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I'm pretty sure you're right. Laws are like traffic lights: nothing is actually physically preventing you from driving through red lights, it's just that you might get in trouble if you do it. "Might" being the operative word. (And there are a lot more traffic cops than spam cops.)
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I thought the article was clear on this point. The director was paid 5% of net. Net was negative -- the director got shafted.

The directors I know are unlikely getting shafted by this method, as their portfolios consist of mainly live births, cattle auctions, and high school sports. Still Art Institute graduates though.
For families with children, I've noticed that most airports (I've been to anyway) now have a family security line, which uses traditional metal detectors instead of body scanners and doesn't try to make kids go through the scanners. The lines are also usually shorter and friendlier to the extra time it takes getting kids through the line. However, I'm usually slower than the kids because I have to get all my laptops out, belt and shoes off, etc.

If I'm by myself or somehow end up with body scanner as the only option, I always opt-out. I guess part of the theater is designed to embarrass me, but I wonder why I should be more embarrassed than the dude squatting down below me to give me the feel in front of everybody (and no, I don't want a private screening, get down there and feel me up right here in the open). Like someone else suggested, I think they're as embarrassed as I am (or am supposed to be).
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I don't know. I wish I did, because then I wouldn't have made the afore comment. :/. It would not surprise me to find the occasional tool that still relies on it. As does my entire scientific library, unfortunately...
No, it's absolutely fuckjng deplorable when a government stops the free flow of goods, services, and information to protect archaic business practices.
In a decade batteries should cost quite a bit less than they do now.
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Quit whining and buy an adaptor. And maybe a transformer.
The best advice i can give is to go through this video, it was fun and really helped me a lot.
http://pyvideo.org/video/608/bayesian-statistics-made-as-sim...
> Nobody's going to prison.

That depends on what happens. No one thought Martha Stewart would end up in prison for insider trading, something that didn't put other people's money at risk.
Also, one more thing to point out is that the noPhoto never obscures the license plate to the naked eye. You can always see the plate even while it's going off. In fact, the noPhoto doesn't even technically run afoul of municipal traffic codes by obscuring cameras - it specifically only obscures cameras with flashes. That level of specificity is something that our attorneys haven't seen legislated - charges would be thrown out in a heartbeat.
It seems like each week or so we have an existential crisis on HN by an author who has realized the "go big or go home" mindset/lifestyle might not work for them. There is a HUGE fallacy in all this expected value rationalization for building a lifestyle business. You are going to DIE someday. You don't have unlimited time, and I'd rather take crazy bets toward building something risky and radical than be comfortable and safe with "a profitable, small web-based business in just a few years, take a great salary and work 30 hours week".

Yes I know I could do that, I was able to do that at 19. I'm doing a startup because that isn't enough for me. That would be like retiring at 19.

Blog posts like this feel like "why I settled at 20-something". Come on, really?! Ugh
The comments are classic.
hoepfully the rest of us can rediscover a less costly way to get that same perspective ... the fact that this author concludes with excitement at space tourism suggests to me they totally miss the message roaring from the blue dot.
If you're driving 500 miles a day two days in a row to cover a total of 1000 miles, can the early adopters really expect to find a suitable 240 V, 30-50 A charging station at their hotel, or are they going to resort to stopping at a supercharger and not charging at the hotel?
My physics prof used to say "physics is just the study of units". If you're getting a strange answer, you've probably misunderstood the units of measure somewhere.
I wonder what it would take to set up a "recording studio as a service" type place that would handle all the tech stuff for a band and let them do promotion themselves, free from label control?
AirBnB doesn't have any IRS issues (at least not that I've heard of). Their problems stem from being an enabler within an industry that typically requires licensing... and doing so to rent properties for fewer than 30 days without permit (required in some areas). Yeah, the law seems preventative, but it's in place as a zoning issue to prevent a bed and breakfast from popping up in your mom's cul-de-sac.

AirBnB is a good idea, running up against zoning laws that are also (generally) good ideas.
Didn't read the article very closely?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV_Plug_Alliance
When I see anatomy in a title, I expect to see pictures.
well that's going to make testing sun :\

executive: have our websites been optimised for Windows 8? Marketing rag X said it was awesome, social network, _insert random buzz word_

me: err, ummm, I tested it on the preview edition of IE10... so I guess it works.

executive: >:|
Nice article.

I think you are missing a fifth way to call a function, a property accessor function (although I have never used one, so not certain!).

Some mention of how somefunc.bind(someobj) affects the "patterns" might also be worthwhile (although maybe confusing!).
They already exist all over the country. I know a couple of people who own full recording sets and rent it out. Many musicians and techs make a decent supplemental income, and a few make a living, off of working with bands to record.
Model S makes use of SAE J1772 only via an adapter, and it's not clear that the average Model S owner is going to make frequent use of J1772.

Tesla is recommending that Model S owners either install an RV style 50A 240V outlet in their homes, or else install a charging station that has the Tesla connector that is currently only used on Model S. The Superchargers also do not make use of J1772.

If hotels end up installing J1772 and not Tesla charging stations, then perhaps Model S owners will use the J1772 adapters at hotels.
This kind of thing annoys me too but when I have a post that gets downvoted without being responded to it can help spur a response. Maybe there ought to be a better mechanism to solicit a response from your downvoters.
I did not have a degree when Google hired me as an engineer; the engineer who referred me was also a drop-out; my manager, now a VP, also dropped out of college; and I have a co-worker who dropped out of high school.

It's not the normal path, and you need to fill that blank in your resume with interesting personal projects and work, but Google is perfectly willing to hire designers and engineers without degrees. We do it all the time.
Wow...you're sick. You can design, code front AND back end? Not to gush, but that's like a step above the 'unicorn' :O Now I have something to aim for :P

(I also took a peek at Lumo...wth man...is there anything you don't do!)
Thanksgiving travel is an interesting question, though. Amtrak certainly finds that there's a huge demand spike at Thanksgiving that just doesn't happen at other times of the year.
The agents were probably showing up based on utility records (much higher than average utility usage) rather than thermal imaging.
That's total sunk-cost fallacy. You can only work on what you think makes sense at the time. Don't borrow trouble, or even borrow hindsight-bias.
Ditto.

Flying out of SFO (where they have MMW machines, at least in the terminals I use), there's another person opting out about half the time. If I get a chance, I'll ask them why. It's almost always a matter of principle, as it is with me.
This looks really good.

I have a similar service about to launch.
Can't agree with you more.
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You'd have to get the victim to call you before you could mark them as a robo-caller, so it's hard to see how there could be false positives for anyone who wasn't calling lots and lots of people.
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I did say "pretend." I'm not interested in debating DC statehood, rather I am interested in a good user experience. In my case, I actually live in Maryland, yet I had to pull up Virginia to find my metro area.
I can't imagine how hard that would be. Dealing in three dimensions at a distance is hard.
So telsa vehicles can drive on water now. Neat.
Copybar cofounder here, that is one of our primary use cases. Instances when a CMS fails to address access controls for nontechnical people. Even drupal and wp can seem overwhelming to some. The best thing is Copybar can sit on top of Drupal and Wordpress. If you do end up using it let us know, we'd love to be able to feature some live implementations.
wonder. fucking. ful.
He mentioned lower in the article that nobody could have noticed the image and nothing would have happened. Apparently someone actually did notice without him tipping anything off.
Newtonian physics aren't contradictory with relativistic physics; the former is just a special case of the latter. QM is also consistent with special relativity.
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This amount of delay between RTM of IE for Win8 and Preview for Win7 is a bad sign that IE is getting on anything resembling a rapid release cycle. I continue to hold out hope since I want the web to move forward, and overall IE10 made more progress than I expected, but I'm really looking for MS to pick it up a notch.

The IE team is part of Windows and it's clear that their priority is Windows 8 and not Web in general.

Also I really hope this isn't the gimped shell that they've used for past previews- makes it incredibly difficult to use for any period of time.
I'm pretty sure you're wrong about that. Have you ever been searched at a US/Canada land border? It's very unpleasant.
But I don't think any of the so-called Constitutional guarantees are absolute.

-- A "Free" Education = precisely founder's intent

Whatever legal carve-outs there are from No 1, this seems more like a poster child on why the bill of rights exists. Smart guy A wants to talk to Smart guy B, with no money changing hands, no promises being made. On topics that are verifiably beneficial to society, and on terms in line with society norms (historically). This <whatever-you-want-to-call-it> should not need a permit, a lawyer, or a PR flack. Is the state to have this law amended or taken off the books? It should if it is written in such a way that this is a decision of descretion by a gov't official. But for that, someone will probably need to sue (and waste everyone else's $$). Ugh.
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Posts like this always essentially boil down to one statement:

"The startup (in the pg sense of the term) lifestyle is not for me."

And that's ok. For most people, making a dent in the universe is not an existential need.
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Murders are detectable outside of homes. Is someone missing? Yes? Then start an investigation.

They could be missing already, or be unregistered kids, or recently arrived unregistered migrants. Not everyone who is murdered is noticed missing. Also, very few of the people who are missing have been murdered.
There's a 90-day trial of Windows 8 Enterprise edition. You could always use that in a VM to test IE10. Create a snapshop once you have everything set up, then just reset it as needed.
Yes but their flashes come from the back, not directly in your eyes.
Agreed. "Massive effect on the outside world?" I hadn't even heard of this until I saw this post on HN. Tech journalists don't take the time to investigate these one-off stories because, honestly, there's not much to them. Post the picture and beef up a blurb about how it might be fake, then add some links to previous Nexus rumors. Done and done. This guy seems a little too happy with himself for something so insignificant.
Never tried vanilla Debian or not in years. Ubuntu sold me on apt or I might not have spent more then a few months at a time on Linux like I used to do with Red Hat, SuSE, Fedora, etc.
I've been there 2 years ago and the lake is so immensely huge. Difficult to imagine how powerful the eruption that made it.
I worry about that exact scenario when thinking about upgrading the lights on my saltwater fish tank (photosynthetic corals need a lot of light).
If you can reliably recognise a given drone's rf, you could probably make one that homes in automatically.
I totally see your point.

I gather you would not accept that when others are claiming obvious patents one has to as well until some higher power changes the rules lest one be trolled into nonexistence?

I think the guy is being pragmatic - it isn't great - but it is pragmatic. He may well be using the exclusive power of patents in ways that are anti-competitive. He doesn't say - you are right about that.

Patents are very likely to be a waste of money unless the patent laws are 'fixed' somehow to preserve the value of the existing patents - at least until they expire. And for a lot of people that wouldn't be a 'fix' at all.
And with a free program
Startup by an international student
How should a F1 Visa holder in the US proceed to start a company?
I tried an attempt at an answer for icedancer I think it was just now but here goes, I tried Debian years ago but the setup wasn't clicking for me. My first attempt at Linux was in 1994 with Slackware, I've tried Red Hat before the split, SuSE (liked YaST it made RPM palatable - hope I'm not repeating myself) anyway Ubuntu on the server in a CLI and on the Desktop clicks for me.

Unity works, it is still a lockout and I feel like a visitor to my Desktop since Unity. This was not how earlier Ubuntu felt with Gnome. For games (due to performance) Xfce is good and would be ok for general use I think.
Looking forward to that. Who is going to be there?
Yes, we programmers should learn how to sketch! Not to produce beautiful art but to communicate ideas visually. I really regret not developing this skill, as I find myself blocked when trying to draw something on a whiteboard. My girlfriend (an interaction designer/visual communications graduate) really kicks my butt here, but then there is pressure in her field for her to learn programming :)

Writing (and perhaps presentation) is another skill we should develop. Writing is not just about communication, but it also aids in idea refinement.

On the other hand, even though I'm all for zen and all, I think spirtual skills are deeply personal and not necessary. Social skills are also very relative, and if you struggle with these your career as a programmer is not over! Same for biz skills, no one has to be a jack of all trades, but you'll probably absorb these skills at your own pace as you advance in your career.
Yes, but then the expected value is less than getting a job.
Looks nice! I liked it.

One (minor?) feedback:

Opinion on whether "Ninja" is awesome or uncool is divided even within HN. See recent discussions on "Product is a byproduct" thread. Now, I am trying to imagine how it might be perceived in conservative working environments like Indian workplaces.

IMO, keep the wording and ditch the Ninjas. Ultimately, "what matters in life is how you see yourself"[1]

There must be a way to highlight which are your best skills, like this OP's resume progressbars?

[1] http://blog.robinleehatcher.com/.a/6a00d8341cb0ee53ef0148c75...
Why don't you tell them to us and then we'll decide whether to buy? No? Now you see why there is no market, even if they're worth something.

http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/04/26/ideas-are-worthless
I never went through one of these and will never go through one. I rather get a pat-down.

I'm not that concerned about the health effects... This is a matter of principle. Everybody knows the security theater is just that... a theater. No need to participate in it any more than necessary.

9-11 by its very nature can never happen again. It could only work once, because the passengers still operated under the assumption that as long as they comply they will get out of this alive. After 9-11 this assumption is no longer valid and hence passengers will no longer comply.

This, btw, is exactly what brought the 4th plane down. Some of the passengers heard what happened over cell phone and then decided to do something about their own situation.

Edit: The usual spelling corrections.
He must have at least titled or tagged it so it came up in a search
My reason for never trying Apple products (I hope I don't get buried in down votes) but end of the day ... here goes, I just thought they (Steve not Steve) had a smug attitude. That bothered me. I guess it still does. I don't want to hold that long term, but the more I read ... never mind this is about a good Linux distribution, Ubuntu (holding a candle out for Unity to improve ... a lot). (hint forget mobile, let Android and iOS have that). We desktop users are not feeling the love now, new users sure, the rest, nah.
Are you going at Stanford tomorrow?
I guess the first question to ask is "Why am I going?" Looking for a job in a startup? Looking for a co-founder? Are you ready to apply?

Regardless, I would suggest that you talk with at least 3 people. If you can talk with 40 is probably better ;-)
I both agree and disagree. If you're throwing in all your chips you better have an idea for a business that is scalable and has massive revenue potential.

That's where a lot of so called startups miss the mark.
Prolexic's servers don't take the load if the attackers know where the computers behind the scrubbers are. Configuring iptables to ignore all traffic not coming from prolexic's IPs doesn't come close to fending off a DDOS.

I know this because I was told this by prolexic while configuring our servers to sit behind their scrubbing servers while we're under an equally crippling DDOS (one that took down half the customers in our datacenter, not just us). So while I haven't examined their tech stack under a magnifying glass, I'm not exactly talking out of my ass here.

Yes, there are other options but those don't take an hour to implement like signing a contract and changing a few DNS entries does. And when these conditions exist, you need an answer that can be implemented in an hour.
Relying on some kind of placebo or customs to enrich our lives is perhaps not very crazy. If we take everything at face value, the universe is vast in time and space and so our lives are very insignificant or meaningful; its hard to justify doing anything at all in that case.

Just replace spirituality with custom, culture, emotion, and its not so anti-intellectual.
I desist having them in general. Just lawyers are an evil necessity.
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Maybe not, but they also have a list of exactly who was there at the time. We cannot examine the software, so we have no guarantee that it really blurs face and privates. Don't you think they might be able to do some analysis with either a full-body or partially blurred collection of scans over time?
"Okay, I'll take 2% of gross".

"Net" should never be a part of such negotiations.
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Would it be better to label the domain expertise of each participates in startup school reception? Everyone can find their channel easily. Signal to noise value is low before finding a suitable talker.
I'm pretty sure he means the border exception shouldn't apply in any way to an in CONUS flight. I.e. Oklahoma City to St. Louis, MO.
Most of us program because we want to, not because we lost some contest and would rather be doctors, lawyers, business leaders.
Oh really, what did the MBA teach you? What tools are useful in your arsenal of building a great business and product?
It's infuriating that we have to buy tickets to the play from the manufacturer. The whole thing is a study in unethical business practices.
he mentioned it teaser-style in the slides.. don't know what he actually said:

http://brendaneich.github.com/Strange-Loop-2012/#/41
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It's fine to say that you feel differently from the author and that you have a thirst for glory, a taste for risk.

Suggesting that running your own business without ambitions of limitless growth ... that putting in a good work week, maintaining your own serious enterprise, and having a balanced life is akin to "retiring at 19"? I find that offensive and out of touch.

I'm not sure what death has to do with all of this. Those of us not at VC-funded startups aren't sitting around twiddling our thumbs. A "don't you know your time is running out?" stance usually implies "you're wasting your time."

Now, of course this is a startup website, so the most worthwhile thing you could be doing is building your startup, right? Shouldn't you spend all your time there? Well, it's also a "hacker" website, and there are ways to make your mark outside of the high-energy startup world. Look at that wonderful interview with the creator of Nginx yesterday -- there's a guy who was just working as a sysadmin, saw his own itch to scratch after a lot of work on Apache httpd, and his software has made a major impact. It probably provides much more value on the whole than do most startups.
Why would offering share of gross revenue be a problem even on big movies?
Say, expected gross sales are $100M.
Studio may offer to 10 key people in the movie bonus of the size ~0.1% gross revenue per person (~$100K).
Spending 1% of revenue on having the team have some skin in the game could well worth it.

Less important hires could get 0.01% gross bonus etc.

Kind of like a startup.
Is this fictional company really not going to spend $40-60 on a Win8 license to have a test machine? Or, if you're a contractor, won't you? All professionals have to spend some money to keep up with their field. Most professions don't have free versions of all their required tools available either.
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News.Y Combinator was down tonight
No response for at least 60 seconds around 10:26pm-10:29pm (Oct. 19, 2012 PST) from here in Berkeley, CA.

Confirmed for Chrome, Firefox, and Mobile Web (Android; Verizon; Pasteboard img: http://pbrd.co/UhzAcb and http://pbrd.co/UhAhC4)...

...just thought it was interesting. And now it's logged :)
This is the kind of article that I come to Hacker News for. :)
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We restart HN once or twice a week on average.
You might enjoy this recent podcast on radiolab. http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/oct/08/dark... amazing how humble and calm the guy comes across as
I don't think you can from a user mode program. If you are dealing with normal memory, it will be typically WB, and that is the only thing most user-mode programs will encounter.
Not completely true. Spam is relatively easy to block because you have a complete copy of the communication to work with and not just the envelope.

In the spam world, honeypots are set out. If an email is sent to a honeypot (a fake address), then it is, with high probability, spam. If the email is sent to multiple honeypots, you can be sure it is spam. If a variety of humans mark the email as spam, you can be reasonably sure it is spam. In principal, you can now compare some signature of an email with known spam messages.

These techniques can be used with phone calls, but there is less data to work with.

The approach that applies a turing test to each incoming phone call will filter out robocalls nicely. And it increases the costs of humans calling enough to filter out many of them. For persistent humans, I like the approach of having the sender send a token payment to the receiver which the receiver can easily refund.