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>2) Do a risk to reward analysis, where they would gladly pay out 7 billion dollars if caught (over a few million extra IE installs). //

Did they pay the original fine yet?

Yes, I think Microsoft would purposefully break the "browser ballot" in the hope that they could win back a significant share with their new browser focus before re-instigating it.

FWIW I found the whole browser-ballot thing ridiculous.
They are clearly different; one is 3d. I'm not a designer so can't comment on which one is better, but even I can see that they're different. :)
That's a nice example and good explanation. We're about in the same spot over at KDevelop and call a an "unsure (int, string)" there: http://simplest-image-hosting.net/png-0-n12983

Things like incremental reparsing on edits are handled by KDevelop's DUChain framework, which is shared among the language plugins. The Python language plugin actually reuses the original CPython parser to do the job, and then plugs CPython's AST into KDevelop's DUChain representation.

And just to make me feel less like a thread hijacker, let me add that we've been quite impressed by the work the PTVS team has been doing. You're doing great things for the Python community over there :).
If he did all those things (not saying he didn't, might just be incompetence elsewhere) it should've been fairly easy to indict him at the time or on those grounds.

Still seems awful to wrongly impound an entire company with no due process.
Here's an image of both logos next to each other.

http://tinyurl.com/c32hw83

Kim got rid of the 3D, made the colors more bold, and removed some of the outlines. The changes also had the effect of making the word "AdBrite" appear larger, even though (in this comparison) the images are the same size.

Subtle, but was meaningful to me. Because (a) I liked his version better, and (b) In all my years entrepreneuring, it's the first time someone -- unsolicited -- offered to improve my logo for free.

Who does that?
You seriously need auto-link shortening built in.
I'm on mobile and the social buttons cover the first couple characters of each line.
What do you mean? It's a hugely important low cost high impact tech like 3d printers that doesn't get much attention. Why does that offend you?
We want the link to be clickable so it opens full screen in your browser. Doing that from CodePlex is impossible AFAIK. For example if you copy an image location for some of our other images you get an url like: http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName.... If you put that in as a link, or just try and open it from your browser window, you get a download prompt instead of seeing the image. My guess this is because the content type on the downloaded file is not being set to be an image, so imgur lets us work around that.
It's an issue if I need to use Skype. :(

The problem is that both the OS and popular apps need to support it, otherwise in most people's eyes it will seem like Windows is "broken".
Is this true? Is there some post about this?
I use WingIDE's[1] professional version (which includes the editor source code) and it has the ability to highlight a section and evaluate it either in the REPL or at the current breakpoint in a debug probe.

It also has decent vi and emacs keybinding support, really nice interactive debugger (including template debugging for Django) and great intellisense. It's the best Python IDE I have found, the support is great and I have been a very happy customer for three years now. (I was using emacs for everything before).

[1]http://wingware.com/
I have roughly 33GB of email in Gmail; I definitely can notice a lag when I'm searching for something.
I think that's what happened to me. I can consume milk products except for liquid milk which will make me sick. (I haven't had much trouble when I use it in cooking though.) This is after going on soy for a year, where before that I could drink milk in the truly heroic quantities being discussed elsewhere.

I'm pretty sure if I tried to copy ImprovedSilence's habits now, I would die. I know I would wish for it :-)
I think it is because everyone thinks they know where money is best spent for research. There are tons of highly beneficial areas out there that could do great things with more funds.
Excellent callouts about the NONCE, thanks for adding them! (great points about how this impacts your backend)
Alternatively, the classic method always works: just start trying to build something and google until you figure out how to do it.

Exactly how I learned as a 10-13 year old: I wasn't writing very much code from scratch, but rather gluing together large swaths of copy/pasted example code from the internet. It was messy and nasty, but by bending other peoples' code to do what I needed I slowly came to understand it.
Speaking of small class sizes, the size of these classes are one tablet per child plus a group of friends plus mystery. That's a pretty powerful combination.
Would you mind pointing out what he gave me? Because I can't seem to find it. Thanks.

I would try a less snarky way to say, "he didn't give me anything", except that I already said that and you ignored it in your personal quest to annoy me.
Good luck with EXEC, Justin! It was a pleasure working with the entire justin.tv team in 2008.
Good to know, thanks much.
Yeah, I could see where removing movement from the equation could help significantly. Thanks for the response - I'll be keeping a curious eye on how you guys do. Should be pretty cool!
Do you know if it supports ipython? I'm on the scientific computing side of the python world, so django is less important to me . . .
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I and my co-founder together want to apply for two different ideas. I will be applying with one and my co-founder will be applying with the other. Do we need to submit a different intro-video on each application?
Interesting that they also took a stab at Harvard, pointing out that Gates and Zuckerberg had to leave to fulfill their ambitions.
Illiterate children from an illiterate village with no technology or anything remotely analogous not only figure out how to use a laptop, but customize it to their personal preferences.

Let's give credit where credit is due. This is pretty amazing.
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As an East Village resident who fled yesterday (post-Sandy) due to loss of power and even cell service, I'm siding with Uber on this one.

When I needed to go 60+ blocks uptown, I didn't manage to hail a cab because every single one was taken, and only because of a private car (who separately charged three individuals for a concurrent ride, literally a 3X fare) did I manage to get to my destination without carrying my heavy duffel + gear for an hour or more in the drizzle.

In this situation, price is not the problem, it's supply.

Edit: From what I can tell, Uber now locked rates at 2X, and is eating half of the fare. That's pretty darn generous.
Soundcloud, Gameforge, Megaupload (rip), Wunderlist from Germany, Skype from Estonia, Yandex from Russia, etc.
Is anyone else getting the feeling that Pando/Carr has it in for Uber? The past few articles I've seen from them came off as unreasonably negative.
But I'd like to see people recording what they can of their traditional culture as they do it.

We'd all like to see a lot of things. It's unfortunate when things are forever lost, but those things are valuable, they will be translated and kept alive. If the people who know them don't consider them valuable enough, or have not been taught/informed by their culture that they're valuable to keep, they won't do it. Keeping a culture using an isolated language doesn't help that either way.
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Hopefully this is temporary.
A middlebrow dismissal? I thought it was an "Oreo objection".
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That's the thing, it's not research. It's like 3d printers, there should be an ultrasound machine in every home. I'd like to see hackers work on it like they did with personal computers so the ultrasound revolution gets going. This is the crowd that can make it happen quickly (ultrasound revolution - daily cancer destruction, fat burning, localized noninvasive growth factor injections for heart/lung/brain regrowth)
>Is anyone else getting the feeling that Pando/Carr has it in for Uber?

From what I've seen so far, yes.

I've gotta say, I don't really like anybody in this little drama at the moment though. Carr or the car.
Beyond that, even, you can write Objective-C in pure C99. The brackets, class definitions, and all the rest is a sort of syntactic sugar that converts directly to a handful of straight C functions (you can find them all here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa...)
I attended a Microsoft talk given 4-6 years ago where they were talking about Iron Ruby development. A quick search shows that they have Visual Studio tools available: http://www.ironruby.net/tools/
I think it can. This is the python IDE I'm waiting for. Can't wait to find excuses to use this on real project :D
The main reason I use Uber is because they always have a car available within 5 minutes in SF. If I want cheap I'll call a cab and wait 20 minutes and then call again when they don't show up.

Uber has always been about convenience over price. What other company says "I will disrupt industry X by charging twice the price". Here all they are doing is keeping with the same mission, make sure you can get an Uber as quickly as possible.

I'm for smart regulation, and I certainly agree with price gouging regulation in emergencies, but market pricing is not price gouging.
Why does HN always want to be Kim's forest bride? Do they all live at home? People who actually run businesses don't fetishize this clown.
Generally we don't like lots of external dependencies. External libraries do change over time - would such an entry work 10 years from now? The judges do use and test the entries using different operating systems. What will operating systems look like in 10 years?

Having said that :-), if the entry has merit on its own and not just because of the external dependency, then it might "win".
George, education is currently in turmoil. A Jedi Benefactor with $4B could help restore balance. Please consider Khan Academy. The padawans would be grateful.
stumbled upon this randomly, good stuff. probably should re-submit. also a link to author or parent company on site would be nice
FYI, your link returns "Oops, we encountered an error.

Access denied.
You have accessed a location on this server that is not available.
You may need to Sign in to your account to access this page."
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Chances are he is referring to the VS.NET 2012 uppercase menu letters. That specific "regression" is a greatly debated topic here, with emotions running hot. 100+ comment threads were started over that one.
I think Carr is very uncomfortable with where services like Uber are taking us. Specifically the notion that we're headed for a world with a much starker rich/poor divide, due to power becoming more concentrated in the hands of companies like Uber whilst the drivers just do what they're told.

He's not necessarily wrong in my view, yet I'm unsure what he's trying to do but bitch about it. It's a problem, yet at the same time it's something of an opportunity to do amazing things when governments no longer have the will or apparent wealth.
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I maintain a small ad-free site that links to a bunch of job boards[1]. There are definitely a few good sites out there.

You can also wait until tomorrow morning and post in the monthly WhoIsHiring thread.

[1] http://careers.sh
The article's title is "Microsoft Is Right About Touchscreen Computers", not the interrogative form as this post's title currently is. It should be corrected.
I think it's partly his style. I'm an Uber fan (although being in a city both, I prefer Hailo) , but I find Carr's writing amusing and a good antidote to the pseudo-objectivist drivel these articles often contain.
There has definitely been an article submitted about batch before. Wouldn't really say they launched to a massive reception though.
There is an extra <head> tag in their site, I hope that isn't indicative of their programming talent! :x
Love looking at the outliers - particularly "The Room" over on the top left corner!
As some of the other comments say, the idea of a homepage isn't popular with Chrome. Most people either keep the pages they always open anyway using restore. Otherwise if you have a few popular sites, using either the Chrome default new tab page with most viewed and apps. I'd recommend something like that as an alternative to a old fashion home page.
It still means you're implicating a large group for something they are good at doing, which is manipulating an environment to suit their needs.

If you're going to attack his history or his mental state, than at least be willing to acknowledge the man isn't all bad. From what I've read, it seems like some think once a criminal always a criminal, AND that mega upload was a scam.
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You might really be looking for two people: Separate out the UI from the front-end development. Yes there are some people who can do both tasks well, but even then they tend to be stronger on one side than the other.

Also in the Bay Area there would be a ton of competition, so you may want to broaden your geographic scope (or even recruit people to come to the Bay Area if you hit a wall).
Who does this guy think he is telling Uber what to charge? If you don't like their price don't use them. After Hurricane Wilma I was begging for someone to "gouge" me on gas, but due to Florida law there was no gouging and thus no gas for my generator.
This is an unfulfilling thing to say perhaps, but price gouging is actually beneficial in producing more supply when it's needed. (So long as we're speaking about a market that is not a monopoly.)

Why else would a cab be out during a hurricane? The world doesn't owe you a cab ride during a hurricane at an everyday price.

Uber points this out in their tweet, and they are correct. So let's not get our pitchforks out just yet...
See discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4725017
Because the announcement was about rainbows and puppies, and buddy boy over here is being a wet blanket. He also openly stated what others (like myself) were thinking.

I think his comment offered a different perspective. Nothing wrong with that. It's healthy.
but he created trendax - the money making machine. I just assumed he had a never ending money supply after that.
There was an article on Slate that addressed the price gouging issue. The author made a lot of good points about how price gouging is a good thing in times of crises, most of which I agree with. However, in the long run, if you piss off your customers, I guess you are just shooting yourself in the foot.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/10/sand...
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There are price gouging laws against this specific activity. You can not raise prices during a disaster. I hope Uber gets shafted to the full extent.

This is what you sound like:

When I needed to eat all the bread in the grocery store was gone. Except for this one grocery store that was charging $100 a loaf. They filled my belly when everyone else was sold out. What a good grocery store!
Relevant: http://www.computerworld.com.sg/resource/applications/why-yo...

TL;DR: A study in Singapore showed that it's hard to get taxis when it rains, because rain increases the risk of accidents, which cabbies are liable for. Since there's no compensating upside to pay for the potential extra cost, the rational thing is for cabbies to sit out the storm, and that's exactly what they do.

The parallel to Sandy is obvious: if you want a cabbie to risk life and limb for you driving in the flooded streets after a storm, then you should compensate him accordingly. And Uber does this fairly, automatically and transparently for both sides.
NIH has recently changed how they deal with grants. They are asking for less methodology information and more of the conceptual info. I support that, especially since most of the methods will be modified throughout the experiment and commonly read over anyway. This is one step above that. The concept and end result is the important portion for people to get interested in the project. Those who are in the field know what autoradiography is and how it is done and the investor who is interested in the outcome isn't going to understand/care.
If you have limited space to pitch an idea, are you going to spend more time explaining the idea and why it’s awesome, or the intricate details as to how you are going to do it? You talk about the idea and why it’s awesome, if someone is interested in knowing how, they ask.
In regards to Sarah Palin’s inane arguments, I agree/disagree. There is some amazing science going on, and some realllllly shitty science going on, both of which are federally funded. This is a huge topic (also one of the main focuses of my YC application) and I don’t know if the details of this proposal, or proposals like this are the venue to really get at those issues. However, I do understand your point and I think it is valid, just in a different venue.
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If that bread is being imported from outside the city, then yes. What a good grocery store.

Per Uber (and even PandoDaily), the available driver supply has indeed risen due to prices. Without the price increase, some drivers wouldn't consider it worth the painful traffic.

And lets not forget: It's not like the folks at Uber flipped a switch and doubled the rates. Their system responds to demand automatically--it doesn't know when there is a disaster.
Thanks for the link, the ions look great. Now I need to figure out which icons to use for BMI/BMR/BF/etc haha
Just copy sequel pro, it's amazing already. Unfortunately it doesn't support mongo.
This needs to be voted up to the top :)
Okay, so if he's been prosecuted for it and served his time, then he's fulfilled his debt to society, no?
A more important and valuable question to ask and know the answer to - how did Elon become this way? Who were his mentors, his coaches, his counselors? What advice and decisions early on helped him evolve and mould him into who he is today?
If I can't raise prices when the risk is higher then you can walk.
Setting this aside for a much more interesting question: What application of $4B would, right now, generate the most utility for humanity? Or alternatively, for the US?
Sounds like you've never heard of supply and demand.
Agree with you on the "abundant carbon" point - Currently, nanotubes are more expensive than gold and graphene on PET is something like $100 / square inch (from graphene supermarket :)

But it seems clear that prices for these materials is dropping - and will drop much more in the future, especially with industrial demand. Interesting times!
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Yes, that is a creeping problem. Indium is definitely getting strained, and the sputtering process used to deposit ITO can be as low as like 3% deposition efficiency.

I just had a proposal rejected by dept of energy for a composite metal/ceramic ITO replacement :)
Price gouging? please.

Supply = demand = efficient distribution of resources.

Don't pay drivers more to drive into a disaster zone = drivers stay home and chill and nobody gets around.

I bet if there was real-time bidding for transportation you'd see prices go up 10x or even 100x.
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MRI 1.9 support parallel execution of threads.. It's using OS threads. No more green threads.
Well, Uber knows there is a disaster. A large temporary change in the NYC cab market would not go unnoticed. They can update their own 'system' to reflect current prices, it's not a third-party thing.
Good stuff :)

Actually wasn't concerned with timelines, but rather a principle statement of agreement or disagreement. Of course there are pragmatic issues, but also its very easy for startups in public diplomatic relations to say "yup sure" and have little interest in following through. (not saying that is necessarily the case here of course)

Hence why I was raising the question at the principle level, rather than a specific feature level to be slotted in with all the other todo's.

Like I said before.. I have personally nothing to gain from this implementation. But if it takes more users to request it then so be it for you to notice then so be it. I will continue to raise awareness of the greater issue here. (Beyond Zapier as well)
As someone with a movie production site I'm curious about your movie production start up. I find a lot of parallels between start ups and production companies.
You know, this wasn't a landslide, it was a hurricane with many days notice and preparation. Why the heck are you even traveling right now?

Your cab rides should be costing you $400 for putting yourself or anyone else in that situation. What if a powerline fell on you or the driver?

Hurricane Sandy visited Cuba first, they'd love to have your $99 http://imgur.com/r/pics/mPUWZ
Still won't make up for the prequels, sorry George.
Even a simple code folding approach would be fine for showing the JSON.
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Unless they are scamming people really hard and selling info to boiler rooms nonstop to run serious scams, you probably don't.

Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of desperate people out there who will buy a $99 PDF with vague promises of "CEO income from home" and all that nonsense, but you still have to buy people. Yes, you can engineer a pyramid scheme into the program, but that only goes so far.

There are a few career people who do this professionally, but they are few and far between and they've spent decades figuring out what scams work and what scams don't. Most of the people on Hacker News want to start real businesses, that sell real products, that do real things. There are other forums out there for career snakeoil salesmen.

I have never seen an "info product" in my life that was honest, or actually added value to society. Ever. I've expensed a number of them for research throughout the years, mostly to try and get a better understanding of the dynamics behind the quasi-viral spread of these things. I've never seen a legitimate one, even successful ones by pro-scam artists, that really struck me as a worth while business venture compared to all other alternatives out there. It's only when you get into straight up fraud that it really starts to "make sense" from a profits standpoint.

What I have seen a lot of is people who look like they are doing well because their cashflow has gotten so massive. $20k, $30k, $40k+/mo is not unreasonable. But the expenses grow as well, and eventually you have to pay out or the scheme collapses. So you have the cash-flow and credit to buy a fancy car or rent a fancy house, but you can't actually ever own anything unless you cross the line and start defrauding people.
Except that your trucks deliver food and widescreen TVs to the guy with the broken car for a cheap price.