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As but a singular example: Although claims of the size and power of the Chinese navy at the height of its extravagance are surely exaggerated to some degree, the sophistication of these ships is incredible even if they were executed on a smaller scale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_ship

The world would be a radically different place today if this fleet hadn't been scrapped. The ability of the colonial powers to conquer large parts of the world virtually un-checked would've been seriously impeded.
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Designing networking protocols that are robust in mathematical sense is unbelievably difficult. In fact, we humans have only found optimal solutions in a few cases if you dig through the mathematics literature. Many real-world networking protocol design scenarios do not have a known non-pathological implementation. Furthermore, there is a large number of decentralized protocol designs that we can prove to have many poor qualities. To bludgeon the equine, people that can significantly advance our understanding of such things tend to win Nobel prizes and similar. It is that difficult.

That said, TCP is not the best we can design given everything we know about designing network protocols. It was good enough for the people that designed it at the time, and possibly (my chronology is fuzzy) was approximately as good as the mathematics would have reasonably allowed when it was developed. We can make it work well enough in many cases -- the economics of inertia. Other narrow use cases are better solved differently but are not general solutions.

It is one of those problems that sounds like it should be easy to solve on the surface but turns into a bloody epic challenge once you start to dig into it. I am not offering a solution, just noting that very few people can.
Two legends, namely:

"While he awaited a tonic, Qin turned to mercury tablets."

and then a map where:

"rivers of quicksilver represent the kingdom’s waters"

finally some modern evidence:

"Modern investigations have been able to corroborate this legend with some chemical evidence. In 2005, a research team led by Chinese archaeologist Duan Chingbo took 4,000 samples from the earthen mound to test for Mercury, and all of the samples came back highly positive."

Which legend would you think that should be supporting?

Sometimes I just don't understand the thought process going into an article.
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I was trying to build this product over weekend.I know a little bit of Ruby on Rails ( really small ) have to search for almost everything on internet. The main mistake I did was with Ruby on Rails I started with lots of plugin twitter bootstrap , haml , devise , cancan ]. Now after 12 hours I analysed where am I, I didn't find it quite encourage.

I thought its better to stick with tech, you know I know a little bit of PHP , Mysql, JQuery so started writing this in PHP CodeIgniter . Although I was able to get better than ROR application in next 12 hours and it was easy to understand and I was able to followup quite easily. But I am writing lots of stuff is which available for free better designed solution in ROR in PHP from ground zero.

In long term I think it would make more sense to use ROR, not only from building the product. But if the current product fail I would be able to produce more app faster.

What you think, do you have any piece of advice for me.
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I watched the video and it looks very impressive.

Towards the end of the video you mentioned Taskk would be good to see if you have enough time to take on a new project. If the tasks are standard for each project, could the user create a new list from a template he/she previously created?
Interesting read, but man, those are the most obtrusive displays ads I've ever seen - and I'm in the ad industry.
All of this is predicated on having a government that makes wise policy choices as opposed to acting in the self-perceived interests of its sponsors. The USG is not such a government.
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They use that 'science' for optimization of various metrics within the game: retention, monetization, etc. Game design begins much earlier, and a lot of it is not subject to the experimental method: look at their failed games like Mafia Wars 2, and understand that their fundamental flaws can't be iterated or experimented off.
Is "from that author" some sort of passive aggressive jab at djb?
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Every 'news' site that comes to mind aggregates content in some way, and by your comments, you seem to be after news aggregation. On the other hand, I think the good news sites also have a sizable membership that shares a certain expertise. For Slashdot, it might have been Linux. For this site, it seems to be web start-ups. Yet, even people like me, with no overpowering interest in web start-up news (though I'll admit to having worked for one), still find a subset of the discussion of interest, and I'm sure this is a side effect of the high level of discourse.

My point here is that it's difficult to maintain that core membership purely through aggregation instead shared interests and expertise. In other words, the quality really comes from the people involved and not the technology for aggregating external links. For me, my go to discussion group was 9fans, which is pretty quiet these days. If I really wanted to find interesting things to talk about, I'd seek out those involved individuals, who of course haven't gone away, but just moved on to other things. I get the feeling that in the age of Twitter and Google Plus, news will become centered around people, and that aggregation sites will go the way of phpBB.
Not being able to pay your outgoings is the definition of insolvency, friend.

On the other hand, the government is not quite a 'corporation,' and isn't entirely subject to those kinds of notions, is it?
Since this article is about Zynga as a publicly traded company, I interpreted the author's statement in terms of capital investment, not capability. To put the author's statement in perspective, compare Zynga to Valve. Both have been successful creating and selling games, but Valve is actively working to control its distribution channel. Which business model would you invest in?
Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc. Spending 20 minutes looking through the suits to see if there is one that a) looks good, b) right color, and c) fits - could save you several hundred dollars. You will find high-end name brands. People die or get too fat, and their suit usually gets donated.

If you think you're too proud: No one will know it's a used suit unless you tell them.
This http://i.imgur.com/UW5rM.png I truly believe that most software developers want to solve problems, and establishing a database error is a problem that people are willing to pay for...thus, there is a class of people that are willing to do the work!

EDIT: I'm sure the db connection will come back up, but this error is the root of this discussion, in my opinion. No one wants to be yelled at, so to prevent this, we revert to what "just works" and your idea of that concept is different than mine, thus the more we can agree on standards the better off we will be for the general use case.
Error in Boltzman brains theory is that he assumes that universe with brains randomly fluctuated into existance into its current form , and concludes that this form is more complex than just brain and therefore brains without environments are more common (maybe iPhones or Bible are even more common then), and assumes that brain can exist without environment.
also second law of thermodynamics states that resulting entropy would never be decreased. and doesnt tells us about entrophy dynamics in intermediate steps.
Of late, I'm seeing a lot of articles about Facebook doing this great thing or that. Agreed what they do is technically challenging and they are extremely interesting, but these also seem to be a sequence of puff-pieces meant to whip up the public with feel-good sentiments about the company before the IPO? The HN readership might want to keep that in mind while reading these articles - indeed, we did have another post a couple of days ago about exactly this - http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

/2cents
Do other languages handle RegExp better? Most newer ones just adopt perl-style RegExp, but the concept is not original to perl. I found it interesting that he singled out RegExp (how to tell if you have a false positive).
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I've seen it but seems like it's OK now.
I think getting a "DB Connection Refused" error when I clicked this link was wonderfully appropriate.
To use the plumber analogy, we can't agree on how big the common pipes should be. They have physical limitations set by properties of water and waste. Software handles a liquid of constantly changing viscosity.
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People who bash Zuckerberg fall into 3 categories. Haters, entitlists or are jealous of Mark.

If you are so pissed off at Facebook's privacy stance, don't use them (Yes it really is as simple as that).

If you cry foul and say this is unfair because you won't be able to keep in touch as well with all of your family/friends just remember this. YOU are not entitled make your own rules when using someone elses' company services.

All the whining does nothing - only votes matter. You have your vote (your free choice to use or not use Facebook). if enough people agree with you and decide that it is not worth it to use Facebook - then they will be forced to make changes. All the whining in the world will not make a bit of difference if they still know that THEY HAVE YOU and you along with everyone else will continue to use their service (meaning no significant amount of people are leaving and growth is still good).
This is not a list of future events. It's Roland Emmerich's list of ideas for his next project.
Who do you think made the development he's referring to happen?
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Seems like good advice! Thanks for the article!

The one bit I don't think is a good idea is: "An alternative is to negotiate a rate for a trial period for a small feature, and tell her you’ll pay the full rate if the project goes well"

Just pay the full rate! Sure, hire for a trial run but don't insult your developer with old "just do this one thing cheap and there will be properly paid work later" line. For a good developer there is properly paid work available NOW, why should she work for you cheap?
uTP isn't based on CurveCP, and CurveCP is nowhere near as mature as uTP is.
It's currently in Google's cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?sourceid=chrome...
For some reason it's written as if the author assumes his audience is filled with disdain for Mark Zuckerberg. Or the author is. It's hard to tell.

A deep, petty, and deeply petty disrespect seems sort of strange, given Facebook's ubiquity and general good decision making.
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Yes, I much prefer C++.

There is a recurring problem in which languages outgrow their original syntax when applied to new programming paradigms.

For example, accessing an array in C uses simple syntax: arr[5] = 10;

But with NSArrays, etc., we have to add lots of explicit method calls with lots of named arguments, destroying the clear and simple syntax meant to express use of an array in C.

The nice thing about C++ is that you can fix that by overloading operators so that a vector can use the same simple syntax most of the time. You can do this for any objects for which it makes sense... And it vastly improves the ease of coding and reading code.

In objective c, you simply can't improve it. Tons of operations with containers and objects are unnecessarily syntactically unwieldy. Higher level languages like Ruby do this as well, but C++ is fast and explicit. If you want to know what the operator is doing, you can step into it. You can read the code...
I actually laughed out loud and was a little disappointed to see that this wasn't intended. I'll go read the cached link now.
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> Plus, in the history of the world, he said, is there one thing you can think of that has been hand-made, and on such a large scale as software, that was as complex?

It is a testimony to the innovation in any field that leads to tools become outdated so quickly. Easy commoditisation is directly related to the tools one has at their disposal. Creative fields like photography or movie-making also face the same issues.

Interestingly, if we are given a choice to constantly upgrade our tools then we would always prefer to. For eg: I don't find most people using the cork screw on a swiss-army knife. I would rather have a lighter multi-tool. But redesigning, testing and manufacturing a new multi-tool takes a long time.

Software has relatively speaking a much shorter lifecycle. Most of the clients recognise this and sometimes have higher expectations of the turnaround times. This leads to unintentionally short timelines or bug-ridden software.

As in any uncertain venture, it is often better to go with iterative and agile methodologies rather than a big bang approach.
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Yep, big screens are an issue right now. While it is nice to have such a large map, it takes forever to load and the content window is, as you said, way too small.
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Thanks for repeating what I told you by quoting the website. The long now foundation had this idea and the plans for the clock long before bezos gave them lots of money, it is not in any sense 'his' project, it's a team effort which started long before he became involved. Haven't read the wired article but I wouldn't use that as a basis for your opinions as wired is not exactly a reliable source. Do some more reading on the website though as it is a fascinating project, in some ways I prefer the Rosetta disk and wish he had taken an interest in that as well. Anyway, this is straying off topic.
when I am an old man, I hope my family make more of an effort than to plan for strangers to call me. This seems more for your own guilt than helping them. That said, I would have loved the chance to skype with my grandad or tap into his "what I am doing" view.

Knowing how many older folk play crosswords, I think an async game you can play is far more meaningful.
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Implying that the Bible is "absurd" does not help the discussion and makes believers feel unwelcome. Please be nice.

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The article uses normal CSS, but you can apply the same principle in Sass/Less/Stylus, and in an even cleaner way. For instance, here is an example from the article, abbreviated and converted to Sass. You can refactor

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Wow, thought-provoking post! I had three reactions to this.

1) Software is in it's early days (in the grand scheme of things.) Though things may seem "hand-made" now, it won't always be the case. In fact I'd say OO, design patterns, frameworks, cloud technologies and more are the early equivalents of regulations, well-accepted standards, etc.

2) What other profession is as egalitarian? What other profession has as much upside? Entire industries can be changed by a few smart people. That kind of opportunity makes the "hassle" worth it.

3) The hassle of having stakeholders/customers constantly wanting things faster and cheaper can easily be mitigated by being picky about what company your work, for, it's business model and it's culture. Not all software companies face that issue.
Depends on how data-nuts they can actually go. If they wanted to get really nuts and they actually stored all the data they can track, from your house, car, phone calls, etc... think what any extremely intelligent and powerful (i.e. resources– ATT or NSA, doesn't matter) could do with that kind of information. If enough people subscribed and they could start plugging in external data such as sex offender registrars, it would only be a matter of time before they found a decent model for pattern behaviors. When there's a crime in the area or someone is suspected of X, they could simply compare their base model to John Doe's log, timestamps and all, and determine that hey, those 5 phone calls and 3 garage exits in one hour do seem fishy to us! *knock knock

The good: That's a lot of work for anything that isn't "major" crime. I can't imagine it would help them any more for cybercrime either. BUT, it would be super interesting to see such a system implemented if you're never on the receiving end...

The bad: Everything else. Regardless of how advanced it is, how they use it is everything. And given their track record (sourced above), privacy/trust doesn't seem to be their forte.
You might as well say 'One plus the biggest whole number nameable with 1,000 characters of English text', if that sort of thing is allowed.
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What do we have to fear if it is shut off? No one will know inside. It may be shut off and resumed many times, but the state is saved. Either way, we won't perceive it.
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I'm not sure I understand the author's definition of "handmade." My Rails web app runs on my handmade code with a bunch of handmade Ruby libraries, on the handmade Ruby language, on physical hardware that was made by handmade machines (or machines made by handmade machines, etc.). How is software any more handmade than any man-made technology, like a cellphone or automobile? The distinction sounds necessarily fuzzy.
>If you are so pissed off at Facebook's privacy stance, don't use them (Yes it really is as simple as that).

While I agree with you in general I think that the matter is not so simple. Of course, it is in fact true that when you don't like something, you simply won't buy/use it.

However, many people have had similar view with regards to Microsoft and Google (and other big companies). But when a big company does something it affects so many people/companies that it's not just an issue of voting with your wallet.
My dad would start yelling at the screen if he read this article. He runs power tool manufacturing business, that requires each product to be tested and tested to perfection. If there is a fatal flaw the entire line may need to be recalled.

The fact I can push a software update to a million users in minutes makes him green with envy.

So yes software is hard... but cost free replication is an enormous upside.
You should care. Whichever one provides deeper insight leading to greater understanding should take precedence.

The fundamental difference between knowing that electrons do the moving and knowing whether the universe is a simulation or a universe is that there haven't been testable predictions (yet) using the simulation hypothesis. That is why it is a moot question (so far).
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Only if you enjoy sports. Also very few sports bets pay out a million times the money. Even a bet like France beating Canada in the ice hockey world championship only pays 33 times the money, and the prospect of winning $66 on a $2 bet is hardly exciting.
Lotteries are a tax on people who are desperate, not ignorant. Even if you understand the math, your utility function changes so that you're willing to trade a small expected loss for the long shot chance of solving all your problems. I don't buy the idea that swathes of lottery players really think they're making a value bet. Just because they respond with anecdotal evidence when you confront them with the true odds, doesn't mean they're really arguing the facts, they're just protecting their hopes.
She's great (or at least the dutch think she is), and did a good job as well when she was commissioner on competition, handing out some big fines to business cartels. see

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a854010e-dd84-11db-8d42-000b5df106...

I think we first were a bit disappointed that she was no longer keeping businesses on the straight and narrow, when she moved from competition to the digital agenda: it seemed like she was rearranged to a position where she would be less dangerous. In retrospect, that impression might have been wrong, and she might have just decided that keeping the digital world from being corrupted (by roaming fees, broadband prices, copyright agreements) was a more important thing to go after now than business cartels :-).