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Having people helping you with their ideas (or challenging yours) is mandatory in entrepreneurship. That being said I think the best way to have your mentors is to actually ask them to be advisors in your startup.

You will have to pass them some equity on your startup but you're going to gain knowledge and maybe prevent a few mistakes.
I would like to point out that open source projects love, absolutely LOVE when you report security bugs to them. Many projects have procedures and special mailing lists to get a hold of the correct people in a prompt manner.

To me this stinks of the "closed mind" problem.
You can remap keys in modern operating systems. Any sane person will remap capslock to something they use more often (eg. ctrl or alt). Who needs capslock anyway?
Right but the difference here is between work-in-progress and a finished thing.
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Put this in your .vimrc:

" Disable arrow keys
noremap <Up> <nop>
noremap <Down> <nop>
noremap <Left> <nop>
noremap <Right> <nop>

You'll have one or two frustrating days, but after that your muscle memory will take care of remembering "hjkl" for you.
Yeah.. I have porn. I will admit it. And I use my desktop for frequently used things. Fling my mouse to the lower right and I can see stuff.

1st monitor: http://i.imgur.com/jRNxp5M.png
2nd: http://i.imgur.com/6Kki0X2.jpg
Sure. You could do worse than RubyJS as well. This project is implementing the standard set by the reference implementation of Ruby and its standard library. And having used Ruby a bit, I’ve come to find its standard library quite good, as dynamic languages go. So it doesn’t much matter that ES5 features are “more native”—here and now, it’s still a matter of preference.
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+1, I was wondering how it could be useful.
Slightly off-topic, but kill -9 even has a rap song dedicated to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4
Maybe on your own, but if you manage to brand yourself as a consultant or get hired explicitly as a white hat, you can do it. Good example would be penetration testers.
A thousand times this. Javascript as a modern language for non-web things is not mature at all. The amount of date/time, string, and hash utility functions that JS simply does not have is staggering.
These expulsion stories sound really weird. I mean you pay for all of your studies and still could get axed on a whim? Whereas in my country I get paid to study and have zero chance of being expelled for these kinds of events.
My father spent most of a decade running a company developing a non-invasive blood sugar meter: http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes-technology/meters-monito...

After many years of struggle, the company folded from a lack of investment: medicine investors were scared off by the tech component, and tech investors didn't understand that in medicine, you have to prove, with studies, that your treatment or device actually works. This takes time, and frequent trips back to the drawing board.
Does it limit to Brazilian?

If the market is here and if they pay $20 per month per annimated fake profile, the problem is now to find a way to emulate fakes profiles to seems real. It would be like playing to the Sim, but being paid.
Shame that Arial doesn't come in light & medium weight (as windows alternative to Mac)
A Decade of OS Access-control Extensibility
"Between 1989 and 2010, an estimated $12.6 billion was seized by US Attorneys in asset forfeiture cases. The growth rate during that time averaged +19.4% annually. For just 2010 alone, the value of assets seized grew by +52.8% over 2009 and was six times greater than the total for 1989." http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/forfeiture
Chrome used to be known as the sleek and fast one. But now, every time I use Safari, I realize: wow, that one has much better performance! But it doesn't crash often I must say.
He ran an exploit FINDER. He did not put exploit programs on the server.
That wasn't a lmgtfy answer. It was a constructive link to an encyclopaedia article, with a relevant quote from that article, and a relevant image. There were also links to other sources of information.

lmgtfy is hateful because it often links to the same search that the asker has previously done, and returns the same not-useful hits. But the answerer doesn't check the returned hits, and just smugly slaps lmgtfy in to "teach" the asker a lesson about searching before asking.
I used to think that this doesn't matter, as both fonts in text seemed good to me - but now in these logos, all cases where I was able to distinguish them, the Arial version was butt ugly and the original far better looking even to my non-designer eye.
Let's say you build a file explorer in PHP, with this you could show the proper icon for .exe files
what does "doing it my way" in this context mean? What did you try and how did you research it?

Have looked into this kind of thing myself before and am interested in how you went about your project and if there's a community around that kind of thing.
The first answer in the OP gives a pictorial reference for this.
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James Coglan did a lot of this with his excelent JS.Class[1]

[1] http://jsclass.jcoglan.com/
On the other hand there are languages where correctness comes before speed, and they still provide you the mechanisms to get speed if you really want.

For example, in the Pascal family of languages, you can always disable bounds checking or do pointer arithmetic if you really want to, but that should only be done if there is really the need to do so.

A problem with many C and C++ developers is that they suffer from premature optimization, thinking that we are still targeting PDP-11 like environments.
I hope you do test how it looks on windows? I've worked with a webdesigner that often chose fonts that worked perfectly on his mac, but looked really ugly on all windows browsers, since the fonts were unavailable and the substitutes had noticable style/width differences.
Entirely believable. I don't have a timeline for you, but I do know that even only a few years ago it was not ubiquitously supported.
Set size comparison using only common words
Not judging here, but that's an awful lot of porn to be in frequent use.
Yes, in the cases where the operating system is done in C++.

The C ABI is the operating system ABI and it is only ubiquitous in operating systems done in C. Other operating systems use whatever ABI the system offers.
I think the article uses "File" and "Icon" interchangeably. I would agree that fear of having to many icons/shortcuts on the desktop is irrational, because visual single click icons/shortcuts were created specifically to be on the desktop.

However, machines can be formatted to run more efficiently based on organization of file types, so you would not want to save various files types directly to the desktop. For example in Windows files can be customized to run optimally for files containing music, video, documents or pictures. Checking my Windows 8 the Desktop itself can not be customized to run optimally for any particular file type, nor would you even want to if you were saving multiple file types on the desktop.
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Why are you citing a vote from 2008 in reference to the Congress that was just elected in 2012?
If you use GNU/Linux, check out:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs
Setting these env vars will prevent Firefox and other apps from thinking they have to create those directories.
At least the Obama on a lion picture is rad. To be honest I am more ashamed of watching Moonshiners than porn.
If you use shift+ctrl+cmd+4 it puts it on your clipboard instead of your desktop.
The well known part of Keynesian thinking is about the output gap. So if you give money to a formerly unemployed guy to dig a hole, you create the value of the hole in addition to all the other value the economy would create anyhow. This applies of course only if that guy is unemployed in the first place.

And as a rule of thump, every time I read a Austrian argument, I try to find the hidden assumption of markets working at full capacity. ( And every time I read a Keynesian argument I try to find the hidden assumption of an output gap.) Usually this is a nice way to understand the argument better.
4. Our economic system does not allocate resources as efficiently as we as a society would like to. In particular it is susceptible to favoring the short term over the long term, and tends to develop self-reinforcing trends and bubbles.

Trends and bubbles seem to be exaggerated by the fact that in our globalized world the media reporting tends to synchronize over large parts of the globe when it comes to those trends (e.g. Facebook being hyped almost universally prior to its IPO).
After looking at your banner ad I can state that I'd be much more likely to click if the yearly salaries of the jobs were listed.

If I were to create an employment marketplace site, I would definitely make it mandatory for employers to list the salary range. Salary discussions come up way too late in the hiring process if the employer doesn't state them up front.
From what I've read 840 Pro beats it and uses half the power:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/12/10/samsung_840_pro_ss...

"The Samsung 840 Pro is a revolutionary SSD in terms of steady state performance, beating out the competition easily in our trace based testing. The low latency and high sequential speeds are among the best we have recorded. The power consumption figures prove that this SSD would be just as much at home in the latest Ultrabook as in an overclocked gaming rig."
(Designer here) Not so irrataional unless you work on an deserted island and no one touches your files. I work in teams and as such everybody follows certain guidelines how to set up and work on a project, how to store the files, how to save the communication with the client and what not. Working on the desktop is a sure thing to lose sight of your versions and a sign of a bad backup-policy.
You're just rephrasing your original post, but you're not offering any evidence of why you think the burden of retirees is going to be so overwhelming. Why are retirees going to require an "impossible allocation"? Seems to me if demand increases then prices go up. Sure it starts to break down at extreme cases, but why would a marginally increased body of retired people be such an event? We do not have a shortage of workers at all, and the trend is to produce more stuff with ever fewer workers.
“All software companies, even Google or Microsoft, have bugs in their software,” said Mr. Taza. “These two students discovered a very clever security flaw, which could be exploited. We acted immediately to fix the problem, and were able to do so before anyone could use it to access private information.”

Yes, even Google and Microsoft have bugs in their software. This isn't an excuse to bully people who tell you about the bugs in yours. The difference between you and Google is that Google pays people who find bugs in their software, especially serious security flaws, even if they aren't employed by Google, rather than threatening them with legal action.
This is exactly why I don't use HJKL for navigation in vim. Shifting my fingers causes me to mis-type all the other commands. I end up just using arrows or word navigation.
Perhaps in the minority, I was never influenced by the design of the stuff. Do they overvalue themselves?
Desktop is literally just the tmp dir for my home directory. If I scp stuff from another box, Desktop.

If I'm not sure what will happen to a project (just a play app or will become a real app), new folder in desktop and work from there.

I do dislike it becoming > 10 folders just for the sheer scan-ability of things.

Oh and there's a link to a wireless printer there too!
"According to the sworn testimony of a DEA agent operating
out of Boston, it was his job to comb through news stories
for properties that might be subject to forfeiture. When he
finds a likely candidate, he goes to the Registry of Deeds,
determines the value of the property in question, and refers
it to the U.S. attorney for seizure."

Seriously? We, as taxpayers, indirectly support a job like that? That's disgusting. I'm shocked we have someone actively combing to discover assets the government might be able to seize in court. I'm further shocked that the accused is under the obligation to prove innocence instead of the other way around. That's not due process.
Fast wi-fi?
My fingers still remember the Apple II keyboard arrows keys: Left, Right, Down, Up.

http://jwvideo.free.fr/ImagesMac/AppleII/Apple%20II%20int%C3...

I've always thought that was so much better than the inverted T on PC keyboards, since you can press all the keys without moving your fingers - much faster for games.
1. The barrier for entry (education, &c) is higher in medicine and bioinformatics.

2. There are regulatory obstacles for businesses.

I'm not sure these really apply to Bioinformatics. Particularly if you're looking at the research market, you don't need FDA approval to write research tools. And a lot of the current problems are not really research problems but "how to I make these tools easy for non-computer people to use". If you look at things like Galaxy and Pipeline pilot, you may get some idea of what I mean.

3. The problems are harder to solve than it may seem to the man in the saloon.

So is building twitter, making an iPhone app or anything else. They all may look easier than they might be. But honestly I'd say building and scaling twitter is no easier than building a usable tool for launching Bioinformatics applications (for example).

Anyway, if you're actually interested in any of this stuff with respect to Bioinformatics, ping me (new at sgenomics dot org).
In the past, each file/folder/icon on the OS X desktop consumed an additional non-trivial amount of memory. So it wasn't irrational then.

Today, almost everything is a trivial amount of memory.
Problem is he used an auditing/penetration testing tool POST disclosure, and did it without authorization. The availability of these tools puts weapon grade exploits in the hands of those with limited understanding of the consequences. I don't have an issue with the availablity -- best we lighten our history with Full Disclosure and provide best of breed tools to simulate attackers -- however, responsibility and individual accountability is at an all time low. These tools will light up the alarms immediately and the user will have limited understanding.

Let's assume it was not SQLi but an authorization application logic bug ie: by changing parameter passed by browser allowed access to whole record set. He did the right thing and told the vendor -- but after the fact he ran a tool that probably simulated SQLi on every damn parameter!
Like smashing a car window after telling the owner he has left it unlocked.

Even a brain dead sysadmin would notice it In the logs, and likely whatever SIEM would fire a high priority alert.

He did this without auth and the company did the right thing here. In this post aaronsw world we can't just assume that every n00b clown whitehat hacker is totally innocent of all crimes even if done with the best intentions. People need to take responsibility for their actions. An ignorant click can be just as criminally negligent as stabbing a dude in the face.
Then bring them back into style! At my job, I started “Formal Friday” in an attempt to bring back men’s formal dress, and have a couple of converts. Like you, I prefer the jacketless waistcoat look. Dressing up periodically is just fun, and if anyone makes fun of you for it, you still look better than them. ;)
Lose the awful, then you'll sound like you're not judging!
Ask HN: Google accounts paranoia
My OCD with Google has gone too far. Its to the point where I am creating a Google account for each category of services offered by Google for my Android phone. I feel some accounts should be separated because of their nature.

Currently my individual Google accounts:

1 for Play Store

1 for community-oriented services (Google+, YouTube)

1 for Email (Google Apps)

1 for Google Voice

1 for Chrome Sync between desktop/mobile browser

Is there really any benefit to this, or do I really have paranoia of Google 'profiling' my information from multiple services on an account?
Same here. When I'm working on something of which I'm not yet sure where it should end up, it's on the desktop. Anything that fits into a number of predefined categories/projects goes into the Documents folder.
I also have problems with 'hjkl'. I could never tell which is up and which is down. If it were up to me, the navigation keys would be mapped to WASD instead.
Yes, some.
Hm. I always assumed my efforts would yield similar results for anyone. Maybe I am luckier than I deserve and should pay closer attention to what other diabetics have to endure.

In the meantime, here's to fighting the good fight.
Older versions of Mac OS X created separate window objects in memory (just like for app windows) for every file icon on the Desktop. If you had many files showing on the Desktop, it could slow the computer down significantly.

You could verify that the icons were separate windows by hitting Shift-Command-4 and then pressing Space to prepare to take a screenshot of the window under the mouse – each icon lit up in blue individually when you moved the mouse over them. If you try it in a modern version of Mac OS X, you’ll see that the Desktop is all one window now – the problem is fixed.
I was in a similar situation in college. Was asked to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement or get arrested. Told them to go to hell and file a lawsuit if they want too. Nothing happened eventually. Thank God for the excruciatingly painful justice system of India :P
What do you mean who made the promise?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=who+created+social+security

Also, you conveniently fail to mention that most everyone receiving social security benefits has been paying in their whole life.
>why would reverse tax (which i assume means the gov't pays you money) be necessary when many jobs become robotisized?

Correct. Because people will become obsolete as primary workers for most stuff but will still want to have things (I mean luxuries, as opposed to necessities).

>The unspeakable option which you allude to is to tax the owners of these robots

I'm thinking of a time after this. When robots produce robots --when capitalists become much less necessary. The building of things would be more about 'should we?' rather then 'who'll build?'.
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Like the OP you are confusing static with strong and dynamic with weak; static typing has nothing to do with declaring types but with the compiler doing type-checking at compile-time, whereas dynamic only implies this type-checking is done at run-time.
There are tons of files that are created one-off and then sent by e-mail or attached to database systems. These files are usually exports (pdfs, screenshots, lower res images) from the actual working document that needs to be accessible by other people. IMO the desktop is the perfect place for that junk - it's easily accessible from any program, the files are not needed anymore after a short while, yet they keep staring me in the face so I won't forget to delete them at some point.

Also, it's kind of a neat ritual to scan through and delete all your desktop stuff right before starting a new project.
I have all my frequently used files on the desktop too, but with that out of the way... there used to be a 'real' reason not to do it, and that was Roaming Desktop. It's basically an Active Directory-fueled way of taking one's files with them across computers in an AD forest, and it basically copied files to a central server and then to a local computer once you logged on. It's completely standard and expected nowadays (at the very core it's what Dropbox does across the internet), but AD had it back when 10mbps networks were quite fancy. So in those days, not copying too many files (it didn't have smart sync - change a single character in a 5 mb file and it would copy the whole file over again) was in some cases a real concern.
Am I the only one that sees that the title/headline is pretty close to a lie and that he ran a 'Web Vulnerability Scanner' on someone else's web site?

This is illegal! Most people seem to be missing this.

If you're going to break the law at your own University at least cover your tracks.

Don't annoy the crap out of them(Rightly or wrongly) then go on to black hat them.
I don't think any charges have ever been brought against Wikileaks. What they are doing seems 100% benign to me. The individual whistle-blowers that send information to them may get in trouble with the law, but Wikileaks itself only curates and distributes the information given to them.

On the other hand it is pretty clear that Aaron Schwarz did break the law, only the severity of the crimes is in dispute.
It's likely to be an application logic authorization bug; the application doesn't check the context to see if it should return that info. Being web it's something silly like the student-id stored in the user cookie is used to to build the (parameterized) SQL statement. It's not arbitrary injection per say.
When starting vim (any editor, really) you usually begin at the top. So you want to go down first...

Oh, this `j` key has an inset to distinguish it from the rest. Surely this means I need to press this one!

(You can easily figure out the three other keys from there).
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It shouldn't be that hard to use a attribute instead: var data = $( self ).attr(type);
Maybe consider punishing the negligence of the person who wrote the insecure code instead? But I don't think most people, especially lawmakers, even understand that security vulnerabilities are caused by flawed code, which is caused by human error. So they tend to shoot the messenger instead.
as long as the inflation rate is expected, the inflation rate is always adjusted up/down to compensate for the inflation.
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Who in their right mind would think it's a good idea to use a penetration tool against their college?? The title is all wrong. He got expelled for using a penetration, not finding a flaw. He was congratulated for that! I heard someone else from the team even got some kind of prize for it.

Sensationalist journalism is what it is. After a little bit of research, I discovered it's written by someone who used to be in Dawson's Student Union, so I guess he has a teeth against the administration.

"Ethan Cox is a 28-year-old political organizer and writer from Montreal. He cut his political teeth accrediting the Dawson Student Union against ferocious opposition from the college administration and has worked as a union organizer for the Public Service Alliance of Canada."
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Oh, nice. This is so tongue-in-cheek. There's no way of knowing the state of any permission worldwide.
Love the sentiment of this post. But why does water run downhill instead of up? Up would certainly be useful.

As in physics, there seems to be a gravity that pulls people towards the greatest rewards for the least effort.

Becoming wealthy by building a diabetes management tool is, I suspect, much harder than drinking some of Facebook's cream for working on their ad network. There are certainly people who relish and lean into such challenges, but it's not the majority and never will be IMHO.
Well, I feel the very same way. I really don't know if there is any benefit from this. Actually it's just annoying to login and log out when doing different tasks. I'm sure they're able to link all of those accounts together very easily.