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Yes, this is quite the assumption.

While the US Gov't is doubling down on Keynesian spending (borrowing money, printing it, keeping interest rates near 0), there is no safe/guaranteed investment (CD) that comes close to 5%.

I've hedged myself by investing in "foreign" equities. But this is no where near a steady guaranteed 5%. It's super volatile.

Life is a risk. You pay your money and you take your chances.
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I'll love to get everyone's feedback on this. It addresses a lot of problems I've faced while developing iOS apps over the last 3 years. Thanks!
Those employees were given options at Apple ($80M worth) that were probably lost once they left the company to work at Color. Then Apple ended up getting them back on the cheap. So instead of $160M, Apple ended up paying $80M + $7M.
Hacking analogy: if you compile and run this program:

main() {
int i;
i = i++;
}

...the results are undefined. In theory (and the C FAQ has stated this for decades) the compiler can make a program that erases everything on your hard drive and then has the sound card start swearing at you.

But if you're being advised by an expert in the field, they'll tell you that in reality, the results aren't going to be anything like that.
All great points, but I take offense to the shots at responsive frameworks. There's still learning that has to happen there from developers. Grids are powerful and learning to work within frameworks instead of against them is a very important step that many people often ignore.
> I really must pester her to finish editing and get it published.

Yes, you do, because I want to read it, and I know several others who would too.
Neither Rejewski nor Turing broke Enigma alone, to give either complete credit without crediting the other is a gross and false simplification. On the whole Turing's work was more significant and ultimately more fruitful but both deserve to be mentioned whenever the subject of breaking Enigma comes up, though others such as Henryk Zygalski and Dilly Knox probably deserve a bit of a mention too.
Sadly MMM and others don't mention the whole "all 5% per year after tax gains get reset by 20 years when the world markets crash" scenario. Also he doesn't take into account if you have kids and want to help them with their college education where that leaves you savings wise. Yeah, I'm annoyed to have been trying to save money through the second depression.
> The age of sexual maturity in women has been decreasing for a while.

That's irrelevant; we're measuring generations of y-chromosomes which are passed by the father; the age of the mother has nothing to do with it.
> i would have thought he had something to say about the issue.

I'm sure he does. But that does not mean that what he has to say is for public consumption. Also, given PGs closeness to Aaron in the past he may very well simply not be in the mood. Give the man some space.
Well, if it's a myth, it's been a useful one as long as it's reduced the use all those ugly, ugly sans-serif fonts.
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Yes, std::sort is better than qsort on simple types, but that's an isolated case. I'm currently working on a major "C++" project where literally the only C++ dependency is std::sort right now.
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Another typical story of hard work and persistence with the word "hack" thrown into the title for linkbait.

Congrats on making it to CES, but this is not news, nor is it relevant or interesting.
> This view isn't inspired by Euro-centrism, but by the idea that China is an indivisible nation while Europe clearly is not.

Euro-centrism isn't the culprit here; it's the fixation on the arbitrary concept of the nation-state that's responsible.
Also remember the Stock has gone more than tripled. SO $80 in cash and $80 in stock that would be really worth about 200M today. Now they bought the same team again with 7M of todays priced.
Don't the effects balance out? Production goes down because people are retiring early. But so does consumption because these early retirees are consuming less both while they are working and after they have retired. Supply & demand stay balanced at roughly the same place they were before.
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2013 is going to be an amazing year for web-developers, with some of the most innovative ideas coming to the fore, from CSS-Filters using GL to transform elements, the (hopeful) release of ECMAScript 6 spec, and perhaps one of the most startling, Web Components, which will allow users to include custom web-elements made by others (sliders, maps, what not) by just including an HTML tag in their page.
I would guess that the default font is also the most used.
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Among other things, several prosecutions of accused terrorists arrested before they could blow stuff up. In almost all of these, the actual instigators were government agents working undercover, and the alleged "terrorists" who were actually put on trial were low-level accomplices who got lured (sometimes even bullied) into participating in the plot.

Here's an overview:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/...
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I'm all for people learning to program so they can build something they're excited about, but this seems disingenuous. For most people it'll take months or more to go from zero coding experience to building an MVP of their 'killer app' idea. Posts like this make it sound like it's just working through a checklist.

If someone's not excited about the actual process of learning to code, a)they'll probably get discouraged quickly and b)there's probably a more efficient way for them to get a prototype of their app than learning to code from scratch.
No, I am a developer, and my co-founder is a manager (not a marketer).
The biggest problem I see with all of these proposed ideas is that people often need to be able to share access to accounts with others. Yes, sharing a password is the wrong solution to that, but usually it's the only solution, and it will be until there's an accepted standard procedure for providing limited access to your account via somebody else's key.
Maybe instead of taking two years, it will take four, or eight. Would you be surprised if it took ten to sixteen?

But then again 64 years might be just about right. How long ago was it again when we were all supposed to be driving flying cars? I remember in 1992 reading about "holographic credit card-sized storage" cards that were heading to market in "just a couple of years".

Engineers, biologists, and others seeking funding often way underestimate how long things take.
That's a great idea. Still need to find more images, but here you go: http://www.fillmurray.com/
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Again, that is a problem from ages ago. Not now.
Best thing you can do with your finances is do what people are doing to lose weight, track everything. You spend £2, you put it on. Doesn't matter how trivial it is, log it with details so you can track it. At the end of the month have a look to see where it's all gone, it gives you feedback and you can adjust. My take home hasn't changed but how much I'm not spending has, and it's very nice.

I probably won't retire early, I like working. Taste of the biscuit, office natter.
Well I always learned it was true for ink on paper.
Ink on paper flows. Thats the reason they used serif fonts.

Related info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink_trap
Doesn't the notion of this being genius imply that Apple "let them get away" the first time because they knew they'd be able to acquire their next company for less? Or am I missing something?
Yes, just about everyone. However, this is hacker news. We are not "just about everyone." While I think 5% return is naive in the current economy/gov't, he has some good points.

Hacking your life(style) is way more important than hacking anything else.

I agree, it is psychology, and your family (if you have one) is going to make a huge difference. If your partner can't resist new purses or can't live without the newest smart TV, you're screwed. End of story.

However, if you find someone with your similar mindset, it's amazing what you can achieve.
>> Sadly, the archaeological record has yet to reveal tandoori ovens or fossilised chapatis in Australia.

Only marginally relevant to the article but it never ceases to pain me when I see another piece of evidence that the delicious and varied south indian cuisine is not well-known outside south india.
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Not only does he, but it's linked to in this discussion.

As is his having kids.
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Can not agree with you more.
At the heart of it your quarrel with his program is that people have no willpower to change? I mean, you're very right in that we have a horrible track record but, in your opinion, is the advice sound should someone be able to adjust their lifestyle?
I recommend reading

Data Communications - The First 2500 Years
G.J. Holzmann
Proc. IFIP World Computer Congress, Hamburg Germany, August 1994, (Invited paper).
http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/hamburg94b.pdf

The book:

The Early History of Data Networks
G.J. Holzmann and B. Pehrson
IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos CA, (John Wiley & Sons), October 1994.

The basic ideas of relaying, encoding, separation of control/data information, error control, flow and rate control go back surprisingly far.
This company's product has a critical mass marketing problem; as more people know about this Brazilian company and the biz model, the more the product is devalued.

i.e. Now that I know this, I'm just going to assume that all my FB friends who are in a long distance relationship with a Brazilian girl are in a fake relationship.
He's right that all savings are someone else's debt.

But, if that is your big sticking point, you can literally load up on the cans of pork and beans as your retirement fund.

"Savings account" is an abstraction for that, and it's important to realize how abstractions leak and fail, but for most people the abstraction is just fine.
Ah, never mind then. So I guess the plan is to stop saving money now, since you've shown that compound interest is a fallacy? I'll get right on it.
I am just saying that it should not never be used as an extortion tool and if any lawyer using it as extortion should be punished.
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My gut feeling (and that's all it is -- which makes it just about as accurate as the Gallup data) is that it's closer to 70% than 40%.
Why not sometimes simplify some things? It is a good starting point, and I was not saying, that we should stop there. But there is a special power in stories told good.

I was not (or at least, I hope so) empowering suicide, as this would be the last thing on my mind. I read the story as some kind of parable, teaching me something. It got me thinking. It broke through all the layers protecting my brain from all the noise out there. It gripped me and I started thinking, about the times, I was on the receiving- and on the giving-end of the bully-stick.

I am far to far away, to judge, if anyone in the linked context qualifies as bully. Really I am. And to be fair, it is ok not to judge here, not knowing of Aarons situation, not knowing the people involved and only having read some 1000 words on the topic.

But I can judge myself being bullied and being a bully sometimes. And I was able to identify some situations, in which i was not the good man, I want to be, situations, I was able to revisit in memory, See where I went wrong and what I could do better next time. And speaking an apology to the one on the receiving-end.

So what is so bad in this irrational, emotional, but maybe moving story? In my humble opinion, it would only be "bad" not to go the next step after reading it.
My strategy is a bit different though is ultimately still a case of sacrificing now for an income later.

I'm building a company that can keep running (eventually) without my involvement so I can continue to draw a salary for as long as I wish or, if I so wish, sell it to provide the lump sum I need. Slightly risky since I'm not saving for retirement at all but putting all my money into building said business.. ;-)
Excellent question, and I'd like to know more about that angle.

I've seen nothing about it publicly, other than comments that it would have annoyed the judge for Aaron to have publicized the details of what was going on. And, of course, if nobody knew what he was actually going through or what it would cost, nobody would have donated to him. After all we all thought he had money from Reddit.

So the golden question is why the judge would be annoyed. Is it just a vague fear that the judge would not take kindly to an attempt to bias the jury by starting a media shitstorm? Was there a specific discussion that dissuaded him? Did his lawyer point out that his public statements could directly disadvantage him in the court? I have no idea, and wish I did know better.

But the fact is that, for whatever reason, he didn't think he could speak publicly. And without speaking, he could not possibly have raised a significant sum of money.
> Nice synopsis although I suspect faction A will claim you're misrepresenting them.

There are two kinds of people, those that try to divide the world into two groups and those that don't.

> My take on it is that the prosecution did what prosecutors do.

Likely true, but that does not make it right or morally defensible in this case.

> Jason Swartz

...

> seems to me to have been somewhat bipolar, and in manic phases he was brilliant, enthusiastic, idealistic, and a bit nuts -- which is what got him in trouble.

No, what got him into trouble is his tendency to stand up against vested interests. If he'd been picking on the neighborhood streetpeople nobody would have noticed. But he wasn't that kind of person, he tried very hard to improve the world as he saw it, to fix broken parts of it using his skills.

> In his depressive phase he killed himself.

That's a shortcut for which you are missing a bunch of supporting evidence.

> Blaming the prosecutors for his decisions is a tad harsh.

Saying they don't carry any blame at all is equally harsh.

The truth is - contrary to those that want to divide the world into black and white or two groups - something in the middle of that. There is plenty of blame to go around here.

> The truth is complex and sad.

That part of your comment we can agree on.
Or you can open your eyes and see the obvious fact: all productivity gains have been cashed by the top 1%.
Not to mention that if everyone stopped spending money tomorrow, then the economy would crash, millions of people would lose their job - meaning both personal savings and government resources are crippled. Which means the chances of you having enough money and a state pension you can live off by retirement age is significantly reduced.

While I'm not trying to argue that saving is a bad thing (clearly it's important to have some savings!), it's also fair to say that spending is good for the economy as well.
Virtualmin is also a YC company.
> You can earn 5% investment returns after inflation during your saving years

Ha ha. This is _wildly_ optimistic - this means 7% minimum and prob 8% or 9%. If he can guarantee these kinds of returns the world's money managers are going to be calling.
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I see fragmentation on Linux as diversity and worldview. When you talk about major distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Debian, OpenSuse, etc. they cater to completely different type of crowds. Ubuntu will never be able to satisfy Arch community and vice verse. Major problem would not be fragmentation but shoving Ubuntu on Arch or Fedora users. If you are a casual user then just stick with Ubuntu or Linux Mint and be happy.
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For the record, it is emphatically not tastier than brewing it yourself.
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I think I've seen that 'O' logo somewhere...?
You have no requirement to invest in your local economy - and indeed, most people invest globally. So while all investment is ultimately funded by the working population, the working population is expanding massively every year if you look at the global picture. In emerging economies in particular, the demand for capital is sky high and one hour of saved income for you can buy you 100 work hours elsewhere in the world.

To simplify: if you work 7 hours a day, but save 3 hours worth of income out of those 7 hours and invest it in a company in a developing economy, you could be purchasing 300 hours of economic activity. So by saving, you have actually worked 300 hours that day (without your capital, those 300 hours would not have been done at all), while if you did not save, there is only 7 hours of economic activity.
Fully agree on this one. Assuming "You can earn 5% investment returns after inflation during your saving years" is the exact reason why so many retirement funds are having problems. %5 after inflation, although that might have worked great in the past, is optimist at best regarding the future.
The second thing you just listed is exactly what my remix does.
The previous submission of the canonical URL

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5019442

received no discussion, but I think that's too bad, and I would love to see discussion of this interesting article begin here.
No Google doodle. No politicians' speeches. No matter; let us remember regardless. Especially if you'll think of today as Aaron Swartz Day.
We have Aaron's own manifestos and his own actions besides the MAC spoofing to establish intent.

Trying to seriously claim otherwise requires a special brand of word-wrangling and doublespeak, a brand that might entitle you to a job at the Boston U.S. Attorney's office, if the other comments here are any indication.
>I can appreciate individuals who don't have the capacity to swap context throughout the day, but only when they can be mature enough to explain themselves to me like an adult...

But even that is a context switch, and context switching is expensive. Your 30 second interruption results in 15 minutes of lost productivity (these are just made up numbers). A passive signal that you are not to be disturbed at this time sends the same message without the context switch or, more important, the need to switch back into the work.

For me, there's no workplace behavior more obnoxious than someone walking up to my desk and blabbing on about something while I'm in the middle of a critical section of code or on the verge of a breakthrough (these are the cases when I'm usually wearing headphones). Headphones, at the very least, signal that you should get my attention before speaking, and that I'll be with you in a moment because I can't afford an immediate context switch for your "problem."

Edit: Spelling
The cases the Innocence Project deals with are invariably state cases, the quality of federal public defenders is significantly higher.
There's no accounting for what people think is "normal".

If I was a moustachian I would probably say something like:

"Looking back on that, you realise that was an absolutely insane way of spending money. What expenses do you still have which you might look back on as insane a year from now?"
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> Shouldn't salary correspond to productivity in a free market, though?

Ideally, yes. In reality, that's rarely the case, which is why wealth distribution has become such an issue and incomes continue to rise for top earners while falling for those in the middle and bottom tiers.
Technically, if you didn't liquidate investments during the crash you'd have made what you lost back and more by now... assuming a representative index fund type deal.
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I'm certainly not an expert, but I'm naturally suspicious when money + regulators + special concessions collide. These are two arbitrary links I found from a quick search:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/frack-freely-but-di...

"The disclosure requirements in several states allow energy companies wide latitude to claim “trade secret” status for the chemical makeup of their fracking fluids. And at least two states place unreasonable restrictions on doctors and other health officials who learn about any of these “proprietary” ingredients. "

http://www.propublica.org/article/critics-find-gaps-in-state...

"“While we support disclosing our ingredients, it is critical to our business that we protect our recipe,” Tara Mullee Agard, a spokeswoman for Halliburton, one of the world’s largest oil and gas service companies, told ProPublica in an email."

It's hard to model the risk from fracking, if protecting the business is more important than our health and the environment's health. I don't think we can just take their word that they are being safe.
It's still an issue for anybody who wants to ship software for more than one distro. Not to mention WM fragmentation.
It's also quite disingenuous to say "Use Linux you get a choice of Distros!" and then say "stick to Ubuntu if you want stuff to actually work".
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hi,

chris here (i'm the author). you're right, i meant the repetition of the same rotor setting (which is responsible for enciphering the plaintext).

can you tell me which paragraph/sentence was confusing? I'm always open for improvement (especially as I'm not a native english speaker and some formulations are not perfect).
Is this kind of analysis a hacker culture. If this is so I am beginning to hate hackers.

Come on, just do not analyse things from 1s and 0s. Put some emotions into place as well.

How can you compare Linus commenting on a thread and Ms Ortiz threatening a 26 yr old kid through illegal means (yes I wish this kind of dealing becomes illegal).

This comment is disgusting.
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That's not why the Greeks didn't create an industrial revolution...

"The uselessness of the aeolipile is an excellent example of the vastly under-appreciated role of materials in technological development."

The British had centralized government planning of materials science research for use in cannons and other armaments. That paved the way too, not just a pure invisible hand of the market.
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It's a little long but MMM has an article that addresses this exact thing (down to the expensive latte example): http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/06/21/frugality-as-a-mus...

The short version is that it's a "misconception that buying things makes you happier, and not buying things makes your life suck."

Like I mentioned, it's a cult, what can I say?
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She posted some of the stuff that was cut out of her draft:

http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2010/09/24/the-angel-bring-laws-...

http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2010/10/15/the-visit-bring-laws-...

Some of the first link is quite NSFW. Take that as you will.
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