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He's probably going to use it as an excuse to suppress his Lepeniste enemies, even though they had nothing to do with it. They were pretty careful to call for the suppression of "hate" in general, not Al-Qaeda or anything that has to do with this gunman in particular. Maybe this doesn't translate well but in English, "hate" is a term of abuse for right-wing attitudes.
How many are still taking lessons?
There was a project called Hyperarchy I saw a while ago (their site seems down), which had the idea of 'delegating' your vote to experts you trust on certain topics. So you could say, "I trust Richard Stallman to vote for me on the topic of software copyright", and he would effectively get an extra vote.
I can play this game too: you know what the software industry was like before Microsoft and Apple? EVERYTHING was open source.

And yet, computing professionals were much less free than they are now. Because programmers almost universally worked at the King's pleasure.

The exception to that rule was small garage shops. Like Microsoft and Apple.
I'm a middle-of-the-pack developer that is trying to become a manager.

My first step was taking up managing courses, and an MBA adapted for technology (MMOT).

I believe I've learned a lot of management skills and that they will help me when I make the jump, but I also agree with crasshopper that "empathy, listening, communicating clearly/fairly, inspiring people, making people feel valued" and other "soft/people" skills are skills you don't learn either as a developer or in management school.

So, my answer would be: developers can absolutely learn management skills, but some of them aren't taught in classes.

That also makes it harder to break into management (haven't succeeded yet, employers want people with experience, over qualifications)
I hope they issued a personal one to @shanley as well. Their argumentation was way worse than the video.
Half-relevant: Funnily, I just arrived at this passage in "Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength"[1]:

"We devoted chapter 3 to the glorious history of the to-do list, but we realize that some readers might still not feel like drawing one up. It can sound dreary and off-putting. If so, try thinking of it as a todon’t list: a catalog of things that you don’t have to worry about once you write them down. As we saw in our discussion of the Zeigarnik effect, when you try to ignore unfinished tasks, your unconscious keeps fretting about them in the same way that an ear worm keeps playing an unfinished song. You can’t banish them from your brain by procrastinating or by willing yourself to forget them.
But once you make a specific plan, your unconscious will be mollified. You need to at least plan the specific next step to take: what to do, whom to contact, how to do it (in person? by phone? by e-mail?). If you can also plan specifically when and where to do it, so much the better, but that’s not essential. As long as you’ve decided what to do and put it on the list, your unconscious can relax."

[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Willpower-Rediscovering-Greatest-Human...
> This is a matter of regional vocabulary, and the local cultural expectations that go with it.

This slow realization made me give up calling people out on calling themselves hackers. It used to be that a hacker was someone who was particularly adept at finding clever ways to misuse, change or exploit something. http://hacks.mit.edu/ and http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html were the canonical references. Hacks were contrasted with engineering -- both constructive creative output, but one involved detailed in-the-field knowledge while the other was a more principled approach. 'Street smarts' vs 'book smarts' if you will. Both were needed for a successful enterprise. Calling oneself a hacker was equivalent to giving yourself a nickname -- socially awkward and decreasing the likelihood the moniker would stick.

Now 'hacking' is synonymous with prototyping, or even more esoteric types of development (what the hell is 'hacking education' supposed to mean?). This isn't entirely untrue as quick prototypes often contain "awful, we shouldn't be doing this" kinds of code. However, they do tend to lack the righteous "awful, we shouldn't be doing this but damn is that awesome" code tradition calls for.

Like you said, definitions change and the only thing that matters is if your idea is communicated; ultimately you have to go with the flow...
So you say -- "Peace for our time"?

(More modern: Please check the resource curse on wikipedia, or something. You can't reason with dictators which keep their population down so they can steal oil money.)

Edit: Hrm, Wikipedia says it is "for", not "in". Updated.
tl;dr version - We didn't mean to offend women. We love women. We even know some women and sleep with them and stuff. (We aren't those kind of geeks who can't talk to girls.)
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I seriously doubt them shooting at power lines.
I concur. IMO all the US needs to do is upgrade/update its F-15, F-16 and F/A-18 fleet to stay ahead of potential enemies for several years.
I would agree with every word you said, except failure rates on startups are very high (much higher than 50%).

So, there is already a large opportunity cost due to the flat time and effort invested plus loss of corporate experience which has the many significant side effects such as skill, social/business contact and guaranteed compensation accrual.
Would they still have without a customer paying for guaranteed quantities?
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Seems like Twitter is working hard to differentiate between its casual experience (twitter.com) and advanced experience (tweetdeck.com).
I believe that a paper signed by everyone with the share percentage of each one, it's enough to make clarity and then formalize when it's working.
I myself try to do that in my lane. Building up a gap so I don't have to use the clutch and can just idle through traffic. I've had varying success with this technique.
I was watching Cosmos last night, and Sagan claimed that the (wealth-relative) costs of send a manned expedition to Mars is less than that of a Dutch expedition across the world in... the 1600s I think it was? And yet they accomplished it multiple times.

I need to research it better, but it's a compelling argument if it holds.
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To be fair to the author, he did say, "Protect yourself with a paper with vesting of the future potential shares, but no more."
Either you're allowed to say things or you aren't. There's no room for relativism here.
Unfortunately the sign up process (without knowing what I was signing up for) forced me to add this to my todon't list.
I've often tested the theory myself, without breaking the speed limit. If the cop is driving just under the limit, I set my speed exactly on the limit, and overtake if I need to.

Of the ~10 times I've done this, I once got pulled over and abused by the cop for being a "freaking idiot". No ticket.
Seriously? You're saying that standing alone in a room full of women of uniformly equal or higher social standing (suggestion: if you have kids, take a day off and bring them to any local parent/child activity -- it's likely to be 100% mothers) you'd feel comfortable blurting out "You're wearing a low cut dress! I know where I'm sitting!".

Please (please!) try this. And bring a camera. I suspect you'll be very surprised at the results.
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They still seem to be missing the point. The worst part wasn't the video, which is a forgivable offense.

The fact that the founders openly threatened the woman who was complaining and their contract with her company as a means of shutting her up is egregious, and their only reference to that behavior in their apology is this:

We could have handled it better.
Let everyone rant about whatever they think is wrong without involving their employers. It's not like she was campaigning against them. They just wanted to silence her all along.
Ah for some reason I had in my head the bootstrap was a smaller, simpler compiler. Thanks for the link and clarification.
They're adding 'click-to-play' as an option for plugins like flash in the default browser settings (no extension required) in version 18. It's allowed people to turn on the radio button using about:flags for more than a year.

Once enabled, go to wrench menu > Settings > Under the Bonnet > Advanced Settings > Privacy > Content Settings > Plug-ins
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I expected at least a reference to them taking down one of their repos[1] to hide further criticism, but found none.

[1] https://github.com/geeklist/jennifer
Your entire premise circles around this concept that some Evil Foreign Groups exist, always waiting for any hint of American weakness to pounce.

Have you ever considered that many of these groups develop as a response to our own neocolonial actions in their backyard?
To say that entire industries are being held back by their fears about the GPL would be closer to what I was getting at.

And not in a way that has anything to do with what Mr. Gurley was claiming. What I'm more worried about is the opportunity to fund innovation that is lost when companies choose to sink resources into reinventing wheels rather than picking open source projects off the shelf.
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Source? I'm not sure you could get a drone up and running for smaller than a multiple of the price of a surface-to-air missile.
While I agree with your overall point, the cost of a new F-16 these days is more like 40-60 million USD, not 10 million.

The cheapest 'good' 4th-generation fighter is the Saab Gripen, which was designed in a single country to intentionally-limited specs, but even those cost 30 million USD a pop for the standard C & D models and even more for the NG units under development.

To some extent modern fighter aircraft are inherently expensive as a result of all the technology that has to be crammed inside them. They're multi-role networked flying systems these days.

In essence that's part of what has derailed the F-35. Technological advances have allowed for the extensive use of software to create capabilities that just could not have existed before now, such as the ability to see 'through' the plane, an extremely high level of sensor fusion and integrated systems, etc. But massive software projects are inherently risky and can fail massively if not managed very carefully. They've been doing things with software in the F-35 that have never been done before in this context, which only increased the risk.

Also do not underestimate the costs of redesigns following the theft of F-35 design information by China from both Lockheed-Martin and Pentagon computers. I doubt that's the sole cause of the cost overruns, but it definitely hasn't helped.
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Wow, this scream-sexism-at-everything police is becoming very annoying. I do not believe that the video is offensive at all.

I do think the Geeklist founders came across as petty in their constant back and forth with the lady. But to be clear, that has nothing to do with the video being offensive. It isn't.
A few things.
(Disclosure: I'm a mobile dev/freelancer, been doing this own my own for a while with pretty good results)

1) I think the biggest issue is the cold-start problem discussed by another HNer below. Namely, while the copy sounds good and the coders in the photos seem trendy enough, do you actually have good clients? Selling promises about freelancing to either side plays to the ideal that we all want, but rarely does it work out that well.
2) How flexible are the payment / contractual terms? I usually see this as a negotiation with my clients which, if done successfully, improves the relationship. If there are disagreements about terms, is this service simply going to insist on the terms that benefit their interests?
3) Is the pre-project test work paid? What if I require at least some deposit on the overall project up-front?
4) Please don't spread misuse of the term hacker. You're trying to appeal to the coder-side of the demographic, but anyone serious should have no problem using a more professional term.

I'd consider signing up, but at this point it still does feel like another startup claiming to fix the problem with no guarantees of anything that different other than the best of intentions. No offense, but I've followed 2-3 companies like this so far and nothing's panned out anywhere near as well as traditional networking. I'm hopeful though, and definitely interested in hearing more about what you have to say.
As far as I can tell, the practice is not wide spread at all. Hypothetical talk about it is wide spread.

This article cites the exact same incident that every article I've read cites. Maybe when at least a single new incident is reported since the last time this made headlines we can talk about it being wide spread.
I believe that being a first time entrepreneur should not think of creating something that it's too big. Because it makes you miss the warnings that you should get.

I believe that if you want to create an Amazon (6+ years of under break-even) should be done when you have more experience as entrepreneur.

I think that a first time entrepreneur should resolve a real concrete problem, also not that big, but this way he will understand much more and he will have some chance of succeeding.

This is the opinion maturated for my personal experience.
Yes; you probably also wouldn't trust the asshole-quarterback that's at the top of the 'male hierarchy' so that you don't trust the description of a bitch-queen at the top of the 'female hierarchy' is not that surprising ;)

I never consciously did something like the former although I knew I would have been able to do so and come out victorious in the same way some people know they can win a fist fight.

I did do the second example though and what's important to realize is that I can only say it in this way when looking back on it.

In the moment I just felt the need to share how Y hurt me with the people who for some inexplicable reason still supported X.
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> That’s 2,150,400 pixels, which is bigger than the 2 megapixel limit above. On the other hand, those dimensions are evenly divisible by 16.

JPEG block size is 16, so this must be an alignment related.
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One thing would be to discuss, as a startup owner, how would one prevent this kind of thing happening in their startup. How to create a culture where women aren't treated like that so that highly talented women are more likely to join and stay. Or is this something that we shouldn't hope to achieve because nerds will always be like that?

Judging by other comments here (and recent sexism issues in tech), it seems like her treatment isn't an isolated case.
Rachel Maddow if my roommate is watching it. Otherwise nope.
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You've been programmed to think this is bad, unhealthy or unnatural by people with an agenda

No I haven't. I don't think it's the least bit bad or unhealthy. I simply want to engage my friend as a friend, not glance at her tits every ten seconds. Performing physical actions that imply attraction would introduce a power balance that I don't want in a friendship.
Higher resolution sure, definitely not better quality.
No.

I use a TV connected to a Mac Mini to watch Netflix and other video sources (documentary, comedy, etc). I don't have cable TV.

I get news via web search and twitter.
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>You aren't giving examples of 1

OS kernels. Linus used to work for Transmeta (sorry if I misspelled the name) as a chips-and-assembly guy before they got enough charity funding to put him on full-time Linux kernel coding, remember? He started the kernel when he as a Master's student in Finland, too. It took until the late 2000s (after having started in 1992 or so) for the creator of Linux to be put on full-time payroll working on Linux.

>As to 2, If you code, it's a very hot job market out there right now.

It's a very hot job market but very, very specialized. I cannot tell you how many things I've applied to and never heard back, gotten interviews with and been turned down for having the wrong skills (ie: C, C++, Java, Scala instead of Ruby on Rails, HTML+CSS, iPhone, Android), been turned down from for no given reason whatsoever, been turned down from because I had admitted to applying to PhD programs (and that was simply the coolest company I ever loved interviewing with that turned me down like this, and a HN-featured start-up too!), and just generally not had offers forthcoming.

Honest to God, if you'd like to see my resume so you can tell me what the fuck's wrong with me that's creating this pattern, I'll send it to you, have at it.

Oh, and then there's the companies with broken jobs websites. There's nothing I hate more than trying to apply for a job I'd love and finding myself facing a page that says, "Oops, an unexpected error has occurred!"
I wish it were as simple as you say when you write that you can mix GPL code into BSD and retain the BSD license. Unfortunately, the FSF muddies the water quite a bit here. For example, according to the FSF, if the GPL code is a library, well then you do have to release the other code under GPL, even if the GPL-licensed library is only a small component of the codebase. And there are other exceptions and requirements.

I think Stallman and FSF did a great job of getting the open source movement rolling, but unfortunately now seem more intent on enforcing their strict interpretation of what is "free" than on promoting the open source movement (and I don't think Stallman would dispute that statement). GPL has held me back from doing several interesting projects that would have depended on an old GPL-licensed C library.

The good news is that this situation is pushing me to get my C up to a level where I'm capable of writing optimized libraries to use in a larger Ruby or Python project.

Of course, the bottom line to most of these arcane licensing disputes is that they are legally meaningless -- few of they have ever been tried in a court of law.
I think the expectation was that the company would stop checking the account after his return, but failing to change your password was a big mistake.
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference ~ M. Twain.

I for one am at a loss here.
Classic non-apology apology:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology
"Our approach is to start really small"

Indeed. Starting in the beginning is a fine place to start. ;-)

So, 'b' is really small in y = mx + b. Now tell me about 'm'.

In other words, how will you grow?

Traditionally, there have been two types of organizations through which freelancers work when they can't find their own clients: (1) Body shops place "qualified" resources and take a cut of their rate. (2) Higher-end consulting organizations do project management and take on project-level delivery responsibilities.

Body shops tend to be easier to grow and cheaper. Project-managing groups tend to be harder to grow but with better rates.

What are your plans to move Hacker Trade beyond "really small" in this environment?
Hey Zack - freelancer here; if you want to chat about what you describe, get in touch (thibaut.barrere@gmail.com)!

There's no reason to get burned, maybe I can help you out a bit.
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Offensive is in the eye of the beholder. Plenty of people agree that it is offensive.
The lesson here is that defending a brand does not always mean getting defensive. Brand owners have to look at what is being attacked and decide how close it is to the core of the business. A t-shirt fashion shoot video is not the core of the Geeklist business model, so once it became a brand liability it needed to be cast off.

An example of a brand attack that DID call for a head-on approach was the iPhone 4 antenna issue. Those complaints directly attacked a core feature of one of Apple's core products. Apple needed to go on defense because they could not just cast off the iPhone 4 hardware design without very serious financial damage.

Brand owners also need to keep the personal and professional separate when their brand is under attack. Brands are created by a series of decisions. It is one or more of those decisions that are under attack, not the people who made them. In this case the issue was the decision to associate the Geeklist brand with this type of video. Decide whether or not that decision needs defending--don't mistake it for a personal attack.
Sorry, I meant "naive" as in "naive algorithm".
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The reference to one trillion dollars in the headline is accurate, but lacks context that makes it a bit sensationalist. The article elaborates the cost as "an estimated $1 trillion to develop, purchase and support through 2050". Or about $25 billion a year. Whether that's pricey or a bargain depends on how many aircraft are purchased and supported; TFA states that the "Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps are counting on buying as many as 2,500 F-35s", which would be $10 million per craft per year for the next four decades.

This is not to say the thing isn't an overpriced, failing project. If the GAO's analysis and predictions cited in the article are correct, it sounds pretty bad. In particular, it's hard to imagine that four decades from now, the US armed forces would want to still be using early 21st-century aircraft.
It's not a finding of legal fault. It's a statement about whether or not things need to change in the aircraft design. The oxygen system (presumably, obviously I didn't design it) isn't inherently redundant. If it fails (because Stuff Always Breaks) there are existing procedures the pilots are presumably trained on. The article lists two: an emergency backup (probably a second tank in the cockpit?) and the old standby of "dive to lower altitudes so you don't need oxygen, dummy". The finding was that these options would have been sufficient if they were used, so the design of the aircraft isn't deficient.

Obviously the software bug should still be fixed, and probably pilot training needs to be updated.
I guess they didn't check this post on HN just yesterday? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3733825
Unverified assumptions below!

TL;DR: You don't select a BrowserID provider. Your email address determines which provider is used. If your email's domain does not publish the "I am a primary" auto-discovery file, then it falls back to us.

BrowserID provider selection is done with service discovery. When you login to a BrowserID site using an email address, there is auto-discovery logic for checking to see if your email address runs a BrowserID primary.

I believe the fallback to BrowserID.org is a bootstrap thing, rather than the desired long-term goal.

Once Firefox integrates BrowserID support, the user will see a native dialog listing available identities to login to the site, with a checkbox to automatically login in the future.

One of the sites that would pop this dialog is Mozilla Persona. Other sites would too. Your identity is an <email@addre.ss>, and then if you want to sign into Persona and build up a profile around that identity, you can.