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It's very simple. Benefit of .com (for most) far outweighs the chance that that will happen.

You're http://chocolatapp.com/ uses .com, right?

Nice by the way. I use coda and flow. Would like to be able to select text and make a code snippet. I would select the text and have a little icon appear. If I click the icon (which is proximate to the text) it would save the snippet.

Later bring up all the snippets and add other info. That way you don't get all distracted with typing other info.

Edit: The "I use coda and flow. Would like to see" means I will buy a product with this feature and why I am mentioning. Sorry for the fork.
Anonymous isn't really a cohesive entity. People make it out to be like some sort of cult, whereas in reality anyone can proclaim affiliation. That was an important point in the article.
I grew up with Hindi and English, learned Spanish in school and now am teaching myself German. It seems that I can switch easily between Hindi and English, but while I am learning German and try to speak Spanish, I confuse Spanish words for German ones. I am not sure of the neurology that is going on here, but I am sure that it is the process of building these neural connections to new languages is what keeps your brain active and perhaps conditions your brain to make new connections elsewhere as well. Just a guess.
You do realize that some other banks offer similar services too, right?

I say this as someone who is also with BoA, and have been considering leaving. I know it's not easy to leave (believe me) but other banks offer the same services.
3. World isn't black & white and most/all devices fit well below the threshold required to disturb any current system. (Potential) Issues start happening only in specific configurations / under specific conditions.
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I have started the slow road of learning Norwegian now that I live in Norway. I too have found myself wondering if a link exists between programmers and desire and ease to learn a new language.

My Norwegian, is not good, yet daily as I discover I have remembered the "methods" or the "function names" to piece together sentences it becomes easier and allows me to focus on the code.
> I wonder if one could implement vector icons as fonts in order to properly hint them.

That's exactly what is happening these days with custom font embedding having become practical (in web pages): http://somerandomdude.com/2010/05/04/font-embedding-icons/ (that was in 2010, but this thing is really gaining traction these days following the release of "Font Awesome" for Twitter's Bootstrap[0])

In desktop OS, that is in fact a very old technique, that's why the Marlett font exists in Windows [1].

It does have a significant inconvenient though: the icon can only have one color for the glyph and one for the background. This provides a crisp look but lowers the expressivity of the icons. On the other hand, if the color scheme changes for some reason (or can vary from one page to an other), it is very easy to match the icons's color scheme to that of the application.

[0] http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/

[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2012/01/16/10256...
I'm pretty sure there have been enough people that ignore the rules and leave their devices on for us to be reasonably sure there's no substantial risk.
The exact same thing happened to Arrington in the UK with regards to a frivolous libel suit he chose not to defend. He couldn't visit the UK or risk being arrested.

National laws differ. We each make our own. If you are found guilty of a US law, either (a) don't do that, or (b) don't come to the US.

This is no different than any other country on the planet, the US is just bigger, so their laws may impact you more than Iran's, but no-one is forcing you to visit or do business in the US or Iran.
This reminds me of their plans to buy Sealand and become a sovereign nation
It is surprising to me how far a company like GoDaddy will go to alienate customers, and how a government like the US will go to alienate citizens, visitors and business people. I understand it's about money and power, but it still surprises me.
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I'm having a hard time believing this.

Such devices would need to return land on a regular basis even if helped by solar panels. The costs of maintaining a significant number of this nodes floating would be considerable.

Also the delay on the communications would also be significant compared to a normal server. If you take the low computational power of a Raspberry Pi and put it with a 100Mbps radio (effective data rate would be less), the result would be a very slow website.
After they said they were looking else where.
Thanks you very much, for now all i have is this:
http://dribbble.com/joshua_hornby and also fibrestar.co.uk which is a site i designed and coded. although I'm working hard to learn and grow my skill set and portfolio. Like i said I'm more than happy to be on a 'trial' period when working and i would love some real world experience. Thank you pete.

I also have my site: joshhornby.co.uk
I find this funny because if you are a private pilot, there's this: http://www.flightprep.com/rootpage.php?page=iChart

If the FAA is fine with me sitting in the left seat with an iPad strapped to my knee, within a foot of the avionics, it's baffling that there would be an issue with passenger flights.
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Going to take a leap... Have an idea that has been causing me to lose sleep for a while now. Zero coding skills (started CodeYear recently) Every time I discover and learn something new from reading HN posts I apply it and feel a sense of accomplishment as my idea is coming to life. I went from Balsamiq wireframe to a fireworks click-through prototype in the past 3 weeks. Although I will be using my own money to start, I lack the technical savvy to avoid having a potential setback from hiring the wrong freelancers or company to build my idea. My thinking is that I will have a better chance at finding a technical co-founder from this initial build. If not, I would still have made progress to hopefully lead to finding a technical partner. Not looking for advice in regards to incorporation or vesting, as I already have a grasp of this and a competent attorney will be involved. I'm hopeful and looking for any advice about having it built. Must do's, Don't do's, pros, cons, recommendations Thanks! What would you suggest?
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Speaking is also about changing minds and hearts. Persuasion works much better in person than in print. There are studies to this effect.

The effect of a talk does not have to "disappear rapidly" after the talk is over. That is why you will find lots of old Jobs keynotes on youtube, because they are still very powerful, and useful, interesting, educational, and motivating even when the products discussed are no longer being sold.
How about we start from something simpler: "Don't hate what you do." Once you start there, perhaps you will find love/passion, or at least become more productive.

I've known too many people who secretly hated what they do for a living. I suppose it's fine if you already have a beautiful wife/children/life outside work to compensate, but hating your work is not the best way to begin your career.
"Plus people in an audience are always affected by the reactions of those around them
...

Part of the reason I laughed so much at the talk by the good speaker at that conference was that everyone else did."

Along the same lines there were (and still are) claques, rieurs etc. whose sole purpose is to create the social proof necessary for a good performance.

Similar to TV laugh tracks or even the use of music in film and tv.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claque
Paul, that's your problem (and you know it yourself):

"Before I give a talk I can usually be found sitting in a corner somewhere with a copy printed out on paper, trying to rehearse it in my head."

The more your script the worse you are.

=> First, do not try to be like all the great speakers you know, forget them, don't try to be better than you are or somebody else. Just be yourself and don't try to be perfect.

=> Forget that you presenting to a crowd, rather think of speaking to just one person—a good friend (imagine this, would you script a conversation to a friend?? No!)

=> Never, really never learn a script, that's the worst thing a presenter can do (ok, you need for very formal und official occasions like political speeches a script but even then some parts shouldn't be scripted word by word). Just rehearse the first five sentences of your presentation (to get in) + the topics you want to talk about. Before the presentation practice, but don't take notes just use the few topics to have some rough storyline. That's enough, the rest will come to your mind by itself. Sometimes you have to think and you make short pauses but this is normal and makes the speech authentic. Again THAT'S your problem: you want to be perfect, to deliver a perfect speech with no mistakes and to go into a presentation with this expectations just doesn't work.

=> Ideas and the presentation's contents are the most important part of a presentation (not accurately chosen words). Great ideas are not so important for the audience as they are for your enthusiasm and charisma while being on stage. If you haven't got any outstanding idea (good is not enough), don't present. If you have just one very good idea then do not present 10 other crap ideas. Look, the content has to be so great that when it came the first time to your mind you had the urge to call a friend and to tell it to him. If you are really enthusiastic about your content you don't need a damn script. Or with other words: your goal is not to deliver a perfect speech for the sake of a perfect speech, your goal is to transport a brilliant idea. I know that there many good speeches where the content is not brilliant but that doesn't matter, important is that YOU/the speaker think the ideas are brilliant.

=> Ultimately, you need tons of self-confidence, that means that you are really proud of yourself or better your really love yourself and what you are going to say (basically that's the most important thing; the more self-confidence you have, the smaller is your need to deliver a perfect presentation)

=> A final hack: sit while presenting if the circumstances allow (much easier and good for beginners)

I saw you on some panels, you were very good, charismatic and strong (because your talks weren't scripted). Don't say you are a bad speaker, you are pretty good, you just had a bad day or you havent found the key yet. And look: maybe your presentation wasn't the best but did we stopped liking you? So, no need to be perfect.
>If you know what you're talking about, you can say it in the plainest words and you'll be perceived as having a good style.

Clearly PG has never read Ulysses.
For those that did not catch it: #1 used a metaphor to prove the point that using metaphors is not superfluous. golf clap :) The question is: did the metaphor take away from the point? Absolutely not. In fact, it helped to solidify it.

===

You're both right and talking passed each other. Writing and speaking both have their flourishes. Writing has constructs and techniques that are not strictly necessary just as oration does. There are also factors besides the content that affect the results of both mediums: writing something in my notebook does not have the same effect as posting it to my blog. So, as far as the tools available, writing and speaking are on the same level for recording and sharing ideas.

However, people are more susceptible to spoken word. There is a reason that poetry is read aloud. This can be used for good or evil but it does encourage people to spend more time preparing for the "flourishes" of speaking than the content.

I don't think anyone in this thread fundamentally disagrees with those statements :)
My late senior partner was a world-famous (in our field) speaker and writer and leader. He'd be 88 years old now. He was old-fashioned in many ways, and insisted on telling us newbies exactly how he did public speaking, so that we could do likewise:

1. He wrote out every word, in the type of language he would use in conversation. The resulting "script" was double-spaced, with Python-like line breaks and indentations to signify the pauses he wanted.

2. Then for rehearsal, he read the entire speech aloud, to himself, ten times, practicing the cadences and the emphases he wanted, editing as he went. He said that reading the speech aloud to himself was critical, because that's what embeds the phrases and cadences and emphases in something like muscle memory.

He would also sometimes say that Churchill's supposedly-extemporaneous remarks were the product of enormous polishing and rehearsal.
10 years doesn't necessarily mean all that much. You might have only 3-4 years of experience, but if it's good experience, it'll beat the pants off 10 years of crap experience. Not saying anything about dshipper's situation, just in general length of time doing something doesn't necessarily make you that much better.

I say this as someone who's been working with software for 30 years, professionally for 17 years. I've gotten a lot better over the 17 years, thanks to many of the experiences and time I spent learning things. I've also been playing guitar for over 20 years, and am still pretty lousy at that. :)
I've noticed that audiences laugh a lot and that most of what they laugh at is actually not very funny.

Isn't the very definition of funny is that it makes people laugh? Laughter is inherently a social, group bonding phenomena. Inherently, a social, group gathering will have more laughter. There is no such thing as something being objectively funny, funny only exists inside a group and social context, which provides the opportunity for the group to bond at someone's expense (possibly someone inside the group, possibly someone or something outside the group).
Why is it 'of course not true'? pg's stance seems the far less controversial one than yours to be honest.

I think it is far rarer to see a flashy writer than a flashy speaker. Malcolm Gladwell is the only one that springs to mind. I think it's actually very hard to pull off as a writer.

This is precisely because of the 'other channels' you mentioned. It's very easy to spot someone trying to pander in writing, where in a crowd you get swept up in the general agreement of the crowd, it's an effective tactic that you often can't pull off in writing.
Doesn't really mean much. Google have tried a lot of crap that never went anywhere.
I agree, though I'm assuming it really can take a long time at some airports; even in Europe there is the infamous Heathrow take-off queue, or the Polderbaan at Schiphol which is like half the country away from the terminal (I don't know how it is with the holding pattern; at least here in Norway the seatbelt sign tends to light up pretty late, and certainly not when the plane is holding).

But from what I understand a big reason for the "taxi, takeoff and landing" routine is that somebody completely absorbed by their iPad is the last thing the crew want when things to pear-shaped, and when this happens, it's at these points rather than on cruising altitude. Now of course you might the same argument for a book (although it's a strong one for music players), but just my $0.02
Came here to say this. I barely ever use cash here, even for small 1-2 dollar transactions. Cash is an inconvenience. Mobile eftpos is pretty sophisticated here and you'll find that a lot of stalls at places like farmers markets often have eftpos machines. We haven't got a square et al here yet, but once that arrives I can't really see people ever using cash for much of anything.
Some of that stuff has probably never been released by a real label. I imagine it would be tricky just to figure out who even owns the rights, let alone secure them for digital distribution.
Simple: I don't.

I disagree with your premise. It is perfectly acceptable for a product to be imperfect and not work as intended, as long as it does something useful. Oftentimes, the programs that are imperfect are far more useful than ones that are perfect, not the least because they actually exist.

There're bugs in Google Search that are there intentionally. Because fixing them would introduce a cost to users (usually in latency) that is not worth introducing. Heck, the whole idea of a ranking algorithm precludes perfection: every time you make a change to ranking, it will make some queries better and some queries worse, and the goal of the engineer is to find changes that improve things more than they degrade them. This doesn't stop Google from being useful.

Engineering is all about trade-offs. Once you're out of school, there's no such thing as a perfect score anymore.
But recently, the reverse seems to be true

I don't believe this is a recent phenomenon.
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Also the story is not just about iPads. It's about all the personal electronics items. Kindles, laptopns and phones included.
I don't see how you think that passage implies "people who speak [well] cannot think." All I'm saying is that speaking well depends little on having good ideas. That doesn't imply people who speak well can't have good ideas, just that they don't need to.

Playing soccer well depends little on having good ideas. Is someone who says that saying "clarity of thought or soccer ability, pick one?"
Now that the 2008 financial crises is past (deferred?) why is no one talking about breaking up these "too big to fail" institutions into companies that are small enough to fail?

I am regular reader of Charles Hugh Smith's "Of Two Minds" blog:

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/

He has a recent post where he compares the Dodd-Frank supposed reform bill (over 2300 pages!) to the Glass Steagall act (37 pages)

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-have-no-othe...

He goes on to provide a common sense, 5 paragraph law that would provide some actual reform to our banking system.
I've used custom embedded icon fonts on websites as well, but I was actually thinking of the more complex ui components through layering. I.e. button background/foreground combinations for buttons.

I suspect that there would be a whole host of other issues (rending of baseline location varying by a pixel, etc.).
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Something that the objects I had in mind have in common: they're resources. They fundamentally require a handle, and associated functions that accept that handle as a parameter. There already is a tight coupling between the resource handle and those functions. Such resources, off the top of my head: files, sockets, locks, condition variables.
And of course, all of the other banks are nearly as corrupt as BofA.

A lot could change if we all switched to small credit unions; of course, small credit unions can't offer all the fancy featurs of a multinational (like automatic online bill pay or whatever).

As consumers, we have chosen megabanks, even if we realize they are the problem here.
Are those really commonplaces? Because they are both false. Having good ideas is equally important for speaking and writing well. And you can be snowed in multiple media.

Your #1, at least, applies to both speaking and writing. In fact I'd think it applies more to speaking. Think of teachers and lecturers who can explain things with analogies on the fly, vs. those who just repeat things at the same level.
Maybe nobody is going to think of his involvement, but they may think that the K&R folks are endorsing this...
The "looking forward to" part is the problem. A simple OTA update that totals out the interface is not going to be a welcome thing unless your target audience is expecting the change.

Microsoft and Apple spend a lot of money and generate a lot of hype for their new OS changes. Google isn't really doing that expect in the tech community. Also, Microsoft (PC, trying on mobile) and Apple (PC and mobile) are the voice for the devices. Google is still in the OEM supplier stage and doesn't have the reach to the consumer level.
People -- including me -- get upset as hell when cable providers move channels around (I can't find CNN now, for example). And that's not really a UI change, either. The crappy cable guide UI generally remains the same. But now some of the "buttons" have been moved.
This is a really good opportunity for other countries to jump in and provide a "startup haven" of sorts for non-US citizens. Any of the other anglophone countries (Canada, Australia, UK) come to mind, as well as Northern European countries, where English is widely spoken as well. The only problem is the high cost of living there.
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What would be cool is another column containing the number of months after which it makes no economic sense to stay with on-demand pricing, even if you never use the instance after that point. In other words, "if you're going to use this instance for at least 4 more months, you might as well get a reserved instance".
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>>>Doesn't sound like that big a deal.

But you're posting here at HN. For people who have never even heard of this place, it can be.
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