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Not be utterly full of bullshit...

The way it's worded clearly sounds over-hyped. I would skip that job description every time I saw it.

Things that would make it better:

- More specific about industry and platform/product

- Specific role responsibilities

- Description of work environment, including equipment, other people, etc.

- Specific experience and skills required & desired

This is basically regular job description stuff.
He's being punished because only the corporate executive class has the right to do this.
I find Udacity sort of gimmicky and too gamified. I really wish I could say I really enjoyed the intro to CS course. I hope they get better.

I'd jump at the opportunity to get the equivalent of a BS in CS for free. Or even for a modest per-credit hour fee.
The problem is that the laws have to be almost impossibly vague. In just a few years we move from Sun RPC to DCOM/ActiveX to XML to SOAP to various SOA web standards onward to REST APIs/Ajax/etc. etc.

That's why the law leaves it couched in terms unlikely to change (like "authorized access", "intentionally" doing something, etc.) and leave the charges to be considered in light of the totality of what went on.

Would a jury convict on typing in one URL, realizing it gave access to an admin panel and just leaving the site immediately? Hopefully not...

Would a jury convict on building a screen-scraper that steals the password for users by incrementing ID's on a URL that wasn't public but wasn't properly secured? I would think so. Sometimes the circumstances of the case matter more than the law itself.
The minority party certainly did not want to cut from, say, 2002-2004. If anything, the dynamic was just the opposite: Stimulus bills didn't have enough "state aid". Medicare Part D had a miserly donut hole. Special education was being woefully shortchanged if the Federal government didn't honor its "promise" to pick up 100% of the cost. Oh, and don't forget that we weren't spending enough on body armor and the VA.

I think your theory needs tuning.
Someone in the UK was prosecuted for this; the statute is something like "don't use other peoples' computers in a way they did not intend", and the guy appended "/../" to the URL to try and read the parent directory listing (it worked). He also lied to police about having done it, but the server logs showed that he had.
Aaron's father met with the chancellor on two separate occasions, so I think that losing a piece of paper is not likely to be the outcome.
I'm a CS student at Colorado State and would certainly be interested.
The easy way to solve the equation is to send it to wolfram alpha and wait for a result. I think the intention was to not use anything beside standard library. Using the R language is equivalent to using NumPy, SciPy or any other tool. As for the Python version, I have no clue why he uses 2.6. I found that all the code runs perfectly well on 2.7. That is something you should point out to the author.
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It's actually NYC School bus drivers not just "bus drivers".
It is.
Everyone knows that reddit often doesn't have good stuff until at least 10 or 11.
Precision keeps you from falling into the trap of assuming the universality of your assumptions. Def was doing it with "information freedom" just now, but that's just the flip side of the coin from statements like "of course we need stronger laws against hacking." Your friends all agree with you, so you assume everyone shares your premise, then get surprised when people don't reach the same conclusions.
There's also the notion of proportionality.
I think the canonical example on Wikipedia is false in that it is historically where the name comes from, but it's not itself a fallacy at all.

From the description of the fallacy the "if-by-whiskey" fallacy would be someone taking either one side, or the other.

So the "canonical example" is not at all an example of the fallacy but simply the roots of the name of the fallacy.
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If it did, it should go public and it's IPO would generate massive investments that it could use to get out of debt.

During the initial offering, a massive campaign could be put in place to show people that even with its faults, you can't have a world without the US government in place. The world needs it, depends on it.

That realization alone would be enough to make every investor realize that they HAVE to invest in the US gov't IPO and would guarantee the rise of the stock price.
I just found some nice looking meetups that I would be interested in going to. What's it like just showing up to one?
This seems to be a win-win-win strategy :-)
No, it's wild self aggrandizement.
To avoid that problem you could always hire a second contractor to supervise the first contractor.
My problems with the email:

"killer company"
"game changing <blah blah blah>"
"cutting edge aspects"
"breakthrough cloud-enabled"
"change the way we..."
"ramp up quickly"

Basically every sentence has a phrase that is cliche. More facts, less hype. I seriously expected to read something about social and local in this.

The same email can be written without the hyperbole.
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Context is important in law. It's not illegal to change your mac address or wear a ski mask. It can be illegal to do both of these things while committing other crimes.

I'm really sick of these sensational posts/comments showing up on HN. I know, I'm not supposed to complain about quality of posts or comments but the past week has really changed my view on the current state of HN. Witch hunts, sensational stories, jumping to conclusions, hating the law/government, etc. Let's go back to technical news.
I could certainly think about outsourcing testing, to be more sure about commits without having to do the repetative parts.

That is, if I was earning more than the Chinese programmers :/
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This guy is an excellent manager who can manage outsource project with success. Too bad they let good talent go.
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See http://sympy.org/en/index.html. I've been using this for a while.
Exactly.

You can have hype, but put some actual content in the email.
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Let's cut the crap.

They're not difficult to interpret.

You just don't like them.

Be intellectually honest.

The laws don't recognize "information wants to be freeee" or any such pablum.
The retort would be : If you want to be able to address me, you don't have to have an open network, you can require registration and/or other physical verification first. You have chosen to run a network where you can't identify or talk to me, you should therefore know that I won't necessarily know what you're wanting. Some places have a policy that older versions of OSes aren't permitted on the network, and you'll get booted for that. Doesn't mean that you aren't welcome after you've updated your system or changed to another PC. But you haven't told me why you booted me, so I can't know for sure that I'm not welcome again.
This whole idea was bound to be a failure from the start, but still, the administration pushed it. Now they validate my original conclusions: this is a great mechanism to convince the legions of redditors that they actually matter. Whenever petitions reach the threshold, they can just claim "the project is so successful, we have to raise limits keep it manageable", when in reality it is pure window dressing for a President who has successfully manipulated to youth. Ugh, I wish we had a 3rd party!
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Posterous not accepting registrations?
Nix the shave part. Beards are in.
Ahh...one step closer to direct democracy :)
Where are all the network engineers?
I'm a young (late 20's) network engineer. I do things like maintain, design, implement IP networks. Think Cisco/Juniper routers, switches, firewalls, F5 load balancers, BlueCoat web proxies - are some of the systems that I implement and maintain. It's very interesting stuff and I enjoy my work.

I've been in the field now for about 7 years and have noticed, through networking with others and going to conferences that there are not many young network/infrastructure engineers. It appears that more young folks may be getting into information security and application development.

So, my questions to all the HN folks out there are:

"Where are all the young network engineers?"

"Am I a dying breed as corporations continue to adopt more cloud services?"

"Did you consider being a network/infrastructure engineer, what were the reasons that you chose to pursue or not pursue this field?"

Appreciate any insight you can give on this topic.
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You're right, I had a bug: http://jsfiddle.net/aMMxj/51/

Idiomatic solutions, by definition, cut out the non-semantic document structure. Certainly you will find layouts that cannot be achieved idiomatically in CSS, just as certain software patterns are more idiomatic in one OO language than another (e.g. observer pattern in C# vs Java). But the more scenarios you attempt to address with the language, the more complex it becomes. It's quite possible that extensions to CSS would open it further to the criticism that it's too complex.

Unfortunately, browser vendors do not support any other stylesheet language. Perhaps if this were different, there would be more effort to understand stylesheets from an engineering perspective. Since it's not, we're stuck with poorly-thought conventions and a community that's been trained to despise the language.

CSS is not a happy language, that much I'll agree with. But I find it no more painful than other computer languages. I reassert the lack of rigorous analysis by CSS users and the collective community as the main solvable problem. I have worked at extremely pricey consultancies, and the only thing I learned about CSS from them is that the more senior of a developer you are, the less respect you have toward CSS as an engineerable technology.
Again, good feedback. The landing page clearly needs work. We will tackle that as soon as possible.
Sent a ticket to help@posterous.com a week ago, no response.

I know this was a YC project, hoping this problem will get some visibility on here.

side q - is posterous getting neglected now that it is under twitter?
Agree. In another time, he would be a moderate Republican, in the time when the Republican party allowed moderates.
Thank you. I have been wanting to work outside for a while but never got around to it and didn't really know where I would go but I guess almost anywhere is better then my room.
I may have misused the term 'cold-lead'.

Basically we have a form where interested people can request information, then we add them to our lists.

And it's TOS approved because MailChimp has an interview process when you signup and you explain what it is you're going to be doing with their services.
You can take the course for free, but you won't get credit for it. From the Udacity blog:

"Living up to our promise to always provide a free path to high-quality education, we are also offering these courses free of charge as conventional MOOCs, but this path will not include instructor access, additional support services, or a path to college credit."

Blogpost: http://blog.udacity.com/2013/01/sebastian-thrun-udacity-anno...
"Let's stop the guy who keeps on breaking into our network" is not "made up on the spot."

MIT gives you wide power on the Internet. You aren't firewalled at all. I'm not even sure if they filter port 25.

But you also have the responsibility that comes with that power. The fact that they don't wrap you in bubble-wrap doesn't mean you can't hurt yourself or others.
It is widely recommended that learning a new language will improve your skills with languages you already know, and I've never heard anyone contradict this.

But I've never noticed this in my experience. Moreover, whenever I come back to a language after any time away from it, I'm amazed how much time I spend remembering (or looking up) superficial differences.

Stuff like looking up whether I get the length of a vector with "len" or "length" (for a language I already knew) just feels like a distraction.
Depression is not a cause, is a consequence.

It can be both. Someone linked to a post by Aaron describing his depression; at that period it didn't seem like he had any particular stressors causing it, it was just that he was depressed. He also said that things which normally improve the mood of a person who feels down did not improve his mood. That sounds like he had a genuine medical problem.

That does not mean that his response to the pending trial was entirely irrational; but it does indicate that the pending trial was not the only factor in play.
Xcode has refactoring support.
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Does viewing videos of cats make your employer money? If you've already delivered what they paid you for today then go home and watch the videos there in your pajamas, if they're not paying you for your time.
That is a very good option. Thanks!
Plugins and automatic security updates (or any update for what it is worth) are two biggest security holes ever.

Which is why for anything really sensitive I'm booting from a live CD, giving me a system which is "read-only" and not "phoning home" to see if there are updates.

It's a pain. But less of a pain than getting root'ed / admin'ed.

Signed binaries ain't helping either: we've seen several seemingly "legit" software signed with compromised keys.

False sense of security.
No, he's being punished for lying.

An employee that can't be trusted won't be an employee for very long.
Even as broke as the government is, I'm not worried about them sniffing my credit card number or emptying my checking account.
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when not an chemical imbalance problem at least

This qualifier undermines your point, since there was certainly evidence (as I posted upthread) that he did have a medical problem.
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Not on the off-chance, I know for a fact. I have received regular pay rises and bonuses during my time there and I am rewarded fairly in that regard.

That and I recently approached my employer about what it would take to double my salary, which originated from a simple curiosity rather than burning desire. It was a productive conversation and told me that if I continue to improve as I do, I will be rewarded for it.

As I said, it depends on the employer. I have to add that I don't see my employer as just my boss but also a mentor and sometimes even a friend. I trust him and I have very good reason to.

Edit: also, I wouldn't just outsource my job. I would continue to do similar work myself but I could plough through more in the same or less time.
CSS was not based on any specific theory, but rather on the actual rendering model of browsers at the time. This in turn was presumably based on ad-hoc decisions by Netscape when they added features. For example, the float/clear model were created as a way to allow text to float around images when Netscape added support for embedded images at the dawn of time.
i see the irony, but couldn't you argue that it is a fair lesson in proportionality?
Obama is not "mainstream left" or any other kind of left. He's best characterized as a moderate conservative. In Canada, where I live, Obama's beliefs would be considered to the right of our Conservative Party, which is considerably to the right of the Canadian mainstream but managed to win the last election because the centre and centre-left votes were split among three or four parties.
I'll bite.

They are working on building out a game changing communication platform utilizing cutting edge aspects of both cloud and mobile technologies.

Building it with what? Lego? Communication platform... forum, email, sms, IM, etc. etc. details please.

One key role that I am on the hunt for is a <senior sounding "lead role"> engineer to drive the development of a core piece of their product strategy.

Again, detail. What's the core piece that this killer company are currently missing and need to hire someone to build? Will I have people reporting to me?

They are developing a breakthrough cloud-enabled device that will change the way we communicate.

So they make hardware that relies on virtual storage? Whilst vague, it also sounds completely off the wall. This isn't peaking my interest, it's making me skeptical.

The company are <small number> people and are going to ramp up quickly over the next 2 quarters.

So they are predicting growth over the next 6 months. How much growth and why?

Please let me know if you may be interested in learning more and let's jump on a 15 minute call at your soonest convenience.

If you can surmise the company and the opportunity available within 15 minutes then good luck.

It's impossible to rewrite the email without info on the actual company. It's standard, vague recruiter drivel written to sound like a super hot company instead of sounding like another dime-a-dozen start-up.
That there is - but there is no API that gives access to this functionality, which means if Apple doesn't want to provide it, it's not happening.
There are very real problems with our laws. That Aaron was facing 35 years in prison for what he did is very clear evidence of that, and this is far from the only broken law.

While hating on the system can be done in stupid ways, ignoring these sorts of things doesn't make them less real.

Besides that, this sort of thing fits the criteria for submissions on HN. I'd even go so far as to say that this is more appropriate than the latest news about incremental changes in X.
Yet they lock the doors to the classrooms, in which are chalkboards and chairs...
One thing I'd suggest is to learn a vastly different language. If you use ruby all day, learning python probably won't give you the type of insight that learning C would. Or learning a lisp.

So much is looking at things in a different way, and a quick way to do that is by picking something across the metaphorical language town, rather than the language next door.
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Or a MITM attack stealing personal information?
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Very nice looking... but what it really does ?

If I use the service, will I collect links for my purpose or yours ? What will I see (screenshots, demo page ?)

"My social accounts" (plural) but only Facebook ?

Links to other pages is really too small. Worst : No link to home page is clearly visible.

Why do you need my mail or my location ? (in Facebook permissions) please, explain why !

In "Legal", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT", if I like or post about a website I don't own... I post a content that I am not owner... So I should not do it... I prefer not to use your site.

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No. It's not a deal thats "made" per-se, there are no conditions to be haggled over, its simply that Judges will automatically award the reduced penalty at the sentencing stage if the defendant pleads guilty.
Not at all. When Mr Sweat asks "if by whiskey you mean..." he's making it explicit that his opinion depends on that of the questioner.
TechCrunch has turned into complete garbage
I'm currently referring to their heavily exaggerated selling of Facebook. The language use in them is pure fluff and marketing speak. I truly hope investors aren't stupid enough to use any of it.
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I think it is a fair comparison. If by guns we are talking about those used to kill animals... / If by guns we are talking about those used to kill people...

The only real difference between an "assault rifle" and a "regular" rifle is the color/design. One is painted black and looks scary. The other is usually wood tone. They are equally dangerous. You can find high capacity clips/magazines for virtually any brand or style semi-automatic rifle (and handgun) made.
Why should it? SCSS is already the default syntax, and all the Sass documentation is written in SCSS.

Think of Sass Indented Syntax as a power tool for advanced users. (Although I usually use indented, there are times where I prefer SCSS instead)
I want ones that work like in Shallow Hal.
this is really cool!

it'd be even cooler if you could use data for some large, densely populated US cities as benchmarks, adjusted for time zone differences

I know anecdotally that the air in Chinese cities is bad, but I've never been really sure how much worse it is than say, LA, or NYC
When done offline, no. When done online, though, it's a whole different ballgame. Even limited automation of electronic voting has been proven extremely unreliable and prone to fraud. This is not a big deal when consequences are limited (i.e. petitions, non-binding surveys etc), but when actual legislative action starts depending entirely on a few electrons, then it's a scandal waiting to happen.
One more : If I denied acces from facebook, I go to a page of your site which was broken....
Let me explain here what our service does, since our landing page is not quite clear:

1. You connect with Facebook (and optionally Twitter/Tumblr)

2. We bring in all the links you have shared over time on those platforms (not your personal pics or status updates, just links)

3. You can create collections of your items and share them back to twitter/fb if you like

It's taking your existing activity from the social web, and helping you save and curate it.
To be clear, Aaron didn't work in Silicon Valley, or at a startup. Aaron was running his own well-funded team in an office in New York City at a 20 year-old company with good healthcare run by adults. It was not a high-stress work environment; I know, because I spent time on that team. I assure you that none of us deny the seriousness of depression, least of all me.

But Aaron was a very private person, and although he put a tremendous amount of pressure on himself to do the right thing, it could be hard to tell what his internal state was. At any rate, at the end, his efforts were focused almost completely on the trial, not on code. He spent time strategizing about how to bring around MIT and working with his lawyers. We surrounded him with help and were raising funds for his defense.

He had love and support. He kept on expressing optimistic sentiments, like "this is going to be a good year." He apparently acted cheerful the morning-of. His friends and partner are shattered. This Monday-morning quarterbacking does not help them.
Plus, just allowing access to code and having them deliver it isn't the end. You need to be involved in Quality Management (code reviews, testing, etc.) to make sure they are doing a job to your standards (or better!) That stuff takes time and it looks like he was managing it well if he was getting good reviews.