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> In my mind, the really mind altering thing was seeing
> not just that Object Oriented and Functional
> programming styles could be compatible, but that they
> were in many ways complementary.

I recently had this same a-ha moment listening to Gary Bernhardt (destroyallsoftware.com) talk about the functional core with an imperative shell.

In screencast #81 (Nov '12), he starts with code that looks like what most people would write if we wanted to write a script that compiles every .markdown file in the current directory to .html. It's an imperative loop that File.reads each path, compiles the file, determines the new filename, and File.writes the result.

Then he refactors away everything except the file I/O into a Page class with immutable methods. In other words, the only mutation that goes on in the end is in that loop (where it can't be avoided). And the result is a Page class that is effortless to test.

Something immediately snapped when I saw that even though it seems so obvious in retrospect. The boundaries of responsibilities in a system became incredibly apparent.

I don't know quite where it happened, but between Martin Odersky's course and idly watching Bernhardt's screencasts, I gained like 10 levels.
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no really, he does.
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It's not a loophole. It's a competitive differentiator for Ireland in attracting MNCs to invest and hire there.
Spent the last half hour going through "Spree" features. This one has some real potential.
I was afraid of that :(
"The biggest problem with Google Voice is that Google essentially seems to not care about the product"

But it works and does what it's supposed to, no? At least that's my experience. Is there actually a problem with the service, or do you just have a feeling that it won't last, or something?
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Long Term Support Initiative Linux 3.4 Released
You should care, because it could change. And if you know why it happened in the first place, you'll know when it could change.
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I did read the post.

It does cover both default and maximum. I didn't dispute that. I called out the notion that anyone ought to be depending on the defaults in the first place, or that SERIALIZABLE as a default was a good choice.

Yes, many don't support SERIALIZABLE. Didn't contradict that either.

As to whether many of these are or aren't distributed systems:

Ingres - has replication.

Aerospike - distributed/fault tolerant/blah blah

Persistit - nope. appears to be a library.

Clustrix - clustered.

Greenplum - this is shared-nothing clustered postgres.

DB2 for zOS - i have no idea. let's call this one not
distributed, for giggles.

Informix - same

MySQL - lots of replication and HA options

MemSQL - replicated

MSSQL - replication and federated query modes

Nuodb - cloud database management? looks distributed to me.

Oracle - dont they have RAC ?

Berkeley (x2) - dont know. probably not.

PostgreSQL - a few replication options

HANA - no idea. lets call it in your favor.

ScaleDB - clustered.

Volt - shared nothing clustering

That's a little over half, by my count. Certainly close to most.

"The real issue here is that the database world is a cargo cult where ignorant people scream ACID to denigrate new technologies without noticing that most production databases aren't running with anything close to ACID and that major database vendors can't even support ACID."

Some can't. Some do. I'm not screaming. My main message is this: Don't depend on defaults. They differ from vendor to vendor. Understand your workload and use the APPROPRIATE isolation for it.

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I am investigating the potential for constructing deep space ships for research, exploration, transportation and mining in the Solar System. I have no idea how to begin though. I do however have an estimated cost for the orbital construction facility as well as the cost of the first ship, est. size and weight, close to an Ohio class Nuclear sub. I am a middle class citizen, so funding is my problem.
He added to his comment to say that you can redownload all the documents from PACER to make sure none of them were altered. Which gets you absolutely nowhere.

RECAP is the Wikipedia of law. Crowd-sourced, free, usually reliable -- but if you are relying on its accuracy as part of vigorously defending your client's interests to the best of your abilities, you have failed.

EDIT: I think requiring PACER to provide SHA1 sums free-of-charge would probably be, on the whole, a good thing.
I think the title is somewhat misleading.

"Types of VCs to avoid taking money from" would be better. It sounds like he's going to name actual people to avoid, rather than general VC archetypes.
I never believed in invitation only. It work on certain types of communities, like torrents, with 100% control of the use. But on sites like HN, you simply doesn't need to use invite only.

I believe in a meritocratic system. If you contribute with good information, insight or whatever resource you want to call it, you will be rewarded well so the community will be.

Just think than one asshole with invite can invite another 23 assholes. Then you're beloved community will be ruined and "invite only".
When will you have a SIP or XMPP option to route calls over data?
I hate to rock the bandwagon, but this will accomplish nothing and it's pretty tactless. As rayiner has already pointed out, PACER is a source of court documents, not case law. 99% of the public would have no use for PACER documents even if they had completely free, open access. The people who truly have a legitimate need to access PACER documents are able to afford the fees, although that still doesn't mean the current fee structure is justified or fair.

Many lawyers who use PACER also rely heavily on the fact that it's updated almost immediately -- a project like this could never accomplish that, and could lead to malpractice if used in its place. For example, you can't sue people for certain things if they've declared bankruptcy, so you need a reliable, up-to-date way to verify they haven't (a common strategy is to wait until the last minute to file bankruptcy just to delay legal proceedings).

What's worse is that this project seems to be encouraging some kind of witch hunt:

> Now he wants to make "every U.S. Attorney and AUSA's full career as a prosecutor available to the public to examine in its entirety." So those are the links queued up in Project Asymptote.

That's how you want to honor Aaron? By using PACER and an army of volunteers to pursue someone's personal vendetta? I can't even begin to describe how tasteless that is; to take one of Aaron's projects and turn it into some kind of misguided inquisition, then call it a "poetic tribute to Aaron Swartz's memory".

If you really want to make court documents available to everyone for free, then do that. Don't use Aaron as an excuse to target US prosecutors.
Thomas waves his hands and says "the brain is really complicated". He doesn't address how much complexity needs to be modeled, but he implies a lot of it does. Kurzweil says a "sufficiently complex" program will exhibit consciousness. So the rub is exactly what are the essential properties of the brain, and what are the accidental ones or the ones that can be implemented some other way.
You can't compare time-based courses to general information provider like wikipedia. Providing content of previously offered courses is controlled by colleges/instructors [1]

[1] http://help.coursera.org/customer/portal/articles/572218-can...
I wish the title wasn't changed. The original was more vague and matched the stereotype based list.
Find some lawyer over there which knows or specializes in this stuff?

In my country we have a Software Chamber of Commerce which I believe would help me, is there some organization your friend's company is a member of?

I know there are lawyers with American studies here in Uruguay, maybe there are some in your friend's Asian country.
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'Atari' is in trouble again
estimate cost of Facility, 3.8 billion

estimate cost of first ship, 1.2 billion
You can already make calls over data on both sendhub.com and on the app. Is it not working for you?
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Nice. I'd like to see something like this that wasn't limited to Rails app, but rather any open source app that could be deployed on PaaS providers like Heroku easily.
If you were enrolled before just go to your courses page, find fp course and go to archive of your class (with all the content, problem sets, forums, etc).
Two black holes merging in our galaxy.
I do all my work in Linux and when I'm coding, spend about 90% of my time in Linux, but for my most recent setup, I elected to run my Linux install in VirtualBox on a Windows 7 host and this has worked very well for me so far. I use a tiling window manager and spend most of my time in terminals anyway (vim is my editor of choice), so its not like my install requires a lot of resources - its almost like running a terminal in a fancy window. I use windows for (non-documentation) related web browsing, for using Visio, Office (since my other team members use it, I find its less trouble if I do too) and Balsamiq and, most of all, for playing games.

Very happy with this poly-OS setup.
Up until 2008 Bill Gates was running MS. From 2008 to today, the period of time when Ballmer was in charge and on his own, MS's revenue has grown by only 17%, adjusted for inflation. That's only 4% a year.
I know of some fairly sizeable clients who are looking at gitlab because they need a github they can modify - github enterprise doesn't include source code does it?
You expect I jest, but I actually spent $120 on a Razer Naga just so I could use the reprogrammable thumb buttons.
Maybe they would be able to make a better hiring decision.
Fuck Oracle. And unfortunately, I guess that means Fuck Java too. This is the exact kind of stupid behavior that kills great technologies like Java, by stupid, greedy people that care more about money than technology. If this is how they expect to treat their users, I'll switch permanently to Python, PHP, and anything else besides Java.
And call it "douchebook".
Despite how similar cases of Swartz and Auernheimer seem, and despite later's appeal to social justice and freedom causes, I must admit I still have a hard time mustering sympathy for him. At least not even close to the sympathy I have to Swartz. I know justice has to be blind, but I'm not in the jury, so I have the luxury not to be. For me, the difference in approaches is striking. On one side, we have somebody who contributed to RSS and Reddit - I am not a big fan of Reddit, but one doesn't have do be a fan to recognize it's a major establishment in the Internet society - and on the other side, we have what? GNAA?
I can't read minds, but to me, it just seems that while Swartz was moved by genuine concern and willing to overstep some boundaries, for Auernheimer it was much more about overstepping bounderies, creating mayhem and pissing people off, and the cause came just as a convenient channel to direct his destructive energies.
That doesn't mean that I wish ill to Auernheimer - I wish that his sentence would be light and involve as little jail time as possible (by now realistically it looks like there would be some) - but I must say if we want to change public opinion about overprosecuting computer crimes, guys like Auernheimer don't exactly help the cause.
Kurzweil's whole thing is exponential growth. He is fond of recounting that the Human Genome project was 1% done half-way through the project, seven years in. This in fact was right on schedule, they finished 99% of the project in the final seven years, most in the last year.
Uff, 1st theory =/= hypothesis, 2nd if the brain quantum computation in microtubules is true, 10^19 computations per kw/hr is not going to be nearly enough.
It may be an awful attitude, but it coincides remarkably well with mine. And he's not an asshole - just a bit morbid, perhaps.

I think we spend a lot of time and mental energy suppressing the fact of our own eventual decline and death, leading to stress and cognitive dissonance. It's nice to occasionally face the facts directly.
Ah, gotcha. Wesnoth and OpenTTD are probably the best Linux has to offer in that area.
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I think it's great that someone is taking a detailed look at distinct isolation levels for different systems. It's also worth looking at distinct levels for atomicity, consistency, and durability. One could then define an overall "pH" level for systems.

I would take exception to Bailis' statement that "it is impossible to simultaneously achieve high availability and serializability." At FoundationDB, we do exactly that.

Stephen Pimentel

foundationdb.com
wasn't Sabu working for the government? and the most affected pages were the MIT opensourceware, libraries and iniciatives, concidence?
99% of the public wouldn't know what to do with PACER even if they had completely free, open access

You could say the same about having free open access to your server's source code though.
Ah, but do you use toothpicks?

One DH told me that toothpicks are better.
Steve Wozniak, Courage, and Confidence
I never knew the original Basecamp, but I'm using the new one recently — for the first time — and I'd praise it to anyone who would listen. Brilliant tool.
This is really cool. I know of Raspberry Pi and Ardiuno, but I've never heard of Phidgets before. The Ruby library looks simple to use.
We have a lot of businesses using via the api, examples include: lead gen, crm, subscriber notifications, marketing and even competitions.
> Good luck!

Says it all, doesn't it?
It’s time all clinical trial results are reported
Oh, I agree that it is ridiculous, almost Monty Python ridiculous. I hope that you are successful, I will probably participate, and thank you for doing something. I think it is ridiculous for there to be any paywall for court information to start with. I hope that something like Veeck v SBCC will someday be applied.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/293_F3d_791.htm
It would be great to actually get bug fix updates to packages rather than only the security. I know that technically they are supposed to be shipping them, but they rarely do.

Also, they would have to double-down on QA which is unlikely.
"seems totally ridiculous" is a ridiculous argument. Human brain being very bad at estimating exponential processes. Do you have anything more scientific?

Any way there are gonna be big changes in the near feature. Either the current progress in data, energy, etc. will stop/drastically slow down or in a few years will have what it takes to build AIs and move planets around.
Dear brilliant students: Please consider not doing a PhD.
The article mentions the 1859's "Great Auroral Storm"[1]. I had never heard of it, it's a fascinating read.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/05/1859s-great-auroral-s...
Because PACER is a revenue stream for the courts.
It mostly works, most of the time. It still doesn't do stuff I really want (SIP client on the phone), does stuff I hate (stupid integration with gmail), and for weeks at a time, loses some calls, is late with SMS, has horrible audio quality, etc.

Less reliable than gmail, which is already below the reliability I want for a major communications channel.

I still use google voice for a personal number that I mainly give to spammers, but I'd never use it for business, and I've been finding myself just giving my cellphone (or work SIP number) to people.

I'm also concerned google will kill the product, but as long as I can port, that's a lesser issue. (If I can't port, I'd be incensed, though)

The voicemail transcription (works, for US english accentless people) and SMS forwarding (which doesn't work) are the things which keep me on google voice, vs. just running my own SIP. I'll look at Sendhub, either directly or as a voicemail forwarding number.

What I really want is a SIP url I can point calls to and get voicemail transcriptions back as email or something. I'd probably pay $10-20/mo for that for <50 calls.
Shameless plug for my own Python git wrapper, grit:

http://rsgalloway.github.com/grit/
We do not need another Apple!
I really don't want Microsoft to pair software and hardware production. Its the one thing Microsoft have that's good is there operating systems run on a variety of manufacturers products. http://www.conrjac.me/microsoft-buying-dell/
You know what I would do if I was googling a potential employee and came across divorce documents?

Hit the back button.

Not out of some respect of privacy, but because reading that seems like an extremely boring waste of my time. Maybe I'm weird like that.
I'm very glad that you created this video series. It's going to be incredibly helpful for many developers. Keep up the good work!
I hope that they keep the Long Term Support versions, for which they used to provide updates for up to 5 years.
You're correct that Rayiner's statement that Westlaw/Lexis don't charge for access to case law is wrong. But he is right about the broader point that they do provide some value-add, and that value-add is why people continue to use their service.

With the entry of Google Scholar, the access and value-add businesses are divorced. The cost of the underlying access has reached zero. But the reason Westlaw and Lexis are still huge is because they do provide value-adds.

So this talk of opening up PACER is really missing the broader access point - the opinion access problem is largely solved via Google Scholar. PACER documents may be opened up, but they are not useful to lawyers in anything other than some basic docket scenarios.
I can thank MIDI for getting me into programming. I was 6 at the time and just received an awesome, second hand Yamaha keyboard with MIDI out. I spent that summer researching everything I could about connecting this amazing instrument to my 386 PC. From that research came a love of discovery, technology, openness, creation. A love affair with music was the spark that created a love affair with computing and my eventual career.

Thank you MIDI.

edit: Also, anyone remember early MIDI sharing sites? Way before Napster, the MIDI/MOD scene was incredible. Still remember dreaming about the Soundfonts, AWE32 and XM!
I've been thinking for a while that Microsoft may have carved out a niche of letting others do the innovation, and then copying them and improving on it, not unlike Japanese companies.

Windows Phone/Mobile, Surface, Xbox, Search Engine, and Azure are all effectively this model. Hackers place a high value on innovation, but continuously increasing revenues with this 'embrace and extend' + kaizen model seems to work for them so far.
Maybe they would be able to make a better hiring decision.

Of course, especially when almost anyone can say anything, unchallenged, in a court filing "He was emotionally abusive" or the "he was a very messy person."

But fear not, soon enough everyone will be part of the system, one way or another.
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Most of these individual pieces can be had through many other vendors for a fraction of the cost. Volume isn't limiting factor here.
I guess you can find pros and cons for every different design (or non-design).
Example: if you know just a little bit about Manhattan's geography, you would have an idea where to find 30th street and how to get there from almost any point in Manhattan.
So here's the challenge: without looking at a map, where is Percy St in London?
Alternatives: taxi, Zipcar, rideshare, Uber, renting a car, leasing a car. It's a pretty good metaphor because you really don't need to buy a car to go "decently far away" at all. A one-time car service charge of $1k is a lot better than a $20k loan.
Zip car is in Hollywood.
I would not be so sure about that. I know a lot of people who like Windows 8 and others eager to get a Windows 8 tablet Pro(Intel). The one OS across different devices could turn out to be a powerful choice.
Every time my dental hygienist asks whether or not I'm flossing regularly, I reply that if they can't already tell the answer by looking closely then there's no point in flossing!
Just-patched Java, IE bugs used to snare human rights sites
People scream ACiD on NoSQL's because they fail the easier A, C, or D in various forms, not the harder I part. Having AC&D go a long way in ensuring data correctness.
On a totally unrelated note, is it me only who found this site's hiding of svbtle theme disclaimer disturbing?
Not really as a lot of the PACER content relates to matters -- divorce, custody disputes, etc -- that is of no direct interest to you. Unlike your server source code.
Just signed up. Everything is very intuitive and trouble free. I guess the ability to choose numbers would be a premium feature?

Would be great to have an Android app as well.
I wrote a really simple JSON parsing tool using a JavaScript implementation of JSONPath. It's been invaluable as a tool to analyze the JSON returned by my APIs.

I guess I should add a nice template (right now it's really crude HTML with just the bare necessities) and release it to the world... maybe next weekend :)
a minor nit: fix the spelling in the header "Getting to Heorku"
"Also, a one-time charge for a SaaS app? That's something I haven't seen but could be applicable in a lot of places."

I'm curious how you estimate the cost of access + 1GB storage, forever. What do the terms and conditions say about them turning off the spigot at some point in the future?
I have a problem with phrases like "eat your own dog food" because I worked for a company whose founder formerly founded a very large Pet supply company.

He told story about actually having to eat his own actual dog food, then adjusting, branching out new lines of dog food and eating it again. He eventually took the company through IPO before creating a software startup. We were not allowed to use that phrase when I worked there.
Would the (many, many) games I've already purchased on Steam work on Linux? Will Steam for Linux ship with WINE or something similar? If not, I don't see the real value for someone like me.
Rumor has it; Microsoft in Dell Buyout
Self-publishing: Lulu vs Createspace: The Ugly Truth By MJ Preston
In the video, they revealed that the plan is to move from LTS to LTS, with each LTS rolling until the next. I think it sounds cool.
VCs bring back pay-to-pitch, rebrand it as a deli counter
$50 for 750 minutes sounds a bit expensive, especially considering how cheap Google Voice is. I know that it is a little premium with better support but a regular cell phone service probably has unlimited minutes for $50/month.
* I am assuming incoming calls are also billed.

Also, is there an option for international calls? I don't see any pricing info for international calls.

I'm looking for a serious alternative to Google Voice and this almost fits the bill, but expensive. As someone mentioned a SIP option would be great too.
You can select an area code but specific number selection isn't something a lot of people have asked for, although I do understand the desire. If you're looking for a specific number, we're always happy to change the numbers on premium accounts and if you ping me I'll give you a coupon for a free upgrade: ash [at] sendhub dot com.
I just formatted & had to reinstall Java today, out of curiousity I used the offline installer instead... No toolbar bundled with it, didn't even give me the option to install it.

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
You're thinking of JSTOR. MIT wanted Aaron to rot in prison.
Yup, just you.
Certainly unfinished. Unlike Ember, Data hasn't had any releases. There's a reason for this. We don't think it's stable enough to recommend to anyone unwilling to do some hacking.