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They didn't have the chance to drop by the same amount, because they were much lower to begin with. And are still much lower. But drop they did.

So what's the evidence again for higher incarceration rates and stiffer sentencing leading to lower crime?
Those who are law-abiding and have no history of mental illness shouldn't be affected. Data shows about 40% of firearm sales require no background check. [1] Between 1994 and 2008 data also showed that background checks obstructed firearm sales to 1.8 million prohibited people. [2] There is room to improve.

[1] Philip J. Cook & Jens Ludwig, Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice Research in Brief 6-7 (May 1997).

[2] Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2008 – Statistical Tables.
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I'm not a Futurama head, so I looked it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasites_Lost
> We (in the US) do seem to have a relatively high per-capita mass-murder rate, at least compared to other first-world countries.

That statistic is misleading and ignores the elephant in the room: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4931177
What is your interpretation? That some people are irrelevant?
> It's a completely boring handgun

That's the point. "Boring" means failsafe: good for the shooter, not so good for the victims.

A gun that would threaten to explode in the face of the shooter every other round, or that would make it almost impossible to hit the target, would be completely non-boring. It would also make it a poor choice to carry on a mass-shooting.

The Glock is the Mercedes of guns.
as a percentage, the improvement isnt all that different, and going from terrible to bad is presumably easier than when rates are just poor to start with.
That said, your data paints USA in a worse light than a brief skim read of Google does for me.
This exact problem has motivated my major startup project (and the major project has indirectly motivated the other project).

Basically, here are the major ways to make money:

1. Advertising.

This sucks and will get worse. The supply of eyeballs grows slowly, the supply of inventory can grow at an unlimited rate. Thus, rates are always falling.

2. Merchandise.

Jerky, jittery cashflow. Sucky. Difficult to scale. Hit-driven.

3. Subscription.

Now you're competing against everyone else with the same idea. You're about to learn about subscriber fatigue. Plus you're competing with everyone who's yet to work out that advertising sucks.

4. "Other"

Affiliate programs pay well but there's a lot of dodginess under the hood.

Micropayments have been tried. Nobody's hit the right model yet.

Naturally I have a dog in the game under "Other". I call it "microsubscription", as it combines elements of micropayments and subscriptions. Going on the reference class, I can forecast with some confidence that I will fail (several others have tried this model or variants of this model -- Contenture, Readability -- and failed).

What I do have is foolish optimism and a patent pending on a reliable tracking protocol. I'll be back to announce it ... when it's ready.
Actually, Ranker is. Users can both vote on, "re-rank" and comment on existing lists, in addition to being integrated with Facebook and Twitter.
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Is bugmenot and retailmenot Australian? I can find references to an American company whaleshark. The rest I find of dubious value as I am not in their target market. I find the Australian startup scene as mostly a poor copy of US projects from 6m-2y ago. New ideas don't stay down under for long.
I think these types of comments are always needed for people to ground themselves to reality.

Of course everybody wants technology to get exponentially better in the future but like you mentioned, through different social, legal and political factors, it will be extremely hard.
Hi. Listnerd is a bootstrapped startup. So far we've invested 100k into it. Listnerd is a startup owned by our media company Omega Media, which has a yearly revenue of roughly $1.2 million USD. So I'd say it's a startup. Thanks for your input!
It's a good point. I actually would advocate no guns, but I could find it acceptable to compromise with hunting rifles only. But still, apart from hunting rifles then, what are the arguments to own any gun?
I don't object to eliminating the sales of guns without background checks. I also believe that children such as the one in this story[0] should be institutionalized (at the state's expense, if need be), so they can be cared for by professionals and not allowed to hurt other people.

I do object to blanket bans of semi-automatic assault weapons, however, or the restriction of concealed carry permits.

0: http://anarchistsoccermom.blogspot.com/2012/12/thinking-unth...
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Thanks for the input - and the praise. To be honest, the value in our lists is limited so far. Some are really good, but we need to keep improving both the content and increase the number of votes on the lists to actually create really good, unique content. That's our number one priority these days. Will definitely remember what you said about not expecting monetary value any time soon.
Stop putting words in my mouth, I never suggested that anyone is "irrelevant". My interpretation, which should have been obvious, is that you cannot legislate away cultural problems. Banning guns to stop people from obtaining them is completely moronic when those people are in the very business of smuggling of illegal items into the country in the first place.
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>> However, surprise, surprise, it has a "firearm-related" violence level that is 3x that of Germany, and more than 8x the gun-related homicides. Could that have anything to do with the fact that the Swiss have their Army rifles at home?

What you are saying is that if the firearms are available, some of them will be used for violence. If not, the same (actually, slightly higher) level of violence will be achieved by other means. And you think this proves your point that guns lead to violence. I see.

>>> And you say "the plural of anecdote is not data", when just before you used a single incident to "demonstrate" that tighter gun control doesn't work. Huh?

I did it to demonstrate that on each anecdote another anecdote can be found. I hoped, after my explanation, and specifically stating "plural of anecdote is not data", it would be clear that I do not consider it to be data. I was wrong. Sorry I wasn't clear - I meant that bringing anecdotes does not constitute data.

>>> Aviation regulations are often changed because of single incidents, when careful analysis of the factors that led to the incident leads experts in the field to the conclusion that making the change could prevent that accident.

It would be smarter to think what could prevent the next accident, but who I am to give advice to experts? After all, those are probably the same experts that make men dressed in uniforms grab my balls and feel my ass each time I fly, for the benefit of my security of course. Nobody can argue with this level of expertise.

Meanwhile, back to our topic - you completely ignored the fact that places with complete gun bans still have very violent and very gun-related crime aplenty. Right here in the US. "Murder capital" of the US is the same place that had gun laws so strict SCOTUS had to rule they are unconstitutional.
Serious question:

Does anyone know of research on this?

Not opinions. Research. Decent research on retention, comprehension etc.
The "AR" in "AR-15" stands for "ArmaLite", the original manufacturer, not for "Assault Rifle". An AR-15 is not actually an assault rifle, which implies the capability of fully automatic fire (pull the trigger, spray bullets). The AR-15 is semi-automatic (one shot per trigger pull, but with no manual action required to reload).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15
Living wirh my wife would also be easier when I could just beat her when she doesnt get my point. Thinking of it my coworkers are also stupid sometimes and I am certainly stronger than most. Good times ahead...
This needs to be re-stated: What are you calling an "Assault Weapon"? The federal Assault Weapon ban pertained to cosmetic features only, not the rate of fire. If the firearm could only fire one round, with each pull of the trigger, but possessed a cosmetic feature (pistol grip adjustable stock, etc) then it was illegal as an "Assault Weapon". This ban had nothing to do with automatic weapons. Both the CDC and the United States DOJ published reports after the Assault Weapons ban stating that it had little to no effect on violent crime.

The problem is, the media sensationalizes guns, and what you think of when someone says "Assault Weapon", is actually a military grade "Assault Rifle", which is very different. An Assault Rifle is a firearm that can fire multiple rounds with one pull of the trigger. Semi-automatic firearms can not do this, and they can not be changed to do this without expensive modification, by a highly skilled machinist that is licensed to do so. Just to be clear, Assault Rifle's are very regulated by the ATF, are very expensive, and have a long (months) process required in order to get one.

Not to stir the pot too much, but all of these shootings are happening at schools, which are Federally mandated "Gun Free Safety Zones". These nut jobs know that no one there can defend themselves. I'm not saying everyone should have a gun. I am saying that when the bad guys can't tell who has one and who doesn't, they are going to be a lot less likely to do regrettable things
> This guy could have easily committed exactly the same horrific tragedy with a revolver

This is not true. The gun he used (a .223 Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle) allows for rapid fire and has magazines. The time it takes to reload a revolver would not have allowed the same number of casualties.

Every victim was hit by more than one bullet (up to eleven bullets for one of the victims). A revolver usually lets you shoot just 6 times before you need to reload.

Interesting animation http://www.bushmaster.com/anatomy_bushmaster.asp
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Hunting, recreation, self defense, home defense. Those are the main arguments I know. This generally corresponds to rifles/shotguns, plinking/antique guns, handguns, and shotguns/handguns respectively.

It's also sort of in the roots of the country, so you could say it's sort of patriotic to own a gun and train yourself in its use, but that is of course not a cold, practical argument.

Note: "Self defense" may have raised eyebrows; in particular, I am referring to people like judges and police officers who handle violent criminals. Typically these people are allowed to carry just about anywhere even off-duty.

Note2: In case you aren't actually aware, shotguns are commonly used for hunting, typically for small game and birds.

Note3: Skeet shooting is an Olympic sport. :)
Not sure of your definition of western, but leave New Zealand out of it, 2nd highest incarceration rate in the world, and growing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Corrections_(New_...
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>"The murder rate with firearms has dropped by more than 40 percent".

That statistic is only useful if we only care about murders committed with firearms. Honestly why would that be meaningful? At the end of the day the only thing that matters is total homicides.

Looking at total homicide rates in Australia (per hundred thousand): 1.9 in 1996, up to 2.0 in 2000, and down to 1.3 in 2007.

In the US 7.4 in 1996, down to 5.9 in 2007.

A similar decline in both the US, and Australia. The evidence doesn't show that the gun ban did anything to significantly lower overall homicide rates.
For the claim that NSA/CSS can break RSA 1024, it should be mentioned that the highest public known break of an RSA key is to a RSA 768, and above that, cash prizes has been given up to $175 000, with $75 000 at the RSA 896 point.

So if someone think they can put together a FPG'a or graphic cards system for less than $175 000, and that the system then will break RSA 1024, you can earn some "easy" money.

Anyway, the real question about the actually security concerning key-size is, how secure is recorded traffic. If the only protection here is the AES-128, than that is the thing to be concerned about.
This looks interesting, but I can't find where you're supposed to go to download the Windows version, if there actually is one.
I don't think it measures up as much. It's basically a dumbed down version of his actual Stanford course. If you have any experience in Math and Linear Algebra, you should take a more serious course like his lectures in Youtube or Caltech's course on Youtube. The ideal audience of the Coursera course is non-math people who want to get an idea of what machine learning is.
That's the beauty of the system - if you think somebody has more money than sense, you don't have to resort to violence or coercion. You only have to sell him a card that is worth $400 for $1000 (or some other shiny gadget, like an app saying "I am rich" or just making farting sounds for those who aren't that rich yet), and you both are happy, and both perceive you have more than they came with (even though you both secretly think the other guy was stupid, but who cares?). And you don't even have to do all the work yourself - there's a whole corporation that does all the work for you for mere $50 (less than 10%, how cheap is that?).
1) This was covered in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4928277

2) This is not a flaw in the SoC whatsoever. It's a flaw in a kernel driver, which exposes raw memory. Totally different, and easily fixable.
I hadn't. But I notice that in the most recent (2008) decision four out of nine justices seem to agree with my interpretation; so "completely debunks" seem a bit strong.

You are of course right that in light of the ruling; personal defence is part of the current constitution - I was referring to the original intent - of which we may only speculate - and I'd say it's not entirely clear that the current law is not based on twisting the words of the constitution to be in line with the gun lobby. I was making more of a moral/theoretical argument; not a direct legislative one wrt the US of today.
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Isn't a lot of this based heavily on the audience?

If someone was giving me a presentation on a product using these five 'goals', I'd personally be very reluctant to consider that product.

Take the cloud issue she brings up, and she is giving a presentation on some new cloud data storage. She recommends focusing on "help remote colleagues coordinate disaster relief efforts and save lives". Feels a bit far-fetched that cloud data storage is going to help with that, and I'd dismiss that line of reasoning out of hand and be much less likely to purchase than if she just stuck to the facts.

Same for partnership - 'Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' ?? I'd spend the rest of the presentation trying to work out why someone would choose something so vague when they can use an obvious handshake image.

Same for jargon - if you're selling a cloud data system and you're speaking without any essential jargon such as 'uptime' or 'automatic failover', I'd probably dismiss your presentation outright.

I can give you one presentation mistake that she seems to get wrong: "Know your audience, and pitch your presentation to what they need to hear".
It's also a different world than the depression. You can't rent a nice apartment, buy a house, or buy a (new) car with cash.

If you commit a crime, moving out of town isn't going to help you avoid the police. If you're wanted, you can't safely drive, or have a credit card, or a bank account, or have a home with utilities, or have a job with a reputable employer. That's a hard list of things to give up.
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Anybody that thinks of installing/running this should still audit the code before doing that.
I like to think most people in our field are naturally curious, so make sure your environment doesn't stifle that attitude. Hold group learning sessions for new technologies, code reviews, and so forth. As a senior explicitly seek out advice and explanations from newer colleagues even if you can figure it out on your own. Hopefully they'll end up feeling comfortable doing the same.
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In the context of this article, I want to recommend Design For The Real World by Victor Papanek. Many of the ideas mentioned here have been made popular by Papanek decades ago.
I was thinking about this the other day from the opposite direction. Seeing the Salvation Army people outside grocery stores with the bells is a little sad now--because of inflation, the value of loose change just keeps going down and down. At the same time, debit/credit cards are obsoleting cash and making the now-less-valuable change even more scarce.

At least here in the bay area, I imagine they'd do much better with square readers than a bell and a bucket for change.
I'd love to see what you think a good weekend would be like.
Yes and his message is dangerous and counter-productive to people with real mental illness that can't be cured with simply wanting to be better.

The stigma of mental illness often leaves people to think it's just something they have to want to overcome (or that they're not mentally ill at all but just need to overcome whatever problems they have) and there are plenty of people that will be happy to help them reinforce that terribly destructive belief.
"...and a majority reach for thoughtful answers like gun control"

TFTY. :-)
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I'd like to see a startup specializing in web fonts that aren't completely unreadable on Windows. Seriously, most of the letters on that page are literally in multiple pieces.
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do you think the black market for ammo would be more like the drug market rather than the current black market for guns&explosives?

remember, it needs to be hard for mentally unstable kids like the recent one to get ammo. no one will ever stop someone like Breivik or the Unabomber, who spent years planning their attacks.
I started saying "I don't understand" years ago. A few very intelligent people have looked at me like I'm an idiot when I've said it. Don't expect it to make you look good in front of everyone.
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What steps can be taken to keep students safe from attacks like Newtown?
I wonder if the relationship a country has with their military has a role? Having a large number of ex-service men and women trained in efficient use of firearms? Just pondering, as I've been reading around the subject for the last hour and cant find anything.
Don't be silly, there's no need for research, after all "Her team at Duarte, Inc., has created more than a quarter of a million presentations for its clients and teaches public and corporate workshops on presenting. "

Honestly though, there is surprisingly little real research i can find on presentations, but it could be all the general + journal search engines i'm using are having issues trying to understand the query.
You are absolutely correct. To imply that would be incredibly naive. Especially if the assumption that I have not reached those extremes were correct.

I would in no way assume that my approach is a blanket solution for anyone or everyone. To the contrary, it is not a solution (I said I have not beaten it, and I may never well), but this post is my personal experience for dealing with an "illness" that has been very challenging in my life. I can only account for the factors of my experiences which luckily were functional enough for this approach to do some good.

Those factors did indeed include a lot of debilitating and suicide episodes during my teen years but I chose not to write about suicide because it's a much deeper subject and somewhat detracts from the point I hoped to make. But in the interested of full disclosure, yes I had struggled with suicide daily until I changed my thinking.

The reason I said "it's only a negative thing if you allow it to be" is that when I stopped thinking of it as "suffering" I found the core catalyst for change that allowed me to dismiss suicide as an option and maintain that rationale until I could apply other measures and stabilize my situation longer term.

At it's core the illness affects your rationale by way of your moods and I feel it's important to address the fact that someone who is "suffering" implicitly has a negative perspective and will continue to suffer without positivity.

Thanks for your comment.
I feel like all the tools that allow you to do X or Y faster, actually make maintainability and debugging magnitudes slower.

Which is why I've started avoiding anything I feel it's going to be difficult to read and maintain in the future by me or another person. I now always assume it's going to be another person, even if it's not, but this has helped me write more clear and concise code.

Even if the initial effort is more time consuming, it makes up for it in the end. Bootstrap and CoffeeScript are two tools that I feel suffer from that effect greatly.

Maybe it's a fallacy, because I have nothing to back my claims, but it's only my personal opinion, feel free to use whatever makes you happy.
Yes, boil that frog slowly, and drug him first so he really won't realize it's happening.
There is a difference between banning guns and improving the background check process to ensure less mentally instable and people with a history of crime acquire firearms. Also, it is my opinion that a culture of crime is no excuse to give up on improving firearms regulation.
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As I see it, many of the technologies mentioned in the article are still very much in a frantic phase of development. The technologies are far from mature but once the technology reaches a maturing level, most of the problems will go away. Once your phone has better than eye resolution, battery power to last a full day without charging, sufficient computer power to run any realistic phone app, then attention will turn far more to durability and quality, at least that is my hope.

There are at least a couple of excellent science fiction short stories (whose names escape me now) that address this very issue of the disposable society and quite frankly the downside is quite frightening.
Having launched last week on a business model of affiliate and advertising, this concurs with my research (too soon to say it concurs with my experience).

I do disagree that advertising will only get worse and not be profitable - our plans assume that that decline will be the case with AdWords, remaindered banner ads etc, but that the opportunity for good margins will remain when directly linking advertisers with relevant content and an audience. Again, too early to speak from experience.
Yes, that's to fetch mail from a server. TorBirdy for instance is a plug in for Thunderbird.

But! If you want to send a message alice@domain.com to bob@otherdomain.com that is not anonymous, unless you take other measures.
If you include visuals in your slides, you should do so sparingly. The whole purpose of a slide is to support your presentation, not to be the presentation. The focus should always be on you, only briefly on the slides and then almost immediately back to you again.

The only exception to this is if you're describing some deeply technical process, and even then you should be in front of your slide, explaining things, et cetera.