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I seriously doubt that China will stand up as defender of privacy, seeing the track record with their own country. It is inimical to the interests of any large state actor to allow actual, real privacy since that could harbor elements trying overthrow that very same state.
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I'm curious about how the HN duplicate detector distinguishes cases like this. I had seen the earlier submission and was surprised that there wasn't more discussion about it.

Elsewhere in cyberspace, I have had parents of high-IQ children (as ascertained by national membership organizations) tell me that they think the submitted article is thoughtful and reasonably factually accurate. I would like to read the book on which the submitted article is based.

If you like reading about this subject and closely related subjects, it happens that I was just at my town's local Wikipedia Loves Libraries event, and in a conversation with a librarian there a bibliography about human intelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WeijiBaikeBianji/Intellige...

was viewed by the librarian and me. That's a good source for more current reading about bringing up gifted children and closely related topics.
I cannot guarantee that my advice is the best, because I'm a mathematician, and not a computer scientist, but my own experience might be helpful nonetheless.

I had originally decided to become a mathematician because I read "Jurassic Park" for an English class, and was intrigued enough by "chaos theory" that I looked into it, and discovered what mathematical culture was like, and decided that I liked it very much. When I started college, I declared myself a double major: Mathematics/Computer Science--but reduced the Computer Science part to a minor, when I decided that it wasn't mathematical enough to my liking.

Since then, I went on to get my PhD in math, and then decided that I'm not all that interested in teaching, so I've been working with computers since then. More recently, I've discovered Lisp and Haskell, but I have been finding it difficult to find the time to get through the "classics" like "Let Over Lambda", "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good", "The Art of the Meta-Object Protocol", "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", and "On Lisp".

Do I wish I could have gone through these things while I was a Computer Science minor? Yes, I certainly wish so: these systems are almost pure mathematics! Having said that, I'm not too disappointed that I didn't go through the program. I spent a three-year hiatus between my first and second year of college, and between that time, there was a shift from C++ to Java as the core Curriculum Language; even before that shift, however, I don't think my school was enlightened enough to pursue Lisp properly in its higher-level courses. My only regret with my educational path, though, was that I didn't get a chance to take the second semester of "Computer Architecture"--thus, I took the class that taught me how to construct computer gates (and a couple of other things--like "flip-flops", if I recall correctly), missed out on the semester that discussed creating memory, arithmetic units, and so forth.

Oh, I would add, be wary of the grad school route: I do not regret going that route to learn the math I did, and I met my wife in the process, but I really wish I could have created a startup when I was younger! Having said that, I really wish I could make use of my mathematical knowledge somehow, right now, to start something...but the catch-22 is this: had I not gone through to get my Doctorate, I wouldn't have the mathematical background that I would like to use to do interesting things...
> In this specific case, it's mainly just partisanship: some people don't like that Silver's data shows Obama with an ~80% chance of winning, so plug their ears.

News flash: It's no secret that the news media (except for Fox) has a distinct Democratic tilt. I agree with your premise that journalists are closet partisans, but I disagree that they'd be upset at an analysis that favors Obama for partisan reasons.
I thought about that as a next step, but I really don't know where to start. Talk to the manager of my leasing office? Try to find an in to the company who owns this property (and probably several others)?
Earlier this year, I did 21 different implementations of a hex dump program in C (starting here: http://boston.conman.org/2012/01/09.1). I also included implementations in a few other languages just for comparison. Why? It was a neat break from the programming I do for work.
In which I realize that John McCarthy is the father of the Semantic Web too
Cheap property managers holding onto the concept of "long-distance" phone calls I'd assume.
> News is biased, but not how most people think, it's biased towards conflict

Exactly. They're called "stories" for a reason.
i am only inspired to mention this because nate silver mentioned oddsmakers as evidence supporting his prediction.

https://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/26394803410527846...

i'm mixing examples here. intrade is a betting market, no line is set by a bookie - it measures public opinion. one way to look at it is that intrade is efficient and there was truly a "20% chance it will occur." the other way to look at it is "the odds were never 80/20" because most people betting on it were uninformed or misinformed (clearly watching WAY too much Fox news). this is unknowable, because it's not a repeatable event. prediction markets were originally based on the idea that folks with inside information would bet heavily and clearly justice roberts had other stuff to do.

understanding how sports books work is not the same as saying "i know enough about sports to bet profitably." that said, bets set by a casino or sports book are different than intrade. a bookie is trying to maximize house profit, whereas intrade is pure sentiment. a sports spread can be -2 with 80% of people betting one side. the house might think the real spread is -4, and they expect the line to pay off. here's an example of how lopsided bets can be:

http://www.thespread.com/ncaa-college-football-public-bettin...

I'm reading "sharp sports betting" by sanford wong right now. good quote:

"I had the opportunity to ask Robert Walker, race and sportsbook director at MGM mirage, whether his company's action is balanced on football games...it appeared to me that sportsbooks might be taking lopsided action on about half of all NFL games. Mr Walker answered that what I hypothesized was indeed the case....then i asked him why he did not make more line moves to try and balance the action. his answer was that to move the line to try to balance the action would result in less profit for the sportsbook."
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> Companies with no software expertise and no way to differentiate themselves (basically all the Android OEMs at the moment)

Most Android OEMs are still learning what it means to be a software and service provider, but I do not agree that they have no way to differentiate themselves.

An Android OEM can completely define the software and hardware experience on his devices. If he wants to stay compatible, he needs to pass the Android Compability Testsuite of course. But even then the final OS can look and feel very different from other Android-based systems.
To arrive at this dubious conclusion, the author, intentionally or not, mixes up a number of concepts that really have to be kept separate, should one want to arrive at any sane conclusion:

1) Not every download of his book is automatically illegal. Many countries have laws in which uploading constitutes copyright infringement, which can fall under criminal code if done commercially or on large scale, but where downloading is entirely legal. Calling people "illegal downloaders" won't help his case.

2) Identifying copyright infringement with theft does not help his case either. Such rhetoric is often used to make an action seem worse than it would otherwise be, but is dishonest and usually does not lead to a fruitful discussion.

3) From "illegal download" he makes the jump to "dishonesty". This confuses the matter of legality with morality. Ideally the two would align perfectly, but in practice this is often not so. Copyright law seems to be a field where very many people have doubts on whether the current system is a good one.

Once he has connected downloaders to "dishonesty", the whole thing essentially degrades into a bad rant. Making broad accusations of immorality, implying that people should think of themselves as polluted, and then claiming a moral high ground for himself, offering others a "fresh start" and "amnesty" won't accomplish any of the outcomes he seeks.
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Maybe you don't even need individual user accounts - today I noticed this app to start (and close) different groups of applications. While I don't need it, this may be an alternative to your multiple account approach: http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/foreman/
@James Hague: so what are the unusual blogs you're subscribing to? I'm always on the lookout for that kind of stuff. I'll start off with one of my discoveries: the feed for a readlist (http://readlists.com/) created by a guy named Stu Sherwin: http://readlists.com/user/stusherwin/feed/
How about some specifics? I get suspicious when I see "leftists" thrown around.
I really love moocs. I've somewhat become addicted to them. One huge problem I have with them however is that there is no obvious path for learning in them. Note I am not talking about the course itself but the path from one course to another. This isn't a problem held by all of them (notably Udacity and Saylor). For coursera and edx however they just seem to be an eclectic jumble of unrelated courses. If I want to take a course but don't meet the requirements I'm pretty much screwed if the course isn't being given. If I want to expand my knowledge a step further I don't know where to go.
Well, it is not coincidence that Google decided to lower prices of Nexus devices now.

They want to neutralize Windows 8 mobile devices. With that price levels it will be hard for Microsoft to charge anything for its OS.

And the article thesis is completely stupid. What kind of innovation we got from paying 8 billions yearly for ring tones? Now they are free and what happened?
If the best alternative to using your app is a free Google Voice number in your area code (and not $20/month to Time Warner), I don't think $10/month is something I would pay. I'd either find a way to make the pricing work, or (as suggested above) find a way to sell to apartment complexes at large.
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I agree. I'm thinking about a website that lays out all these paths of study.
One factor that messes with any model is lack of consistent data. House races aren't publicly polled nearly as often as statewide polls. And furthermore, it's not necessarily that he "got races wrong." When he says Obama wins 80% of the time, he's also saying that Romney wins 20% of the time. 1 out of 5 times, Romney will win and Obama will lose, despite being a favorite to win.
Great advice Rodrigo.
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Hi, I'm a quant and developed a model to trade markets based on social media mining. So far I have tested it using options ( long only)in order to reduce risk ( just in case...) Results are " remarkable" to say the least. Now my question : where to take it from here? App? Funding? Any suggestions pls mail to cjbenedikt@yahoo.com
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I think Apple is doped up on huge hardware revenues, and the moves by Google and Amazon will rightfully bring them back to planet earth. Because what really matters in this "post PC" era Apple themselves announced is not hardware.

Hardware without function is called a "brick", a worthless paperweight. Of course thats referring to hardware where the software embedded was lost or corrupted, but its as good as any analogy for the iOS situation: premium integration for the highest bidder (Facebook), functionality determined by politicial fights (Maps).
That's strange, of all the places in the world I wouldn't suspect that US have a higher price for calling non-local cells/phones (and even has such thing as a long-distance call). Here were I live the long/short distance have the same price for about 15 years now). I know that Poland is small in comparison to the US, but I don't see a point in charging more for longer distance (one could just average the price).
I'm not saying they shouldn't show the dollar value, I just expect them to at least show the bitcoin price next to it with a name like BitcoinStore.
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Welcome to the land of Sales! That's how it works - just start calling people. If they say they aren't the person to talk to, ask who is?

- What's your price point?
- How quick can you install it?
- Can this be demo'd elsewhere?
This is very interesting, and I hope it is a success.

Since the government can't shut down bitcoins by stealing them (how they ended the last attempt at a sound currency- the FBI perpetrated a heist where they stole $8M in Platinum, Gold and Silver).... they will have to take more direct methods, like passing a law, or calling this "money laundering".

If they don't, then things like this will proliferate, and the only power the government has to back its currency is violence.

But employing violence here may be too much for people to accept. ...who am I kidding. Like I said the FBI stole $8M from an american vault and americans don't care, the ones who even know about it believe it was justified because the FBI gave a press release branding the people "terrorists" who "sought to undermine the US Dollar".

Oh, undermining the dollar, it sounds so scary when you put it that way.

Everyone should read The Creature from Jekyll Island by Griffen. It's a monetary history of the USA. The federal reserve was not created by accident, the boom-bust cycle they've perpetrated (eg: 2008 crisis for example) is not by accident either.

I won't say they'll use violence against bitcoin-- they're still using propaganda and that hasn't failed yet... or bitcoin might unravel itself.

But if this store is a success, it can't be allowed to stand, or there will be others and the entire system will unravel, eventually.
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As a person unfamiliar with the concepts presented in the OP, I would not mind if someone explained its significance in layman's terms.
Market this to the management of every apartment complex with a gate. Have them spread your app to their individual resident base.

Your marketing copy has to change a little because you are now targeting management to be your distribution channel. You could say something like our app reduces the line in front of the gate because it makes it easier for trusted outsiders to enter the community.

Or if you think it's easier to go after your end-users, then you could:

- try and cross-market with other startups targeting apartment residents

- try to get access to different apartment community/common rooms and drop some flyers or quickly talk to some folks (this is kind of creepy and risky, but you might be able to hack the process by asking for a tour of the apartment from management)

- try dropping your message on apartment forums or review sites
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It's hard to see a consumer downside to subsidized hardware. Don't want to use Amazon/Google's software? It's your phone, you bought it. Run what you like.

The Nexus 4 is an excellent play; it's a capable and carrier-independent phone. May it encourage wireless carriers to focus on network coverage, network quality, and price.

It'll be a great day when Verizon starts pricing like Ting.
Once again its about the scale, not the idea.

I have a "hi dpi" laptop since 3 years now (yeah, its a sony vaio Z)

150DPI helps.. 1000DPI? useless. scale.
I can second this. If you're doing any pro audio under Linux, use RME.

If you're not, almost anything with a digital out so you can plug into an external DAC+Amp or DAC+Decoder+Surround unit.
The exercises were paradigm-agnostic last I checked. Any reason why you feel they're specially suited to FP?
The problem isn't that OEMs are unable to modify the OS, it's that they do it badly.

I've owned four Android devices, and used a lot more. Three were Google branded, and were awesome. My current phone is an HTC Sensation 4G, which is awful. I don't know that I can blame Sense and HTC for all that sucks about this phone, but I miss my Nexus One pretty much daily. I'm eagerly awaiting the Nexus 4, because it'll only cost a little more than I can sell my Sensation 4G for, and will return me to living in a pure Google Android experience.

I want less OEM customization because the OEMs break the OS and make it less pleasant. Even if I couldn't sell my current phone to recoup some of the cost, I'd probably still buy a Nexus 4. The friction of using an unreliable and quirky phone has a cost that I consider too expensive. So, I regret buying a device that doesn't have a pure Android OS build, and I'm very unlikely to make that same mistake again.
Why wouldn't it be? Maybe OP is a base64 junkie. I'm sure it'll get a chuckle from the graph team. It's not a if its gonna spark a revolution of sites hosted off fb. It has obvious limitations in spite of it's creativeness.
sell this to apartment owners directly, starting with your own. Tell them it's a selling point they can put in their listings "Includes QuestionsThree easy-access system" or something along those lines.

Billing landlords is a better way to price it, after-all you said you hated getting a $20 bill every month just to access your apartment by phone, so residents wouldn't be much happier if they were billed by this system.
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The reason you're happy with your platform is actually because they've locked you into it.

I don't agree. Lock-in is when "I want to switch, but can't." Happiness is "I don't want to switch." Most users on most platforms are happy or at worst indifferent to the question.

I don't think it makes sense for most developers to target the scenarios you describe because although they are numerous, each is small. I don't think the edge cases add up to more than the common case on any major platform.

(Disclosure: I don't regularly use any smartphone, tablet, tv or anything that could be called a modern web application, so it's not my happiness I'm talking about.)
Saying Nate Silver is "wrong" is like saying the weatherman is wrong. Neither is taking a position, just reporting an aggregated statistic.
I've seen (and built) similar things on top of Twilio before. Even set it up to have multiple passcodes for different friends, then it will text me "John just let himself in."

Some people don't get the pain point, but it's definitely nice!
I love the fact that you solved a specific pain point and can potentially help others, but I'm not sure this is something that would be worth $10/month for most people. This is also a pretty trivial app to build with the twilio/tropo APIs, so it's not an earth shattering product.

Can you set it up to use the same number, but validate accounts with access numbers? That way you only pay for 1 number and could possibly ask for donations on the site for hosting costs (sounds like you could still get away with the free heroku account for your building).
Your original claim was that it infringes on my free speech to be forced to say something I don't agree with.

So, if a cigarette manufacturer doesn't believe his products cause cancer, your original argument would suggests that requiring a label infringes on his right free speech.

The cyanide example seems like it is a red herring because it is ridiculous. But it follows logically from your original claim.

It is legal to buy/sell cyanide. In practice, you couldn't sell it as a soft drink... but if someone believed cyanide "Tastes Great. Very Healthy. Just Drink it," they would be allowed to say that according to the position you are arguing for.
If you know the odds that you think are right, and the odds that they are providing, you can read http://www.elem.com/~btilly/kelly-criterion/ to figure out what your most profitable strategy is. (I include calculators, and explanations of how to modify the strategy if you are somewhat risk-adverse.)

Seriously, if someone is offering wrong odds and you're sure of it, you can consistently make money. Go for it!
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The government definitely has the legal authority to force people to speak if they don't want to. It's called a subpoena.
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I turned it off, it is limiting.
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I don't know if it is a price thing (except phone companies long ago charged for long distance, and hate giving up that fee).

I think the real problem is that these gate systems at apartment complexes setup to only handle 7 digits. It was install in the 70s or 80s when our state when our part of the state had only 1 area code (leading 3 digits). Now, we have several. When we dropped our land line, we found that the door buzzer system could only call the 763 area code, but our cell phones use 651.
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