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I've played it. It's awesome if you have the time for it. It's not the type of game you can hop on and play for just 30-60 minutes, though.
Sure. Here's a recent one, for example (pdf hosted at motherjones but it's from the journal Climatic Change).
http://www.motherjones.com/files/04-11shale_gas_footprint_fu...

And here's a short article in Time that mentions several studies: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2111562,00.ht...

The industry has disputed the data of some studies but also strongly resists efforts to shore up the data by better measuring methane leakage.

The direct greenhouse effects of methane vs. CO2 are not seriously in dispute, being a matter of basic physics. So I don't see how the level of methane emissions 200 years ago is relevant to the question of whether coal or gas is causing a greater greenhouse effect right now, per unit energy.

I'll mention though that while we may have less swampland, we've also got new methane releases from melting permafrost and clathrates.
I know this is just a demo project, but I thought the game was broken at first, since the portal gun didn't seem to do anything. It isn't until the third level that you can actually use the portal gun, and then you can only use it on the non-boundary lines (as in, you can't use the ceiling or the walls).
The modern day version of monks writing complaints in the margins is programmers writing complaints in the comments: "I had to write this horrible hack because this API sucks", or "whoever wrote this method must be an idiot", etc.
A TV Platform So Disruptive Everyone's Suing It
Agreed - good article, but terrible heat maps. Another great article about this: http://www.research.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/color/color.HTM
Ask HN: Server logging. Is it just me that sucks?
I set up another LAMP (Limux Apache MySQL PHP) server today. I've set up dozens. I've never really made 'logging' work like it should. It's not just the stack though. It's all logging. 1600 emails today from lfd. With all these security screwups, why is it so hard to do what should be a trivial task?
I don't think commercial spaceflight will easily "tolerate" manned failures. Maybe with lots of competitors in lots of different countries.

But I did not realise the reusability cost structure quite so well as Elon's explanation - 200k on fuel, 60m on a one shot rocket.

Before that I truly thought we had no hope before a space elevator.

Call me a reluctant convert.
Redis ~ good links to begin learning
Why are you still on Chrome 18? I think 19 added some further graphics/webgl improvements. It might work better with it.
I thought that "bug" was patched by making a 64 bit integer included by default? Wouldn't they just have to recompile the program with the new library sometime during the next 26 years?
The paranoid SEO articles really put me off.
Same here, although I didn't contemplate the change. It just sort of happened somewhere in my late 20s. Late bloomer I guess? Always thought I was smart and understood people. But, now realize I missed plenty by not really getting it and finding what was interesting about others.
Time and Prediction based Software Rejuvenation
That's true. Fortunately: (1) it's always sunny somewhere (2) we are increasing our ability to store power (3) industrialized countries use less power at night.
This seems like a walled garden approach, a better strategy may be a community where people can vote on names publicly. There's potential here, but more if it's public. Good start.
Sync non-cloud data to your desktop/laptop/house computer wirelessly once you walk inside or outside your house.
Works great on my Ubuntu's Firefox with Intel integrated graphics.
> People on HN keep saying that you can live there for next to nothing but that is not what I experienced.

It all depends on what you value. I could live frugally in Wichita, KS, but I'd probably prefer living frugally in NYC instead.

Manhattan is weird in that even a six-figure income doesn't guarantee you a moderately nice apartment in the trendy neighborhoods, but when incomes are adjusted for cost-of-living, New York is actually relatively cheap compared to many US cities. Part of it is that New Yorkers are incredibly idiosyncratic in terms of what purchases we prioritize.

For example, New Yorkers value location and environment/surroundings over material possessions, like cars (which we rarely own) and even the size/quality of our living space. We spend far less time at home than our suburban counterparts, so we're willing to settle for spaces that might seem less desirable to non-New Yorkers. So if you try to buy the same basket of goods that you'd buy in Wichita, yes, you'll find it very expensive - but most New Yorkers allocate their disposable income very differently.

(Also remember that uptown and/or the outer boroughs are always an option - Harlem is cheap and surprisingly accessible, especially if you live near an express stop.)

> Living in Manhattan turned me into a horrible person.

Living anywhere that doesn't suit your lifestyle will make you miserable. I'm sorry that Manhattan wasn't for you, but I hope you don't hold it against my city, just the same way I wouldn't hold it against wherever you're currently living that I'd likely be unhappy there as well.
Please make the box smaller, and maybe put it in the corner, and always make sure to use a large resolution image. That way it's not intrusive so I can use these images.
Then expand your interests until they are broad enough to allow connection with more people. Even if you think you're more interesting, you should relish in the opportunity to give others new insights and point them in the direction of your favourite experiences.

Either way, you should be able to enjoy talking about the human condition, friends, and experiences you've had. These are quite universal.
Well it's currently configured to use Amazon Mechanical Turk to get the name suggestions and vote on the best.

The plan is over time to build up a community of people interested in suggesting names/voting on the best in exchange for early beta access, but this seemed like an easier way to start due to no need for network effects.
How many energy was consumed building this thing? and in what time will this power plant produce same amount of energy?
A DIY Satellite
Although many of the Fukushima stories may have been sensationalist I welcomed them. Because in a way nuclear energy generation is also a status quo industry and an idea, although less so than coal. But we needed something to nudge people into wanting solar power, even over nuclear. The more demand there is for it, the more research will be made for it, and new ways will be found to make solar more efficient and cheaper.

We already hear about such new discoveries every few months now. Imagine if many more countries and Government were committed to solar energy and would make the solar industry boom because of it. We're still very early in this, and the potential is enormous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_sentiment
That's a pointless metric. Not all energy is created equal, if you will.
Alternatively, they could use that unused capacity to deliver content to Apple TV, the iPad etc.

(Totally spitballing here. I have no idea whether that's feasible.)
I use one ID for my wife's iPad, my kids' 2 iPods, and my iPad. Rather than setting up 'stub' Apple IDs for the three of them, I just added additional email addresses to my ID so that they each have their own Messaging and FaceTime account.
e-ink was invented during the 70's too! Sometimes inventions are made before their time.
People did those things, as we have done throughout history. To add meaning to your claim you would have to prove that the rate of regime toppling has dramatically increased since the advent of the internet. I am not saying it did not play a part or wasn't a key tool, but such things always start and succeed based upon the commitment and sacrifices of those willing to stand up to their oppressors.

The internet is a tool for communication. If you co-op that communication then it is a tool for propaganda and oppression. I am not seeing a trend lately for more openness, instead I am seeing more and more laws for restricting what can be done, and governments demanding back doors into all aspects of our communication. of course I maybe blind and misinformed, but I see governments and corporations making a land grab for our individual freedoms.
Providing the best experience on a controlled hardware/software system is vastly easier than doing the same thing in the physical world.

I'm not doubting that they could do it, but dealing with radio towers, coverage, regulations, interference, etc... isn't going to be easy to do right. It's hard to make everyone happy, so it's probably better for Apple to let the carriers fight over coverage than to try to compete head-on.

For example, Apple the carrier might find that a city isn't profitable to cover, so they avoid it. However, a regional carrier might find it to be. So if Apple had their own carrier, they lose out on any customers there. But, if they allowed that regional carrier to sell the iPhone, then they can keep the customer.

I don't think it has anything to do with having a scapegoat for poor performance, or lack of ability to run a carrier. I just don't think it is in their interest to start one. Because, let's face it, this is Apple... They wouldn't be satisfied with running a #3 or #4 carrier, they would want to do it right - and be everywhere. And that is very expensive.
I'm quite happy for these trolls to go crazy on this one. Patents need to get so insane that eventually we might stop and say WTF are we playing at. Bed made lying in it. Software patents don't work, they never have.
Can't tell you that, but here's an interesting article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparisons_of_life-cycle_green...

Basically, Greenhouse gas emission including construction, material acquisition, maintenance etc. per kWh im g CO2:
Solar: 32
Nuclear: 66 (which assumes that enrichment is done with conventional energy)\
Coal: 960
Germany also has a lot of installed wind power which works at nights too. Plus new re-pumping hydro plants, which can be used to store the surplus energy of such peak solar output. So, with such diversification, the nuclear plants really are not necessary.

Plus with modern international energy trade, you get averaging benefits. I.e. when it is cloudy in your country, it may well be sunny in one of your neighbouring countries, so you can do instantaneous energy swaps like that, reducing the need for storage.
Vs2010 + testdriven.net.

We got rid of visual svn and resharper as they made it less reliable.
It's interesting what happened that day. At the opening of FB stock, Nasdaq tried to match about 75 million shares' worth of buys and asks--the 'opening cross'. However, if any one of those trades were updated, Nasdaq's engine was programmed to partially or completely throw out the cross and try again, resulting in an infinite loop since they couldn't calculate the cross fast enough every time there was an update. This is a pretty basic mistake in a system designed to process lots of events in real-time.

Nanex always likes to cast HFT as the villain of everything that goes wrong with the market--this is silly. HFT makes nothing but money for Nasdaq, and narrows spreads for investors. It was pretty clearly Nasdaq's job to handle the volume of information and not falter due to such a dumb mistake as other networks kept chugging along.

The same bug also affected trading in Zynga later that day on lower volume when trading closed and re-opened on that stock. This to my mind makes Nasdaq look guiltier. It's like they didn't even test what would happen handling a big cross under load.
Germany has nearly as much installed solar power generation capacity as the rest of the world combined and gets about four percent of its overall annual electricity needs from the sun alone.

Despite the discussions in Germany about the high costs of PV for consumers, this still shows something remarkably: a (in general) not so sunny country in the northern hemisphere installed approximately half of the solar power capacity of the world. It's not easy, and even in Germany there are huge challenges lying ahead, but especially industrialized countries should take this as a sign to accelerate their own renewable energy strategies.
Dale Carnegie says that the secret to being a good conversationalist is to be a good listener. People like to talk, especially about themselves (and I don't really mean that in a bad way). If you are a shy person, ask questions that don't have short, dead-end answers (so no questions with binary yes/no answers) and you can "steer" the conversation while the other person does all the "peddling." ;)

I highly recommend Dale Carnegie's classic How To Win Friends and Influence People. The title turns people off, but it is a classic "people person" book.
If you're worried about someone "stealing" your code, then GitHub might not be the right place for you.
Relying on a cloud service to store your data is always a risk. That is why I wrote CloudPull, my Mac app that backs up your Google account to your Mac.
http://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/
What's wrong with nuclear?

Concentration on solar is great but has some sub-optimalities. Concentration on an energy industry that could also provide materials for a cold war arms race was clearly a bad idea.

Why aren't people working on thorium reactors?
Sometimes demonstrations inconvenience others. Such is the price of free speech.
It really peeves me that there can be so little outcry (close to zero) and such immediate government action to shutdown nuclear plants when it's proven damn near impossible to get people to shut down coal plants. It's absurd. Coal is guaranteed to have costly negative health and environmental impacts on surrounding areas, while nuclear merely has the risk. I am glad something is being replaced by solar, but it is extremely aggravating that coal isn't getting the same treatment as nuclear.
Just use this as a counter to the "rising tide of crap" on HN.

This has nothing to do with startups or technology, but it is a vital insight into our world, that makes us more aware of that world's terrible failings.

I am glad HN is still a place I can come to read about web deployment best practises, and find my self lost in near weeping horror about the wars I did not try hard enough to stop.

+1 from me and let's stop worrying we might be going downhill. Just push this uphill, Sisephyaen style.
A good to also think about is that not too long ago, Apple was almost bankrupt. A lot of people these days just the of Apple as the iPod/iPhone/iPad titan who makes money hand over fist. But, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a decent amount of institutional memory about their almost fate in the 90s.

If you almost lot it all, only to come back, you might want to kee a large war chest too.
This page [0] discusses this question. It's in German but the Google translation is not bad. The energy required to produce both solar and wind energy has decreased significantly in recent years.

Solar power in Germany (the page claims) takes between 15 - 100 months to generate as much energy as producing them takes. I assume 100 is for old panels, and with modern (=more efficiently produced) panels it's more like 15. Wind power takes just 3 - 23 months to establish this "energy payback".

The page has more detailed figures and sources.

[0] http://www.volker-quaschning.de/datserv/kev/index.php
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Sadly the nuclear plants in Germany, which provide 20% of the electricity, can not be replaced by renewables but only by coal and gas power plants.
In my opinion the real nature of war described in a matter-of-fact kind of way in the "Forgotten Soldier". In every chapter you think it can't get any worse, but it does.
I'm not surprised he has those complicated charts in his article. I've dealt with this issue myself. The quick summary is that all this would go away if there wasn't customer-hostile DRM and sandboxing in the entire ecosystem the purpose of which is to control and regulate my access to things I own. This is never a benefit and always a burden. As it is, I often find it a nightmare to get my content where I want it and have vowed to use Android only in the future. i-* was a mistake for me to get involved with.
Nuclear doesn't play nice with big solar and wind because nuclear plants don't want to turn on and off rapidly. See http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/energy-futurist/why-baseload... an many others.
Today is Saturday, so maybe that has some effect on placement.
I'd be very surprised if Chrome didn't blacklist nouveau; perhaps you're overriding this behavior with a command-line flag? Visit about:version to check.
Yes but we are still a month away from the longest day, so the chances are that this record will be broken again, soon.
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Ah, so powerusers can just write down the number and know it's the Getty "Creative Image Number" and look it up at their liesure. Very clever.
His point is that if one depends too heavily on solar, there are times when they'll have no access to power. How does one transport solar power from Japan to Germany?
A masters degree in a topic lets you say (in principle) that your knowledge an a topic area is par with state of the art. A phd lets you say your are able to (after some time interval of effort) extend the state of the art.

Ultimately it really depends on what you're looking to do. do you have enough of a preexisting corpus of projects / experience in the what ever you want to do such that you'll have no difficulty securing work in your area of interest? Would graduate course work and or research either be an intrinsically valuable experience for you with respect to your interests or not?

Tldr: only do a graduate degree if you will enjoy the relatively focused work jointly with how it'll impact your career choices.
That's a very good insight that I didn't consider, it's as if Maine had achieved the highest level of PV usage in the US.
The Optimistic Directive
First few days are spent educating yourself on how everything works. The tutorial is very well done and is surprisingly immersive, but it's more learning than you'd expect from a game. By the first week, you're just about ready to start enjoying yourself and finding creative ways to use all the things you've learned. After the first month, you're just about ready to PVP and put up a reasonable fight against veteran players.

There is no leveling, but there is skill training which simply takes time (no need to kill rats). The "first month" barrier is a combination of building out the minimum skill training (which can happen offline) to become competitive and acquiring the financing you'll need for decent equipment (which can be done by grinding or finding some random lucrative venture of varying risk and reward).

You'll have a better time if you join a corporation and try to get involved—much of the game experience is optimized for this kind of gameplay.

If you're not willing to put in at least a couple of weeks of time "investment" (at least a couple hours per day) into the game before it starts paying off in entertainment and unique experiences, it's probably not for you. I've never put in more than a month or two into the game at a time, but I'm convinced that it's unlike anything else out there.
It's called spreadsheets online for a very good reason. It's definitely a game that you spend a lot of time talking about playing it instead of actually playing it.

Personally I'd tell anyone else to avoid it having been through it and come out the other side. It just doesn't give you much for the time spent. The ships look great, but don't expect either elite or tie fighter.

The pve is terrible, though diverting enough for the first month or two. Unless you really like collecting stuff and making a mega pimp mobile, it rapidly becomes extremely dull.

One of the addictive things about it is how 'risky' the pvp is as the ships you use are worth days in mind numbingly boring grinding. There is a heavy death penalty if you are using a 'good' ship and it's one of the only things that actually makes it fun, you do get an adrenaline rush from it. But the actual combat lasts 30 seconds-1 minute and it often will have taken you hours to find that one combat. Get caught by the wrong thing and you're guaranteed to die.

There are very few massive fleet battles. In fact more time is spent with FCs avoiding the enemy than actually fighting them and when you do get in a battle you die as soon as you're targeted as it's 100s of people shooting you in tandem. The weapons have far too long ranges so the most effective tactic is everyone shoots at the same target. Do not choose a name that starts with a-f, you will always be primaried.

Although there are more creative ways to make in game credits than grinding, you can even buy it (they have regulated RMT).

Be aware that they allow in game scamming and the game is pretty rough round the edges so it's very easy to fall for. Often you'd not think that's the way a mechanic is supposed to work.

Also there are generally 2 or 3 ships that are terribly overpowered at any one time in game. They usually take a year to fix them. If you plan going pvp it's worth finding out with the FOTM ships are from the beginning

As someone else says get a good corp quick. Reddit have their own one.

TLDR; If you want to get a taste of what it's like actually playing eve, open up a chat window with some friends and then 'spin' the ship in that web GL browser.

That's what you'll spend most of your time doing in eve online.
Its an interesting time sink from a developer/engineer/etc view. The player market is very very interesting to "play" with, along with the PVP aspect.
If you're Apple, this article just goes to show what a huge mess Apple IDs have become. If there was a simple algorithm like "one Apple ID per human being" and an ability to link family accounts together, that would be great.
Why would Chrome blacklist Nouveau? I'm sure it's far less hacky than the official Nvidia binary blob.
GitHub is a source for Open Source, be sure to protect your creation with an appropriate Open Source licence such as GPL, LGPL, Apache, MIT or CC.
If someone claims your product as his own, you have the licence to back your work.

Just be sure you don't have client sensitive information or anything that might break a NDA
Two possible approaches:

First, run it through a parser to verify there's an @, a valid suffix (.com, .de, etc), resolvable domain, and just hope that they spelled it correctly.

Second, send it an email (maybe just a "thank you for signing up"), and rather than waiting for the customer to respond, just listen for a "undeliverable as addressed" reply message, which should be pretty prompt, but not always.

Probably not much else you can do, stopping short of a confirmation email request.
Well, everybody seems to hate their carrier to some degree. Apple gets to utilize the service without being blamed for the problems. And even if they did own a carrier they'd still have to deal with others as people roam off of their network, so they still wouldn't be in complete control.

I could see Apple buying a carrier purely for investment reasons though, but they could do that with any business they choose.
also, half of the pv capacity of the world is only 4% of the power needs for germany.
> Turns out they really were just sitting on their laurels, and Apple really could walk in and eat their lunch.

Not really, Apple had been struggling for a few years to learn how to make a decent phone too, they just didn't release the ones that kind of sucked.

AT&T (in its previous incarnations as Cingular, SBC, BellSouth, and AT&T) has spent the last twelve years trying to make a functional cell carrier, and it takes them over 70,000 employees to do so. I suspect that Apple's 60,000 employees aren't focused on carrier operations.