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Having the US sign up to the international criminal court would remove a fair few skeptics, and would keep the wooly left at bay.
It is all about the dtandards body. I don't know which orgs are responsible for UEFI specs and SD format specs. It's up to the standards body to demand FRAND licensing.

There aren't any international standards that demand a vfat file system, are there? Are the vfat patents still in force, because I haven't payed anyone for those on any of my Linux systems. Is SD an ISO standard or just a consortium standard? (I don't know)

I'm not trying to say Microsoft has the cleanest hands with respect to patents, but in this case, it seems clear cut.
> When I'm on the second param, I'll delete forward to the next ","

you can't do that, else you'll delete not enough ('gra') or
too much ('baz,')

> ctrl+shift+right

It fails the moment one of the second arguments has a space or a dash. e.g default value:

def qux(bar, baz = {}, qux)

or in some languages (CSS, HTML, LISP)

<div class="foo bar-baz quux" data-behavior>

The interesting reason is why it fails: you say you want to delete 'to the next ","' but do word movement with w or ctrl+arrows. Indeed this is solved by Vintage mode, but I unfortunately found it too inconsistent with vim, and lacking a few critical features (e.g vim-surround and indent-object) for me.

Also, multiple cursors rock anyway, but if I want to apply them to a number of elements responding to a criteria and decide on a case by case basis if I want to apply then it does not work. Also it does not work when there's no code locality (i.e affected code is not visible in the same view, or spread around multiple files). The major difference with macros is that they're repeatable, while multiple cursors do the same thing at once, and once.

Also, when one vim user uses f/t too often, one should look into an object describing what he wants to really do (here [0]).

[0] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2699

I hope Sublime Text has or introduces at some point the same extendable concept of text objects as in vim.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anything of this is bad per se, just that there's room for improvement.
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This shows, yet again, is that software patents do not constitute a functioning property system.
What are the affordances of a property system? A big one is that it provides reasonable certainty that you will have the use of something you think you own. Software patents actually work against this.

Lee and Mulligan (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2016968) make a good case that software firms "are unable to discover the patents their activities might infringe", because software patents are not "indexable" (unlike chemical patents, which are indexable by molecular formula) . Any companies know what their patent assets are, but not their liabilities, as testified by the fact that tech companies put pro-forma statements to this effect (with suitable weasel wording) in their SEC filings.
Now we are seeing that due to the app store model, this risk is propagated to ordinary customers.
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It would be more correct to say that they own the physical media and a license to use the software on the media.
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Oh, and nobody knows what the hell you're talking about.

Yes. It's a level of detail that borders on obfuscation.

fwiw, I've always used the term "load balancer" to also refer to two redundant load balancing machines. (If I worked with more complex load balancers, I doubt I'd stop.) In the general sense, it just means "the apparatus that balances the load".
Yes, the same approach is taken for example by Facebook. If there's a complaint, Facebook will first freeze an account and only unfreeze it after the dispute is resolved (by the parties themselves or legally through court). Shoot-first-ask-later approach.

I don't know why this is prevalent approach, since 90% of the time it's the big companies initiating disputes. So small companies are taking the hit.
Flame caught all the attention because it made use of a new hash collision technique currently not know to anyone. Which would mean it was govt. backed.
>In fact I vaguely remember a story about a guy contributing drivers to the Linux kernel for old hardware that he didn't even own and never planned on using.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1047633/one-writes-...

Possibly this fellow, who wrote drivers for over 200 USB webcams?
3) Irrespective of (1) or (2) what can be done?

I don't know about the broader problem, but for the present situation my first thought was that someone should make a clone of the app that can be sideloaded onto an Android tablet. That's an (almost) immediate fix, but unfortunately it's hardly a solution. It seems like it could only be distributed to one or a few people before it risked similar lawsuits, and there's the long term to think about, too. Besides just OS updates, what will happen as kids using this software grow? For some, but not everyone, reading will open new avenues for communication. For others, ongoing development to increase sophistication seems necessary.

Does anyone know if Speak for Yourself is still available outside the US, where patents are saner? I tried looking, but couldn't figure out how to search iTunes from the website.
> a common local minimum being the cosmic background radiation

No, that's only if you are in outer space. On earth it's the temperature of the air, or the walls.

It doesn't matter if the light eventually gets to outer space - what matters is that there is something hotter near you (namely the air).

i.e. it's not where the photons end up that matters, it's the total of all the photons that are being sent in your (the lamp's) direction that counts.
OK so here's a question: Let's assume for the moment that this paper is 100% accurate in its assessment of the future of our climate, and let's further assume that the general public will continue to be apathetic for the time being. What's going to happen? Are we doomed because we won't be able to act on a large enough scale in time? Or will things change (quickly enough) once the average Joe starts 'feeling the heat'?
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At my last company we had one project everyone knew was in crisis, but it was 'strategic' and mandated from on high. At one meeting the product manager wanted to focus us on the highest priority issues - it turned out to be a list of more than 10 poorly defined issues. Great job, great people, but management wanted everything and they wanted it now.

Nine months later and I've just finished my probation period at a small, scrappy startup with a very specific market niche. Focus is really hard and it has to be driven by leadership from the top.
Now that's the kind of thing I wish I would see in a "ST tricks" blog post.
That requires running GPS a lot. Better to just look for certain sets of cell towers. Llama does this on Android already.
That is a weak workaround. There real solution is to fully recognize that information is power, and to have a separation of powers similar to the three powers of Montesquieu's.

Hardware companies should no be allowed to make or sell or control software.

Software companies should not be allowed to produce, sell or control hardware.

The same way we, user, citizen, forbade our physicians to sell us the drug they prescribe, we should forbid information processing companies to sell us the devices where this information is processed on.

I'm looking at you, Google, Apple and contenders. Everyone belived 1984 was targeted at totalitarian government, but maybe the dark prophecy is being fulfilled under our eyes.

If I were a good pamphletist, I would write a punchy call for arms on the topic.
The led itself should cool down if it is producing more power in light then is being put in electrically. The energy is coming from the the lattice phonons and as a result the lattice cools down.

The paper[1] behind a pay wall show has a graph showing its cooling power vs current.

I think where the light is shining into is open space so the source temperature has to exceed what ever temperature the local background radiation is at; a common local minimum being the cosmic background radiation.

[1] http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v108/i9/e097403
This is an interesting generic Chord Progression Map: http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/genmap.htm

This page contains the specific Chord Progression Maps for all twelve keys: http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/chartmaps.htm
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The problem is that software is such an odd field that one man's "life's work" can easily be another's "weekend project".

Whenever I start feeling a bit full of myself after battling a week or so on some particularly difficult problem, I try to remember that there are people out there who could kick my ass in the time it takes to air an episode of The Simpsons.

In the end, this is why the whole notion of "software" patents is probably doomed from the start.
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I'm saying that you need to go beyond dogfooding - it's all well and god if you like the app, as you have a market of one at least :)

But you really need to get your app out to non tech friends as soon as it's workable and get their feedback. If they don't like it or get it, it's unlikely customers who don't know you will.
Already done (but not per musical style). See http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/genmap.htm for a generic Chord Progression Map, and http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/chartmaps.htm for specific maps for all twelve keys.
I remember the SAT as more about checking oneself's first reaction to a problem. They often try to trick you with the obvious answer. The GMAT and GRE were quite similar. I would often have to stop myself from taking shortcuts
Sounds like a massive exercise in ball waving ego' nonsense, I am pretty sure this is not how real progress is made... It's not as if anything Apple did was truly original (suit on), they are great finishers but I believe true innovation comes from co-operation.
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NFC is cool technology, and I think we'll see some really interesting uses in the next year or two.

However, all of the examples in the article could just as easily be performed with some shortcuts programmed into your phone, accessible from an icon on the home screen.

Eg a "goodnight" button that dims your screen, turns off your ringtone and sets an alarm

Or an "I'm coming home" that texts your family with your ETA (based on your location?! That would be cool)

What I'd really like to see is an ITTT-style shortcut builder for iOS.
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In this case? Probably no. Generally? Yes.

You clone my app (that I've spent months creating) and sell it for 0.99 instead on 2.99. Now, I'm not rich and can't afford a lawyer or a lengthy lawsuit; it would ruin me. I want your app removed from the store NOW, and the manager of the store MUST have the right to judge what is right or wrong without a court order (that could take months and ruin businesses).
That has been done indeed, that state transition diagram: see http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/genmap.htm for a generic chord progression map.
When I search for flights home (Boston) from Santa Clara, I usually do a search for "SFO,SJC" to "BOS". This shows me all flights from SFO and SJC to BOS allowing me to pick and choose which flights work for me (time wise) as well as what makes the most sense price wise.

http://www.hipmunk.com/#!SFO,SJC.BOS,Jul13.Jul22&1,First

As for the multi-dates, when you select a date, you can click the "+/-" buttons to add time to your query. You can also manually add "+-n" to your date to give a range.

So, say I was open to flying out July 12, 13 (original), or 14 - I could update my date to look like: "Jul 13 -+1"

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Both those questions are trivial and I answered them correctly. This is in line with the article's conclusion: I don't consider myself very smart. I mean I had some moderate successes in my childhood at math competitions, I am a reasonably good programmer, but I am not very smart. I even failed at the on-site Google interview.

But here is the problem with the article: The people who I consider smarter than me (in the mathematical/IQ sense) also answer these kind of questions correctly. This includes my friend working at Google, some researcher mathematicians who I know from math forums who won serious math competitions as a child, etc... These questions are really-really trivial. The researcher mathematician guy who I know do not even make mistakes on 10x more tricky or hard questions, it is scary how he do not make mistakes and thinks incredibly fast. Something seems to be wrong with this study.
I'm not sure I would call that cynicism... It reminds me of Larry Wall's three great traits of a programmer: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris [1]. They're both using the negative form of a personality trait for literary effect.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall#Virtues_of_a_progra...
Where does hardware end where does software start? Is the code in your BIOS still hardware? How about the driver for your graphics card? Is it still hardware if the processor only executes code signed by its manufacturer?

Forbidding hardware companies like Apple to sell software is not sufficient to prevent them from only running things they approve. And besides, a law like that would likely cripple a large part of the industry and stifle innovation.
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Thanks for the responses.

I've gotten some pretty detailed criticism from some other people who have looked at it, and I'll probably be revising the letter all day.
I bet it's refreshing once you get comfortable working there, but in the beginning it has to be a little intimidating.
They're two different worlds. On one hand you have an App Store where an infinite number of copies of an application can be legally obtained even when it'd be impractical or impossible to make physical copies. This enables individuals to produce apps used by millions. How many people were able to pull of what the founders of Sierra and Elecronic Arts did back when they had to hand-copy floppies and find distribution in sparsely scattered retail stores? Then it was exceptional. Today it's almost routine.

On the down-side you have the rather transient nature of the platform where bit-rot happens much faster. Theoretically you can keep your iPad in its frozen state in perpetuity, backed up and re-imaged onto a replacement device if necessary. If you start upgrading, the half-life of applications kicks in and you're going to start losing some of them over time.

It's not clear which is better in the end.

The solution to this software problem could be to make an open-source version or one that side-steps the patents, whatever those are, as cleverly as possible. Then it can be distributed, instantly, to those who want or need it.
I think the third iteration (the one with AMD) has just launched.
Thank you yashchandra! :)
If someone makes a false or unfounded claim, and it causes harm to another person (not least of which a disabled 4 year old) can't you sue the person making a false claim?

If this were shrink wrapped software, you wouldn't have this issue. This sort of thing only comes up because we have given a corporation the power to revoke access to software. In iOS there is no opportunity to install 'unsigned' software.

This situation also makes RMS's claims much more reasonable. Since this is not open software, it takes away the ability to ensure proper functioning of it upon some arbitrary future iOS update. If this were open software running on an open OS, any corporation, misguided or oppressive government, or judge would find it impossible to deprive people of the use of it, in perpetuity.

The two things that I'll be doing in response to this:

- selling my devices that use iOS. I've always felt uncomfortable giving up control, and I am starting to think it is morally iffy to contribute to a system that allows things like Maya being removed from the Appstore. Voluntarily giving rights, by using a system that requires giving a corporation the power to whitelist all software, seems short sighted, and this story brings it into sharp contrast. Luckily I won't have to return to the dark ages, I can just switch to Android (which is a GPL system that allows me to find alternate sources of software, and use unsigned software if I want).

- not buy the new retina macbook pro. I think I will become even more of a curmudgeon and just use Linux. I've been using Linux for around 5 years, but I almost always have a Macbook Pro as well, because Linux has rough edges. This sort of story reminds me that the more I am reliant on non-open software, the more I give the power to other people. If TextMate stops updating (oh, wait), or OSX goes the way of previous non-Jobs Apple products and becomes an untenable product, the more uncomfortable it will be for me. Since I make my living as a programmer, if I lose access to the tools I use, or they become crap, it is a serious concern to me. Perhaps Linux has some rough edges, but I can rely on it being there as long as it is useful for it to be there. I know Emacs will be available to me.
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The term "growth hacker" isn't terrible. It works because it uses the "engages in unethical exploitation" sense of hacker. So this is basically what airbnb did with craigslist. By the way it works great if you can pull it off, you just have to make sure you CYA.
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I believe such an environment can be very important. if you have very good people

Also, it's one thing to stand for your idea agressively, other, to just swear at people.
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This is absolutely unconscionable. I hope to God that people read this and comprehend how devastating this could be, if pulled from Maya, and other children who rely on this as their (near) sole means of communication. I will share this info profusely! I wish you the best in your endeavors to keep this app alive!
I guess Apple should keep it in the store and take one on the chin when they get sued for millions of dollars by the patent holders. It's not like they have anything better to do.
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Ribbonfarm has an excellent set of articles on the real world dynamics of organisations (starting with the sociopath/clueless/loser categorisation) but also introduces various kinds of "language" used:

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-i...

"If you’re not scared, you’re not focused" sounds like "Babytalk" - the language that sociopaths and losers use to speak to the clueless - who actually take these statements at face value.
Maybe I'm thinking of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Judea. Those splitters!!
It was said in the context of startups/business.

Say that you'd like to work on two projects - A and B. Atleast one of them needs to succeed or you'll go bankrupt(or something). Now, most people will probably think that if they divide their attention between both projects, they have a higher chance of bringing in some money. The thinking here is "Even if A doesn't take off, B might still bring in some money". So, B is the cushion against failure of A (or vice-versa). But this plan lacks focus - You cannot fully focus on A or B. Removing either improves focus but it also removes the cushion.

That's what he means by getting "scared".
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I know this will be of very little comfort, but having read your explanation I tested it, and it works fine for me. Maybe you really did put the wrong email address in your profile page. Did you ever test it?
Patents reward the wrong thing. They reward having the idea rather than realizing it. With regard to maximizing value for humanity this is exactly the wrong way around.
Didn't Yahoo! and the Mozilla Directory already prove this was a bad idea long before .museum showed up?

Too many expensive experiments in re-inventing history.

You're probably right that these are artifacts of an age when domains still mattered, before Google and their like made your brand name far more important.
Dude it works fine on mobile. It's a Tumblr page.
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This goes without saying, but just to check off a possible cause: Did you try gmail's 'all mail', 'spam', 'notifications', etc... labels? Gmail seems to find new and inventive ways of hiding automated emails in different folders.
That's interesting. I tested it very carefully; when I created the testing account, I made sure that the email address was entered correctly. Requested a password reset and... nothing.
I'm as shocked as you are. As a licence payer, I'll be sending a strongly worded letter to the management.
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Or just wait for the jailbreaked version of iOS6. I can't believe they omitted turn by turn on iPhone 4's. That's just ridiculous.
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It works for me too. Received the email in under 5 seconds.
Maybe there's a DNS problem somewhere. In any case the title seems awfully presumptive. The likelihood of the bug being on HN's end seems unlikely.
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Yep, Gmail certainly does. I've checked all the labels I could find, but, I couldn't find any emails.
That's simple solutions, not easy ones.