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Maybe the fact European Southern Countries have food, the weather, good universities, and welcoming people makes people not to have to elaborate as much in order to enjoy themselves and live another day. That's one of the factors which contribute for them to be more laid back and invest less in work and organization, leading to competitive disadvantage over the years in other fields.
> Hang in there and keep your chin up. Your younger son might be fine.

He is fine. I know that's not what you mean, but regardless of the diagnosis, he is a wonderful child, and I would not have him any other way. My worry isn't for my children, but for the way society treats those with autism.

It's hard to explain. Thanks though. =)
I think it's pretty safe to remove "-Samsung Case" from that headline without impacting any of its content.

This is Apple's war and there is no need to imply that Samsung is responsible for any muddying.
Pretty much all programming languages out there were designed with QWERTY layout in mind. You see, who in his right mind would make brackets more easily reachable than parenthesis?

Hence, many many developers use a US layout instead of their native one, even if their native one is somewhat similar to the US one. This is true for pretty much all European layouts and certainly for more foreign ones.

Its a mess, basically.
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> George W. Bush wasn't a one dimensional idiot either. He had a lot of charisma and people skills and is probably one of the highest Presidents of all time on the 'would like to have a beer with him' barometer, even now.

I would have thought the beer thing was a colloquialism for approval rating. If that's so, you're incorrect: at 22% his final approval rating was the worst in history, since they began recording such things in the thirties.
I guess he finds insulting that the term is thrown to every young people "generation nini" as if being of a certain age is synonim of being a slacker.

There are a number of other subtle generalization in your comments to this story that I find moderately annoying, even if (or maybe because) some of your points are true.

I won't go into them in detail, it would be a very long conversation. Just let me say that you're seeing it from an entrepreneur POV, that I bet started your business in your country and then "exported" it to mine and others.

I have zero incentives to waste time swimming crosscurrent. If I find a decent job abroad, I couldn't care less about the country going where it's going anyway.
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Usually the line is not drawn around "ability to feel pain", it's drawn around "has a central nervous system", which is used as a rough proxy for "is sentient". Otherwise it would be OK for a vegan to kill and eat a person who has lost the ability to feel pain, but otherwise functions normally.

Edit: came along this interesting link about the measure of sentience: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience_quotient
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Taxes as a % of GDP are not that much higher, if at all, in northern Europe than in Italy.

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

And you get a lot more of them back in various ways in northern Europe.

I think it's a fairly complex question, and that's part of it. Maybe there's actually an opportunity, because I know a bunch of smart developers in Italy who work for less than they would get elsewhere. I know Italy very well, and still wonder what I'm missing, because like you say, there are taxes elsewhere too.
I love the concept, great name too.

I definitely think this kind of service will become standard over the next few years. To the point where one day we'll say "how did we manage without it?". The next generation will say "so you logged onto EACH bank account individually?! How did you keep track?"

I think currently the main issues stopping swathes of customers signing up to such a service is the unknown trust & reliability factors.

Your copy really has to hammer these two points home and these issues have to be the centre of your business.

I think currently your site layout feels a little like a blog and it also has no brand identity yet.

If you do some comparisons between Mint.com and your homepage. Not to copy them but to see how they convey trust etc.

Top half of their page hits you with "FREE" & "EASY" while the second half is mostly a giant padlock & a list of security features. Do a bit of surfing to companies websites that have a trusted reputation & see what key words they are using.
GPL issues, maybe?
They also (Ivy Bridge and onwards) support OpenCL/DX11 compute, which is great for certain math-intensive and stream-oriented tasks.
Zed - any reason you don't offer a mobi version? I bought the PDF version and, to be honest, the font is just too small (~6 pt?) to be legible on a Kindle.
It seems the whole jury quickly became biased towards the "patent holder" (whichever patent that may be) "thanks" to Hogan, not to mention they didn't even bother to consider prior art or to invalidate Apple's patents, which was a huge thing to consider, but they acted as if it wasn't. Just because a patent was afforded doesn't mean it was a good one. I'm not too familiar with how juries work in US, but the whole thing doesn't seem right to me. The jury should've been completely impartial.
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As if pinch to zoom couldn't be suggested by a ten year old when presented with the problem of zooming on a multi-touch interface.

Software patents are a joke.
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I saw it in the London Science Museum in 2003, was so thrilled that started building an economy simulator in physical modeling.
Too bad there are not many resources, or videos of the machine running. The only one i found is in a LaserDisc in the museum, and they won't let it out...
It's inspiring, very inspiring.
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They are all to blame. Samsung are part of the problem too. Apple may be the worst but they shouldn't be singled out.
Disclaimer: I have never purchased an Apple product.
From the opening of the article: "Apple’s victory on Friday in a patent lawsuit against Samsung could, if upheld, give its rivals a kick in the pants to create more original products."

That's quite the contrary of "muddying the future of innovation", no?
Seems like a mis-leading title, so it launches 30% faster after you clear it from the OS cache. While "interesting" it would be better to find a benchmark that can actually stress both devices or go beyond 60FPS to see which actually is faster.
I'm Bulgarian, not Russian. But developers here all use standard US-English layouts. In fact, everybody I know just uses a US-English layout by default, you can't really do anything except write Cyrillic text with a Cyrillic layout.
The original title originally had the word "costumers" in it instead of "customers". :)

I see that the title has been changed at least twice since the joke.
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I agree with the difficulty to obtain investment. The ones with the money are the big banks, that still prefer very conservative (patent based!) bussiness, and there isn't much else.

Not so long ago, the dream of a student finishing college here would be an internship on any given big company, even if not paid (and hence, supported by its parents, 95% of the cases), in hopes of then getting a paid job in the same company.

It's incredible how this seemed excelent, but spending the same amount of 'parent money' in trying a startup of your own (or someone else's, I agree with your point) seemed utterly irresponsible.

A 'directory of IT portuguese startups' would be an excelent point to start: perhaps someone already has a cool idea that you not mind working on. Right now I find this kind of information to be really scattered. I've thought of doing this myself, perhaps I should return to this idea.

I've been at the first TechMeetupsLX meeting, it was interessting if not a bit long - seems this was sorted out in the next ones. I hadn't the chance to return, but hope to do it soon enough. Any other suggestions? I fear that the some of the paid conferences are still dominated by the 'big sharks', and no real opportunities are there... is this just an illusion on my part?
YAML, or the format used by Python's configParser or PHP's INI files (don't know what it's called), might be easiest. Less syntax and formatting.

I'm not so sure about the proposal itself, though. For local, small businesses, how much can we assume about technical ability? If they have to pay the people who did their website to keep it up to date, how can we be sure they'll use it?
Nobody needs to own ten color schemes.
I'm of the same mind that implementing a common interface for Schema.org would be very useful. In many cases, the business.txt file is duplicating information that should be on your site anyway.

My experience with small business clients is that they have no idea what they are doing when it comes to the web. They tend to know exactly what they want, and are usually right. But, they don't know how to translate that to their sites. Usually, it just takes a bit of guidance.

Creating a proper about page for a site that implements schema.org standards makes sense for both the developer and content creator.
Switching layout is not an issue when typing code. You just type in English because keywords and API are obviously in English. The problem exist only for markup languages where you type prose.

Still (in addition to English letters) these are hard to type in Russian layout: { } ' @ # $ ` (and more - depends on a keyboard and operating system).

Update. I've just noticed square brackets [ ] on my (Cyrillic) Mac keyboard. They are on a key with tilde ~ and backtick `. Before this very comment I didn't know I could type square brackets in Cyrillic layout... This should make Markdown much easier!
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30% sounds like a lot, but that looked like about 300-400 milliseconds, which isn't very interesting.

(That said, showing that you could port a native iOS app to RIM in X days would be an interesting metric, since the size of the App Store dwarfs the BB Store.)

(RIM, are you listening? No one cares about sub-second speed increases, Flash, external SD slots, multiprocessor whiz-bang GPUs, and most of the rest of your marketing material. Make a product that amazes my parents, and you've got something. Sell to the techies, and you seal your fate.)
The reflection is not perfect; the mirrors absorb some light (and warm up...).
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"It's kind of a class thing: high class people do not dirty their hands with manual labor and boring technical stuff."

There may be some regional variants. A friend of mine who worked with some devs from the UK said that there the split is between guys who only write code (the 'higher class') and guys who might actually know how to plug in an Ethernet cable (the 'lower class').

I don't know if this is true in general, or just of the organization where he worked.
Adding HATEOAS resource links should not break client code. It is nothing more than adding an attribute or sub-element to your xml.
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> Why Deviate?
> Although REST prescribes using HTTP GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE verbs for CRUD operations, some clients can’t generate the less common PUT and DELETE requests. In addition, some overzealous firewalls block PUT and POST. Thus, some RESTful APIs accept all requests via HTTP GET and place the HTTP verb in the querystring. For example, to delete user 124, the GET request would be for the following URI: /users/124?method=delete This technique is especially common in Ruby circles. Another benefit of this approach is all requests can be easily generated and manipulated in the address line of any browser.

This is a very bad idea for something like delete. It's Daily WTF material:

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The_Spider_of_Doom.aspx

Any firewall that blocks POST requests but not GET is a WTF in and of itself, for that matter.
We are now saying Dark Matter doesn't interact anyway with light nor something else. Hence observing, detecting or modeling them out through conjectures manufactured through thin air is nothing more than what religion was some centuries ago.

It interacts gravitationally with other matter.
As far as I know 1920x1200 does not require DL-DVI; normal DVI should be sufficient.
This loses markdown's biggest draw: a normal, readable document outside the interpreter.
As Groklaw pointed out, the jury was specifically instructed that the damages awarded should reflect the amount of money lost, not punish or "send a message" to Samsung. It's also pretty clear that the jury rushed through things, even if they say they didn't. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4430341 Samsung will probably use the jurors' statements in their appeal.
What world do you live in where XML is easier?

Have you ever written a SAX parser? XML parsing is not "easier". Screw the libraries that "do it for you". You still have to understand the tiered data structure, attributes vs content, namespaces,.... the list goes on. Understanding the schema and all that jazz is WAY more difficult than key: value.

edit: Parsing is just as easy. Here is a one-liner in ruby:

business_data = IO.readlines("business.txt").each_with_object({}) {|l, memo| k, v = l.split(':'); memo[k.strip] = v.strip }
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Why don't foreign companies go there and hire people, though? They can hire people cheaper than having them move to the UK/Germany/US even if they pay above average local rates, they can hire people who otherwise wouldn't move (and even some of the movers will be happier closer to home), and since they're hiring them as part of a large, or at least multinational company, they don't necessarily need those people to have much at all to do with other Spanish/Italian/whatever companies or government.
There are a lot more then 4. I didn't even see anything about Factory Factories.
Would it be possible to make a MathML writer that typesets?
The average tax burden for Portugal in 2011 was 39%, higher than the OECD average of 35% but not that high compared to the rest of eurozone. Belgium had 56%, Germany 50% and France 49%. Taxes are not the main problem in Portugal. Dysfunctional organisations and an ineffective legal system are.
Yeah I have to second this. No "non-techie" person will be updating this on their own, for the simple fact that they need to upload it after their done or edit it via ftp... etc. A wordpress plugin would help, but it still lacks great visibility to the business owner.
This is good. OpenStack is genuinely open and having consistent ways of moving data and config in an out of any configuration is a great step forward.

The question is why VMware - the biggest player in the corporate VM space - would do this. They have great lock-in already so this is a commercially questionable decision. They don't have a strong challenger in the place where virtualization makes money so it will be interesting to see where they take it.
> I disagree; the entire point of the Windows key is that it isn't interpreted by applications. It provides instant keyboard-driven access to OS/shell functions (i.e. cross-application functions), and I love it.

I get that, and I understand what Microsoft is doing, but I don't think the two usages are mutually exclusive. So it can be used for all it's current functions, but individual applications could assign shortcuts to Win + [modifier key(s)] + [key] or even Win + [key] (providing warnings if it conflicts with an existing OS/shell shortcut). Users should be able to override existing OS/shell shortcuts for something else if they want. I understand that this means that if Microsoft introduces new Window key shortcuts in future releases, this could potentially conflict with existing application and user assignments, but I think the benefits make this worth it. As it stands, Microsoft is wasting the full potential of the Window key. Maybe there are some guidelines they could establish that would leave things open enough for future releases (e.g. applications shouldn't assign Win + [key] combinations, it must be Win + [modifier(s)] + [key]).

In OS X, you have some cross-application functions using the Command key, but applications can use the key too, and when there is the possibility of shortcut configuration, users can choose whatever [modifier(s)] + [key] combination they want. Granted, many of the usages of the Command key are for in-application shortcuts, but I don't see the huge benefit to isolating a single key for only cross-application functions that is worth giving up a potential modifier key. I'm ok with using multiple modifier keys for new cross-application functions that may come in later OS versions, or sorting out conflicts that may arise. I'm ok with the "cheese" moving a bit, and I think those who aren't wouldn't be heavy keyboard shortcut users anyway.

Maybe there is the possibility for this in Windows already, but I just haven't seen it? Apparently One Note has it's own shortcuts that use the Window key, but that is a Microsoft application, so they may be using private APIs or something.

I haven't been a heavy user of a Linux or X11 GUI in a while, but back when I was, in Gnome/KDE/etc you could assign the Window key to whatever you wanted, and it was mostly unused by applications by default, so I was able to assign it to window manager functions, etc. The defaults of Gnome/KDE seemed to be mimicking Windows. If I went back to Linux, I would try to setup an arrangement more like OS X, or at least come up with something more comfortable for an Emacs user (e.g. Ctrl-V should do page down, not paste; I have setup OS X to act that way through a 3rd party app). The beauty of Linux is that you can configure things how you want it, and you are not stuck with what the OS designer thought was the best idea. I haven't used Ubuntu Unity, but if that happens to be restrictive, there are plenty of other window managers that aren't.

I must admit I feel the same way about Fn keys on laptops: that's another modifier key I could be using that is limited to only a handful of functions.
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To be fair, OP said 'sugar in the form of cakes, candy, and donuts'. Also, sodas are a special case, as they have pretty much zero nutritional value and, unlike solid food, do nothing to fill you up.
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Samsung will probably use the jurors' statements in their appeal.

I don't think Samsung can. It is being reported that Federal rules don't allow them to consider jurors statements about the proceedings as evidence.
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This is exactly what I was thinking about after the Curiosity launch. Space exploration desperately needs to iterate faster, and tiny satellites running commodity hardware/OS designs. Android seems perfect for this, considering how easy it would be to deploy updates as .apk files, develop USB peripherals, etc..

The article doesn't mention anything about radiation hardening, though. Are they just not worried about it, because the idea is to make the satellite as cheap as possible?
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You assume wrong; I want to pay fairly for what you are capable of. I always offer wage + % IF you want. I have been in this business for 20 years and I don't really care about money very much. I need it to feed my chickens, brew my beer and play with my ancient electronics. I actually take pleasure in seeing people become something they never thought they could be. I wake up in the morning thinking about some great project we are doing. And I definitely want my employees to share the wealth if there is any to share.

500 euros (200-300...) is crazy, people going for that we would not hire because they have no idea what they are doing and that reflects in their work. And you can hardly live of 500 euro/month here in the mountains (and it's really cheap here), let alone in a city. So don't assume too quickly :)

I stand by my comment that I think if you have a warm heart for your country you should stay there and help (re)build it. I told this to my former Ukrainien partner who had the choice; go to the US or run the company in Ukraine. He choose the latter after many talks and he is a very rich guy now, having helped around 1000 people to a job in his poor city. That was not me ; that was him, but I do tell always to stay IF your motivation is career/money/happiness. Those are fixable, and even more so, in your own country especially in a crisis.

I am not a patriot by any means; I love the south of Spain, the east of Germany (saksische sweiss) and Portugal (esp Madeira) much more than my country the Netherlands. I am making companies in all these regions to be able to move freely and with pride between them. I am assured i'm helping in my own (little) way and all the regions I like are poor and yet I haven't found any lack of money resources, even in the regions themselves. I can make enough money to live happily WITHIN the regions I like even though people say there is no work/money. It's not me being special or gifted; it's other people are so non-creative, it scares me often.

And no; moving to Germany is not considered a 'risk'. Working for a small company with a year contract is. It's pros/cons; my assumption (which seems to be right with most people) is that people want to live close to family and friends and not move 2000+ km away.
No, it means I don't want to read adverts disguised as content. But you're too busy with the psychoanalysis to figure it out. How are you connected to the slashvertisers?
Actually the comment had a purpose and was trying to raise awareness. The fact that it made you angry perhaps shows that it worked? Perhaps it might make you reconsider your opinions about your favorite company.
What else would they use? It seems pretty obvious to go with Android.
Fact: In the current tech-landscape it's hard to think about innovative Android-devices launched without anticipating Apple filing anti-competitive lawsuits.

You reap what you saw. It's kalled karma. In the tech-sector, Apple's main perception is now largely as the lawsuit-company.
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Is it just me or did he press the icon first on the playbook, that will account for a 300-400ms difference.

Mostly noticeable on the second run.

Difference which makes this video/test mostly irrelevant. Give me 1 second or more and I will be impressed. That is the anecdotal difference on launches from iPhone 4S and previous devices)
Many people miss a main point of Objectivism that sacrificing & helping others makes a person happy too. Hence you should do so in pursuing your best interests.

I think it gets left out as many feel they're coerced to do it now.
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I thought I was the only one. The whole sports team like us versus them of the Apple/Android "wars" is getting old. I grew up in the Ford vs Chevy part of the US, I don't see much difference between the two and I'm getting sick of the whole litigation "notnews" being paraded around constantly to get pageviews.

Its getting to the point I don't even look at Android or Apple posts here because I know I'll start seeing the same memes yet again.

I think its time to stop going to HN, I don't see this improving anytime soon. I know, internet drama and all that but for once I would like to be able to read about the tech without the snark.