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For what it's worth, a top comment on reddit:

"FYI: I worked for this company for awhile. The project is almost 18 months overdue, employee turnover is nuts and they've blown through 150k+ already. Their other projects are also way past schedule. We used to get huge grants, but everyone was ridiculously underpaid. Turnover was insane, interns were used as free labor, but they'd leave and we'd have to retrain a new batch every like 3 months. We went through multiple producers in 6 months. We blew at least 4 deadlines in the time I was there. It was supposed to be shipped in March, then May, then August, then November. Now there's a Kickstarter."

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/13y1p4/bill_nye_is_r...
Well, there is a expression that mathematica can not Integrate[] it, but AXIOM can.

integrate((x/sqrt(x * x * x * x + 10 * x * x - 96 * x - 71)),x)

AXIOM is written in lisp and latex (literate programming), it's more powerful than MAXIMA.
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His comment doesn't imply that causation happened in either direction.
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When I code C for embedded hardware, I agree 80 is more than enough, but that's because that is a simple language and the artifacts always lead to smaller widths.

Now, try that in C++. You can loose 10+ chars to indentation (namespacing, etc) alone. I think the 80 chars puritanism is just plain idiotic, specially in some languages like Obj-C.

Take this kind of bureaucratic crap:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(whateverChanged:) name:UITextViewTextDidChangeNotification object:nil];

If you start hard wrapping every long call you find you will end up with incredibly long files, filled with framework crap instead of useful information.
Ugh...this article reads like a movie about hacking. The story breathlessly conveys how elite Shanghai hackers toyed with a company's lifeblood, wreaking such prolific havoc that the owner literally crawled under the server building to see if a bug had been planted...but the ultimate culprit may have been...

> Examining the script that controlled the payment processing function in November that year, he noticed that a single character was missing from the string -- an apostrophe. That was enough to cause the page to time out, rather than to complete the credit card transaction. Customers were leaving in frustration

Am I right in thinking that this was all hack via SQL injection?
On the other hand, any US company can make massive donations to 527s, superpacs etc., and it doesn't matter a whit where the shareholders or executive team are based.
Most of those packages, except gensim are available as part of the free community edition of Anaconda:

http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/1.2/pkgs.html

https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda

Getting a large chunk of the python scientific stack in one fell swoop is why I often use Anaconda or EPD.
I don't think so.
Of the companies that fail at series a, a small portion of them will be most desirable for big companies and will get aquihired. There will be plenty of super talented teams with great tech that don't get the product market fit or the market turns out to be too small or crowded to get a series a.
They're not poor grammar at all, since grammar is determined by the consensus of the speakers, and they have spoken (so to speak).
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Mail would have been more appropriate in this case, as the discussion of the actual post content has been buried.
I could, easily, but we're pretty far to the right margin. If you'd like to email me, I'm happy to explain the reasoning.
> OK, so then, after more thinking and doing some research on extension cords, you think it would be feasible to use a vacuum cleaner to clean the outdoors. You look in the literature, and it turns out that nobody's ever thought of doing that! You proudly tell this idea to your advisor, but they do some back of the envelope calculations that you don't really understand and tell you that vacuuming the outdoors is unlikely to be very useful. Something about how a vacuum cleaner is too small to handle the outdoors and that we already know about other tools that are much better equipped for cleaning streets and such.

http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/6689183

https://lh3.ggpht.com/-AnVOwQYTNos/TcQqcMYp-cI/AAAAAAAAAEw/2...

http://www.fotopedia.com/items/4tg1q9r7sq5v1-yq8FXc45gIE

http://pdf.directindustry.com/pdf/johnston-madvac/lt500-high...
Add to that a willingness to deal with the absurdities of running for and holding public office...that may be the scarcest resource of all.
Blasco also published in Rejuvenation Research last year about a dietary supplement that activates telomerase. So, that + this makes for some interesting reading.

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/rej.2010.1085
So this one follows on from an earlier 2008 demonstration that claimed 50% life extension via much the same method. There is some annoyance from people in the know regarding that life span claim - it was apparently not very defensible based on the data to hand.

Comments on the 2012 work here:

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/05/telomerase-gene-t...

And here is the full paper:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/emmm.201200245/fu...
I think these German sites believe that they're entitled to be paid by Google, and they'll view any action that Google takes to avoid paying as an illegitimate loophole which they will try to close. If framed as an antitrust issue (Google's using a search monopoly to put newspapers out of business), forced indexing might not seem like an unreasonable remedy. Remember that this is the same country that believes book prices should be fixed by law.
And given that proviso:

1. Most of the labor is already in funded startups, because funded startups can afford to hire more labor.

2. Of the 80% of startups that can't get Series A, the founders and early employees can remain in the startup ecosystem. Some of them will eventually hit upon something successful as well.

3. If not, large companies and successful startups never have as many engineers as they need anyway because there is a shortage of engineers. It is not clear whether the pool of engineers stuck in unpromising, unfunded startups is larger than this shortage.
> no inane Silicon Valley inside baseball

I think that a lot of this does have value to people on this site. If you're going to be involved in the SV community, it's important to stay up-to-date on the "inside baseball".
Ex-philologist and historical linguist here, and I don't find the heuristics all the improbable. Change in the field is largely generation--the old guard dies and the young turks rise to take their place. Peer review filters out the noise, but is also reactionary, and informed by taste.

Historically, German, French and Latin have all been high-prestige languages, and scholars have focused on their relationship to English. There's been plenty of relation to find, no doubt! No one argues for direct lineage w/ Latin, but German roots have always been plausible and palatable.

Norse, though? Some would have found that scandalous. Borrowings--sure, ok. "Influence", of course. But lineage? No, certainly not.
AJ Forsythe explains that in the story: "That was a function of being in college. It was an underhand toss to a roommate—‘Hey, the phone’s for you’—and the ceiling fan intercepted it."
If you're on Mac, the Scipy Superpack is really the way to go for scientific Python:

http://fonnesbeck.github.com/ScipySuperpack/
No problem, glad I could help.
Crowdsourced Khan Academy CS Challenge: Modeling Accretion Disks
Cool simulations from the crowd on the Khan Academy CS platform.
OK, no.

First, don't read apenwarr for the info, read the paper.[1] Unfortunately, that still won't carry you that far because there's a whole lot of "community knowledge" that is carried in DS papers that you don't get unless you read a lot of them or are in the community.

CCN is not an actual proposal. It's a pie-in-the-sky networking redesign.

Do you know what would be required to implement CCN? Go read the paper. The hardware cost alone is insane. This is not coming any time soon. Be prepared for IPv6 for the next 20 years at least.

[1] http://sites.google.com/site/zhongrenshomepage/Networking%20...
Ok, my point is that both take their belogings with them. Backpackers take the stuff they need to travel around. Same as Vagrants, as you mentioned. But, to the market, having a Vagrant as a mascot might be seen in bad taste. Thus, to reduce the chance of rain over his parade, he could potentially just change mascots. That way, people who get easily offended by anything won't have an excuse to say anything. Plus, when this product gets more and more traction, people will question the mascot choice. That's why Frostred Flakes has Tony the Tiger, and not Bad Luck Johnny that lives under a bridge. Its all about perception. Though this is an issue some hacker don't get, because to them the world is black and white. Not saying it is you, of course. Just talking out loud.

Also, why the only obvious option?

Why couldn't it be a Puppy, Cat, Horse, Printer, Cloud, Keyboard, Fish, or anything else? Why the Vagrant? Its not obvious. For all the client know Vagrant might be an acronym or some made up tech name.
Yeah, learnin' is dumb.
i was there too. a really happy memory of a fun day; everyone sitting around seeing who replied.
This comment misses the mark. The chart shows 9/10 down periods in a row. Its the time-series consistency that is the point. viz, the only bold in the inro para:

The US has been in recession 9 of the last 10 years.

The consistent decline is the story (at least as the author is telling it). The slope is not up and to the right, just the opposite. The concern you raise about the labeling of the Y axis is noted, but hardly a concern for anyone paying attention.
Sweet, delicious irony....
Caloric restriction also greatly extends life span in mice (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3958810) but it hasn't translated into monkeys (http://www.nature.com/news/calorie-restriction-falters-in-th...).
This really isn't a sensational claim -- English has long been called a creole!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_creole_hypothesi...
Given that people already spend multiples of ten thousand dollars to fly it in greater comfort at "normal" speeds, I suspect there is already a significant market.
Yeah, just look at all the havoc caused by anonymous FXP in the '90s
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Definitely took them some time to write all that down so pretty.

Sounds like classic Chinese hacking though, this doesn't sound like the work of real pro's.
One reason it's controversial among Democrats is that the bill would eliminate the 55,000 diversity visas available to citizens of countries with low immigration rates to the United States.

-- Sticking point.
If search engines could neither index these sites for free nor leave them out of the index, the German law would be amount to little more than extortion.
This is just what I need to complete the in-browser app I'm building to navigate and read these new hypertext pages I'm creating. I've developed a markup language that will let you reference any of these documents from any other. The app that lets you view them is going to work in any browser that supports WebTCP, too, for the ultimate in cross-platform compatibility!
The White House response is worth a quick read (PDF --- http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislativ...).

I spent the majority of my undergrad studying immigration policy, and I can sympathize with the WH's point that chipping away at immigration reform will only complicate broader reforms that eventually need to happen. The bill as written sounds a little unfair as it removes thousands of diversity visas and allows the educated a quick jump to the front of the line.

I understand economically why this would be desirable, but it isn't true reform.
Elsewhere on that wiki:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Thin_Client_Security#Server-Trust...

“All thin clients listed below currently connect to a single server, and are vulnerable to an attack similar to a double-spend. The attack can be run by that single server - the server can just lie to them that they received a Bitcoin transaction, and they, assuming the server does not lie, perform some service, transfer funds or send goods without actually receiving any Bitcoin in exchange.”

Scenario: Bob hacks the server (or colludes with the people operating it). He buys 100 BTC of goods from you, you see the funds in your Electrum client and ship the goods. Surprise! the transaction was fake. You're out 100 BTC.

I'd have more faith in this system if the Electrum website disclosed, very clearly, that this kind of attack is possible and also spelled out exactly who is running the server and why I should trust them. Instead, they appear to be trying to sweep the whole issue under the rug. I therefore see little reason to trust Electrum.
As an avid supporter of the project, shoot an email if you want a Web dev to build it out for you :).
1) Time until use in humans: 6 months to 50 years. Probably anyone's guess... Would suggest that the likely path once this research has been vetted would be to trial in medical conditions known to be associated with short telomeres such as Werner Syndrome, Ataxia Telangiectasia and others before being more widely adopted if this proved both safe and effective in humans.

2) The gene in question is conserved between humans and mice so yes, theoretically any therapy which induces telomerase in mice will do so in humans as well. [1] -

3) medically speaking the downsides are mostly 'unknown unknowns' - but some of the known unknowns are - what are the chances that the virus may integrate with the host genome? If this happens what are the chances it causes cancer? What are the risks of an immune reaction? What are the chances of mutation?
It would seem that many of these risks are not borne out by the murine trial but it would remain to be seen.

- I Should point out that (2) may convey the impression that they are upregulating the existing cellular gene to achieve this outcome: they are actually ntroducing one on the virus. In my opinion this is may be less effective than being able to eventually upregulate the gene in all cells as a virus is unlikely to get to all 10^13 (approximately, give or take an order of magnitude) cells in the human body. It could be that the 24% and 13% rates of lifespan increase (representing treatment at approximately middle age and old age respectively) may be due to the down-chain propagation of those cells that received the treatment and that more effectively delivering the virus or activating telomerase may result in better increases. However this is just my opinion and at the moment my University journal access is under maintenance so I can't read the paper

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/homologene/31141
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Programmers using line lengths as a reason to building modular software is something that I never heard in my life, not even as a joke.
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I'm running a fully updated Google Chrome, Version 23.0.1271.91, out of the Arch AUR. [0]

I just checked against the current DEB download from google.com/chrome: 23.0.1271.91-r167501 [1]

Unless you mean beta or dev channels, this is the newest Chrome there is.

[0] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/google-chrome/

[1] https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_curr...
To answer (1):

http://www.w3.org/TR/filter-effects/

I don't really see them making a large impact in 2013, but we may see them on by default in a shipping browser...we'll see.

Working group(s) discussion has been happening for quite a while now, though. Microsoft has indeed already stated that they would prefer not to specify the particular shading language that needs to be used. There was quite a long discussion on that point, as you can imagine:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-fx/2012JulSep/007...
The non-semantic aspect of it is baffling to me. As I was learning web development, I read all over the place how class names should be descriptive. Otherwise you end with something a lot like the inline styling that CSS first helped us get away from. I was on the sidelines for all this, and didn't fully understand, but I took it as gospel that I should be working towards having all semantic markup.

Then bootstrap comes along and all that talk is just gone. Gone without passing go, or arguing that it is time to rethink our assumptions. And I feel kind of crazy because it's like this massive cacophony of voices has just disappeared and no one even remembers it was there.

Mind you, I'm fine with the change. I'm still sort of on the sidelines listening to what I assume are the experts. But this has been jarring for me.
I remember when the admin at work switched the "all staff" from an alias to a mailing-list, and everyone with their e-mail clients set to default to "reply to list" kept on accidentally replying to everyone.
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Pres. Obama deported more immigrants his first term than Bush.
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I hope all the Obama supporters here still feel good about helping re-elect the man.

Rest assured he is still going to support amnesty for unskilled illegals who are more likely to vote Democrat for years to come.

EDIT: It is pretty funny how the downvoters fail to acknowledge the basic facts about the politics of the issue and instead fall for the Administration's excuses and rush to condemn "conspiracy theories". There are no theories here, just basic facts.
Great Article!!!
I get that not every programmer can be well versed in cyber security, but how is it that apparently no one at this software firm apparently practices sound scientific reasoning? Is it possible to go through enough schooling in commuter science and not be able to diagnose a hack with logical reasoning before assuming Neo and the Matrix are real?
This completely misses the point! I am talking about what the API does which is what you are using. Whether it internally makes one over the wire call or 10 is irrelevant. With the parameter set one way, the API does not return until the server has completed the operation, and the other way the operation could still be in progress or could have errored - you have to explicitly ask.

My contention is that "safe" is a bad name for the parameter, and "async" is far better suited as it describes the semantics of the API.
Will the development / design be done in an open source manner so that we can contribute? Or will only the 2 contractors be able to work on it?
Apparently it couldn't withstand all the traffic from HN (potentially due to all the server side python). It's up again now.

You can always download it and try it locally: http://www.mathics.org

Edit: If anyone is interested in getting involved, we are always looking for contributers. The full code is on github: https://github.com/poeschko/Mathics
Summary: problem exists when large TCP transfer is done due the fact that default Amazon firewall configuration prevents ICMP "fragmentation required" packets. Can be fixed by:

ec2-authorize default -P icmp -t 3:4

This will allow both "destination unreachable" (type 3) "fragmentation needed" (code 4) packets to pass
From the administration's response:

"As a part of immigration reform, the Administration strongly supports legislation to attract and retain foreign students who graduate with advanced STEM degrees, to establish a start-up visa for foreign-born entrepreneurs to start businesses and create jobs, and to reform the employment-based immigration system to better meet the needs of the U.S. economy. However, the Administration does not support narrowly tailored proposals that do not meet the President's long-term objectives with respect to comprehensive immigration reform."

Essentially this bill "converts" the 55,000 "diversity visas" currently available into "STEM visas."

It looks like this bill originated from the Republican party, so I'm wondering why they didn't just write a bill that allocated additional STEM visas without "cannibalizing" the diversity visas.
I think you are missing the point. China will steal your software and higher people who aim to destroy your lively-hood and life.
Not to mention that some of the alternatives (e.g., Nokia) are actually worse ... ><
Good catch. You're correct. I wish I could delete my original comment.
All the side effects are positives. The side effect we wants.
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Because they want to force Democrats to be on record voting against letting entrepreneurs into the country. The potential for attack ads during the next election cycle matters more in Washington DC than actually getting things done.
I wonder if dreamobjects being S3 api compatible and only 7 cents helped force the price decrease.

What I like about dreamobjects is no charge for get/put requests which can really add up with many small items being publicly hosted.

Maybe there's a remote chance of Amazon dropping "put" charges but I doubt they will drop "get" charges.

Ah I see Google dropped their fees first earlier this week so that was probably the pressure point. I thought Google came afterwards.
Chill out. This has nothing to do with skilled/unskilled, illegal/legal. Its about reform for all of immigration policy, not just those who can already make a living for themselves anywhere. Plus, and I hate to say it, but there's very clearly much greater need (not demand, need) for the sorts of jobs 'unskilled illegals' end up doing than the high-skill (read: class) jobs that this piece of legislation addresses.

And stop this immigrants-voting-schtick conspiracy theory. The impact their inclusion would make would doubtly even be within the margin of error. People have much better things to do.
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No, I'm saying the bill needs to be rewritten to not cannibalize the diversity visas.

We need both high skill and low skill labor in massive quantities; and as a country, we're dancing around a ridiculously broken immigration system.
What is the argument for 55000 random visas at a time when the US economy is doing very poorly? Is this a game? US citizenship clearly has market value. Billions of dollars could be raised by turning these into entrepreneur visas or charging per visa (it's not like the US doesn't already do this, but the price is way too low).

If we're taxing current citizens, and we have 50% exit taxes, why not entry taxes? When demand exceeds supply increase the price.
Ah, I have an Asus RT-N16. DD-WRT is truly awesome!
On the other hand: does the glut of tech workers drive down wages? If you strictly look at it from a supply/demand angle, one could argue that if these companies wanted more techies, they could just pay more. Being able to increase supply at will (i.e. import techies) will naturally drive down prices (i.e. wages).

The same argument is made about illegal immigration: these immigrants fill low-end jobs that don't pay well; but their availability ensures that these jobs will never pay well.

Please don't get me wrong: I'm not opposed to immigration or this bill.I'm just asking about the impact; I'm not taking sides, so no flames please.