My team is looking for mathematicians to help solve huge problems in the world of YouTube/online video. I just sent you a message.
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