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That sounds like it would backfire horribly. Honestly, it's a lose-lose situation. If you didn't mention it, they'd spin it as some sort of cover-up; if you spewed jargon at them, they'd just take whatever snippet sounded good to them and spin it into something unrecognizable that fits their agenda. Journalists never let truth get in the way of a good story.
> I think it depends heavily on which parts of the cities you visit. Tourists don't tend to visit the slummy areas.

I was walking the streets of Brooklyn and Queens in not-so-touristy areas and didn't run into any problems or feel threatened. I got the feeling that there might have been dangerous people around, but if you didn't mess with them they wouldn't mess with you.

> This is nonsense. You have the right to use equal force in return, and you are expected to retreat if possible. What it means is you can't shoot someone who's only threatening you with their fists.

As a somewhat pudgy software engineer who hasn't been in so much as a scuffle since primary school, knowing that I can "use my fists" against a street hardened, violent thug does not exactly leave me feeling empowered. And while I would not like to shoot anyone whatever the circumstances, I would like to feel I could use a firearm to deter someone from violently assaulting me.

> And if you're talking about gangs, Australian gangs are not a patch on US gangs

Your right, there is a big difference. Gangs in the US appear to be well organized, hierarchical, structured operations, "gangs" in Australia are more like packs of disaffected youth roaming the streets looking for trouble. And I may be way off here, but while the US might have a lot of gang violence, it seems to be largely gang-on-gang violence. The incidents of random, senseless, violent attacks against innocent bystanders by violent youths and thugs - usually without any other motive such as theft - is a bewildering common occurrence in Australia, and a well-known and widely talked about issue in contemporary Australian culture. Here is a very recent example which is typical of the kind of stories that we hear about every few days: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/mans-neck-slashed-...
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Actually, I had said it was around a $10 transaction, which I agree is also not important. But what is very important to me is that on my relaxation time (which I have so little of, hence the value)-- I am surrounded by the atmosphere that gives me peace and makes me feel good. That is the point of going to a nice little cafe with my family. This cafe has a history of bad reviews which parallel my experience and I rather go to a place I feel valued at. So, I am actually looking at things in the bigger scope. I have enough information to know that I don't want to pay money to be mistreated. I don't see that as a double standard in any way. I do understand your point though and I still think it is a good point, just not in this particular situation, because of the circumstances. In a 100 other circumstances, I would agree with you 100%. If that makes me a hypocrite in your eyes, then so be it. I didn't even want to make as big of a deal as it as it is. It didn't ruin my day by any means... Just wanted to use it as a point for this post.
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There has been research done on happiness as a subject of science. The How of Happiness is a nice book for a popular audience on the subject.
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Sorry, didn't address this either, but I think it should be. You are right I have two different standards for two parties. People pay money to be served in the service industry. Service is everything. There is definitely a different standard for a customer and a service provider.
Agree with the contrast issue, definitely need some kind of bg to the rows. Alternating light colors may do the trick?
In psychology, the terms hedonia and eudaimonia are somewhat broadly used to characterize two common modes of well-being. That might lead you to useful reading.
> Pretty much everything surrounding tertiary education needs disruptive companies to come in and restructure it - but particularly the dodginess around textbooks / school bookstores.

Textbooks for introductory courses don't change much between editions. The pagination may change slightly, as might the odd illustration, and that is that. What needs to happen is that the students need to get off their collective asses and buy the previous edition of the text from their colleagues from the year before. Nothing else will bring prices down. It's not likely to happen, considering just how spoonfed students at your average college are.
That sounds like a second voting system, or am I understanding incorrectly?
The examples you give are equivalents to Enumerable#map, not Enumerable#each. In JavaScript, the closest equivalent to #each is Array.forEach(). In C# and Python, while methods equivalent to #each may exist (I'd have to double-check the docs to be sure), the recommended way to accomplish the same functionality as #each is...a for loop.
If the promotion didn't work out, that's the business owner's fault. Taking it out on a loyal customer is just wrong-headed.
Differing laws and regulations?
then why bother writing about it?

I think these stories are coming from people who had a perception using the iPad this way was impossible (for their needs) until they actually try it out. Then it's sort of a revelation and they want to share it with the world.
You would need to pick your jargon carefully. The words that tend to set people off are pretty particular. Just avoid words like "radioactive", "isotope", any element name, "nuclear", etc. Don't call it a "reactor", call it a "thermal generator". Be honest and open about everything, but don't brag about it on twitter or in press releases.

The idea is to act like it is nothing special to give off the impression that it is nothing special. Make it all seem very routine and boring. Hyping actually boring aspects of the mission could also help. Do lots of things like making twitter accounts for rocks: https://twitter.com/N165Mars
this is not a dig at you specifically, but more a lament about the basics of computing, and what's been lost.

30 years ago, I got a computer, and it came with this:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZX81BasicProgramming/

Chapter 12 was 'looping'. I'm not claiming I was some programming genius, but to have been given a computer with a manual that, in < 100 pages spelled out the basic constructs of programming logic... that was magical. And useful. And empowering.

I know we've all got the google at our fingertips today, but I suspect that many people don't even know how to express what they want to do in basic enough terms to search - thedailywtf has examples of that (sadly). I don't know if there's a way to reverse this, but it struck me that we've definitely lost something (or perhaps 'we' never all had it) when you state: 'Without knowing to even google "for loop in VBA"'.

:/
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Like many people here, I have one or two life changing, billion dollar ideas each a week. Almost all of these however, don't make it through my 'reality filter' after putting some real thought into them.

I've got an idea that's been keeping me up at night and I think it may be the right idea for me (albeit not a new one).

I try to avoid comparisons, but imagine an Airbnb for outdoor adventures. People with outdoor skills and knowledge can post an adventure to take you on. Everything from surfing at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, to climbing Mt Everest.

I realise it's open to all sorts of safety issues, but none of which, I think are insurmountable.

The number one thing, I would imagine, is to limit who can offer to host an adventure. Much like TaskRabbit filters their TaskRabbits, I'd like to make sure all adventures listed are by the books and run by qualified people. Safety and trust are paramount for these activities.

My questions to you are this.

Do you know of any startups trying this, or something similar?

Do you like or dislike the idea?

I should also qualify this by stating that I have domain experience in the adventure world. I've completed a bunch of world first expeditions, most recently skiing from the North Pole to Canada, and paddling a dugout canoe down the length of Papua New Guinea's longest river.

I appreciate any feedback, lovers or haters.
Wikileaks is interesting. Julian Assange's personal affairs are not.
I think you read my comment wrong then. I never undervalued risk in any way. I agree its one of the most important factors. But I think the type of risk is more important than what you lose out on as opposed to the other guy.
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It is a bit surprising that universities allow this practice — not so much because textbook costs are unbundled from tuition (things have been that way for a while) but because textbook company kickbacks may now constitute substantial fraction of an instructor's salary.

In the short term, this setup helps universities keep their teaching costs low — they can pay instructors a lower base wage and let the instructors make up the difference in textbook-company kickbacks if their conscience allows. This kind of cost-cutting might be attractive in a scenario where instructors are more "contractors" (adjunct faculty) than "employees" or "the reason the university is here and more important than administrators" (tenured faculty).

Schools should soon realize that it's a bad idea for their employees to have another revenue stream and, essentially, another supervisor influencing how they do the same job.
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I would love to use something like this.
Consider a different name -- "Cells" is the name of a cool Common Lisp library by a ... let's say notorious ... Lisp programmer.

http://common-lisp.net/project/cells/
All I ever heard before was Project Orion, but after reading about Project Rover, I don't understand why you would want Orion's design. Isn't Rover superior in every way? It appears to me that Orion uses a much smaller fraction of the released nuclear energy, leading to a bigger waste of resources and smaller payload to total weight ratio. Furthermore it's harder to use Rover as a weapon, but maybe this would be a minus for some of the potential investors.
The robot looks so much more complicated than it needs to be - i mean, the flashing eyes and other shapes to make it into the figure of a human is a total waste of material. Lower the cost, and make it an automated noodle making machine (ala a pasta machine..oh wait, that already exists!).
Maybe this is bad advice, but I live on the edge and I'd take the credit card. Maybe use something like Square, though, since it seems less jankey than typing their credit card number in the stripe console.
If you use Dropbox you can have it just automatically transfer your photos or iPhoto/PhotoStream. From there it's in your camera roll which any application can access.
Thanks guys :) I am the creator. I had intended to post this as a show HN but it got popular on reddit and seems to have spread faster than I anticipated,heh. I really appreciate all your feedback and will look into any suggestions. I've heard the white space complaint a few times so I'll be fixing that
Isn't this is the same as subversion:

svn co remote_repo_path/branches/bugfix bugfix
git clone -b bugfix ./local_repo_path bugfix

It could be simpler if you removed the trailing target folder name (but git would name the checkout according to the repo name, instead of the branch name).
if it were, then why bother writing about it?

Most likely because MG Siegler is a professional tech writer. If he makes a significant change in how he uses tech, or what tech he uses, it would be surprising for him not to write about it.

I have to say though, I'm a bit skeptical of the tablet revolution. I think the main driving force right now is the fact that a great many people dislike their PCs for reasons having little to do with the form factor.
Can someone ELI5 how that works?
What specifically looks cluttered? I'll look at removing some things. I've heard the same feedback elsewhere.
Mine doesn't. At least not without explicit written permission, and if I tried to pull such a dick move (as a professor) then my chair would quite rightly tell me to go to hell.

http://www.sc.edu/cte/guide/policies/index.shtml#selfauthore...
Glad to here it Steven. Quick question. Would you be looking to go on hard (Everest) or soft (Surfing at Bondi) adventures? Both equally good in my books.
> essentially boils down to [...] the Christian ideal

Why is this unexpected? From my nonreligious standpoint, I see Christianity (and indeed, most religions) as a device created specifically for this reason -- to allow people to be content with themselves. To me, it makes perfect sense that any given life philosophy will align with the general tenets of most religions; they wouldn't have stuck around if they made people feel less satisfied!
Can you share a link with us? You're being too modest.
Weesh let Couples share things to do together 
Weesh is the first mobile app for couple that is based on mutual experiences.
Each side out inside things he/she want to do together and we add moments from things you've already done together.
Yep, videos and exercises will be archived for posterity. Will take a few days to get them posted.
I typically send invoices via paypal and clients pay via credit/debit or their paypal account. You can obtain a paypal debit card and have instant access to the funds as soon as they pay. Occasionally paypal will hold the funds for 24 hours.

Some companies insist on paying by check and that typically works out as long as it's a company check I wouldn't worry too much. I would avoid personal checks or if you get a funny feeling about a client.

Stripe would be another option, you could even create custom invoice pages on your website for clients with the stripe payment form embedded on the same page as their invoice. (You'll need an SSL certificate (HTTPS://) for your website stripe requires it. You can sign up for Hostgator's Business plan for $15 and they include an SSL cert free upon request.)

I also recommend getting a 25% payment up front and breaking the project into multiple milestones where you receive payments and they review the work incrementally to make sure everyone is on the same page and you won't get left holding the bag waiting for a large payment at the end of the project.

Good luck with Freelancing.
What's interesting is that airlines work in the opposite direction: free if you buy online, fee if you buy at the ticket counter.

That makes more sense to me, since computers can handle a lot more orders per employee cost.
That's never been my experience. One or two books only, and I'm not even sure students were allowed to sign it out of the library.
There is an issue that hasn't come up yet: why does a professor recommend a certain text for a class instead of the students buying the textbook that they like best? After all, for each kind of course the various publishers each have a textbook on offer.

Here's the dirty secret: with the teacher's edition there comes access to the solutions and a bank of exercises and test questions. If there's a set text it's likely that the students pay for the convenience of whoever teaches the class.
In this case, an R8. Infineon doesn't have much in terms of straightaways.
I can relate to this article. I've found that waking up at 6am and going for a jog was a great way to start the day. Also, as a programmer you can lose all sense of time whilst pounding away at a project. My way of disengaging from that is going to the gym, the cinema or just hanging out with friends. You must be sure to not get lost in the start-up race and do things that have nothing to do with your start-up every now and then at least. Great article!
Well, just look at the kerfuffle over the Cassini RTG back in 1997:

Reporter: "Could this probe fail on launch, re-enter the atmosphere, and explode, showering the U.S. with radioactive particles?"

Scientist: "Yes, but there's a one-in-a-million chance of that happening, and we have safeguards against that..."

Headline: "SPACE PROBE COULD EXPLODE AND SHOWER RADIATION EVERYWHERE!"

The key here is the "Yes, but..." -- if a reporter wants a sensational story, they'll find a way to get it, even if they have to play fast and loose with the truth to do it.

(Thanks for that Twitter account link -- I love NASA's sense of humor.)
but happiness and pleasure is intimately intertwined - they have to be, because stimulating the pleasure centre was one of the methods that the primitive part of the brain controls behaviour (e.g., you find eating fatty, high energy food pleasurable, because thats the kind of food that's valuable to eat back when this mechanic was evolved).

Happiness is indeed simply a state of mind, but some people can't reach that state on a permanent basis, and require constant injections of pleasure as stimuli. I think drug addicts suffer a severe case of this, but normal functioning people do as well (only milder). Why do people binge eat, binge shop, etc, but to make themselves happier thru pleasure (despite the consequeinces)?
The security problem here is the person who gave you the phone thought removing the SIM erased all their personal data/accounts and it definitely does not.
Right! I mean, are you disagreeing with me because I'm completely in agreement with you on this.
Mathjax does not work great. It is slow, bothersome, and easily broken.

LaTeX and the web are in essence incommensurable.
> but because textbook company kickbacks may now constitute substantial fraction of an instructor's salary.

[[citation needed]]
I stand by my original post.
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I teach in a university mathematics department. I don't doubt that stories like this are real, but very few of my colleagues collude with, or indeed have much patience with, the publishing industry.

Indeed, the opposite is common. Walter Rudin is the author of several well-known books on mathematical analysis. The publisher, McGraw-Hill, jacked up the price of his books to stratospheric levels, and Rudin fought back -- which wasted him a lot of time, and (I believe) cost him a substantial amount of money. All so that students wouldn't be gouged when buying a copy of his book.

In the end, Rudin eventually lost. $95.56 for a very skinny (and quite popular) book on Amazon right now.

Moral: As content providers we don't need to figure out better ways to work with the publishing industry. We need to figure out better ways to work without them.
C# doesn't have an Enumerable.ForEach (but it does have a List.ForEach).

More significantly, it has a Parallel.ForEach which is recommended for iterations that can be done in parallel.
nice man. this is a really awesome plugin that would be super useful for my new site I'm looking to launch soon.

Have you noticed any effect on site performance in terms of speed with this plugin installed?
Nice, I like it.

Does BV.getPlayer().play() work on mobile?
Absolutely! I was reading the comments on the original post and saw a number of people upset by this change which is what prompted me to write my comment here. I assumed (maybe wrongly as of this writing) that a lot of people would be upset and there'd be a backlash like there usually is anytime anything changes ever. Looks like I was wrong in that assumption so far but still, you're right. I'm betting usage decreased to the point where the button was useless and instead of changing the classic Google homepage they just gave it an interesting new purpose. I love that idea.
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that exist merely to lock people into Apples 'garden'

You don't think providing good features to users or creating a competitive advantage has anything to do with it at all? I agree lock-in is part of the equation in large part because Apple doesn't care about other platforms but there are definitely many other reasons these things exist. When/If it's in their best interest to support other platforms they will. (iTunes for Windows, for example)
Do you feel like GAE and Heroku make different trade-offs in this regard? I ask because the benefits of GAE you describe sound like reasons I like Heroku, but you see to be suggesting that Heroku is higher maintenance in some way.

Just curious as a Heroku user who wants to keep tabs on GAE.
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IMO, if conversion rates are a concern, the need to download a separate runtime first makes Java, newer versions of .NET, etc non-starters. Note that Adobe AIR doesn't require this anymore: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/air3-install-and-de...

If you're providing a useful tool to already-committed users of your website, this might not be an issue.

If slightly non-native looks aren't a concern, go with whatever's easiest. I'd choose Qt/C++, but I'm already comfortable with them. py2exe/py2app are probably reasonable if you know Python.

Consider outsourcing this if you can. The details will occupy a lot of your time. For instance: you ideally want both a standard Windows installer (put together with something like NSIS), and to sign your installer + installed executable to avoid Windows warning your users that it's probably malware. That's a day's work for someone who has done it before, probably a week for you to do it the first time.

EDIT: that said, if you do outsource, beware that most contractors will be blind to their preferred environment's sore spots. Java+Swing devs don't account for Swing apps looking like ass, .NET devs don't care that needing to find, download and install the Microsoft .NET 4.5 Runtime Environment pisses your users off and hurts conversion rates, etc.

EDIT 2: test, test, and test some more. Just because your app runs fine on Windows XP doesn't mean it will work fine on Windows 7 64-bit, and vice versa. If you're eligible (most startups are), it's worth signing up to Microsoft BizSpark just to get access to ISOs of every Windows version from XP up from MSDN.
I've been pouring in the 16 hour days for a year now and executing well, but neglecting any sort of balance in my life. All the added stress has made me neglect my family and definitely eliminated any personal time.

I decided to do something about it in June.

Exercise has made a big impact. I started running almost every morning and logging 20M+ weekend mountain bike rides. I've realized that you need to keep your cardio strong and your physique honed or the lifestyle will simply make you pudgy and listless. Great Founders know how to eat right, work out right, and feel right. This is like running a marathon, so you must live your life like a marathon runner. I've also heard that its good to do some sport where you can hit something. Tennis, boxing, hockey, or martial arts, let you hit something hard and get the negative energy out.

I used to stay up working until 3 or 4am quite regularly but now walk away from my computer by 1AM so that I can get at least 6 hours of sleep. I think sleep deprivation is a reality for most startup entrepreneurs.

If you really want to mess your life up, forget to put your family in the balance. This is your most important asset and precious responsibility. Make sure you focus here and not only give them dedicated time, but meaningful time. I reinstated date night with my wife and I'm trying to make an effort to balance things out in general.
I don't think we disagree. Maybe you work with smaller and younger businesses than I've been employed in, because in my experience there's always SOME means of formal documentation, with the wiki as an optional layer on top of that. Or else, a really uneven wiki with some well maintained pages (generally the ones you actually need more often) and some stale data.
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