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No (though it will in fact do layout in parallel with JS execution by time-slicing its JS, last I checked, unlike other UAs).

My point is that it's bad if all browsers switch to WebKit and web sites absolutely require WebKit to work correctly, which is what the parent of my comment was suggesting should happen. This point is somewhat independent of what happens with Presto per se.
You have your views on life and I respect them. You may enjoy spending hours everyday preparing your food, and hours eating it - why not.

But personally, I don't. Just like you, I have my own views, which I enjoy enough to openly share them, in full honesty.

For me food is a nuisance that I want to take as little time as possible (preparation + consumption). I enjoy spending my time on different things.

The original blog post might be questionable (the iron thing - I can't imagine how he might have missed that!) and light on details. It could also be a hoax.

But for the one time I find someone who shares my views, as opposed to the prevalent "food is the most important thing in life - food is sacred - spend all your time on it", I want to know more about his approach, to find mistakes, correct them, and experiment.

Who knows, maybe more people think the same secretly? Maybe some day it will be the most prevalent view on food?

I was somehow expecting some negative replies, but not something just ad hominem like this, and devoid of content. Still, I wanted to share my current approach, in the hope others could find it interesting as a baseline to experiment upon, and also to get their own (hopefully someone else is also trying to optimize the food problem on time + health constraints)

So relax, I'm experimenting my own regimen on myself, and you're free to disagree.
Synchronous File I/O with async Network I/O.
Amazing how communities that railed against monolithic implementations and stagnation in the past are perfectly happy with it when it's "their team" that's becoming the monolith.
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Sometimes old tech is the best tech
You are correct!

http://fiverr.com/gigs/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=favic...

Case closed :)
In fact, that's almost certainly what it is.

They see in 2003 they had a return that owed some money, and no return in 2004, so they assume that the same taxes are due from 2003. Then they do it again in 2005...

This is what happens when your state doesn't have official move-out procedures, etc. They don't know, and they don't mail you until 15 months after you move, so your mail is no longer forwarded, and they make no attempt to contact you a lot of the time.
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How is it that the end consumers are being hit with a lawsuit that resulted from their equipment manufacture not being properly licensed? Is it my responsibility to vet that every piece of consumer electronics was properly licensed for the technologies that they use?
That is good advice for anyone who cares about the quality of popular non-fiction.
Nothing. My first thought was "what if Google writes their own operating system based on Go?".

It may sound silly but some are already hacking around this idea, as we can see in this thread [0].

* https://codereview.appspot.com/3996047/

* http://gofy.cat-v.org/

So, why not?

[0] https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/golang-n...
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I really liked the sound of Crashlytics. Then Twitter bought it. Now it's free. I don't trust Twitter and I don't trust free, so I'm less likely to use this.

If I don't understand why something is free, I grow suspicious. I want to know how a company plans to make money before I sign up for its services.
$3million? They should go with http://www.makeplans.net instead: starting at $10/month :)
It was nice knowing gdgt. My condolences.
There is a standard technique in functional programming called 'defunctionalization'[1] which replaces functions with a data structure that can be poked or prodded or examined. It's usually implemented as a compilation technique, but can be done manually, as in Olivier Danvy's system for transforming an interpreter for a language into an abstract machine for the same language. What you are doing is, in effect, 'nominalizing' your verbs, to use Yegge's terminology. ([1] also acknowledges that it is inverse to the Church encoding of data structures, which 'verbifies' your nouns.)

[1]: http://www.kennknowles.com/blog/2008/05/24/what-is-defunctio...
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It is true that there is some being, or noun, that is implicitly taking out the garbage in his example. I think the important thing to note is that we can happily describe the process of taking out the garbage without mentioning who does it.

If we step back and look at it in terms of programming the principle here is that an Object Oriented insistence on defining and instantiating a doer for every action is unnecessary clutter.

When a programming paradigm makes people insist that 'everything is an object' or more alternatively 'static methods are terrible' we have strayed from simply finding ways to directly describe what we want a computer to do. We are instead forced into being object oriented.

The example nursery rhymes are a fantastic example of what this culture leads to. That is my daily life and it can be a horror.

I don't think that Steve Yegge would claim that objects are bad, but it is a very effective parody of modern Java programming (perhaps C++ and others but I don't do any of that).

I feel his essay is an excellent rebuttal to the complaint that a piece of code is 'not very object oriented' in some corners of the programming world objects have become and end in themselves. Steve is humorously pointing out that there are alternatives.
Stripe checkout button only sends a charge token to a backend that you have to write. A backend that needs to trigger the actual charge and everything that goes along with that, like generating emails and receipts.

Forge takes care of all of that so you don't have to worry about it.
Most of the features of modern browsers, which we take for granted, are actually inventions of Opera: http://www.opera.com/portal/15/years/
I think you might be confusing beauty with design.

The HN favicon is not beautiful at all. It's not "good-looking". But when I look at 20 tabs open, you can instantly tell at a glance which ones are Hacker News -- or in a list of bookmarks. That's good design. It's working.

A bad favicon, on the other hand, is reddit's [1], for example. It tries to cram the whole reddit "head" into a 16x16 space, with a small white head against a light blue background (too little contrast, especially against a light-gray tab), with thin black lines. Glancing at it in a list of tabs or bookmarks, it doesn't stand out at all (due to bad "background-y" color choices), and isn't easily recognizable at all (too much detail, no obvious clear central element).

[1] http://reddit.com
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It's not just a scheduling, there are a bunch of legacy systems you have to integrate with. And of course it's health data, so there are more requirements.

Anyone want to burn three months on an unpaid spec? :)
I work at a startup in Santa Barbara and I will sometimes take an extra 30 minutes to an hour at lunch in order to make sure I get a good hour long surf session in. I would say my productivity is definitely higher both before and after the surf session. Not sure if it's to make up for lost time or I am actually getting more done because I am happier.. but it definitely doesn't hurt productivity.
also, their mini browser directs stuff through their servers.. which means it's very possible for them to have a pretty accurate view of how many users they have.
Wouldn't he have to at least imply a party for it to be partisan?
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It also mentioned that they had staff on hand to help calm someone down if they started to have a bad reaction.
I'm fascinated with this whole Lehrer affair, not sure why.

I think the problem with Lehrer and esp. his last book is that what he had to say was not very interesting, novel, or enlightening, EVEN with the help of fabricated quotes to backup his claims. That is, if the quotes/anecdotes had been true, it would not have been a better book.

There was a fantastic (very critical and negative) article about this book that came out before the scandal; the scandal obscured those issues. (Can't remember the author or website but will try to look it up later!)

This article pointed out that the whole thesis of Lehrer (and his many predecessors and followers in the self-help department) is circular: it simply tries to define success as, well, success.

What's more, I believe people who are outraged with Lehrer "lies" are a little delusional.

There isn't a world of difference between picking and choosing (true) anecdotes in support of a specific thesis, and outright making them up.

Actual honesty would be to report all facts (which may be impossible) and pay special attention to those who may contradict what you are trying to say (the scientific approach).

But in the land of Gladwell there are no liars.
Google Play privacy slip-up sends app buyers' personal details to developers
You couldn't monetize it yet you can spare $200/month?
Yeah, it's great feedback. Noted. I'll start exploring this soon.
Two part response:

"It's stupid to have to do that." - yes it is. However, as the author points out, states are broke, so they do everything they can to maximize revenues. (California is horrible at this, they twiddled two of the digits in my social security number and the first I heard about it was a tax lien filed against my house, really sad.) For a long time not filing a tax return effectively deferred your tax liability until you did. They aren't willing to wait that long any more.

"As for the guy in the article, there isn't something quite right." - Of course not, tax stories like this are always more nuanced than the 'victim's point of view. Combined with the common practice of "interpreting" the statutes to mean one thing or another, its what keeps tax attorneys gainfully employed.

Of the latter my favorite is the "home business" or "hobby" interpretation. Your home business of shipping coal to New Castle may be losing money year after year, but the IRS doesn't technically get to call it a hobby, even if there is no evidence to believe it will ever make any money. People abuse that "loop hole" all the time, it is an opinion of whether or not its a "business" and the IRS isn't technically allowed to make judgements along whether it is or isn't. That doesn't stop them from trying to intimidate people though.
It is racketeering. The only catch here is that the broken legal system made this racket hardly challengeable through courts and allowed such racket to exist to begin with. The fact that the legal system has too many holes doesn't make racket a non racket.
What the hell book was it for? Why can't I find this most basic information?
Maintaining a fake religious persona in the US
Defense Nerds Strike Back: A Symposium on the Battle of Hoth
IPhone 5 ranked fifth in user satisfaction, behind four Android powered devices
If you are interested in this question, I recommend listening to the following recording of a talk given by Alicia Danforth, research assistant to Dr. Charles Grob (who ran the psilocybin research study mentioned in this article).[1] She goes in to quite a lot of detail as to exactly how they conducted their study, and what measures they took to help prevent bad trips.

As supplementary reading, see the Erowid page on Dr. Charles Grob,[2] a book called The Secret Chief Revealed by Myron J. Stolaroff (about a famous psychedelic therapist),[3] and The Psychedelic Experience FAQ.[4] The book and FAQ have lots of great suggestions for having positive, constructive trips.

One of the key things you can do to increase the odds of having a good trip is having a trusted, experienced guide or sitter. To that end, I recommend the following sitter guidelines: [5][6][7][8]

[1] - http://www.matrixmasters.net/archive/Playalogues/131-Danfort...

[2] - https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/grob_charles/grob_...

[3] - http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Chief-Revealed-Myron-Stolaroff/...

[4] - https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/faqs/psychedelic_experi...

[5] - http://csp.org/nicholas/A59.html

[6] - https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/guides/guides_article2....

[7] - http://www.maps.org/gateway/%5B55%5D181-197.html

[8] - http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v09n1/09124mar.html
There's an ambiguity in your comment. You set up "more likely to believe Lehrer now", and then in the second paragraph go on to say:

"On the other hand, I'm less likely [to believe Lehrer now] because he's a shameful liar, and I don't want to contribute to his livelihood as a liar. I mean, if he was a barrista I'd give him a tip, but it's hard to lie about a latte."

It strikes me that the part I have italicised is an entirely separate point, disconnected from the "two hands" you had established.

I point this out in such a pedantic way because I think this separate point about not wanting to contribute to the livelihood of a liar is a particularly interesting (moral) one which could be elaborated on. Also, I found your barista analogy entertaining!
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i already posted this lower in the thread, but try http://leeoniya.github.com/reMarked.js/
Man, contests like this seem like a bad idea for everyone involved. Solicit bids, take 2 million dollars and get a prototype/demonstration of capability from your top 4-8 options. Review the submitted work and communication each contractor provided, select the one that you feel the most comfortable with and just pay them to make the damn thing.
Hamed Al-Khabaz AMA - kicked kid out after find 250k student's info compromised
Very good point but how does one determine if the manufacturer of one's wifi equipment has licensed the relevant patents? I assume you can ask them after you get sued.
Reflection on time wasted
Does something simular to RubyMotion, but in Python exist?
Talkbits launches social voice messaging apps in the UK and US
"CISPA is accurately described as a setup to wipe out decades of consumer privacy protections, giving the U.S. government unprecedented access to individuals' online data and communications."
I'm curious why you think these researchers deserve more props than any other researchers investigating helping people with terminal illness? And in what climate? now? 2009? 2010?
This is sharing of network attack information FROM the government TO private enterprises.
Just look after a guy called "Heisenberg".
Oh what a joy it is to read this! My experience with RubyMotion is very similar, and I am very happy to see major, high-profile app made with RubyMotion.

However, I was somewhat disappointed to see that they use BubbleWrap persistence instead of true CoreData. I've been struggling to use CoreData without Xcode with RubyMotion for a while and haven't found a great solution yet.
Requesting feedback on landing page of an idea I'm doing for Startup Weekend..
I'm preparing for Startup Weekend Pasdadena. I figure this launchpage is my first MVP. I would appriciate any type of feedback or suggestions. http://signup.laborhoods.com
Is it partisan to point out that pretty much anyone in politics is in a different economic class than 98% of the country? I'm pretty sure he meant that when he said group, not Dem vs Rep.
For most people its not repairable. Some of us enjoy the challenge.
A couple of points from the OP:

* The replacement product will, as a part of the overall VistA EHR, deliver privacy, security, data integrity, patient accessibility, interoperability and other services required by federal law, regulations and VA policy. Many of these services are delivered by other components of VistA.

* VA intends to replace the current MSP with a scheduling product[1] which is a standards-based, modular, extensible and scalable, certified as compliant and fully interoperable with the production version of VistA now held by the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA), http://www.osehra.org/.

So the app won't have to replace everything...and it may get away with interfacing with some of the more easily interoperable aspects of the system. The main goal behind the contest is "To encourage development of systems that help Veterans schedule appointments to receive care from the Veterans Health Administration and to reduce risks in the future procurement and deployment of those systems"...which is vague enough to include a range of ancillary software services. And I doubt the federal contractors who likely receive much bigger amounts to maintain legacy systems would want the VA to install a system that makes them obsolete.

And on a more subjective note, large sums of money have been awarded to other government ChallengePost winner that were essentially proofs of concept and are barely functional today, if ever heavily used.
So use your vastly profitable strategy to build or acquire a dedicated facility and hire or build a security system loyal to the company, not put machines in a random basement in Kansas City.

Production servers really don't belong in houses for many reasons besides connectivity and Google Fiber sure doesn't change that.
"Please turn off your watch when we close the cabin doors." - flight attendant

It won't be a watch. It will be Siri manifested.
As cheap as it may sound, I would love to try/use RubyMotion if I didn't have to pay for it.
Where by "accurate" we mean "conformant with Violet Blue's understanding of the bill", or, in layman's terms, "not at all accurate".

In particular, CISPA contains no provisions that would enable the US Government to request private information from private companies. The information that CISPA allows private companies to share is limited to network attack data.
The biggest advantage I thought of with fiber access is being able to run initial production servers from you home. This would be a decent way to keep costs down while having the physical server only an arms length away (not really necessary, but makes me feel better anyways).

As a northern Kansas City resident I am patiently waiting for Google fiber expansion to my area (Currently in "Coming Next"). Having an extra bedroom I am excited to make my home available to the Homes for Hackers project as soon as the fiber is available. It will be great to see a startup progress from my couch.
Malware attacks spike against Apple OS X users in China enclave
I don't understand why anyone would use this now. It was one thing when Google bought Urchin, which was already incredibly pervasive.

But Crashlytics is a relatively mediocre solution that doesn't already have market dominance. I guess that probably made them cheaper to acquire, but now that we know that Twitter wants them to spy on everyone's mobile apps, why would anyone use them?

There are other crash reporting solutions, and we're not already locked in. It seems like a bad tactical move for Twitter to have telegraphed why they wanted Crashlytics so clearly.
Agreed. Frequency control would be really great, and an even more intuitive interface for distinguishing what changes, really quickly, is all on my list :)
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The party implied is democratic liberalism, which opposes the perceived nepotism in government due to a saturation of rich individuals and leverage afforded by wealth.

That's not saying I agree or disagree with the view, I'm just neutrally defining it.

I'm not saying he is a member or even ideologically agrees. That's just the position implied in that statement.
Why would you need to change its parts, it can be parameterized over the parts that change, by passing in other functions as arguments. It's also cheap conceptually and syntactically to create new ones, if an existing one doesn't fit the bill.
And yet when people complain about being stuck working for giant shitty corporations, they get told to just start their own business.
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Put simply: no. RubyMotion works because Ruby and Objective-C are very similar internally, both being inspired by SmallTalk and sharing almost all "core" language features - it allows to run ruby code on Objective-C Runtime. In this regard, python is a very different language, that would be extremely difficult to port, and it wouldn't really feel like python.
Isn't github's billion dollar valuation based on the premise that they can become the "social versioning / forking for everything". Better get moving quickly github, the competitors are coming.
Ruby Motion is amazing, mostly due to it working in my existing setup. I can use VIM and Rake to do everything :)
Looks very useful, what do you guys think of the pricing? seemed a little expensive to me, maybe 1000 connections at a time are enough?
In the codebase i work on professionally we use zend_db for a similar approach, except we use named parameters (on oracle). It works well until you have to construct complex queries, and then the temptation to start concatenating quoted values into the query is overpowering.

I will stew a bit more on what approach (if any) is best for queries.
This is badly needed. Appointments can take longer than two weeks. For example, if a veteran has PTSD and cannot get immediate care when they're experiencing an anxiety attack that lasts for more than a day, it can result in extreme consequences such as suicide.
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No, that isn't. But that's also being much more specific and is closer to citing something substantial. You provided numbers, and that's the first step to relevance.
I think the point of the contest is to spur innovation and fresh ideas in a system that's clearly lacking in that department, not just to build a simple "scheduling app"
I think more likely that Google Docs Viewer just doesn't support vertical text and so it happens to remove the watermark.
Sorry, mixed them up: It's Joyent.
And yes, the third of them is ActiveState (Stackato)
Not only does it narrowly describe critical infrastructure (one of the few changes between the signed EO and the draft of it that was published last year is a careful definition of what "critical infrastructure" means), but it does not enable the government to do anything involuntary with those critical infrastructure entities.

In other words, if you run a nuclear power plant that is connected to the Internet via an unauthenticated gateway and the government somehow learns of that fact, this EO would not allow the government to take any actions, other than to (a) inform you that you are operating designated critical infrastructure and (b) offer to enroll you in a program to have the government unidirectionally share nonclassified attack information with you.
Valve fires hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth
Why big change may be coming to iOS this year
Julian Assange to run for Australian senate
Heroku's Ugly Secret: The story of how the cloud-king turned its back on Rails
I mean no snark by this; I mean exactly what I say with this: if you get your information about new regulations from Violet Blue, I just don't know how to help you.

I flagged this, for what it's worth. I upvoted other stories on the cybersecurity EO (I did a clause-by-clause comparison of the just-signed EO with last year's published EO draft, so it'd've been nice to have some place to discuss it). I flagged some other bad ones. And which one makes it to the front page of HN? This one. Sigh.