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http://opengameart.org/ seems to be a neat effort to provide that kind of public domain art.

Don Miguel's translations of RM95 and 2k are an interesting note for sure. They helped create and grow a market that the developers of RPG Maker now successfully sell to via Steam and other audiences with the latest versions of their product, and I'm sure the developers didn't have the resources to target that market at the time. Regardless, they were still illegal...

I'm really glad that community existed, either way. It was a pleasure to get to know some of the more brilliant developers and see them move onto bigger and better things. A Blurred Line's developer was snapped up by Turbine to work on games like LOTRO - hard work well rewarded, in my opinion, since he built a ton of really well-crafted, interesting games. I look back on the year or two I spent helping run rpgmaker.net pretty fondly, even if they were a harsh introduction to the real nature of the internet (remember eFront?)
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I meant like a 123 (or even Visicalc) clone that would run in a terminal. It seems like such a basic thing that has existed on PCs for so long (in fact even predates the IBM PC) so why did it have to wait for Staroffice/Sun to make a GUI version? And there still is no decent text mode spreadsheet that can run over SSH. Even a 1:1 123 clone would be perfectly functional.
>Taking someone to small claims court over state lines is exceedingly difficult, let alone in another country.

Taking someone to small claims court over state lines is not difficult at all. You simply serve the suit by certified mail. However, collecting on the suit, once you win a default judgment, can be difficult.
> I do like the game :)

D'oh! You win. (Not in the game mentioned above, either. I'm willing to be shown as a bit of a tires noob, so long as you're not painting me as a rube who forgot grade school geometry. EDIT: Never bought aftermarket rims in my life!)

In any case, this is enough to explain a 7 or 8% difference in the apparent direction the logs show?
You too!

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Plot%5BSqrt%5BCos%5Bx%5...
like this for example...

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Lock-Adjustable-Camouflage-8418...

Probably those companies with products with Python in its name will be interested in this. You could contact them
There have been a few related questions recently, so in lieu of actually writing out a really long answer to yours, I'll just post the links to the other ones, as some of the answers (my answer anyway) would be very similar.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5161818

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5162707

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5183697

Also, how do LLCs accept investment funding? Is there anything required in an LLC's articles/operating agreement for this?

It's covered in the "How to start an LLC" books. But the tl/dr; from a startup perspective is this: If you want to grow to be a big company, and/or if you expect to take institutional capital, don't organize as an LLC, organize as a traditional C corp. This is because A. LLC's have a limit to the number of owners, and B. VC's won't, as a rule, invest in an LLC. There are detailed technical reasons to explain why this is, but I'm not qualified to explain them, I'm just aware they exist.

That said, you can start out as an LLC and then reorganize as a C corp later if needed. Whether or not that makes sense for you depends on way to many factors to explain here, and, again, I'm not really qualified. "Talk to a lawyer".

How do you negotiate investment contracts fairly?

There's a fair amount of baseline knowledge that you need to have, if you're going to take outside money, related to valuations, standard term-sheet terms, etc., etc. It's not really something that is easy to put into a ready-to-digest capsule. There are some good Quora questions with pointers to info about term-sheets, and a lot of info about funding, VC, term-sheets, etc. can be found at http://venturehacks.com/

Also check out the blogs of some of the well known angels and / or VCs who blog: Dave McClure, Fred Wilson, etc.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/truebridge/2013/01/30/vc-blogs-y...

This video might be useful: http://danielodio.com/how-to-hack-your-funding-by-naval-ravi...

Did I mention, "ask a lawyer"? Also, seek out mentors, preferably experienced entrepreneurs who have done this stuff before, and pick their brains. If you have VCs operating in your area, connect with them well before you plan to raise money, and just get to know them. Many VC firms do various "meet and greet" type events, where people can come in, meet them, ask questions, etc. I suggest taking advantage of those opportunities.
It's even a little worse than loading the whole page. Quora has some sort of poorly implemented background process constantly polling the server for updates. Look at the page load indicator -- it never stops. This drains battery like hell, even if you just have a quora tab open in the background. For a page that can't even be updated.
You haven't made a point.

If your intended point was to prevent the tyranny of the majority, then your focus on the electoral college is sadly misplaced.

Edit: Here's the kicker. I ran for statewide office. Last minute ballot filler. (I was pissed the incumbent was unopposed.) In the limited time with limited resources, I tried to visit every legislative district and every county. I was greeted and vetted like a rock star. It was fun as hell. My family were farmers and I love the country. It was like coming home.

You know what? I was the only state wide candidate who did this. Because I had no chance of winning, nothing to lose, and could do and say whatever I wanted. If I had any prospects, I wouldn't have had the luxury of touring my state.

So whatever your grievances, I don't care. I want to end world hunger and ice cream for every kid on Tuesdays. Big deal.

If you want your vote to matter, you should probably do something to empower yourself. Or just wait for the return of farming, when every one will be courting your communities again, like they did back in my grandfather's day.

Or you could continue to belly ache about how all the big bad politicians ignore you.

Either way: Please, continue.
If everyone's excuse for doing evil things is "it's just a job," "not my department," or "above my pay grade," then those evil things will continue. Everyone is responsible to make an ethical decision with regard to the jobs they will accept, and the assertion from the HN posters to which you refer appears to be that those taking a TSA job have made a questionable ethical decision in doing so.

As for why it's on HN, many here have dealt with being treated like an outsider or an inferior, and have a heightened awareness of such issues. There's a long tradition of geeks taking up non-geek causes because they would want the same (that is, non-geeks taking up geek causes).
"this narrative" refers to the post I was replying to.
Shouldn't that be "ensure" rather than "insure"? You would expect better English, especially on the integrity guidelines page, from a highly regarded news publication like the New York Times.
My bet is that John M. Broder made a call to James Bennet (the third person Broder ever followed on Twitter. They have published many things together. e.g. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/13/us/president-s-acquittal-w...), who is the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic.

James hasn't tweeted since February 8th, but retweeted John Broder today about 9 hours ago (screenshotted for posterity in case someone following up to blog about this wants it later)
https://twitter.com/JBennet

This now calls in question the integrity of James Bennet and Rebecca Greenfield. I haven't been able to determine a link between Rebecca and James other than that of subordinate. She's been at the Atlandic since July 2010 and he's been at the Atlantic since 2006.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43905376
https://www.facebook.com/pages/James-Bennet/112357645448306

I tried finding the Facebook profiles for these three people to confirm connections, but it doesn't look like their profiles are publicly discoverable.

Any journalists care to take on a story of examining the relationships within the third estate here? There's probably a story.
'turning it only on for X' is the same philosophy as having a back door in your software. "Oh, don't worry, only we will use it, and only for legitimate reasons. Trust us!"
You're saying Reddit gets USD instantly? I guess coin base is the one taking the risk? Maybe I am misunderstanding.
Absurdly intelligent and well-informed crypto people have screwed up CTR mode before.
Let's break this down.

Got it.

You've learned a lesson, but what lesson did you learn?

If the question is about how clear it is to users, then yes that's important and something that we've adjusted along the way.

You've indicated that how clear it is to users is important, but you haven't indicated whether your preference is that it be clear or unclear to users.

Your actions right now suggest that you think it is important to not be clear. If you want to be clear, you should start using the widely understood and honest word "advertising" instead of a euphemism of your own making.

We're going to continue making changes as we learn from feedback.

Again you don't suggest directionality to your changes.

Will they be changes that we like? For example will you, as responsible marketers should, make this opt-in instead of opt-out? It is fine to make people choose between opting in or paying a modest fee or losing their comment feature. It is fine to have the "you need to make a decision" show up in bold for the admin (and for admin only) when they are on the page. But opt-out with emails that are likely to go to spam informing people of this in opaque language is not fine.
"time bomb and genuine advantage or how microsoft is selling Office at staples nowadays is not!"
What do you mean?
There's an old saying that you shouldn't argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.

It's still broadly true. Regardless of the dwindling influence of newspapers, arguing with the NYT doesn't sell cars but it does generate clicks for the paper.

Tesla can best refute the claims in the article by building great cars. A car review is not a story with legs, a fight between a genius billionaire and the worlds most respected newspaper has juice, and only compounds interest in a highly negative article for Tesla.
Um, it can. I work in a lab that is 3D printing live mammalian cells to build living tissues.
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"This project is meant as a tribute to the original game by Jordan Mechner, which was my first introduction to computers."

(Perhaps it was added after your comment, not sure.)
The split is urban vs suburban, not urban vs rural.

Imagine a replay of 2012 without the electoral college. Obama would still hit the urbans and some of the progressive rich enclaves. Romney would hit all the suburban, Wall St. and yacht clubs.

No one would bother with the rurals except for some photo ops. Same as before.
I'm booked for a tour in April and had no idea it was scheduled to be shut down. What a stroke of luck! Here's hoping we get a more in-depth look than we would have during normal operation.
Readability seems to require a login and an account, etc. There is one that you can just paste the URL and it displays it with different CSS and formatting. I should have bookmarked it.
Unfortunately I think Musk has over-reacted and truly done more damage to Telsa/the electric car 'movement' in general the more this has gone on. It's actually really upsetting to see something like this spiral so ridiculously out of control because it's a fantastic car, and Musk is admirable person. But before you make inflammatory claims one would hope a serious investigation would occur. Unfortunately it appears that Musk took over the company 'megaphone' and got emotional, perhaps driven by ego? I don't get it, honestly esp. after the poorly handled Top Gear incident, they apparently learned nothing.

At first I was 100% behind Musk, esp. when I heard they had data to back up their claims; but now, honestly I don't know what he was thinking, or what Telsa as a company was thinking letting emotions take control of the situation.

In the future I think Telsa would be well served by imposing a 72 hour minimum media silence while they do their investigation into the matter, and for F-sake keep Musk off Twitter/everything.

I'm still huge fan of Musk, I hope this can be turned into a positive for Telsa somehow.
Do you have a reference for that? I ask because while I can imagine there are limits the kinds of things I've not seen one for Tesla's battery packs. I see that typical LiOn type batteries have a 'one month at -20C (-4F)' sort of limit, car batteries are typically better than that, good to -40F or so.

Edit: This article http://electronicdesign.com/power/operating-conditions-get-t... says "permanent damage at -50 degrees C" which is way colder than the lower 48. It's a good thought though, and I'm sure if you were connected to the wall at night the car would heat the batteries to an optimal temperature. Just not sure why it might do that without power available.
The major WTF moment for me was this:

> I was given battery-conservation advice at that time (turn off the cruise control; alternately slow down and speed up to take advantage of regenerative braking)

Someone failed at basic thermodynamics. Converting electricity to mechanical and back to electricity causes a terrible loss in power.
"What it will do is favor states that aren't swing states."

I think I said that. That's not the only thing it does. When it comes to Texas there's the idea that they might get a bigger share of the ad cash but this is in conflict with generally worse chances for the GOP candidates.

A better idea for a red state looking for ad cash would be to team up with one or more blue states of similar total size and move to an honest proportional EV system. The cash wouldn't be diluted as much either (at least initially).

By 'honest' I mean not the sorts of hijinks the GOP is trying out in VA (and elsewhere) where Obama would win the state vote and lose 2/3 of the electors. The problem there again is sooner or later some state get's kingmaker power by changing back to plurality = all evs.
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Useless is a loaded word. Too bad.
The app actually crashes each time I try to open it. You're very right, this is a terrible beta version.
And perhaps more on point:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Counterculture-Pers...
My anecdotal evidence, from probably about as much experience as that of the rest presented here, is that (midwestern US) farmers "manage their business" by working hard and being in debt until they decide to retire and sell their farm equipment to get out of debt far enough to fund said retirement...

...or selling to a conglomerate, said conglomerate being the only consistently viable target for "hi we're revolutionary" software like this.
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Uh, that was said by Broder in one of his previous articles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/sunday-review/the-electric...
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Moreover it draw attention the problem, it is now a controversial car instead of a car with charge limitations.
If only there was some sort of a company that could try to collect on unpaid bills in exchange for a fee...
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Okay, so you extrapolate a gloomy future from a snapshot of the tech? I remember dozens of such articles from the early days of the web.

Subtractive processes have advantages? It's pretty obvious that at some point these devices will be able to run additive and subtractive process in whatever sequence you like.

This stuff is so complex that only a few currently understand robust design? All the better to hatch a million designers in garages all over the world.
Michael Carter here from Game Closure, I'd like to clear up some of the licensing questions.

For background, before GC I founded a non-profit that helped open source projects deal with licensing issues, CLAs, and IP around software in general. I've been involved in 3-4 large OSS projects, and I've spoken at OSCON and Pycon multiple times. I very strongly believe in the GPL, though we also wanted to let businesses use GC DevKit for commercial use under the most friendly possible terms.

Our goal is to promote GC DevKit and ensure that 3rd party bugfixes on the commercial and GPL licenses both end up in the same code base.

(1) You can use this under the GPL, no strings attached. (2) We wanted to further allow you to create commercial products, so we ADDITIONALLY offer an incredibly developer-friendly license (GCFL)

* You can release paid games on iOS or android (Note below, we should add web at some point)

* You don't pay us money, it's FREE.

* If you improve the engine, you must contribute it back to our main GPL version.

* You need to show our splash screen and let us mention your game to promote our platform.

Also, yes, we probably should allow web games under the GCFL (But you can still do it with the GPL.) We just haven't made Desktop Web a priority so we disallowed it in the license. This could easily change if enough people are interested.
Are Tesla's customers all Tesla engineers? If not reproducing the run with a Tesla engineer is pointless.
I assume it has to be enabled with physical access to the vehicle, though I don't know this for certain. If they can turn it on remotely, then yeah, that's definitely bad.
Funny to find Knoxvillains here. I've looked once or twice for Coursera meet-ups and concluded that K-town was a bit of a tech desert. (Curiously, several pagan/witch meetups are available.)
I sure hope Tesla has a Genius Bar in the pipeline.
For anybody craving an original HTML5 adventure game with more than one level, I made one called Subbania and posted it here a while back: http://ektomarch.com/games/SubFinal/Subbania/SubbaniaCombo.h...

I updated it a couple weeks ago and (hopefully) fixed many of the Firefox compatibility issues that plagued my initial launch back in October. It might take a while to load, but once the music is playing and the film strips are scrolling, it should be ready.
Its also not very impressive, if he were 14 this would be good.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

You know, i like a conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but this seems like a genuine series of errors, intentional or not, who knows.

But, let me play a separate angle to this, which is that when I read this article, I immediately flash-backed to all the tech support calls i'd had with relatives where each of us made some mistake or made some assumption given the facts at hand. "turn down the brightness, stop using the cd drive, turn off bluetooth, limit wifi usage, oh, wait, it's plugged in? ummm... time for a new power supply then!"

I don't know why we should expect the 'average consumer' to have deep insight into the workings of batteries or electric car technology. This stuff remains new and I think the point to be gained from this article is that it's still not totally obvious what causes some failures and not others. It'd be one thing if this guy really tore into Tesla, but he seems ambivalent more than anything else.

And reading that is basically the same reaction i get from my mom about my iphone: it's nice, but it's confusing to me and i still make mistakes each time i use it—nice, but not for me.

All our tech makes some assumptions about what you know and the effort you're willing to expend to get something to work. I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to step back and say "hey, something didn't work out and maybe that's a failure of the interface or our messaging or something" rather than jumping to claims of journalistic fabrication and oil conspiracies.
Not bad! I'm after an espresso machine myself in Sydney. Never thought of looking for ex-commercial stuff.
Thank you for making my point even better than I would.
The average customer is probably not going to be following this.

I wonder about that. I mean, if you are a Tesla customer (or a would-be Tesla customer), I reckon this story has come across your radar, given the sort of online media coverage. Certainly, the average customer may not read Musk's blog, but again, given that this story has been picked up by quite a few outlets on the web, I bet customers are reading it.
rm -rvf `find ...` ? Oh, please, no.

Think about spaces in paths (and worse).
Or maybe he did report what the speedometer showed, and the calibration is off.
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I see your point, but this is more of a tech demo than a game, unless you like running down an endless corridor.
I can say from experience that a blank website is very effective in getting a stubborn client to pay. Defacing them is probably taking it too far though, and I don't see how it could be more effective.
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Really?

Maybe I am just old and remember using manual typewriters, line printers, dot matrix. Now when I get amazingly crisp nearly instant typeset output from just about everything in seconds I am still amazed.
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Gmane was not around first. Google Groups started almost a year before the gmane.org domain was even registered, and it was built upon the purchase of the DejaNews archives, which itself began in the mid-90s.
Sounds good. Tell ya what, since this seems to be a 2 person conversation, and since HN isn't maybe meant for extended 1 on 1 conversations, how about we take this to email? My email is fogbeam@gmail.com
If that is that case, Musk would have known about his alleged "agenda" before handing over the keys for the review and could have acted accordingly. But he didn't.
Madtown here. Any others? I wouldn't mind grabbing a beer with some fellow HNers some time (I can bring two of us).
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A Tesla gets between 3.5 and 4.0 miles per kWh[1] at 55mph. That means in an hour they'll use 13.75 to 15.62 kWh.

[1] Doing math for range / capacity at http://www.teslamotors.com/models/options
Hah - someone in the first HN discussion about this was complaining that it was unfair to complain about the Model S becoming less efficient at low temperatures because ICE cars did too, and as I recall his definition of low temperatures was -50C.
You are 100% right. I think we (readers of HN) are the wrong demographic for any company to be profitable. We are "everything should be free because we are cool" demographic. Do we like Oracle Database? No - because it is not cool (even if all our money and investment is managed using that evil database). Do we like Mongo? No - because it is not PostgreSQL. Do we like Facebook? Hell no - they are evil. Do we like Google? Not really - even they are a lot people from Google here. And so on...

And, I have to admin: I'm the same demographic and really hate what Quora is doing but nobody outside Silly Valley really cares.
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why, oh why no more 17"? I hate dinky little screens when developing. :(
>>>I think the most concerning part of this is hiding it from site owners when they're logged in.

I use the free WordPress.com. They don't show me the ads they place on my site if I'm logged in.
That is a possibility too. On a mass-produced car, I'd evaluate this as pretty low probability, since setting speedometer for the actual car specs is a basic expectation and if any company would let wrongly calibrated cars out of their factory it would be a huge liability issue and a very loud scandal. However, if custom modifications were made to the car, it is not out of the question, theoretically. But then the effect of the smaller tires should be the opposite, not? I.e. with smaller tires the speedometer should overestimate the speed, not underestimate?