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Well, I drive pretty regularly in an RWD M3, an AWD A6, and a FWD Volvo S40, and I'll tell you the M3 isn't my first choice on ice. Yes, tires are important. You still want AWD.
Does anyone understand the purpose of patent law? It provides incentives to inventors to keep inventing. To denounce patent law because of a ptent troll is pretty silly. The system needs tweaking but there patent law (and intellectual property law in general) allows creators to monetize innovation easily, which is incredibly important.
I used to keep a portion of my savings in foreign currency ETFs, gold ETFs, and foreign stocks because I was concerned about devaluation of the dollar. You're gambling if you do this, of course, because the dollar can go up, too. However, it does hedge your risk somewhat compared to keeping all of your savings in assets denominated by a single currency.
This is an interesting exchange between Mark Guzdial and Alan Kay: http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKVUNBWIDAS9YQ

The focal point of the argument seems to be whether CS "education" and "vocational training" should be separated.

P.S. Nice to see another UIUC student. I've been accepted there and would possibly end up enrolling unless I get into some long shot universities. How is the scene there?
My all-time favorite car was a 95 Civic Sedan. It was an awesome car; and never had a single problem for the 75,000 miles I drove it (I bought it used and it came with 30,000 miles). I liked it so much I kept it and still drove it while I had my BMW. I might actually still be driving that car today except for the fact that I turned it upside-down :(.

When I broke my old Civic (in 01), I went to go get a new one but they didn't feel the same at all.
cite your sources? :)
Material comfort and stability is an important contributor to happiness. Go to a middle class gathering place, like a Chipotle restaurant in a business district at lunch, and then go to an unemployment office. See which population is happier.
Relax -- it's not like I'm suggesting faith healing. :) Alternatives and choice are needed. Chemotherapy "works" by causing enough DNA damage that the body is better able to identify cancerous cells and destroy them. Hardly an elegant solution. It's important to note that even with chemotherapy, it's still the body itself actually dismantling the tumors.

In any case, it sounds like the dad already made his decision, and I can understand that. Chemotherapy takes a tremendous toll of suffering, to the point that if the only alternatives were chemo and death, it's still not always an easy choice.

In general, the natural health approach is to support the body's healthiness in every way possible, such that it can do its job. Our bodies dismantle plenty of cancers each day on their own. That may seem simple, but it deserves more investigation than a cavalier dismissal for the sake of the child^h^h^h^h^h cancer patients.

So, to be clear, the alternative I'm suggesting is: Be willing to greatly change your died and lifestyle, and find a naturopathic doctor/clinic and work with them. http://www.naturopathic.org/
>"Our economy is fueled by consumerism and the service industry."

You do know our country has the single largest manufacturing output in the world, right? Misleading soundbites are often repeated until they become popular wisdom.
It's written in the style of a magazine piece that doesn't do citations, but still, some follow-up suggested reading would be nice.
Look up excludable and rivalrous. They help describe the problem patent laws attempt to solve.

Here, I'll do it for you:

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalry_(economics)
The 1 millisecond of application logic between the 150 millisecond roundtrip to the database and 800 millisecond network latency would be 3 milliseconds?
Sure.

I first learned about the research from a brief footnote in the book Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran (highly recommended). Then I spent quite a long time looking for the article sourced, by Tinbergen, which is:

Tinbergen N., and Perdeck, A.C. (1950). On the stimulus situation releasing the begging response in the newly hatched Herring Gull chick (Larus Argentatus argentalus Pont). Behavior 3:1-39

Took me forever to track this article down, so if you want a copy, ping me.
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Absolutely. The trouble is mainly research funding, and then publishing and marketing the research that's already happened (there's more scientific research on alternative treatments than is commonly known.)

Pharmaceutical companies aren't likely to invest millions studying turmeric, spirulina, chlorella, sunlight, etc. There are credible studies if you intentionally go looking for them, though.
>As the credit system eases, historically low interest rates also augur debt refinancing and constructive access to credit for those with good histories and for small business creation in the year ahead.

As though we can just "augur" that. Small business loans might not pick up even in a low interest environment if banks reveal more off-balance sheet holdings and run into more troubles with capital requirements.

>The rush to declare the future bleak has obscured the fact that no one knows the outcome of an unprecedented event. No one.

I think he (minorly) slipped up and didn't follow his own advice a little earlier in the article =P.
My mom is a 22 year American citizen and she just eats Chinese food morning, noon, and night. The rest of our family do not discriminate.

ps: I just asked my parents if General Tso was a real person and they confirmed.
Does it scale dynamically via EC2? I need a version of this that runs on BigTable in case I run in to scaling issues. Please help.
I'll give you that, but nonetheless depression is fairly rampant in America despite those things. I've met orphans in poverty stricken areas of Mexico that were happier than middle to upper class kids in day care centers here in America. Really my point was that we shouldn't let ourselves get depressed over whatever the doomsayers may be spouting.
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Is this too simple to be useful? Or is it just simple enough?
Gold will always be valuable...

How do you know? While I'm all for world & class asset diversification, the whole reason is because I/we don't know.
They focused on the exception; you focused on the rule.

It's entertaining watching the tulip bulb story happen over and over again. Hopefully next time I'll have more capital to take advantage of the situation.
over my 9 years studying in usa, i never used my health insurance (always paid due to school regulation)

then 4 years in my country, i never buy one

actually over my lifetime, i never ever go to hospital and ask my insurance to pay for it (too much hassle and i hate meeting doctor)

the fud tactic used (you will pay 1 million dollar when you visit a hospital) always amuses me

maybe a better way is to take care of yourself, exercise, read health textbooks, read wikipedia on generic OTC drugs, eat real food, avoid extreme sports, don't smoke, use common sense etc

never ask an insurance company, "do i need coverage?"
You would be a nice foil to Jim Cramer.
Given your price range and the fact you own a two seater, it seems you're looking for something sporty. I'd suggest:

Infiniti G35 or G37. The former can easily be gotten completely loaded for under $35k (and possibly out the door if you pay cash and go for an unsold 2008 model). The latter can be a little pricier, but not by much.

I've got a 2007 G35 Coupe. Fully-loaded (except for four wheel steering), stickshift. Intense amount of fun to drive.

Prior to that I've had a 2006 G35 Sedan (was rear-ended on US-101 and the car was totaled; which is why I couldn't wait for the G37 to come out, I needed something I could drive soon).

Simply put, this is the most fun with four seats (and the lack of insurance premium due to being a "sports car") you'll have for under $40,000. Rear-wheel drive (AWD available on the sedan), real stickshift available (unlike on the IS350), sporty suspension, limited slip differential (the BMW 335 - which is $10,000 more expensive doesn't include that).

The big downside is fuel mileage (if I stay in fifth and sixth as possible as possible I can get a little over 26mpg, which is still dismal). This is slightly better in the newer models, but still - if you're looking for a fuel efficient car this isn't it. It also requires 91 octane (older models could take 89 and below if with an automatic, but that's not recommended).

Other downside is small trunk space on the 2007 coupe (the sedan is much better; not sure about the 2008 g37 coupe).

Also buy used, unless you're looking to build credit - which may not be the best time for it. When I got my first G35 (the sedan), I a) could get a certified deposit for a rate that is higher than what I am paying for the car b) was less than a year out of college, with no credit history.
With people saying things like this, it might be time for me to start buying.

US debt is a lot of things, but it's not toilet paper. If they start defaulting then we'll talk.
Not to mention his "core dumps".
Off-topic, but your repeated use of the phrase "lottery winner" annoys me. Every self-made billionaire is a lottery winner in that none of them got where they are without luck. But none of them got there through luck alone. To characterize their success as pure luck indicates either ignorance or jealousy.
I pondered the IS350 (but went for a G35 instead, see comment). I tend to agree: IS300 is a high-end sport compact sedan, IS350 is an entry-level luxury car.

(Out of those two I'd go for the IS 300, but in general I'd go for the G35 again ;-)).
Subaru STi (Hatch) or Mitsubishi Evo X (Sedan).

I went with the hatch for the extra space. Cheap (30k), Fun, and Fast.
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I wanted to also add that Ketchup Week is a really great time of year to kick start your app.

Got a Twitter url this year as well https://twitter.com/ketchupweek
Does this all mean you're going to be a billionaire in 2020 by capitalizing on the situation you describe?
why the impulse? do you often have to pick someone up?

after 3 years, the depreciation rate levels off for used cars so try 2005- cars

i have renault clio but don't use it often (once every quarter) ... not because i love the car, but because my basic transportation need is better covered with motorcycle (it's super crowded here with cars)

admittedly, clio was chosen because of the F1 double crown of renault+alonzo shrug ... maybe that's a flawed logic
says it all.
Does it solve the halting problem? I also need a version of this that tells me how to optimally pack my presents in polynomial time.
On the one hand, I like to encourage programmers who bake in internationalization, even in trivial projects.

On the other hand, I have dealt with far too many programmers who think romanizing Japanese is an acceptable alternative because all dem squigglies are hard.

This isn't a pedantic distinction: 'HAI' is not an acceptable localized message. It's just not. It would be funny except it happens in systems that got contracted out for six figures.
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1. It is needed for industrial/electronics purposes.

2. It is internationally recognized as being valuable, regardless of culture. That is, cultures as diverse as India, China, England, Russia, pan-Arabic (i.e. non-Jews in the Middle East) have all viewed gold as having value, and that over at least 1000 years of recorded history each.

3. It does not corrode or rot the way paper money does. In Israel they recently found some Byzantine-era gold coins, aside from the obvious numismatic/collector value they still retain value for the gold itself.

4. Gold does not require a government to enforce its value. It's value is innate or intrinsic to the thing itself. As such if a government falls or decides to modify the value of a paper dollar (as Mexico, Argentina etc. have done in the past) then the value changes. Gold that you have in your pocket cannot have its value modified by a government order.
Sorry if I sound like a Peter Schiff robot. I've been listening to him too much lately. I've been meaning to add some more optimistic readings/podcasts to my list.

China surpassed us recently, and the US losing its hegemon status is very bad for the dollar. The only thing they have left to do (and are doing) is build up their military. They do have quite a few domestic political problems though, but analysts were already confused how capitalism thrives in China anyway so there's no telling what will happen. I think
these problems and what they produce are the unknown factors that will determine the new world economy. That is just my pet theory.
I thought this was a joke at first, but then again it is possible that someone here still hasn't read a single essay by Paul Graham.

Or isn't it?
Here it is!

http://therobert.org/stuff/tinbergen_article.pdf (20MB)
I think I could have stopped at the end of the third paragraph and manage to grasp the point being made here, even though I disagree by leaps and bounds with what he's saying.
You're saying incredible irresponsibility is moral or morally neutral?
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they must be doing well, I see NetZero commercials all the time. + I think Firefox could release something like Firefox+, with a adblockplus installed from the box
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Awesome! Sadly, I don't have academic access anymore, which is why it was hard for me to find.

Also, it's copyrighted so I figured linking to it might be morally dubious.
For many things, yes, I prefer metric... but I was raised on the imperial system and human body measurements just make more sense to me that way. 3.47kg just doesn't work as well for me as 7lbs 10.6oz. :)
For me, the extra width worked rather well. When I first hit the site, the sidebar was hidden and I focused entirely on the article. At the end, I noticed the little white arrow cue and scrolled over to get extra information about Dustin and his website.

I'm not certain if this was a premeditated design choice, but it actually played out very nicely.
This is lame karma whoring. It's equivalent to submitting a Google search.

You should be ashamed of yourself if you voted for this submission.
Well, ping me if you ever need another. :)
isn't that already included, or was it just my district? Wouldn't put it past them, very rich town, so the school district had money coming out of it's ass.

Maybe it was just an elective. But my high school did offer 2 different "computer science" classes. The basic one was pretty much intro, and taught Visual Basic. And then had an advanced class where they taught us Visual C++. Basic stuff forms, calculations(accounting stuff) and then for final had a project to make a game.

Personally I don't think they need to teach it as a core requirement...CS is a class for the geeks, do you really want people who barely pass basic Algebra, to start wrapping their minds around C++? Especially when they have 6 other classes to stretch their mind.
I like the Honda Fit. Lots of really nice touches on that one.
Or, just for fun, in Sinatra - http://sinatra.rubyforge.org/ :

require 'sinatra'
get '/' do
%{<html><body>
<h1>#{Time.now.mday == 25 && Time.now.month == 12 ? "YES" : "NO"}</h1>
</body></html>}
end

Sure, no internationalization or adaptation to local time, but I'd arrogantly assume most Internet users can understand YES and NO as well as I understand JA and NEIN or OUI and NON (apologies to speakers of non-Latin derived languages.. :))
For anyone who forgot, we have a flag feature. Try it out. :)
> it is possible that ...

Possible, but not probable :)
Why paper? What about gold? If the dollar collapses a printing press won't help much. Aren't the rates dropped in order to stimulate higher demand, not because of higher demand?
You are coming in at a good time, actually. We are just now launching the iFoundry program, keep your eyes on it. E-mail me sometime, I'm always interested in meeting people from HN at school. Check out my profile.
Would katakana be accepted (as opposed to full kanji)? Can't speak for anyone else, but as a non Japanese speaker, I find katakana a lot easier to work with, but am unsure whether it looks amateurish to use it exclusively in Japanese eyes.
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This shows the difference that outstanding individuals can make. By all objective measures, Argentina is less attractive for a startup hub than a country with a more stable economy, like Chile. But entrepreneurial-minded Argentinans have persevered through adversity and created a nascent startup scene. Cool stuff.
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Nope: http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/2008-01/chart...
Believe the FUD.

In the U.S. an appendectomy can easily run you $20,000, and this is one of the most common non-elective surgeries.

Then look at car accident stats and the cost of trauma care.

Then look at new cancer incidence rates (there will be ~1.3 million new cases next year - CDC) and treatment costs.
Did anyone else notice how Orwellian the UK has been getting lately? Not just this story in particular, but the main theme of the stories coming out about U.K.
My experience with very nice cars is, it's fun to have a really nice car for the first 6-9 months. After that, you're still paying attention to cars --- you just dropped a shitload of money on one --- but you no longer have the best car for the money, because cars keep getting better. The year after I bought my car, they ported the euro manifold to the US model and boosted it by like 100hp. I never felt that kind of irritated when I was driving a Nissan Sentra.

There are probably better things in life to get hung up on than how awesome your car is going to be for a few months. Like, your retirement.
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50k is simply a lot of money for a car. Normal people don't spend 50k for a car. 50k has you outside the entry level for both Audi and BMW. But get a bunch of professional geeks talking about cars, and you're going to bias towards the 40-60k range of "aspirational" cars.
Your latest company appears to be one of the larger Java web consultancies in the market; maybe the 50-75k would be better spent starting your own shop. The 50-75k car --- isn't that how they get ya? ;)
Why not just do a static version of the site for 364 days of the year and just git push on the hour of xmas? It'd be good enough, infinitely more scalable, and offers the benefit of looking into past revisions to find previous dates xmas occurred on.
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True. This might happen with the probability of a monkey on a browser and subscribe to hacker news.
On another note, one time we brought our coworkers to a "real chinese restaurant". They didn't order anything on the menu and asked the cook to make a special beef-fried-rice for them. While the rest of us were enjoying our bitter melon & pig intestines, they survived on the single-course-fried-rice deal the cook managed to conjure up. They actually liked the pig intestines & cow tendons until they found out what they were eating.
For me patent law is like communism, the purpose/ideals of it might be nice, but I'd like to see an implementation that does not suck...
I was being sarcastic. I feel bad that you took it so seriously.
Human babies have similar innate behaviors (a quickly growing shape, say a circle, will cause a fear reaction in a newborn baby).*

* Chomsky - Language and Responsibility - p52
Great answer - thank you. If you have a blog/site you should definitely write about this.
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I think the data in that chart is from 2006, but I looked it up and I'm sorry, I must have heard wrong. Apparently, China will surpass the US in manufacturing in 2009 despite their unemployment rate in manufacturing being much higher lately than ours. Either way, the general consensus is that the question is not if they surpass us but when. I would post links but I'm on my phone. My friend from China says not to trust Chinese numbers anyway, haha.

I'm not trying to spout doom and gloom, I just find this stuff interesting. I wish I understood macro and history/politics better so I could make my own predictions that might be worth paying attention to.
Even if it's a small project the code is mediocre at best. For example, isn't there a library for PHP that handles internalization and why do internalization in both JavaScript and PHP (and no is only internalized in the JavaScript version...)

Lastly it's a really bad idea to determine language based on IP, a much safer way is to use the browser's language (ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header).
In general, if you weren't brought up with food diversity, you'll probably cling to what you like and makes you feel comfortable. Same goes for Americans who visit China, give them a week and they'll be dying for some McDonalds. A friend of mine went there for international school and he mailed ordered frozen hot dogs and breakfast cereal because he just couldn't survive on chinese food. Bring any American to China and try introducing them to congee & noodles for lunch, I'm sure they'll freak out too.

Same goes for Indians/Pakistanis... I had to oversee our outsourcing team that was visiting the States and most of them simply refused eating American food even when I suggested vegetarian places. They ended up eating at the same indian restaurant for 3 weeks straight.
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It's not all "America to Europe" you know ... there are startups in Europe that are innovating in ways the Americans haven't tried yet. Maybe not many of them, but my new business is based on one of them and it wasn't that hard to find.

The European company mine is modeled after is not doing well because they've made a fatal flaw in their implementation that's preventing their growth, and it seems their management doesn't recognize this, but other than this simple issue their business concept is sound, and when they eventually recognize this issue I'm sure they will do well.

But I'm American and I want to bring the same service to the USA so I'm proceeding with a slightly modified version -- one that will actually work well in the USA. I see nothing wrong with this whatsoever, it's a simple task of bringing a good service to places where the originator cannot or will not.