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Thanks. I moved from Vancouver. A couple people I talk to love to point out my 'Canadianisms'.

When I first moved here, people were surprised I wasn't into cars and told me, "Don't worry, give it a few months!" And I just smiled and said, "I don't know!"
Yes. Because Fox News exists, US journalism is totally no more reputable than Russian journalism.
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This makes sense to me even though I am not involved in anything similar, wish I was though
Speaking of Zuckerberg:
I find it a good move to avoid gold-diggering that he married his college sweetheart.
I purposely avoid programming and electronic devices for the sake of perspective and brainstorming.

When I'm writing code I'm boxed into production mode. Get. Shit. Done. But, particularly when the work I am doing is self-directed and self-prioritized (aka my own startup or side project), I need hours away to really think about the big picture.

Activities that are away from the bombardment of input of my computer/phone work best for me. Let my mind wander. Think about different ways to approach problems. I often find there are higher priority things to do than whatever I thought I was going to code up next.
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Vim and Emacs kill that argument. Neither is slow, and both are older than dirt in computer years. Sublime Text may continue the march without becoming super slow as well. I'm sure a Java-focused IDE could be fast and excellent, but that's not their focus.
I agree 100% about spending some time in a different headspace than one that is getting you nowhere - but to point just fingers at the 2 posts today that tipped me over the edge, this is the mentality I am referencing:

http://www.fullcontact.com/2012/07/10/paid-paid-vacation/
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4215912 (the comment which begins "If you're 17 and already a decent programmer, my best advice to you is to have some fun and exercise")

It just seems strange to me someone asking "how do I become a better programmer" is "Exercise". This mentality of "Be a better programmer by being less of a programmer" confuses me.
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In addition to his confusion over the clock frequency speedup argument (as pointed out by cultureulterior), PZ Myers doesn't seem to argue from a concrete idea of how detailed a scan will have to be to capture the important brain functions. The feasibility of brain scans is strongly sensitive to the (currently disputed) necessary level of detail. It doesn't make sense for him to say

> We can’t even record the complete state of a single cell;

unless he's just using it as a general statement about out technology. It's completely possible that recording the state of a cell with molecular resolution remains beyond our control even when we can scan brains to the resolution necessary to simulate human cognition.

Also, when I heard that

> With the most elaborate and careful procedures, they report excellent fixation within 5 microns of the surface, and disruption of the tissue by ice crystal formation within 20 microns.

my estimate of brain scan feasibility went up. Of course it's true that we don't yet "have a method to lock down the state of a 3kg brain"; we're discussing the far future!

Pre-WWII, I think someone could have made very similar arguments about computers by pointing out how fast they would have to be to do something crazy like a 3D simulation. By golly, they'd need billions of transistors. Yes, computers are different than brain scanning, so the scalability of one need not imply the scalability of the other. But the point is that you can't just argue "look how hard this is now; it will continue to be hard in the future". You have to argue about why progress in brain scanning will be slow (compared to computers).
I wonder if it's a sign of my impending decrepitude, but I can't think of a use for this that would tickle my hacker nerve. I applaud the existence even as I look at it and say "pass".
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And nobody would even have known about it if they hadn't accidentally posted it online.
No it isn't. Reality is information by definition. It would be foolhardy to think that your reality is "true" even if it is consistent to you.

Reality to you - assuming this is all real - are a series of electrical signals feed into a neural network that is your brain. Even if it is consistent - it is nothing more than information.
There are a few points not appreciated about transit systems. Not that Muni doesn't offer significant room for improvement.

- Net effective speeds are low ... but so are other modes of transport through dense regions. Downtown SF to Stonestown is 21 minutes driving (31 in traffic), 30 minutes by Muni. That's an 18 MPH average driving speed, including significant segments on i280. The Muni route is shorter (about 6.5 miles), and reflects a slower net speed but over a more direct route).

- Positive externalities are high. Riders save on, at a minimum, parking, and at a maximum, auto ownership expenses (about $7,500/year, probably higher given garaging/ticketing expenses in SF). Merchants benefit by shoppers. Employers benefit from more convenience to employees. Drivers benefit by reduced congestion. It makes sense for transit to be partially offset by taxes or other fees, as it is in San Francisco.

- Density matters. As dense as it is (for a Western US city), SF is just barely at the density for which transit is effective. While the microunits suggested are one possible alternative, towers are more likely the solution (much of SF is zoned for 40' maximum height -- roughly 3-story construction).

- Other factors. Muni relies on tracked vehicles (Muni Metro/streetcars, cable cars), and trolley buses which are supplied electrical power from overhead wires. All provide for minimal bypass capability when a vehicle is disabled -- there's no way to route around such vehicles. A single disabled vehicle may cause extensive single-route or systemwide conjestion.

Bikes are a reasonably viable alternative, though hills are somewhat challenging. Rain too, but less frequently.
Force yourself into it. Go somewhere and don't take your phone with you.

Seriously, leave your phone at home, don't take a backpack, and jump on the subway. Go to the mall, or a park, or just walk around town.
I'm not able to find any good information on it, but wouldn't there have been some host-specific parasites that went extinct along with their host? It's possible they're even uncatalogued ones, if (as seems likely) parasites that target species other than humans or commercially valuable livestock aren't as well documented as those that do target us and our animals.

From that perspective, it's not very surprising that human-targeted parasites haven't been going extinct without substantial purposeful effort, because their host has been very successful at increasing and spreading its population. If you think of the human population as the relevant "environment" for those species, then the environment is in very good shape...
StackOverflow seems to think that these types of questions cause the community to sink to a lower level of discourse. I'd be inclined to disagree, except that the quality of responses their remains the highest I've seen on the internet. So, they appear to know what they are doing.

Quora is happy to host this type of question. Quora responses aren't usually as well-informed as SO responses... but I don't find that a compelling argument for SO to allow these questions.
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I use vim. That's kinda my point when it comes to see fancy GUI editors. Even with vim, here are the only commands I use regularly: n, b, dw, dd, u, w, :/, home, end, and :wq.

Coupled with Grep -r, I literally use nothing else. My productivity is not bound by how fast I can use vim, but how much effort it takes me to understand the real problem I'm trying to solve.

If everyone else worries about how they can jump around code more than actually decomposing the true motivation behind their work, they are either unbounded geniuses, or far more likely, writing a lot of code that could be completely avoided. All of these bells and whistles distracts from the problem, and focuses on code instead of problem solving. This worries me. Especially when at the end of the day all we are talking about is how fast we can introduce bugs into the code base or writing code that doesn't help the customer directly.
If you equate business malpractice with child abuse, you need to take a long, hard look at your priorities..
Agreed, except I think it's probably indicative of a broad problem on SO (I'm seeing it too much, and I've seen other forums ruined by it). I think what happens is, a mod becomes overly sensitive to controversy (difference of opinion in the answers). Having only one way to end the controversy, they incorrectly declare the question to be off-topic.
I am not sure I entirely understand. If you are running in a cold code then performance does not matter and you can tolerate quickly allocating a small amount of boxes which will be as quickly reclaimed by scavenger once you are done with them. If you are running in an hot code --- then it should be optimized in a way that minimizes the number of boxes produced.

In other words: ideally application should be running unoptimized code if and only if it is either cold or cannot be improved by optimization; all other cases are bugs.

I can't split 10-15x between deoptimization and boxing because for V8 cost of "erroneous" deoptimization includes the cost of boxing as you can't have unboxed numbers in unoptimized code.

As I said earlier it is true that non-optimized code heavily manipulating doubles could become faster if V8 used NaN-tagging (or another technique that would allow it to maintain unboxed doubles on unoptimized frames). But speed of unoptimized code should not matter (see above).

Another thing to keep in mind is that for NaN-tagging on ia32 you pay with memory overhead: every object slot that can contain primitive number becomes twice as large on ia32. This is not nice if you don't have a lot of number floating around.

Overall, let me reiterate it, I am not arguing against NaN-tagging. I am just clarifying that the Issue 2097 is caused by the wrong decision in the hydrogen pipeline not by the fact that V8 does not use NaN-tagging.
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>For some reason people seem to think that someone wanting to be around because of a person's fame or money is less pure than other reasons because it's not real.

There's a big difference between a person's intrinsic properties and his money. You like your friends; you like the rich guy's money.

And when you're around someone for his money you're playing a part. It's a job. You're not going to tell him what you really think about anything. That's pathological.
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My interpretation of this paragraph:
Brain function depends intimately, not just on the relative timing of things internal to brain, but also on the timing of inputs to the brain. It is unreasonable to assume that we can speed up sensory information without affecting brain function. If this is the case, it doesn't matter how fast you can run the simulated brain, you won't get meaningful outputs unless it's run at a `normal' rate.
I really would like the ability to answer my phone with some kind of recorded message that would then go to hold. Lots of times I'd like to talk to the caller, but don't want to start talking until I'm out of the room and/or earshot. Does this exist?
Hey, both of you! First, thank you for your feedback.

Yes, we definitely have to make a video tour or something like that to show how the website works.

The main difference of Delicious Library is that we are online, so your info is in the cloud, and you can check it from everywhere. Also, one of the most important features (although is not a feature because it's part of the core) it is that you have a public profile, so you can show your books to everyone, only sharing your url (shelfproud.com/username).

Of course, we are working on extra features, mainly for book collectors (the target), like showing interesting eBay and AbeBooks listing, based in the books you have.
Thank you for your feedback. We will correct that soon :)
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Fred Wilson wrote about this today: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/07/in-defense-of-free.html

TL;DR : yes
There is a difference between having an unwavering passion for ones craft and having an unwavering passion for ones craft between 9am and 5pm.

Sure, your job could also be your hobby but that doesn't mean that your job HAS to be your hobby. I know plenty of engineers who love tinkering with stuff but would rather spend the weekend doing other things and spend time with family and friends.

Edit: I too spend 14 hours a day programming. But I'm working towards a start up. I love what I do and I do enjoy it, but I would much rather spend the weekend hanging out with people if I had the chance.
I've found it far easier than ever to get dates, but more difficult to make friends

People have ridiculously high standards for friendships than dates. This sounds weird, even writing it, but I've found it to be true again and again. Many many people would have no problems dating absolute jerks, but wouldn't hang out for 15 minutes with a genuinely nice person (of the same gender). May be people are just desperate to hang out with people of opposite gender? I dunno.

There's probably an opportunity for a little business there,

I doubt that. How could you do this as a business? Arrange volunteer activities/"friend dates"/hang-outs with the primary aim of making friends? Make a website like lookingforfriends.com (just made up the name)? Most people just can't be bothered to spend 5 minutes getting to know another person, unless there is something in it for them (that is why it is easier to get dates, than friends). It just boils down to, people are just plain selfish, at least most of them.
I think the problem of Bay Area transit can be summed up in this convenient guide:

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

There are too many agencies, each one too myopic and embroiled in local politics to make good decisions - successful large projects seem to be more an accident than anything else.

This is a nice article on what a "utopian" transit strategy might look like:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/03/fantasy-tran...
As I said before, the main difference is that ShelfProud is not for book readers, but to book owners. You upload your books, the one you own, and not the one you read. Besides, you get extra stats, you got a public profile to share.

When you collect books, the item you own is unique, although a lot of people could have the same book, the one you own is unique because has something special.
Hmm... This makes sense, but you are keeping 2 things on the top of your mind. You are either programming, or planning how best to approach the next step for your project/business plan. I can understand how time away from the keyboard would help with your situation.

The main attitude that confuses me is the "You have to be definitely doing nothing of the sort, no programming, no business, no nothing. Disconnect and fuck off for a few weeks or months", and the people that pursue and desire that for themselves. You just sound like you put proper time and effort into the 2 areas that you conduct your business through :)
The main difference is that ShelfProud is not for book readers, but to book owners. You upload your books, the one you own, and not the one you read. Besides, you get extra stats, you got a public profile to share.

When you collect books, the item you own is unique, although a lot of people could have the same book, the one you own is unique because has something special.
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It amazes me most people can't understand this. It's pure logic. The comparison with cows and beefs is a good one.
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See here for another competitor that could've taken out YouTube: http://www.quora.com/Vimeo/Why-did-YouTube-succeed-where-Vim...

Everything is a remix. And there is always someone ready to take your place.
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1. It's not a valid question for Stack Overflow under the current scope. The question was made in 2008. Of course it's a valid question, "Is the sky blue?" is a valid question as well. Doesn't mean it's within scope for Stack Overflow (see more below)

2. The mod took action but all mods took chances putting historical locks on question. There were many questions to clean up. So the mod didn't say squat, it was action by the mod which displayed a message by the system. Get it right.

3. Placing a question with a historical lock instead of closing and deleting is fighting to keep it in the system as much that is hard for you to believe seeing your extreme bias to mods of which you don't really what they do and why goes in the background. You really need to understand how this works instead of these claims. Mods see them, Stack Overflow users see them and they know it's false.

So straight to it,

_Why is it not a valid Stack Overflow question?_

Because it's not _definitively_ answerable. Keyword: definitively.

That's all there is to it. A 1-to-1 relationship with a question and acceptable (to the author) answer. Yes it's a programming question, it's a great question, it's an interesting question, it's a popular question _but_ there is no way to make an answer for it that can be acceptable without clumping it into one answer for the author. Everyone can have their opinion for the pros/cons. Stack Overflow is for definite Qs&As not discussions.

Once again if this wasn't realized this question and those like it aren't going anywhere. It's archived. Please re-read the notice and stop calling out mods, they do a lot (and by a lot, I mean enough that they should be paid for doing it) of moderation work for free. They don't need unfounded claims.

See more at http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/126420/what-to-do-wi... and http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/126587/what-is-a-his...
Thanks. To me it's simply a matter of whether the question is on-topic for programming. If so, don't lock it for being off-topic. It seems so simple, especially when the question gets 400+ net votes and 50+ responses. They should let their users decide, with their votes, whether a question is off-topic.

SO is good, but it could be much better without so many locked on-topic questions. I don't want to ask a question there, even if it's clearly not a duplicate, with lock-happy mods there. I don't like having my time wasted.
There's a subtle problem with closing questions - basically there's a list to choose from and you can't always express exactly why you made that choice. Even when people agree on closing a question I can often see a wide spread of chosen options.

If you read into the FAQs / standards for questions, this one may not be off-topic, but is definitely low quality. Seeing the expression "is not considered a good, on-topic question", I would have to agree. If there's no specific option for "it's written in a bad way", then this would be the next natural choice. There's no initial research, no specific list of questions, silly title and a tone that would get edited pretty quickly these days.
You are definitely our target :) Thanks for your feedback.

Of course, book lovers really are into design, cover designs, illustration, etc. But there is not only a unique design which collectors appeal. For example, you have antique book collectors, but also horror book collectors, so we have to target to all of them. That's why we chose a neutral design :)

The trophies are an incentive to upload more books, and can say "I have more trophies than [X]", just like you can do the same in FourSquare. We are working in special trophies for people into special books, like you. For example, the "Antique Trophy" :)
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That requires a database, even if it consists of only one symbol. And then why don't we see it in any other examples?
The most important thing to remember when trying to accurately predict what Apple will do is to remember that they make their (not inconsiderable) money from their unbelievable margins on hardware. They may well make a 7" iPad, but only when the cost of so doing falls below their expected profit margin. They're not looking to own 100% of any particular market -- rather, they're just trying to capture the maximal profit possible.

A 7" iPad is probable, but it's not intended to kill the Android-based 7" computers, but rather, because Apple's supply chain mastery and logistics has made it possible for them to make money at a $200 price point.
Stackoverflow took their market directly out of the hands of expertsexchange. They're a lot better than expertsexchange in every respect I can think of offhand, but they do have weaknesses, and I agree with the submitter that one of those is the moderation culture. I'm surprised more users aren't bothered by it.

The Internet is not going to run out of space. Just as with Wikipedia, "deletionism" is inevitably an attempt to fix some other problem that could better be addressed some other way. If there's a problem with duplication of questions, that's because the UI doesn't do enough to make the older questions easier to find. (Hint: let users vote on tags, and give karma to users who surf through the suite adding good tags to existing questions.)

Marginally-offtopic questions are especially harmless; if there's a problem with those, let the users police the site by downvoting. If that isn't enough, again, it's indicative of some other problem, such as the lack of some sort of gateway between different Stack Exchange sites.

Ultimately, the mere fact that a site like stackoverflow needs third-party moderation means there is room for improvement at the design level. It may seem that stackoverflow is the craigslist of Q&A sites, but I don't think so. It will be easier to dislodge than Facebook, I think.
While I echo the sentiments of many people here, I don't think that it should be difficult to make friends with people. Granted, we being full blown adults have lives that probably doesn't involve roaming around in clubs and meeting people.

I mean, I had problems making friends. I even started a website to throw dinner parties for strangers (http://strangersfordinner.com), but it turns out it was the willingness to make friends that... made friends.

Since starting the site, I've been to more meetups and dinner parties than I could care to count. I recently introspected and realized that it wasn't the tool, rather it was my own willingness to be more social that caused it.

That said, I still think I am pretty much a loner. So, yea still working on it
I too have endured the programming requirements of a startup, I feel you when you say 14+ hours a day programming. But I absolutely loved the rush, I would have spent more time getting our product more complete/polished if I had the opportunity.

Seeing something I built go out there and help people, make people happy, provide a service that people use day to day, now THAT is something I want to spend my time doing, be it on or off the clock. That filled and continues to fill most of my weekends/afternoons.
Just curious - what was your username? I'd like to see the answers.
You are blowhard and moron.