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I really don't get the "wimpy Atom" thing. I run Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity (with visual effects) on a first-gen Acer Aspire One with a first-gen Atom processor and, while I won't be playing games on it anytime soon, it runs very well. So well, in fact, it is taking me months to effectively move my main computing to my newer i3-based laptop.

It still starts Emacs in under 5 seconds (and, considering my init.el, that's quite an accomplishment).

I'm not sure I'd be that much more productive if I could start Emacs in under a second.
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Hm, I haven't given that serious thought. I'm used to doing cross language calls on the JVM but not to native code.

In our use case we need to load a lot of data and serve it. The client library could be written in Python. I'm trying to decide on the language to use for the lower level.
People with money prefer to live in places that are nice.

This is a new insight?
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You absolutely can run Linux on a router.

Smartphones and tablets are more powerful than any PC 15-20 years ago. Were those just appliances too?

I think you're trying to justify anti-competitive behavior by making a distinction where there isn't one.
You can always use more pixels to show the same amount of information.

I don't think many people will ever run xterm with the default font on a 1080 13" screen.
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In fact, primates like the intersection of trees and grasslands - open fields provide visibility, trees provide safety. ...not just for the primates, but for all sorts of smaller critters, which go by the name "food".
I am not an antenna expert, but one of the things to understand about antenna design is that the shape of the antenna changes its transmission properties. In this case, you end up with a directional antenna.

In the case of a WiFi mesh network, you'd really want a set of omnidirectional antennae. An omnidirectional antenna with a 1/4 mile radius would need a lot more power to operate. Further, in a place like new york, you have to start worrying about 3 dimensions (skyscrapers are tall!) and obstructions (buildings can be difficult for radio signals to pass through).

Edit: removed redundant phrasing.
>> Oh, but you wanted a computer? Then buy a computer!

My long-term concern is that this will no longer be possible.
For a list / how-tos of various WiFi "enhancers" (beer cans, coffee cans, reflectors etc) see
http://www.binarywolf.com/249/coffee_can_antenna.htm

(oldest beer can reflector shown is from popular mechanics 1955)

there are also PDFs on the Internet that help you to create your own reflector.

always good fun to make something yourself.
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> My hackles go up whenever I see someone write "probably."

I'd rather have someone put error bars on their knowledge with "probably" than emit a shorter, more confident sounding (but more wrong) sentence that omits the "probably".
> proper general purpose OS

That's debatable ;-) but I concede your point that Windows is more "general purpose" than iOS.

> Macbook Air competitor

Won't run OSX. It's not a competitor unless you plan running Windows 8 on your Macbook which is not very smart.

And iPads can use Apple's wireless keyboards, so, for US$ 50 more you get a really good keyboard you can use with your desktop computer too.
Right, the use of numbers is not necessary. For example, I could publicly advertise that my password for a particular site consisted of exactly six words chosen randomly from the word list at http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html .

People would be free to attack it at will, but it wouldn't do much good because that password contains approximately 78 bits of entropy. The attack would be slow enough offline (for example if they somehow possessed a bcrypt hash of my passphrase), but far slower online (if they had to send each guess across the internet one by one).

I could of course cleverly substitute some digits here and there, which would make my public declaration a lie. I suppose some "security through obscurity" can help, though I could have accomplished just as much if not more by simply using seven words instead of six.
Your 4 points are exactly why I always use Require.js, Backbone, and Underscore in all my large projects.

Require.js solves point #1 and point #3.
Backbone solves point #2.
Underscore solves, well, point #4.

In my experience, the other important thing to maintain coherence and sanity while creating large JS apps is to have a system that makes dependencies between modules very, very clear. Require.js basically also does that for me; it requires every module to define their dependency on other modules on top of its file.

I highly recommend people creating large JS apps to at least check it out : http://requirejs.org/
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Honestly, I don't think the conference should be in charge of this (specially when it doesn't happen where the conference takes place). This is a very general problem and should be handled by state/federal laws rather than arbitrary decisions taken by conference organizer.
This applies to many things - isn't it even a common science fiction trope (e.g., Total Recall).

I'm at home. I go on a trip and have experiences which change the arrangement of molecules in my brain. Now I'm home again - the same except for some rearrangements. Why actually go on the trip if I could, instead, have the rearrangement implemented?
> ... and there you go doing it again.

No, there YOU go doing it again. That comment was in a long thread of context, and you willfully ignored that. The comment was also non-actionable and was clearly political hyperbole.

> There's not much room to joke about assassination and lynchings in a country that has a very recent history of assassinations and lynchings.

Sure there is.

It's little thing called "the first amendment". Perhaps you've heard of it? Read it closely. It makes no reference to "...unless there were lynchings in the last century".
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Also sort of true. @bretpiatt nailed the administrative side, but @macspoofing you are right in that we also wanted to free up equity to attract talent. It made more sense that the first equity to be set aside for employees shouldn't dilute active founders and investors if possible.
Yeah, on second thought...
While I agree with the don't whine sentiment due to the fact that if you're reading the authors post you probably have access to clean water and a computer (most of the world doesn't), I do agree with the poster "mistercow" in that articles like this usually omit hypocrisy on the part of the author(s). I've seen the "don't whine, you're entitled meme" projected from some of the most spoiled and socially lucky people I've ever met. I've also seen it projected by very economically disadvantaged and uneducated people that routinely seem to sabotage their own potential. The answer is to accept that everyone is a hypocrite and figure out creative ways to make this work for you instead of against you.
I also find it strange that historians cannot accept that the extremely complex language of sanskrit is not accepted as the origin of latin and european languages. The study of it takes years and is very fine tuned. Yet so called historians say there is a 'proto' language which is before it which has mysteriously disappeared. Unless you agree with this hypothesis, you will have no chance of going anywhere in common academic circles.
All of the devices you mentioned -- Android device, PS3, and router -- are all computers. They are general purpose machines that are programmed for a certain set of tasks. The kinds of devices you mention can all be reprogrammed and are actively reprogrammed by people, sometimes for a similar purpose that they already performed and sometimes for completely different purposes.

Just because I buy a device from Manufacturer X does not mean that said device is and only can be what the manufacturer intended. When I own a device, I have the freedom to tinker with that device, including making that device do something it was never intended to do. That is what I as a hacker love about computing machines: they are what I make them when I reprogram them.
Going back 25 years: It doesn't do much for your confidence at all.

My way out was voluntary work, lead to engagement with a lot of different people in local voluntary sector, lead to a paid post, which, in turn lead to a teaching job. I could see what Further Education college teaching was like from my work with trainees, and I realised I could do that.

Never been out of work since...

What transferable skills do programmers have that could be used in different fields?
Most probably you can run linux on your router.
See
https://openwrt.org/
http://www.dd-wrt.com
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>> I want you to not void my warranty when I reflash the firmware

That's a different issue. I support the manufacturer saying "we won't guarantee our computer-as-heater will work if you change the software."

What I don't support is "we have have made it legally/physically/cryptographically impossible for you to use the thing you bought however you want to."

If I sell you a watermelon, I'll guarantee its freshness. I'll not guarantee its fitness as a boat anchor, but if you want to try that, go right ahead.
Google employee spied at my gmail account
Google employee spied at my gmail account and activated their 'unusual activity filter'.

What do I do with this? I have a proof. How do I present it to the public? Should I report it somewhere? If so, where?

Did they even had right to do this?
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What should I do before they deny me access to that gmail account? How to mirror that proof?
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Thanks for your comments. I agree that I can learn Rails myself, but I assume the dev bootcamp would be a good proof that I actually know it and I assume I could learn more in less time. Besides, if I learn it myself, I could come up with an idea and build a web app, but would that be enough for a company to consider me (specially when there are probably many developers already with professional experience trying to move to the Bay Area)?

About the H1 visa, the problem is that, according to what I read on the internet, it's estimated that it will be exhausted by July this year. In the meanwhile, I was also told that J1 visa is a possible alternative, but I haven't investigated that possibility yet.

If a company decides to hire me, but is afraid I might be cheating on a technical video conference, I wouldn't have any problems to go to the US for a face-to-face interview, even if I would have to pay the costs myself, simply because I don't cheat. If they are happy with me on a video conference, I'm sure they would be happy after a face-to-face interview.
I think in the example above he means mode in that people have 2 legs more often than they have any other number of legs.
>Each additional major shareholder is a required signature on documents ...

You can structure your corporation in many ways. If the old co-founders were cool enough to give up their shares, they would be cool enough to, say, give the current founders proxy rights.

>"Why aren't they with you any longer?"

It's a 3 second answer if it actually comes up (and it wouldn't). Lots start-ups have "lingering" shareholders/founders who may or may not be part of the company. It just isn't a big deal.
According to http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html beer can would be too small. Optimal diameter should be between 3" and 3.66", however some people reported good results with much larger diameters.
Interesting strategy. Focus on the only advantage local papers have -- the deep local connection -- and build the strategy around that. Might be a leaner newspaper with a smaller readership... but that will happen anyways.

Coupling this 'deep local' focus with a better social media strategy could help them survive. If you become THE source for all local news + provide an easy way for things to be shared / discussed via FB / Twitter, etc you can bring your competitive advantage to the digital realm.
They don't have to. It is what it is. The Droid isn't stated as being a Arm Cortex A8 phone. But that's exactly what it is and it's related to what they are stating in the article.
Space and time still are well defined inside of a black hole. They only break down at one point, termed the singularity. But nothing mystical happens and neither space nor time break down when you pass the event horizon. So there is indeed a well-formed notion of "inside", as long as you're not in the very center, where the singularity breaks everything.
Or does living in a nice place drive people to succeed financially? hmmm...
Because it's unpleasant to see an unfortunate anomaly becoming a trend.
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Somehow I see no causation between a conference and the drunken comments by its attendees at a bar. Trying to argue that a conference organizer should hold some moral responsible for the people attending seems to me just ridiculous. He looked at me and sighed, confessing that he never should have allowed this guy to come to the conference. Here the Wait. What? Really? seems to be better placed - is there somebody really demanding the banning people from conferences who potentially may or may not be saying stupid things while being drunk at a bar?

Apparently the world is full of idiots, but it makes a difference if something is said/done/etc in a closed work environment or at some random bar among random people who just meet at some random event. Just because they like the same kind of things (music, coding languages, other "stuff") doesn't make them having some supreme ethical and moral standard. Demanding stronger sexual harassment laws is a legitimate request, but trying to paint the tech community as misogynist because of some random bar encounter is in my opinion unacceptable.
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A long time ago I was unable to answer the security question for my AOL account. The account had been hacked and used for mass spamming. AOL would not close the account, or help me change the password (or stop the spamming) until I answered the question.

"...but the account is being used for malicious purposes." - me

"Sorry, sir but until you tell me what you named your first dog I cannot stop it." - AOL
I can sympathize with your argument, but your comparison is a strawman, really. We don't have a defecation problem. We do have a harrassment problem.

There'd be no point in creating a code of conduct that explicitly bans defecating in the hallways because it's simply not an everyday problem. How women are treated in tech, however, is.

I'm saying this as a guy who is a strong believer in egalitarianism but highly sceptical of feminism, mind you.

If we had a defecation problem, yes, we should have a binding code of conduct for that. And as soon as the problem is gone, we should re-evaluate it, too.
>$500 iPad3 or $800 for Windows transformer tablet?

An ipad does not replace a laptop, the devices aren't equivalent.
No, I don't think that's it. Well, ok, yes I'm sure he would agree in that papers shouldn't print trash, but I think his point was that the Omaha World-Herald should stop pretending it can cover news out of Washington without a Washington bureau. Local papers are wasting money buying wire stories on national news that is not especially valuable to its readers.
Displaying password rules inform a hacker what rules to obey and follow, reducing the number of combinations they have to try. Rather than have rules, after a user creates/enters their password just let them know if it sucks or not, perhaps give some "stats" as to how long it would probably take to crack. Scare them into something stronger, but don't force them into "post-it noting their password".
>"A more open question is whether any of the existing Linux vendors will be doing this."

The Market Economics Fairy predicts that they will not given the limited number of people who are interested in dual booting a tablet and the diversity of device configurations likely to be manufactured.
Apparently as consumers we don't own anything anymore, we are just renting it from our corporate overlords.
> In the case of a WiFi mesh network, you'd really want a set of omnidirectional antennae. An omnidirectional antenna with a 1/4 mile radius would need a lot more power to operate. Further, in a place like new york, you have to start worrying about 3 dimensions (skyscrapers are tall!) and obstructions (buildings can be difficult for radio signals to pass through).

The last part (buildings) is incredibly important to remember. WiFi signals—which are typically in the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands—are extremely susceptible to attenuation in this manner, due to the higher frequency.

Note that, in part, this is why carriers are so hungry for the sub-GHz bands (i.e. 700MHz in the US, 850-900MHz in Australia, etc) for their 3G/LTE+ deployments. The lower frequencies exhibit significantly better building penetration, offset by the need to deploy more cells in order to get similar bandwidth capacity (considered a worthwhile trade-off).

An omni that could broadcast 1/4 mile (400m) in Manhattan at 2.4GHz would need to have a VERY high transmit power. It would likely be illegal, and it would also be dangerous.
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Phonegap is useful when you want to get a quick and dirty one off application launched. It lets your designers work in CSS which is very familiar territory. Most one off apps are more informational than interactive (Think conference schedule app) and phone gap is more than responsive enough. It supports enough basic api calls to do simple things like take a picture and stuff and does it well. Ruby Motion seems like what I wouid use for a stable long term code base for a new application. The difference being the product. The small one offs are usually supporting a bigger product (like a conference) and the long term code base is a product itself.
Not sure why you're being downvoted for this, it's spot-on. Accusations, no matter how credible, do not indicate guilt.
Acer: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/03/acer-aspire-s7-ultrabook/
it's definitely an electro-chemical gradient of sorts. at the cellular junction i believe the messages being transmitted are mostly receptor based (neurotransmitters) but there possibly some external ionic messages as well. I believe what you're referring to is when an action potential of ionic charge moves up a neuron and triggers the release of neurotransmitters. The message inside the neuron is due to the behavior of ions, and the message externally by receptor-binding neurotransmitters.
For home use, I'm not sure what's wrong with a post-it...

(Not talking about a bank password here).
sykes works at dotcloud..

phpfog is now appfog, and is cloudfoundry based.
djangozoom is now appsembler also cloudfoundry based.

all of the cloudfoundry based systems are multi-language, multi-db capable.

openshift has no makara code remaining. its a fresh impl. its basically a simpler version of cloudfoundry. also multi-language, multi-db pass.
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Surely it doesn't hurt to have the conference take a stand?
Changing your strategy because you keep failing over and over until you finally succeed is 90% non-luck.

What is the difference between changing your business strategy and changing your gambling strategy? If you tried lottery tickets and the horse track, then finally hit the jackpot at the slot machines, would you say that 90% of the win was due to your active involvement in choosing the game?
As cool as this is, I'd rather just buy one.

Could someone here recommend a commercial wifi signal enhancer for use with a laptop that they've had good results with? (It need not have a directional antenna as in the original article.)

Whenever I've googled the commercial products, I feel like the market is rife with snake oil. I'd be much happier with a recommendation from someone on HN.
I live in Hamilton, Ontario, which isn't reknowned for being high income, but certainly has a lot of trees even in lower income areas surrounding the downtown, especially compared to a lot of Canadian cities. Exceptions are out there I guess.
>It made more sense that the first equity to be set aside for employees shouldn't dilute active founders and investors if possible.

It doesn't dilute investors. It dilutes you.

I'm not as understanding of your motives as others may be. You're lucky the other founders were really cool. The reality is that Ariel and Anton took on risk by being in the startup originally, and presumably put in a lot of work and effort towards your company - so it's completely fair and reasonable that they have something to show for it - no? Whether or not the current product looks like the original is immaterial.
In "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", the androids are practically indistinguishable from humans in their physiology.
I seem to recall he even has a brief section on fiction. Of course I may have an older edition, or simply be misremembering it... probably time to read it again.
One must think who the most likely person would be that would a) want access and b) try to break in... is it an anonymous hacker across the internet or a co-worker trying to sabotage? This is why "post-it noting passwords" is bad. Most computers/systems don't really have information that hackers want, other than to zombie a machine. This isn't to say we shouldn't worry about exposing our computers with quickly cracked passwords, we should protect all vectors into our systems but realize forcing strong need to "post-it note passwords" drastically increases the likelihood of an internal rat/mole.
Between pgpool and pgbouncer, go with pgbouncer.
Are you sure an actual, living, human Google employee 'spied at your gmail'? Google states on their website what 'unusual activity' can mean:

http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...
This is theoretically true and I am excited about LightTable but even then, there are many situations where automated refactoring simply isn't possible.

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...
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Set up email forwarding. Sometimes even if they suspend your account, new emails will still be forwarded. Also, make a backup of your current emails by setting up a desktop client (e.g. Thunderbird) over IMAP and let it download all your current emails.

As for proof: saved web pages, screenshots, copies of any communication you have would be helpful. There was one case I know of when someone at Google was spying on users' email, they took the case very seriously and fired him.

As for whether they have a right to: I'm sure they do. Anyone running any email server has the right to look at your emails for purposes of maintenance etc. From their privacy policy: We restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.