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With error bars/lines on that plot, this discussion wouldn't have been needed. There are nice ways of doing error contours - showing the 1% quantile lines on top and on the bottom.
I also hate shorteners. But marketers love them, because they give them statistics. So they will be still in use, alas. The point is to improve them a bit.
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> The good point hidden in the article is that American culture has no real idea of "friendship" in a sense that people from other cultures either now or historically would recognize as such. American's just don't have friends. We have weak acquaintencnes. Why? Nobody seems to know. But it's something that probably deserves more attention.

I think that is a very interesting point. I have mentioned that as well in the past a couple of times. There was a difference in how friendships worked in my old country (in Eastern Europe) and how they work here. Here "friendships" are just acquaintances as you said. People gather lots of acquaintances but no or few good friends.

I'll propose a couple of reasons:

* People are more mobile. They move more so they don't have time to really make friends. This starts in childhood when kids move with the parents from school district to school district from neighborhood to neighborhood. There is a non-negligible network effect here and that is even if you don't move and live on one street and go to one school, chances are your friend's family will.

* Education system. At some point kids stop being in one class and are allowed to pick individual classes and schedules. So they stop seeing or spending time with the same classmates. There is extracurricular activities of course but it is not the same as starting with 1st grade and potentially being with the same group of people until the 12th grade.

* More individualism. Being a friend means sharing more and means relying on other more. In other words it means asking for help and offering help. This means "being in other people's business" which is a no-no in U.S. But the other side of being too individualistic means never really opening up to a friend. And at the end of the day one can only get so close talking about the weather, after some time it gets boring. So there is the wall that people don't let others through.

* Affluence. I think in countries where it is harder to survive on your own. People will stick together better for support. They have to have a support group to survive. In richer countries people can get by easier living alone and being more independent.

* It is not as much countries as times. In other words in the past, people used to have fewer but closer friends anywhere in the world. And, say, in the last 30 years people started to become more isolated. Could be technology, or globalization (people have to move because of jobs).

* It is not the world it is you. You just got older, more paranoid, and more withdrawn. The perception is that there just aren't that many friendly people around. But maybe other people just don't want to be friends with "you" in particular. They are still people with very good close friends but because you don't have them now, it seems like nobody does.
They also have plenty of C++ and Python. Small projects will always be allowed to run whatever language they fancy, but the largest and most critical codebases at Google are definitely in java, c++ and python.
URLs should be shortened and expanded in the browser, according to an RFC scheme. No third party and they live as long as the RFC's implementation does.

I would prefer to hover over a link and have my browser tell me where the link goes, not relying on some third party.
Ironically not in Germany they do love their guns - probably a hangover from the 20's

And there are very few countries that explicitly ban all fire arms even the Uk which has very stringent laws still allows shotgun licenses.
I would pose a harsher criticism against Haskell then the one posed in this article. I believe that logical relations are a better foundation for declarative programming then functions. As such, even when it comes to declarative programming I'd much rather use Prolog then Haskell.

Fortunately, there are Prolog systems compatible with the JVM and most scheme environments so you can embed Prolog in Clojure and Scheme for declarative programming tasks.
Perhaps he's referring to the batteries included feel of other platforms. Every other platform (i.e. .NET/java/ruby/python) have gobs of built-in functionality in the standard library - everything from parsing, to different I/O models (NIO in java), to frameworks (WSGI, WS consumption and production, etc). Lisps diverge fundamentally (e.g., the threading model) if it isn't specified in CLtL or ANSI CL. CL seem hamstrung by those documents.

Concrete Example:
7 years ago I couldn't (using available libraries) reliably parse in lisp a DB dump in XML (~8GB), select some records based on a set of calculations, and convert it to CSV. Most libraries insisted on needing the whole document in memory, some libraries leaked like a sieve and caused heap exhaustion, others couldn't handle UTF8. In the end, I could do it python (couple hours to develop and took 45-60 minutes to run), I could do it in java (several hours to develop and ran in ~8min), but I couldn't do it in LISP without writing a custom XML parser or delving into FFI. Maybe it was an abnormal case, maybe not.

I miss macros and the expressiveness; I miss the community; I don't miss the insanity.
I agree, I'm also running solo to begin with. It's sometimes pretty demoralizing when you read and hear that you would get nowhere if you're a single founder. I subscribe to the notion of building something first and perhaps gaining traction before bringing complementary skills onboard.
Apparently, "Error establishing database connection.".
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It's perfectly consistent with using patents only defensively, while Apple and MS are currently suing newcomers left and right.
Most Python CMSs are built on Django. They rely on the Django admin for their admin interface. The Django admin is not as intuitive or easy to use as WordPress's admin, even with the customization that some of these tools make. It is great for its intended purpose, but for running a typical blog it isn't as good.

There are no inherent configurable site settings in Django without getting into the code. You can't set the blog tagline, or change a simple setting like "Users must be registered and logged in to comment" from the admin.

Django's templating system does not lend itself toward drop-in themes like WordPress (this is huge). Since Django, and most Python frameworks, rely on reusable apps it's a lot more difficult to create a theme that you can simply load into a directory and use.

I don't think I have seen a Python CMS/blog engine yet that uses widgets. It's almost trivial for a Django programmer to create a sidebar "widget" that shows the most recent 5 posts, but for a casual blogger this is something they can't do.

A WordPress site owner will almost never have to think about the database powering the site. This is another thing WP actually does a good job with. If I upgrade or add a new app in Python I will probably need to migrate and update the DB schema, which means more technical command line work.

Other reasons people have said. Deployment is non-trivial with Python, not every host supports it, etc.
And yet the team from Duke Nukem proves that you can in fact be too perfectionist.
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I'm 100% with you here. But it will take time for that to become common. Until then, we can improve the existing situation a bit.
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On a 64-bit architecture its 64-bit. 32-bit programs run there.

Also, as noted elsewhere, on 32-bit architectures there's segment swapping too. In fact I wrote an OS that segment swapped before the 386 came out, when the 286 was king. Probably the only one out there; a pretty crazy notion and the 386 came out a year later with paging.
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I'm a sole founder and just want to add that if you're looking for the independence that a multimillion dollar acquision brings, you should also consider alternative ways to achieve that end.

Specifically, consider whether building one or more $X,000/month apps can help you achieve a similar lifestyle that a $5M payday would bring. For me, I want the independence to work on what I want when I want, have the flexibility to take breaks to spend time with my wife and future kids, take a nice vacation or two each year, etc.

This will obviously depend on your life situation, your savings, your spending habits, etc, but for me, I think I can achieve that with $4K-$5K profit/month. And making that much via a few niche web apps is much, much more likely than selling for a few million dollars down the road. (I currently have two ~$1K/mo web apps and am still at my day job for the moment, so getting to that point from where I am should definitely be doable.)

If this appeals to you, I recommend checking out Rob Walling's Micropreneur Academy, which is a great start for anyone going down this route: http://www.micropreneur.com/
Would this be appropriate for emacs wannabe users like me? I'd love to shave off some years of the learning curve.
Patents are very much like money: A sheet of printed paper, worthless in itself. The people, their belief and expectations give them value.
Don't know what it means for the virtual address space to be fragmented. Each process begins with a pristine virtual address space.
Nice work, I made something similar http://gitcv.com The Github API is pretty cool.
Malware is part of the game, so it's interesting to see how external sites deal with it. Do they go along with the meta game of people trying to spread malware ("it's at your own risk") or do they try to protect people from malware? Either approach is acceptable, in my opinion.

Good luck!
I wish. As mainstream as it got, it's way less deployed than java (which is used for literally everything, including mobile development), PHP, C/C++, Perl and even Ruby. It's starting to be fairly ubiquitous, thanks to hacks like jython and ironpython, but it's nowhere near being considered the "clear favourite" for anything.
Hi @gnufs, the idea is to have it done non-profit. So I'll be looking for volunteers to help me out with this aspect. Or I might approach Confreaks since they do a lot of conference filming. But not really sure how they operate...
> How are these fucking morons going to define legally what is and isn't a "hacking tool"?

They won't. They'll just use the broad qualifications to opress the ones they don't feel comfortable with.
> they'll probably want to criminalize encryption as well

I believe there are countries where that is the case. So it is not really that outlandish. Export of encryption software was illegal until 10 or 15 years or so ago.
That's an impressive team! Are you bootstrapping?
In fact most of human existance is like that. Religeon. Law. Banking. Civil obedience. Language. Property. Scary when you think about it. What's the odds we'll meet another alien race with anything close to our expectation on anything?
Hi @gtrak, why not :) Just make a proposal on the site, see what people say. The idea is for the conference to be shaped by the people, everybody has a say.
not anymore. Thanks for the hint.
Previous discussion here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2625143
Fair point about comparison with other USA industries. The overriding tone of the overall conversation (not just on HN) is whether Apple et al. are outsourcing to a place with lower standards, including safety. Comparing Foxconn stats to US norms is then a valid approach.

> How would you die while assembling an iPad?

Since you asked - here are some typical risks. Happily these are all mitigable.

Falling from heights while in the store - for parts or for shipping.
Hit by a moving light vehicle inside the factory - forklift etc
Hit by a light or heavy vehicle outside the factory - e.g. when in loading operations
Incorrect handling of hazardous materials resulting in explosion
Incorrect handing of molten materials (plastics, metals)
Poor guarding on major equipment catching clothes and dragging worker into equipment. Ditto with poor isolation equipment prior to maintenance (machine switched on while someone is inside it)
Electrocution due to lack of isolation of electrified equipment before commencing maintenance work
Inhalation of fumes and other toxic emissions
Crushing by a press or other heavy industrial machine during operation, maintenance or installation
Crushed by stacks of inventory (parts, finished product) falling
Electrical fire or other sort of fire
Food poisoning, collapse of building, any incidents in staff accommodation and so on.
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How did you decide that piracy is a major problem? As near as I can tell from real data (like that pirated version of X-men) piracy seems to have no effect on theater sales.

I do like your final sentence very much: after all, isn't that what professional film reviewers do? They typically don't pay to watch a flick, but the word-of-mouth they (try to) generate gets others to go.
This may have been the case in the past, but for Apple and increasingly across many industries China is offering genuine advantages beyond labour cost/conditions, and labour cost/conditions are increasingly approaching those in the west. It's like Japan all over again.
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3) I'm using Chrome v18.0.1025.151m.

4) That almost guarantees that I won't be using your service. Effectively having "Report this image for abuse." everywhere, is one of the most egregious enablers of today's online censorship. I don't expect you to solve this problem, but you should at least attempt something different.

5) What do my private pages have to do with the community? If you provide private pages, then only a subset of the TOS should apply to them.
bit.ly (j.mp) does all those things, without having to have a longer link. It provides fantastic analytics combined with the shortest URLs.
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turn on airplane mode for a sec then turn it off , saves the hassle of rebooting cellphone when it glitches
> It is like making dynamite illegal for civil engineers or morphine forbidden to medical practitioners or hammers and chisels denied to cabinet makers because they might hurt themselves. Ridiculous!

Described in those terms, what would you say to an exception that permitted possession by authorised information security personnel?

That's akin to the legislation we have in the UK with regards to explosives and controlled substances.
Facebook wants better intel on new attacks as they happen. The same intrusion tactics that are tried against, say, Google or RSA, are used against Facebook. But right now Facebook would have no idea what those are until they hit, because there is no legal framework for sharing detailed network intrusion data, without risking legal liability.

In addition the only government clearinghouse for this sort of data is US-CERT, which is so slow that its alerts are only good for nostalgic remembrances of attacks long past.
I don't know - my brother (a good friend) moved 3 hours away. I couldn't go help unload the truck, so I reluctantly saw him off. Then I remembered an old friend that lived in that town - one email later, and she, her husband and her three boys met my brother and unloaded his truck in half an hour! On Easter Sunday!

Is she what you'd call a close friend? Haven't seen her in years. And surprise! I'm a straight guy with a wife and 3 boys of my own.
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Taxes are not involved in the question. When it comes to US cases, FB only has to follow US laws. Therefore, data generated by US-based users should not be retained.
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Agreed. How about Angelina Jolie? Does this mean I have a chance?!
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I too found them more interesting. Is there a collection of these somewhere?
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@Gabriel, here's some css that makes it readable for me http://pastebin.com/XKQSC2z9 (just a 5 minute hack)

It's hard going from light text on black back to most other sites as you end up having those lines in your eyes where the white writing has burnt it into your retina!
How about relatives? How about folks in your social circle you find tolerable? How about people at work that are funny or charming?

There are loads of reasons to be 'attracted' to someone without it being sex - we're stuffed into lots of social situations where we want to find somebody 'friendly' to pass the time.
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It took me two months to really comprehend monads. Now I find them very intuitive and easy. However, they are definitely not easy to learn. It is like you are learning programming for the first time. Initially, they seem weird. Haskell requires patience. It is not a language where you can jump in and immediately see results, like jumping from C to Python. Someone who starts learning vi might be frustrated too. You need to learn ten keys before it becomes as productive as notepad.

> In Ruby or a similar object oriented language you expect to find three APIs/gems, all with a similar object oriented syntax, but for three Haskell DSLs designed for three different tasks to share syntax implies that their authors failed to optimise them for those tasks, hence instead of five minutes with API documentation you have hours of DSL tutorials ahead of you before you can begin work.

You need to learn monads only once. I can use new monads without any trouble.
I just tried to load it and got this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/186198/Screenshots/9vbm.png
But do any languages? When was the last time you compiled to anything but flat?
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I think she is very nice and and that was very kind thing to do. I would say that she is very friendly and willing to help. But would you call her at 2am if you feel really down and or your dog had just passed away? Would you spend the weekend at her house fixing her car with her or multiple weekends building a yacht?
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Lots of forms. like registration and updating user info etc.

Lots of pages that list data using tables. Different logic for changing what gets displayed on the pages. For example, showing something based on a user being logged in or not.
Ask HN: How much (if at all) does your employer reward you for filing a patent?

I believe the norm is a few thousand dollars, which makes this valuation even more sickening. I hate the stifling nature of the current US patent laws, and hate the idea of spending my time pretending to be a lawyer rather than an engineer. But, if a patent is so valuable, it's disappointing if a company does not reward the "inventor" proportionately.
The RSA -> Lockheed attacks were what led directly to this bill. That is why, for instance, the bill includes language on "intellectual property". The attackers were trying to steal design and software files from Lockheed, which could both be considered intellectual property. Personally I think they could drop that language from the bill entirely, since unauthorized network access is already a crime in the U.S.

The private ownership of U.S. infrastructure is why this bill is built primarily around limitation of liability. The idea is that U.S. private companies will do a better job communicating with one another on cybersecurity if they don't have to worry about getting sued for admitting that they got attacked.
Well, it's not like that any more. There are portable ways to work with threads, there are multiple XML libraries, some of which do not read the whole document in memory, and all implementations support UTF-8.

These things happened because some people decided to improve CL (both implementations and libraries) instead of using something else.
Not exactly. If you look on your friendly dollar bill, you will see "this note is legal tender for all debts public and private." Turns out USG says you can pay both taxes and court settlements with that paper. It's not just a belief that makes it valuable, it's the weight of the government of the largest economy on the plant and it's promises. Turns out the promises of Zimbabwe carry less weight.

Interestingly though, your comparison between money and patents seems very good. Both are sheets of paper that USG promises to enforce with it's legal system.
I'd hate to see how IE would've butchered that.
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Here in Tennessee, profs have to sign a form when they pick a textbook stating the cost. Unfortunately the deadline for picking books is about five months before the class, so some crappy, expensive books stick around because the time near the deadline is too busy to consider alternatives. Free books will only get you on the list for consideration.
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You'll be surprised that the film process is still cheaper in some scenarios. Special effects, for instance - anywhere you have to pull a matte (i.e separate the foreground from a green screen), the film telecine can be tweaked to convenience, whereas most CCDs will still give you a choppy result - for many reasons; Color compression schemes being one, the shape of the ccd cells being another. That means more days compositing and/or revisiting a film set, and in complex shots this actually means breaking up a frame to many individually shot bits, which may mean more shooting days in the first place, and a far higher complexity (just imagine how many angle coordinations one would have to make in order to match 5 parts of the same shot).

It's not that we're not getting there, but there's still a mile or two to tread.
It just says "wireless caller" for my number. Does it usually provide more information? I don't know how useful this is otherwise.
A question I'd love to see a good answer to. We've got Yesod, we've got Happstack, and also Snap.

What are the major differences between them? Is one of them a clear winner, the way Django/Rails are in Python/Ruby respectively?
Not all of that, no. But I spent 12 years taking her boys camping with mine, once a month, summer and winter.

And I've driven my tractor 12 miles to her place (when they lived nearby) to open her driveway after a snowstorm. And gave her a car when her middle boy needed a way to get to work.

So I guess it works lots of ways, not just the way it did in your home town.
I don't perceive much difference in the bias. I'm guessing if anything it's gone down though.
How far doe this go?

Can i have a laptop with vi or nmap installed? I imagine most DOS attacks come from people with a pretty generic install, vi and an internet connection.
This interests me but, as I'm unsure exactly what to expect, I don't wish to give my email to some random service with no explanation. Maybe an "about" page? Nice vibrating phone, anyway :-)
Thanks -- will mess around with this -- appreciate it!