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You're hiding highly relevant text behind that "[...]".

"...for any term of years or for life, except that the sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the jury or, if there is no jury, the court, further finds that the offense resulted in the identification by a foreign power (as defined in section 101(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978) of an individual acting as an agent of the United States and consequently in the death of that individual, or directly concerned nuclear weaponry, military spacecraft or satellites, early warning systems, or other means of defense or retaliation against large-scale attack; war plans; communications intelligence or cryptographic information; or any other major weapons system or major element of defense strategy."

tl;dr - the death penalty is only applicable if you expose our spies and they are killed, or if you communicate certain kinds of information. (Those listed are usually classified "Top Secret", which to my knowledge, nothing published by Wikileaks has been.)
Judging by the URL, I think the article used to call it a startup and was then edited.
I think this is an excellent summary of the past few years and if you're Dave McClure or one of the other visionaries of this new model then you should run with it.

However, now that great success has been achieved the herd is following. Herds are contrary indicators. Folks who want to be part of the next set of visionaries need to figure out the deficiencies in McClure's model and create new models of VC/entrepreneurship that address those deficiencies just as McClure, pg, and others created new models to address the deficiencies of the old VC models.

This isn't saying that this new model is bad, it's just that it's becoming saturated with people following it and there's definitely a degree of myopia setting in. Again, not a bad thing, it's just human nature to try to replicate success based on past successes. The problem is everyone know nows what works and tries to do the same thing leading to hypercompetition which eliminates real profit opportunities.
You are just circling around now. If the rape charge is politically motivated, then it is not legitimate. So the question of whether or not this case is politically motivated remain.

Of course this is ignoring the fact there is no rape charge as of yet.
Intelligence is key for compensation, money. Unfortunately it is at the eye of the beholder. It is perceived in you by the others with means to pay for your social value.

Even though I know a lot about basketball and have some skills, I can't make my basketball intelligence payoff for me in the NBA. I'm short and slow, while all the other players are tall and quick. My body is unfit for professional basketball, it reduces my intelligence, thus my ability to generate perceived value.

The NBA is an extreme (and tangible) example, but so is our current TI/Web industry. It requires a tricky mix of social/behavioral intelligence with technical intelligence that makes it very hard to the average professional to stand out. Maybe that's why there's so much frustration in the industry. People have the skills and the will to succeed, but something is always missing in their profile.

Howard Gardner's "multiple intelligences"[1] may help us understand what's going on. Our industry prefers some types of intelligence because they seem to be more aligned with business success than others. Some people have developed this intelligence during their childhood and early adult lives, thus are more attractive to some job positions than others. If your predominant intelligence is "logical-mathematical"[2], chances are you will be very motivated to work/study with CS; and expect just the contrary if you are "Bodily-kinesthetic"[3].

Well, my two cents. Just bringing in a different perspective.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligence...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligence...
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligence...
There is no "natural state of being" that we know of. Yours is just a prejudiced view of the ones "you have to sustain".

We do have the resources to provide a basic life for everyone (exactly what happens in nordic countries as posted elsewhere). Most people will want to do something with their lifes instead of sitting around, simply because it's boring not to.

There's a long, long road between everyone having food & shelter to the whole humanity fucking around. This reductionism is absurd.
We hear ya! It's on the roadmap, randfish. Thanks for giving it a shot!
As a Swede I do not think this is true. Do you have any source?

Many myths about Swedish law floating around in these comments.
https://github.com/HungYuHei/vimfiles
Lifetime service can be really useful for a company to sell, too. It's basically a way for them to borrow money at a cost potentially below what other capital markets may provide. If you have customers who will buy and are wiling to take the risk that you'll go out of business, it can be a good way to raise money without becoming indebted to banks or VC.

I imagine Joyent benefitted from this when they were starting out. Now that they're done reaping the benefits, they no longer want to hold up their part of the bargain... but why should we let them get away with that?

Letting companies get away with this is bad not only for the buyers, but also for the companies themselves. If you scare customers away from "lifetime" purchases by making it known that companies can get away with breaking their side of the agreement, you'll make it more difficult for them to use this useful tool.
Amen to that. For reasons I can only guess at, I'm the "regex guy" at work. When people have a regex question they come to me. And the interesting thing is that the answers are not hard, well within the 20% area. I've found that most people don't care to learn how to use character classes, or even what they're for. For example, to match the single letter 'i', I've seen people write:

[i]

Many don't know the difference nor implications of .* ? vs .*

And on and on. It amazes me that these people actually code for a living.
I doubt it'll cost them anything. Once iOS6 is released the iPhone won't be using GMaps, and I doubt Google will start charging for maps in apps if Apple doesn't.

Good grief does Google need to update their mapping APIs, though.
I'd love to see a payment gateway offer this, like Stripe. It'd be HUGE for micro-payments.
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There are different types of open sourcing.

This is the dead-man-walking open sourcing. Give it to the community like Google Wave or whatever because it is dead and you might as well donate to science.
It's hard to rage against you when you respond so nicely!
I've come to the deep conviction that both the "right" and the "left" -- in their present forms -- are impediments to virtually all progress and must be destroyed.
It's just using the iOS maps. On iOS 5 and below, it's Google Maps; on iOS 6, it's Apple Maps.
The customers have only 'fallen for it' if they decide not to enforce the contract.
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The first link in the article is formed incorrectly. It should point to http://www.chromestory.com/2012/05/two-chromeboxes-second-49...
catering to a very specific readership, HN possibly being exactly that

So your point is that this article is way too entrepreneurial and HackerNewsy and you don't like that?

I don't understand the need to participate in a community based upon a set of ideas and then rail against them as though everyone else here made a mistake in the URL line of their browsers.

I love entrepreneurialism. I love startups and the startup culture. I love the idea that you can free yourself of the corporate world by adopting the right attitudes, honing the right skill sets, and working really hard. I feed off the energy of HN and enjoy reading articles about how people succeed, how they fail, and just what other entrepreneurs are up to.

I grant you that the article assumes some wants and the way some people work. However, I believe that the author is reacting to a very present "you can do whatever you want, little snowflake" theme in society.

In reality, I feel that there's a fine balance between finding something you love to do while adapting what you love to something that you can sell and market. But I don't criticize the author, his article, or HN for believing that the pendulum could use a big shift away from the snowflakes of the world.
It's certainly possible he is yes.

If her compliance comes from fear (the threat may be real or perceived), if she had been clear previously about a lack of consent or a whole bunch of other situations.

Whethe you could get a criminal conviction under those circumstances is another question but sure, it could be rape.
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Thanks, glad you like it.

Actually our initial plan was to launch the web version and tablet version at the same time, but we decided to focus 100% on the iPad for the v1 launch, and use feedback (like this) to determine the next platform to expand to. We're a team of three so we're trying not to get spread too thin. :)
I actually never weighed in with an opinion on whether he should be have been granted asylum or not. I simply said that I prefer fact over fiction and miss-leading statements whether intentional or out of ignorance. I don't see how that puts me in the same boat.

Saying "wanted for rape" gets people riled up and makes him look like a douche (which he may very well be, but that's irrelevant). It derails intelligent and logical discussion in favour of emotional reaction. Fox News 101.
US, UK Betray Basic Values To Get Assange At Any Cost
> Is anyone really saying, "You can be anything you want to be -- just sit around and wait for it to show up"?

No, but I've met plenty that equate college degree in field that sounds interesting = qualified individual, good job. I used to be one of them. Only with experience do I realize how silly that was. I've also met plenty of friends / people who sling this around: "I got a CS degree; I wanted a programming job but no one would give me one. So now I do X." Many people dont want to seek out problems to solve, they just want checklists placed into their hands; when they don't get one, they falter. That is, imho, why the medical profession is so competitive - get into medical school, and you will be a 6-figure fully employed Physician. Just complete the curriculum.

idk, maybe education can't be entirely (or mostly) separated from on-the-job experience. Shadowing, Internships, etc. should (perhaps) be required for degrees in the first place?
Anecdotally, many of the older people I know starting businesses have their kids moved out, and either a spouse whose income is more than enough for both of them or enough savings to retire. That might be why so many people in the 55-64 age group are starting businesses.
The police should just wait for him at the door, and bust him as he shows up.
Hi tibbon!

To answer 1:

Almost all of the fee structure goes to players much higher up the chain than Square. The networks take a chunk, but in fact most of the fee goes to the originating bank (the bank that issued the card). This is a major source of income for most banks these days and can generally be arbitrarily set by them since merchants not only have no other options except cash, but also cannot tell what their interchange fee would be prior to accepting the charge (except with a flat rate system like Square). So, because processors (Square) do not control the rates, there is no way for entrants to create any real competition around them.

Not to mention that 2.75% is actually kind of high as an overall average and that the rumor is that Square actually operates these fees at a loss currently.

Now, as for 2:

As I said above, most of the fees go to the bank that issued the card (1.5-2.0%), another part goes to the network (VISA/MC), and the rest to the processor (Square). This is indeed HUGE money. It is literally hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue and profit controlled by a handful of banks. A high-ranking employee at a major US bank once told me that if you break down their corporate profits by division, interchange fees alone account for a significant portion of the entire bank's profits!

So, suffice it to say, if we (the entrepreneurial world) can figure out how to create an interchange free system, its inventors could possibly be some of the wealthiest people in history. I happen to have a strong business plan along these lines and would love to share/discuss it with anyone interested. Let me know!

edit: typo
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Is it just me or is the number kinda low, based on Venmo's success so far (and the financial predictions)?
That burden is on us though. Assume we've taken the proper precautions, searched high and low on Mars, and can definitively say no life currently exists in any form on Mars. What does that make Mars?

- A useful resource for studying terrestrial planets
- A geologists dream land
- A lifeless rock that will likely never host life unless terraformed
- A useful resource for spreading life; extending the Human race's finite time in the Universe

I'm not very educated on the ethics of this topic so I'm looking for reasons you would want to leave Mars be indefinitely.
They are irrelevant to discussing implementation details of the languages.
Why wouldn't somebody sue? It sounds like this service cost a minimum of hundreds of dollars, which is enough to be significant, but still small enough to fit within small claims. If I were one of these customers I'd certainly consider it.
Thanks for the validation kadabra9. This is absolutely a problem we are aware of and in our experience, management does recognize that there is an issue. However, what it may come down to is offering a product that is so clearly better than the current methodology and solutions that it becomes a no brainer to switch. This is what we'll be continuing to work towards. Would love to hear more of your thoughts if you'd like to shoot me an email.
You can sideload them.
The very act of quitting makes it all become a delusion. You can't say it wouldn't have happened otherwise.
I recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Cha...

It has both "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" in a nice hardcover.
These limits are in place to keep people like me from gaming the system. Without these limits I would have an Amex Black card with $1M+ in annual transactions, and enough points to cover the $2500 amex fee, and the $3300 square fee.

In college, I financed a spring break trip with credit card points by buying US Savings bonds on a credit card. The US treasury quickly wised up and realized selling bonds without charging a credit card fee was stupid. Even the US treasury got caught up in the first internet craze.
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You can't always do what you love, but you can always love what you do, what ever you do, do it with passion and dedication and you can love it.
Just checked several vendors listed on www.raspberrypi.org and none are available presently.
Isn't this just the same experience as restricting yourself to using a chrome browser on a PC and no other applications?

If it is, it seems seems pricey for what you get (no monitor, keyboard or mouse so far as i can tell).
So the conclusion is that Twitter itself will be a significant force for a long time, but principally to their own benefit and building a company entirely dependent on their platform (or any single platform) will continue to be a dangerous game to play.
Why are you asking the question?

You state that this is a very small amount of money you're getting from exchange rate arbitrage, but you say you're buying extravagant things. Where are you finding cheap extravagance? This part reads like a sales pitch, like you're begging us to ask more details about your arbitrage arrangement.

Do you normally question your actions and feel the need to compare yourself to others?

How much do you enjoy psychology? Begging for psychological dissembly and analysis could be a form of narcissistic masochism.
Humans are a force of Nature, not a force apart from Nature.
You are completely correct. You should always look at the performance. In fact, you should be focused on your own performance.

I was merely displaying the parts of that performance and illustrating that one part of it is far more volatile and the other is less so. Knowing that fact alone, if you had invested in divindend paying securities and focused on the cash flow of the economy, you would have been personally better off.

Not all stocks pay dividends. Not paying attention to that can bring you closer to the -1.5%/an and farther from 4.9%.

>>Not a good return, but you also picked one of the worst dates.

I have picked the current situation. We can talk about historical rosy times in the market, but that is somewhat beside the point. This is our current reality.
Something I do not understand. Is Photoshop/Illustrator needed for this?
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Facebook is a powerful societal force at this point, and successfully disrupting it with a distributed, non-corporate-controlled service would make a big difference for individual choice. See what I wrote here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4389118

I get your frustration with the constant stream of Blathrs and idiot.lys — most of these trendy social sites are never going to amount to anything. But what Diaspora originally set out to do was and is important.
Windows 8 RTM. Who Cares.
Please let me know what you think!
How are system76 hardware compared to lenovos T-series? Especially the keyboard is interesting.. :)
"Emergent Gameplay
People eventually start building walls around NPCs. They also build synthetic tiles in patterns to efficiently remove corrupted areas. They also draw penises and destroy each others houses."

lol.
Except that this font doesn't appear to work on the web, it's only for use in software that supports higher typography features, such as Adobe applications.
Did he state what changed his mind?
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Have you done research on this? Because I have, and short-lived outward displays that "Everything's GREAT!" are a very common response to psychological trauma. You see this in victims of many types of psychological trauma, including torture, violence, and yes, sexual assault.

So no, that doesn't say anything to me.
Very useful~ Thanks!

All the graphs have the same x-axis; how about combining them so you can see all the information at the same time in one screen without scrolling down?
You can't project today's EC2 prices back in time; micro didn't even exist in 2006 and prices for all hosting were higher in the past.
In Sweden it is probably not rape either.

The boss of the original prosecutor (Eva Finné) reduced the suspicion from rape to "ofredande" (not sure how to translate that but it is a very minor crime which almost never results in jail, it is not a sex offense either). Then a third prosecutor (Marianne Ny) joined and brought the suspicion up to rape again since she want to have it tried in court of this is rape or not.

So really this seems to me like Marianne Ny just wants to use this case to determine how Swedish law works in cases like this.
There have been several "pay-your-friends" apps that achieve a lot of success for a while because they're free, then lose all momentum when they start charging. I'm not sure if Venmo is in the same boat, but it seems possible.
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And when you are no longer allowed to keep the version that reflects poorly on some now powerful person?

Ownership isn't just a matter of objects and revenue. It is control of information.
> S&P 500 Price has returned -1.5%/annum on price alone since 1999

This is a selective endpoint, creating bias in the result. 1999 was an outlier peak, so of course measuring from 1999 will show minimal returns. Measure from 1988 or 1995 or 2003 or any of the vast majority of possible years, and you'll see significantly positive return for stocks.
Actually, yes he _did_ say he didn’t believe her account of it: “If such punch cards exist…”
Not always. If you were 45 and entered the market in 2008, you'd be in a great shape now, probably better than a 20 year old who entered the market in 1999.
Judge says Apple's 'smoking crack' with giant witness list
Yes, China is now more individualistic than America because people are forced to be.

On the superficial level, Chinese may seem to be socially conservative and study math/science to the wishes of parents, etc. But on a deeper level, modern Chinese are extremely selfish, there was a little girl who was hit in a hit-and-run in a major city in central China during mid-day and no one helped her for hours while she laid there dying. This is quite morbid to Westerner values, but the Chinese rationale is "if I help her, the person who hit her has already run away; she might pin me for the hit-and-run because she needs to sue someone for her damage."

Individualism here implies self-protection and ruthless advancement of personal agenda for money and power; it's quite different from the American ideal of individualism of finding and pursuing one's passion and vision. However, my point is that both the Chinese and Americans ideals, are actually the same thing in different dressings, it's just Chinese are more honest about it because of economical scarcities.
there were some attempts to include multithreading into standard ml. john reppy's manticore project came quite far but wasn't fully implemented.

currently mythryl, a sml/nj derivative with c-flavored syntax, is about to get a full multithreading support. check out mythryl.org and the status updates on the mailing list.
If you know you can't fulfill it then I believe it's all on you, in that you're lying.

Some fraction of people will believe you, and even those that don't can't know you can't fulfill it. There are plenty of legitimate life-of-the-company deals. One of them is buying stock. And there are plenty of companies that offer lifetime warranties. Only the person offering the deal has the information to know that they can't honor it.

And in this case, Joyent can honor it; it's not like keeping these servers running would put them out of business. They just don't want to honor it, so anybody who took this deal is so far correct in thinking that Joyent made a promise that they could fulfill.
In this case, who makes up the difference? I would assume that it would be on Square's end to make up the 2%-1.32% difference, so it's likely that Square would be the one to terminate your account.

However, I do wonder what kind of perks you get from a credit card company if you could spend $250k/year with them.
The worry isn't about "polluting the universe", it's about contaminating what's basically a big scientific petri dish - Mars. If we start tossing buckets of sludge out there, determining whether there was ever any native life becomes significantly more difficult.

"There are elements trying to keep us from spreading throughout the universe" sounds incredibly paranoid.
> how you can you ever be sure there isn't life somewhere?

You can't. You establish a given threshold, after which it's no longer reasonable to maintain a quarantine.