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While I don't have 2nd problem, I'm also considering alternatives to d3.js because of the 1st one.

I've seen that some people tried combination of d3.js and Raphael in order to overcome this issue (for instance: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9559365/raphael-and-d3-js...), but I haven't tried it myself yet. I would be very interested to hear any experiences regarding this particular combination (d3, raphael).
You mean incentive program?
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I have no proof of either. The article may be completely correct about the US approach and their European approach may be different and legal and/or they may be treading very carefully in the EU with high quality legal advice.

Also I believe there are (but can't quickly find reference to) special categories of products in the EU with stricter rules than the general ones and that this includes TVs (the product I have experience of at Sony) so some of the practices I mentioned as illegal for TVs may in fact be legal for laptops and tablets.

I am insufficiently expert in EU competition law to know the exact limits but did have enough information to know a few key things not to do and when things were getting near enough the limit that it was time to check with a lawyer. I did support discussions with expensive outside lawyers with product information about what products could be put into categories that were not offered to every retailer (only those that fulfilled conditions around presentation and demonstration).

My main warning is that you have to tread carefully in these areas particularly in the EU and get good legal advice (which I'm sure Apple has).
All the good ones can. It might not be the job of the UX guy to do all the copywriting, but it is his job to make sure the person typing the walls of text is using the correct information, displaying it in a manner that benefits the goals of the product, and in the correct style so as to maximize conversions (or whatever metrics you're using today). A good UX guy/gal is a person who is adept at writing, designing, and hopefully at least a little programming. He/she should also have a great eye for detail and most important than anything else, be as rational as can be and use logic to define a projects direction in addition to one of the most important aspects of the UX field - user/a-b/whatever testing.
I view this the opposite way around. Message queues and asynchronicity are an alternative to backpressure as described.

If I synchronously hit some service then I need to build facilities into the service to say that it's too heavily loaded, and perhaps handle those responses on the client.

If I pop some job onto a message queue or asynchronous endpoint, things will just slow down for a while. Which is normally as good a way as any as soaking up load.
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Why does ctrl+0 zoom to 125% in IE9?
Looking through all the files that are uploaded, there are a lot more non-English documents than I expected; I randomly clicked on 2. It's amazing how there is support from around the world.
Ask HN: How can I monetize my product without charging for it?
So, here is my issue. I am writing a suite of development tools for C / C++. As I get closer and closer to completion, I am facing this issue. I want to make them freely available to the public, I don't believe in charging people for software, especially since I love doing it so much. I also don't want to open source my work, for security reasons. I was thinking I could make it free for everyone, and businesses who want support can pay an annual fee?
He named MUMPS, here it is: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A_Case_of_the_MUMPS.aspx
I don't see any contradiction at all between those two stories.

There is a massive difference between a national distributor and even a large retailer in a country the manufacturer directly handles distribution for and I would expect the terms to be very different.

Edit: Reordered sentences.
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Indeed, he holds up the UK's high rates of plea bargaining...

I am not sure you read the same paper as anyone else. Nowhere did I see this. In fact, the author more or less said the exact opposite on page 215. Also, this paper is dated 1979.

Plea negotiation, let alone plea bargaining, is rare in the UK. The UK government only in the last decade began to accept the use of plea bargaining in corporate crime. Occassionally, plea negotiation can also occur, most commonly in co-conspirator cases like gang assaults, but again this is uncommon.

To compare the absolutely routine use of plea bargaining in the US to their rarity in the UK would be well beyond a stretch.
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I would definitely add "Nudge" by Thaler & Sunstein to the list. It really helps understand how people choices are motivated, thus how to make good design choices.
I think you've missed the key issue here, and why we need activism in this area. The point is that the journals model is outdated, and only being sustained by the self-interest of an anachronistic/parasitic publishing industry.

Let me paint you a picture of a hypothetical alternative system: a publicly funded, 100% free-to-access online system where academics can submit papers, and then other academics can peer review them. Papers and authors are ranked by an open-source algorithm that takes into account factors such as the number of citations, the quality of the papers making the citations, results of peer reviews, the quality of the peer reviewers and so on. Doesn't that sound like a better place for our shared cultural knowledge, that belongs equally to everyone, than being locked-up and monetised by a handful of private companies?
This, sirs, is why LaTeX asks you to differentiate between sentence-ending periods and non-sentence-ending periods in source code, and adds just a little bit of elasticity to the sentence-ending periods during compilation. The tools that make things beautiful know how to make things beautiful.

The rest of the time, there's:

(setq sentence-end-double-space nil)
As a designer I can recommend each of these books.

I'm seeing in various comments that 'hackers' and 'designers' are two different things, and that a 'hacker' needs a certain type of book or format to the material. I'd submit that most hackers have a thirst for knowledge, part from curiosity and part from a desire to be self sufficient in making their concepts a reality. Digest knowledge, practice the technique until it works and you've realized your goal? Does this not encapsulate the 'hacker spirit'? It's funny because most great designers I know came from the same perspective...

So I say put aside this idea of Hacker vs. Designer and who needs what. A design is a solution to a problem, visual design language/concepts are another tool set to help you make effective software and so much more. Don't treat it like its some sort of voodoo that only left-brainers can comprehend.
Vendita scarpe online
Shopping is something which is full of adventure and excitement. And now technology has taken this excitement a step forward. In online shopping most valuable and popular object is the vendita scarpe online. This is not just a term but now day’s the popularity of shoe on World Wide Web is a subject to watch. As the technology is advancing day by day, this online shopping has made everything easier and simple. This particular subject is so exciting because a being can get multiple choices at just one click. For the better trade of footwear, companies are bringing new and exciting offers for the people who likes to do online shopping.
I missed that part (the usage of pdftribue.net for scraping), thanks!
We're working with the creator of edward.io to get some kind of integration between the two sites, and also working on a search/index/analysis tool for pdftribute.net
Maybe my expression wasn't right this time, no matter.

I have something in my mind that can't formulate good enough.

It is good that you disagree. I hope it goes further than just disagree.

When you have a friend, you must put a mask in front of you to interact with him.
Whenever you talk with your superior, you most likely will put on mask on you.
Whenever you have to talk with business partners, most cases, the mask.
When you have a wife, many times, you will have to pull up the mask.
Police, neighbors....

These rare times, when we talk in this chat box and I do not know you, nor I see you, I do not need a mask.

Rude people, they do have my respect, most of the times, they do not have a mask.

It was more or less about, living in system where only recognizable way of expressing yourself is doing what you are told.

Have a nice day!
The reference is presumably to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_rem_jurisdiction
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charging for support, or donations are two other options that I can think of
The matter of detention in a psychiatric ward is a separate issue. In general it is a good thing since defendants in need of treatment get treatment instead of punishment. It is not intended as indefinite detention but requires regular reexamination. There's a problem with the examination though: There is little incentive to release a patient as "now safe", since the public outcry would be massive if the patient committed another crime afterwards.

The Mollath case is contested. It may very well be possible that he is guilty, but not crazy or crazy, but not guilty. The problems found in this case are very symptomatic of the bavaria/baden-württemberg courts. One reason is that the appeals court for that region is unlikely to actually accept an appeal.
Probably because of the DPI settings for your screen/desktop.

Win7 defaulted to large DPI for me because of the pixel size and when I opened IE8 it was at 125%, too. After changing the DPI setting of the desktop it was 100%.

Of course I don't use IE regularly.
Would love some honest feedback, especially things we can do better or haven't thought about yet.
How is this better than a life sentence? I think it's kind of disingenuous to pass this off as a "Well they're staying true to their morals!" if the end effect is that this guy spends his entire life in prison, with no chance of getting out in 20-30 years.
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> Still Apple prices in the EU are the same everywhere just as in the US, i always wondered how they manage to accomplish that

If I had to guess I would say near zero margins and fixed payments for each store with display areas meeting display requirements for design, size, placement in store, network connectivity, device set up, trained demonstrator availability, product ranging and possibly even store location. The rest would come from accessory sales. You can get away with a lot of terms when customers come into shops looking for an iPad or Macbook rather than just a tablet or a computer. I imagine there may be minimum sales numbers to get the fixed payments but that the profit would come from the fixed payments and the accessories rather than any margin on the devices themselves.
Charge for support
Charge for specific features
Make a Pro version
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The Reddit AMA is here - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10tyhf/i_am_a_multimil...

Even though he did supply proof to the mods there was some doubt on his authenticity - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10uy0x/the_answers_in_...
Apple uses a fantastic array of social psychology when pricing their products. You may have noticed a few more:

Price Anchoring

At most of their keynotes when they release a new product, they often anchor the minds of the press and buyers. Apple do this by showing a price of £X00 and then saying it's actually much less than that. Look at the transcript of the iPad release:
"If you listen to the pundits, we’re going to price it at under $1000, which is code for $999. Up on the screen comes a huge $999 price. Then: "I am thrilled to announce to you that the iPad pricing starts not at $999....but at just $499."
The much cheaper price now feels like a bargain. It's an excellent sales technique in action.

Decoy Effect

Similarly, when showing the pricing metric for the iPad, Apple went with showing all the price dimensions together. This highlighted two things: 1) the highest price of the WiFi+3G 64GB model; 2) more importantly, the relatively bargain-worthy price of the entry level model.

Value Based Pricing / Emotional Benefits

Apple's marketing is mostly excellent. They rarely show the features of the product and more often focus on the emotional benefits of using their products. The famous example is of course using their iPad showing how grandparents can have a video chat with their children and grandchildren.

Bandwagon / Social Proof

Apple's branding and unique design is perfect for social proof. When you use an Apple product, it's fairly obvious that it's an Apple product. Therefore when potential buyers see this, they think: "All these other people are buying an Apple X, I should get one. They must be very good as so many people can't be wrong".

The Nibble

Similar to warranties, apple care and other 'add-ons', Apple have employed the wonderful 'Nibble Technique'. Once you've paid for a high price item such as an iPad, a relatively low priced item seems inconsequential. That's why tailors get you to purchase a suit before offering you a tie to go with it. Apple use this technique at the checkout process offering you accessories such as an iPad Smart Cover or an iPhone case. These tend to be low cost items with very high margins - they seem cheap to you, the buyer, as you've just spent so much on the something else. These add-ons can significantly increase sales and more importantly profits.
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The technical interview is not a quiz that you should pass with some tricks. Because than you might find you will have a job you can't do. Practice your memory if you can't remember things but usually questions in interviews are not something you must remember but you should solve with reasoning and obviously skills.
To reinforce your point, following the herd is not an excuse.

To take the most extreme example of this. The Germans have a word, Schreibtischtäter, which roughly means 'desk based murderer'. It was coined during the period when former NAZI officials were being tried for their part in the holocaust. As I understand it, it was used not only for people who literally signed death warrants, but also for people who did things like arranging the logistics of transporting people to the death camps. The relevance of this being that the wide scale systematic nature of the atrocity could only work if all these secondary people were complicit in it.

The wide scale systematic corruption of justice that is plea bargaining only happens because most prosecutors are complicit. While it is not genocide, it is, in effect, denying a lot of people the right to a fair trial, which is one of the founding principals of any modern society.
Just wanted to point out that OS X has a thread affinity API, https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Perfor... in case anyone actually needed it.
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Thanks. I was really struggling to find the link! The comment that verifies his profession can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10tyhf/i_am_a_multimil...
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I agree with you, but even in 2009, web developers had to worry about IE6. It had enough of a market share, because so much of web browsing is at-work by people who either aren't allowed or don't know to install a better browser.
> Still Apple prices in the EU are the same everywhere just as in the US, i always wondered how they manage to accomplish that

Retailers occasionally sell Apple products under RRP here.
Glenn Greenwald article on Swartz has 12k shares on Fbk, is it getting viral?
Actually they have figured out how to evaluate teachers based on statistical models based on their repeatability of success. Finding a 'great' teacher is much more than finding the top rated teacher in my opinion. What qualities makes such a teacher good is a totally different matter. The latter was what I was hoping to find.
Yes. Noether theorem is truly a beautiful piece of insight. I also remember fondly spontaneous symmetry breaking [0] as the key mechanism behind phase transitions.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_symmetry_breaking
What do you mean by "twice as much experience"? Does it makes you twice as productive? or just twice as much "time"?

If you are more productive, you can try to get more- but take into consideration:

1. You should have hard evidences that you are more productive- developers tend to think that they are better/have more experience then others at their level.

2. You should know your market value outside of the company and act according to that, not just your co-workers salary.
I, like many, hope the MET project yields fruit.

However, see this post for a strong critique of one of the key claims of the MET study:

http://garyrubinstein.teachforus.org/2013/01/09/the-50-milli...

Namely, in the scatterplot correlating predicted effectiveness and actual effectiveness, they pooled teachers into 5% groups. This naturally reduces the variance, yielding a much straighter line of points than would an ordinary scatter plot. This is not, to my knowledge, an accepted or ordinary technique.
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Paul Haggis's New Yorker essay on Scientology
It wasn't ever exposed in the first page of the Guardian, or maybe in the first hours, but last 2 days it wasn't there. Still, it got few times more shares than any other article on Guardian about Swartz, even though other ones were exposed in the first page for a much longer period. Is it because it is getting re-shared over Facebook?
A couple of years ago they actually started a one year COBOL/Mainframe education program here in Stockholm. Mostly backed by banks and insurance companies and from what I have heard many of the people that have applied and graduated have been quite young (for example I read an interview with someone straight out of high school who was about to graduate).
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I can't say whether the findings are correct or not, but I like this:

>> The teachers who seemed to be effective were, in fact, able to repeat those successes with different students in different years, the researchers found. Their students not only scored well on standardized exams but also were able to handle more complicated tests of their conceptual math knowledge and reading and writing abilities.

To everyone who keeps saying "standardized tests are bad", please cut it out. A particular code benchmark may be useless, but benchmarking overall is good. Existing standardized tests may be bad, but in general, having some way to make objective measurements and adjust accordingly is the basis of all human improvement.

And yes, we should reward good performance, if we can determine what good performance is. How else do you expect to get more of it? It is incredibly difficult to make incentives that actually do what you want rather than encourage gaming of the system, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

In short, let's stop debating whether we should measure and incentivize, and start debating how.
That's it, exactly. Makes me wonder they didn't notice.

The screenshot also shows a larger font size than usual on 100 % size (which was 96 dpi, iirc).
Because not many people think microoptimisations are cool.
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"dated Jan 14, 2013. Weirdly uncritical, simple praise for a book on Scientology"

Jeffrey Goldberg posted that in response to or in protest of the advertorial.
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I don't hate this practice, it prevents a lot of the hyperbolic editorializing you see elsewhere on the web.
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A quick look at worldwide smartphone penetration
Remember the time when you simply hated the thought of having a big mobile phone? Some of us used to call them „bricks“. It’s funny how quickly people forget. Simply offer them an array of features and they forget ever complaining about those requirements in the past.
"We’ve figured out what makes a good teacher" They've figured out that a "good" teacher can repeat the process of success (whatever this is), there is no information how he made it. The headline is slightly misleading.
I don't see what's bad about this - people want a platform with apps. If the platform is the most advanced and user friendly - but there aren't any apps for it - it will fail.

Everyone does this in one way or another. For example Microsoft's push in universities and all those hackatons and competitions which result with students filling the app store. There are a lot of app competitions for Android as well - though they are organized by manufacturers (e.g. Samsung) or by mobile operators.
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I'm not sure that the argument is even that existing standardized tests are bad so much as that they are given too much priority. They should not be the only or primary means by which teachers, students, districts, etc are benchmarked (and in turn, rewarded or disciplined). "Teaching the test" is the problem, not necessarily the tests themselves.
Then you've utterly misunderstood me. I'm saying that there is no electioneering between elections, only in the immediate lead-up to one - it's pretty quiet here in the intervening years.
Using test scores in order to judge the quality of a teacher is like using brush strokes in order to measure the quality of a painter.
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Ubuntu is my wife. Windows 7 is my mistress.
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My son's home from school when I see this. We try out a few examples, starting with those in the videos. Then we do a few more...and then we do: 13 x 23. I'm obviously missing something hidden in this method, as our result, 416...fail ;(
> On the other hand, procedures are such that trials are dispatched quickly at reasonable cost. There is virtually no room for the procedural/technical shenanigans that drag out litigation in the US and make it so expensive.

That's the key issue. If legal costs weren't so high, they could try to achieve actual justice. Also, if it weren't so dragged out, people could get back to their lives more quickly. Even if someone did commit a misdemeanor, why should they have to spend 5 years with it hanging over them, not knowing what the verdict will be?
This is what I see at www.digitalocean.com:

The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable.
Please try again later.

Then I got a redirect loop. :(
Exactly.

Personally, I find the default Rails stack is completely fine for everything I need. I'd not even heard of half of these options in the "alternative stacks" in TFA and the comments here until today. OK, I'd heard of HAML and the other unit testing frameworks, but that's it.

I don't think there's really a big issue here. People could just as easily get distracted by all the different npms in node.js, or the different technologies in the enterprise Java world.
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The article fails to explain why the base MacBook Airs are (shockingly) fairly-priced.
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