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Rumor in the commercial banking industry is that, yes, the government eventually wants to break up the banks. This is what I hear when I occasionally get to talk to people who interface with regulators at a high level.

But any internet blogger can make it sound so easy, as if the government can just say, "Ok banks, time to break up," especially in the current political climate. My uninformed guess is that the government has other worries, and wants to see how the Volcker rule pans out.
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Yes, you absolutely can leave an extra "." in the code and nothing bad will happen. The compiler will complain, you'll fix it, and then you move on.

More generally, I expect programmers I work with to know basic things like the language syntax. If you don't, learn them, and then you know them. I'd be surprised to see someone "working" in the industry if they can't get their code to compile.

The interesting stuff happens when you start using those tools to build things where there's no right or wrong answer. Being able to write code that runs is just a tool; the big question is "what can you do with it?" And if you keep the mindset that everything has to be perfect, you'll find yourself locked out of many of the interesting things you can do with computers.
Perhaps if you had been explaining this on stage instead of trying to write it down it would've been more clear. ;)
Indeed, in that they have multiple SVG versions of the same icon (name) for smaller pixel sizes - 16x16, 22x22, 24x24, 32x32 - the last time I checked.
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I know a few that take bitcoin :)
These journals have nothing to do with the scientific discoveries that they publish. But they seem keen on trying to take a large slice of the pie.

Scientific discoveries must and should be open to the public. After all, it is the public that funds these studies.
No, the banks take a cut. The interchange fee that goes to the networks (VISA & MC) is very low (don't know the exact amount).

AMEX is another beast. AMEX is not sold through banks and AMEX can therefore set their own very high rates. This has caused many retailers to stop accepting AMEX altogether. IKEA being a good example of such a retailer.
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> However, I wonder how much of that is changing due to the fact that most talks are now available to view online.

Interesting point. If ideas, arguments, and claims in video and audio can be visualized more effectively, that might change things even more.
Speaking is way superior to writing, not the other way around like Paul states.
Speaking includes writing.

It conveys emotional information, it adds intonation, gravity, spotlight over the important information.

About not having time to think about what you hear, that is what ipods and iphones are for. The ipod sound player has an icon for "repeat last 30 seconds" for that as much as you want.

I can not believe how much Paul insults those that are better than him on this particular area. I like how Paul writes but it seems that he feels the need to downplay those who he could learn most from.

Psychology teaches us that in order for us to learn from someone else we need fist to admire him. Paul is despising those that are better than him in order to not improve in this area.
To me this is like the argument that touch screen only phones are less good to keyboard/keypad phones because you lose the tactile feel and cannot text as you drive.

I am not going to claim I am completely innocent, but a cashless society has many benefits. The fact that it may impede the ability of others to cheat on their taxes or purchase contraband is a poor excuse to remain on cash. Why does the majority of the population have to suffer?
I disagree. I have complex, multiple-step wordless thoughts.
Tom Robbins. Everyone seems to think he's a genius, but I can't get past the sense that he's a show-off.

OTOH people who like him tend not to like Dave Eggers, and vice versa. I personally love Dave Eggers.
I believe first time smartphone users know/acknowledge that they are getting a form of computer of a higher order than other consumer electronics.
There is a css/js dropin for wikipedia under development here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nageh/mathJax

It is phenomenal on wikipedia pages. Sadly it does not support wikibooks at the moment.
He is also sometimes credited with writing the first chess programm, in his own language, Plankalkül. cf http://www.zib.de/zuse/Inhalt/Programme/Plankalkuel/Chess/ch...
I quit a few months ago, and I agree with you pretty much 100%. Bank of America's current problems stem from two things: being forced to acquire Countrywide's bad loans (and worse PR), and hiring the world's dumbest people throughout the organization.

Bank of America has the worst PR organization I've ever encountered. When the thing about $5 debit card fees was leaked, the media had a field day with BofA, even though one of the big banks was already doing it, and the other big banks were already planning it. Because we had no damage control, we lost a ton of customers and mindshare... for something that we didn't even actually do! (Don't even get me started on all the stores about incorrectly foreclosing on people's houses that we didn't own. Guys, you have a problem there. You need to at least pretend to tell your side of the story!)

Also, I don't understand the hiring process at all: the CEO is some random dude from the legal department that knows nothing about leadership or banking, but somehow got promoted to CEO. (One time, we had a town hall meeting, and he checked that everyone going into the town hall meeting had two Bank of America accounts. What the fuck?)

The rest of the organization is exactly the same. I never had a manager that knew how to program. (My manager was pretty good at resolving political battles, though, which is a useful skill at BofA. The problem was that she had a lot of people that knew nothing about computers telling her what to do, and she couldn't filter out the obvious idiots that were wasting her time.) Most of upper management is people whose pet projects failed at other banks, and BofA was the only place that they could find a job. Nearly every system I had to maintain was written by a team that did the same project at job-1 and the entire team came here. Then the entire team got a better offer, and moved to job+1. You'd think that by the time they were desperate enough to work at BofA, the design and the code would be pretty good... but nope. That would require knowing how to program.

Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is: Bank of America is not evil. They just hire the dumbest, cheapest people they can possibly find, and the result is ... predictable.

(Also, I hope this doesn't sound bitter. I am not bitter about working there at all. It was just too average to strongly like or dislike.)
It's not really like that in Sweden. A lot more would have to change in Sweden's national government; public policy, especially with regard to privacy issues, are amongst the best in the world. This doesn't mean a super-fascist regime is impossible in the future. But why would a shift away from paper money bring about the changes you propose?
svn repository setup and email cordinations ~ pretty widespread
Here is a major benefit that bilingualism has given me -- I am able to converse directly with my developers in Russia and the Ukraine, so I can connect with them and motivate them better. As a result of the culture fit, I was able to find good developers more quickly, and save money. The stuff we've built with the team at http://qbix.com/about would have taken half a million dollars otherwise.
If more countries try anything like this it might make a real argument for http://www.blueseed.co/
How about we just take the empirical test. I know I often forget to turn off my iphone on the plane (1 out of 5 times I fly). I'm not alone, and there are 100+ people on the plane. Odds are very good that we have thousands of hours of real world tests with a dozen phones turned on.

If this were actually a serious problem for the plane, there would already be a sensor for this. "Sir, there's something emitting radiation in your pants".
They cannot test them on a live plane with live people. Imagine if something did go wrong, and it crashed the plane. What official wants to say "Oops".

Performing the tests would be insanely bad PR. An official has to approach someone going on a flight and say "we think this device will crash the plane, but We're not sure, would you mind playing with it during theft flight so we can see if the plane you're on falls out of the sky?". Panic would ensue.
"force"?

noun: "coercion or compulsion, esp. with the use or threat of violence"

They are not using force. If they did it'd be awful. But because they are doing this peacefully, with no force, it's good.

Making a free, voluntary choice a trade or contract -- whether to accept or to decline -- is the epitome of not using force.

Not using any force is one of the things that makes them legitimate. They should emphasize that instead of talking about it in terms like, "But the fight for open access is just getting started."

It's not a fight. Don't pretend you're fighting, that just makes you look bad. Especially when you aren't even fighting! Don't use metaphor to make your side look worse.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm just ready to get it going and discouraged that it will take some time for me to be able to code. Not my goal to be wasteful and burn through my budget. Just want to know the do's and dont's of hiring someone to build my prototype.
I bought stock at $13.37, down from $60ish. I thought it was a good investment. Nope. BAC: the only company worth less than its cash assets.
I think you need to be in the military (or be a direct descendant of someone who was) to use the insurance, but I think banking is open to the public. I highly recommend checking them out, amazing customer service.
The downside being that you have very little consumer protection if you buy something that is broken.

I buy everything through my Mastercard credit card. I always pay my bill at the end of the month so I never pay anything extra for it.

It has saved me countless of times when I have ordered stuff online or bought stuff in stores that they have refused to take back. And on top of that I get bonus points that have given me free flights.
I think your right PG but there are some caveats. For one i think to be able to pass it off that ideas are better then speaking (which i do agree with) you need to have some clout behind you and prove your worth and you have surely done that with respect to startups and the tech world. Honestly if anyone else did the talk you did (new ideas) and delivered it the way you did (lots of um's) i'm sure the crowed would have passed it of as a lunatic with crazy ideas who cant even speak. I sometimes empathize and if it was me that was there I would classify myself as a raving lunatic who cant speak.

I think this is again part of the subset of ideas that looking good and looking smart is actually better then being smart cause perception is everything. I personally have always look at whats inside and what the actual words mean, even when im listening to a song i listen to the words and if they effect me rather then the sexiness of the singer (like i know most of my friends do)

I remember watching a movie called puncture with chris odonnel(sp?) where he was a lawyer promoting safe needles that could save front line health workers from getting accidentally stuck and the inventor of the needle didn't know how to present infront of the investors. As a result he got nothing even though he had a great product with great potential. (the movie was based on a true story)

So i do agree with you however i think for most of us without much clout still trying to prove ourselves in the world learning to speak well is just as important as learning to write and have ideas (i hate speaking publicly but im trying). If we cant present ourselves to investors or to customers well (or intelligently) we wont even get into the door :)
As a Swede, I can't recall the last time I used cash in a normal commercial context - that is, not dealing directly with another private citizen - since I turned 18 and got my debit card 13 years ago. I can't recall the last time I used the magnetic strip either. It's all chip for me, and it's free of charge barring the 25 SEK (~2.5 EUR) per month the bank asks me for my complete account setup.
I started dreaming in English while I was still learning the language. Same when thinking about a hard problem. It's in your mind even, or especially, when you're asleep.
This is an interesting thought, and to a large extent, I would agree with the author. I don't have a roommate because I can afford to not have one. However, I can also argue that prosperity may also help people in finding social connections. For instance, it's easier to hang out with friends for dinner or drinks more often. Also, one can afford to join hobby classes to meet people with similar interests.
Would you able to trade with people who hadn't ignored those bloc chains?
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Or a great dedicated console emulator. It has enough ram I think to even play the larger neogeo games.
A lot of voices in this thread seem concerned about the extra power this would grant the Swedish government. I'm confused: if anything, wouldn't this give the government less control? I'd be more afraid of Visa/MasterCard having a monopoly on simple transactions. Maybe eventually the credit card company's networks will be deemed a public good, and then government will take over the payment processing infrastructure, but until then I think the corporate overlord scenario is much scarier.
Are video games just propaganda and training tools for the military?
Why then do they not have people remove the batteries from their watches? Can't they also be unintentional radiators?

what spa942 said.

From the linked thread:

"The low power in a digital watch is certainly a factor but the main thing that keeps them from interfering is very low operating frequency. In older, simpler watches this was 32 kHz! Only one octave above the audible range. In more modern multifunction watches with stopwatches that go to 0.01 seconds (as if anyone can push a button that precisely, but never mind that) they do have to be clocked faster, but they are still clocked as slowly as possible, to save power.... typically 1 MHz or less.

The RF from these things is all but undetectable unless you put a pickup directly against the watch. "
I don't think in any language either, but I often have trouble translating my wordless thoughts into any words at all, even if it's my native language.
Yes, as long as you can code; but in that case, so can raw assembly. Most people can't code, so that doesn't help them if they want something more. Excel, on the other hand, has features they can actually use.

Or to use my previous analogy, you're essentially saying that because you can build your own custom designed car from parts, pre-built cars are useless.
I am sorry but OP is missing the point here. A good speaker knows his audience and hence prepares his talk accordingly. If it is techies, he should put for technical content which stimulates their brain. If it is children of the 3rd grade, he should know to keep it light and crack jokes or tell stories. A good speaker will change his speech depending on how dumb or intelligent the audience is. Thats his trait. Now if he has a large and varied audience, this task gets a lot harder, but then again there is a trend in the audience.
Some of the big ISPs are also in the business of producing and/or delivering copyrighted content. For example, Time Warner, which provides internet service over their cable TV network, owns many media assets, including HBO. Verizon provides cable TV over their FIOS (fiber optic) network, so they'd much rather have you pay to subscribe to programming over their network than download movies via BitTorrent.

More details on Time Warner's businesses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner
The only businesses that don't accept card/chip in Sweden today are the "turk shops" - the shady little corner shops that sell old, dry pick'n'mix candy and stale bread.
The sad fact of the matter is that it probably wouldn't affect scientific collaboration. A large fraction of scientific research is done at universities that generally have subscriptions to these journals (albeit at a relatively large price).

What's more appalling is that you[1], as the taxpayer who funded this research can't see the results. And don't let the companies that oppose the FRPAA flim-flam you: the published papers are the real results of the research, not the progress reports that get filed with the funding agencies. I'm not going to deny that journals add some value, but how much they add and whether subscriptions and one-off $40/article fees are the best way to recoup those values is something about which I'm deeply skeptical.

[1] I'm a grad student at one of those aforementioned universities. It's a hassle for me when I'm not on campus, but not impossible
How about acknowledging that the rules may be overreaching, yet be thankful that the airline industry likes to err on the side of safety?
"What I really want is to have good ideas, and that's a much bigger part of being a good writer than being a good speaker."

This is the money quote.

EDIT: fixed formatting.
How to market my NoSQL technology
I have been developing a technology which best can be described as an object oriented / graph NoSQL database, and I need some ideas on how to market it. Check out my web site at: http://www.clear-objects.com/clearodb

The end users would be software developers who writes distributed applications. I haven't thought to much about it's use for web site development, but maybe that could work too.

I am a bit lost as to what approach to take to get this out. I think, the best way is to somehow find individual users who can see the value and that way step by step build up a customer base. I don't think open source is necessarily the way to go (in my life as a professional developer, I have never made a decision to use a technology based on whether it is open source or not, but rather whether it will save me time). I guess the main problem is to convince people that this technology will save them time.

Questions:
- Anyone who has launched products to a similar market who has any experiences to share?
- Any thoughts on whether an open or closed source approach is better? Would I be more successful in making money long term, if I have a large number of users who use it for free?
- I don't really want to sell this as a database technology, but rather a cost saving tool for creating distributed applications (that was really the problem I tried to solve in the first place, it just turned out to be a graph database). Any thoughts on this?
its far from lock in. If you're not an android use you may not know, but Android is very customizable offering several launchers. If they wanted a more stock look its very easy to get.
I am dismayed at the continuing popularity of fascism in Europe. Ten years ago, a crypto-fascist got almost 1/5 of the vote in the French presidential election; many countries in Europe seem to elect neo-fascists or crypto-fascists to the European Parliament just to spite the EU.

Judging by the experiences of footballers like Samuel Eto'o, Mario Balotelli, and Patrice Evra, Europe is decades behind the United States in tackling the problem of racism. I've never heard of black athletes on the field of play being the subject of racist taunts either by the fans or by opposing players in the United States. It is unbelievably taboo.

I'm shocked that in Italy, it is apparently possible to simultaneously be the richest man in the country, the majority owner of a major media conglomerate, and Prime Minister. And that's setting aside all the other unsavory things about Berlusconi.

Now, I kind of expect a lot of Europeans--on HN at least--to be embarrassed about neofascists or racism or Berlusconi, but hey, I'm just as embarrassed about Santorum.
Great, detailed post. I think situations exist today where vector icons can be a good solution; however, the promise of design once, deploy everywhere for artwork and UI that requires attention to every detail ... the rendering/display tech is not yet available at scale.

I think an orthogonal challenge is convincing cross-functional peers that visual execution and all of the design details have a huge affect on the user experience, the product, and therefore the business. In my experience, it's rarely a straight-forward or painless debate.
Swede here. There is a part of the article that warrants special attention:

> The number of bank robberies in Sweden plunged from 110 in 2008 to 16 in 2011 — the lowest level since it started keeping records 30 years ago. It says robberies of security transports are also down.

It was not long ago when armed robberies of security transports were a serious serious problem. Now when the article mentions it, I make a mental note that this has indeed decreased a lot. I think only a few years ago Sweden had lots more robberies of vehicles than the neighbouring countries. There were discussion about arming the guards, but it was argued that would escalate the violence. We have also seen many movie-like heists, the last (widely reported one) was a heist involving explosives, helicopters and sabotage of police helicopters. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stberga_helicopter_robbe...)

I don't know but I assume that decreasing cash usage has been an active decision to combat the armed transport robberies.
Have you ever worked in a research lab? Then you would know jut how essential it is to have access to the originals studies and prior work. Scientific research cannot be done without access to the scientific literature.

These journal companies are charging Universities millions of dollars annually. And when I say millions annually, they charge each and every separate University library millions of dollars. Yet, all these companies do is host a few hundred thousand PDF documents. I could do that for a about a hundred dollars a year on Dreamhost.

The journal companies essentially have a monopoly on the market. They must and should be broken up for the good of scientific research. The studies were funded by the public, and should be accessible to the public.