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One thing I always wonder is how to break into the consulting business.

The earning potential looks considerably above the salary employee potential. My current skills & expertise are very much "backend", and I don't have networking connections with people who could offer significant amounts of cash for the solutions I could offer. (Put another way, I only know very small business owners, as they are the dominant employer in the area).

It seems as if the best way in is to get hired at a consulting firm and really understand how tech can drive business value. Am I off?
Because your chance of diabetes goes up 1.1% for every glass of water you drink?
Two comments from the article that I liked:

As the principal author of this study, I wanted to clarify some of its details for scientifically-minded readers, in order to avoid misinterpretations:
http://epianalysis.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/sugardiabetes/

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The opening line ("Sugar is indeed toxic.") is distorted and inane. Sugars are not toxic, as evidenced by our evolution of taste buds that respond so positively to them. Sugars are a dense source of energy, which is why our metabolic systems cherish them. Let's leave such excessive, unsubstantiated commentary to The Onion or Mad Magazine, and just apply common sense to our diets.
Yep. They have a DNA collection kit specifically made for dogs. I just ordered one for my dog.
I have some experience with both, but can't give a great comparison. The tldr is I've always had a better impression of Hinton than Hawkins, and have studied/followed Hinton's approaches much more carefully.

In late 2006/early 2007 I was working a lot with standard two layer feed-forward neural networks (first for my research and then for my job). Hinton had a great paper on practical deep networks at NIPS 2006 (a big AI/machine learning conference), which sparked my interest in more complex neural networks. I had read Hawkins' book a few years earlier, and my impression of it was somewhat negative; I thought it was a really interesting book, but it was too fluffy and high-level to be intriguing. He hit a lot of points about hierarchies in intelligence that were intriguing but not new or drastically insightful. After NIPS I downloaded some of Numenta's code (numenta is Hawkins' company) and it was pretty slow on toy problems so I didn't spend too much time with it - this isn't a judgement of their code, I just didn't have the time to dig deeply into it. My impression at the time, which may be unfair, is that Numenta's approach was ad-hoc while Hinton's was principled. I was negatively biased by Hawkins' book and my professors' opinions of him vs Hinton.
Soap box time!! -- I walk dogs at a local shelter. There is not a common breed that doesn't find it's way through our doors at some point during the year. Sure, you might not end up with a "certified" purebred that's going to win a dog show (do you really want one of those for your family anyway?), but with almost certainty, I can guarantee that you can find what you're looking for at a local shelter.

There is almost no reason to "buy" a dog -- the shelters are overcrowded, and the odds are good you can find what you want regarding breed/temperament if you're patient. Responsible shelters will find you the right dog if you tell them what you're looking for.
The UI is designed for mobile!
I'm with OVH, and I have various IP's with them. Some Geo-IP to the US, some Geo-IP to Canada ... always fun :-)
Cartoon Sequestration
> "You can do both, and if possible, you should."
I've also had my own business for about three years. I'd agree that you can learn a lot, but it's very different from what you can learn in an internship.

For instance, running a record label I've learned how to do things on literally zero budget, network like crazy and the stubbornness and determination involved is probably the only reason I've ultimately been able to learn how to program.

That said, I did a non-technical internship at Mixcloud a couple of years ago and the exposure to the environment as well as pieces of advice and experience have repeatedly been useful to me since... plus it was probably the first step on the road to learning to code as well.

All that considered, I have no idea why you'd see it as an 'all or nothing' thing - I once released two EPs while I was interning at NME... that's what evenings are for.
I'm not sure about your "Remote workers tend to be mediocre workers" bit. I think that mediocre workers tend to be mediocre workers, whether working from home or office. If a person has a good work-ethic, they will choose the correct environment for themselves.

But the rest of it sounds at least plausible, if not likely.
Study Finds Shared Genetics for 5 Psychiatric Illnesses
wow, totally awesome. the scene needs more startups like this. congrats guys. this is one of the coolest startups ive seen in a long time.
A good point. I think you're correct in what the article's focus is and I way oversimplified what it actually does.

To take the reasoning a bit further - what the program is really doing is finding examples of the behavior they want to encourage, then turning the practitioners of that behavior into influencers.

Which is an altogether different thing than what I'd outlined. And also far trickier I'd imagine.
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The value of BTC is not just based on speculation. It has a use and thats transferring wealth from one to another in the same way paypal/western union does but much cheaper. Consider that paypal alone transacted $451million per day in the 4th Qtr 2012 and another $20 Billion via western union in the same financial qtr. Now just imagine whats going to happen to the value of BTC when just 1% of the people using Paypal/WU start using Bitcoin to transfer or store their wealth. Now add in the people turning to BTC from other money transfer systems too. I think this is what is pushing up the value of BTC along with the speculators that are jumping on the gravy train too
"... I'm still tearing up at these pictures ..."

I agree and was thinking maybe tear-jerker stories on HN should be marked as NSFW. How am I supposed to keep my stoic German personae?
"they will breed via magic or spores or something of the sort."

You obviously don't understand the problem, the problem isn't with people who are responsible. The problem is with people dump there dogs on the side of the road, the people who breed there dogs because it sounded cool, or to make money and end up not being able to sell them/give them away and end up dumping them somewhere.

I have never heard of "significant increases in a number of health problems" in spaying/neutering at the sixth month mark, this may be different for some dogs but thats besides the point. Spaying/neutering is not bad, doing so indiscriminately(like everything) is bad. I dont know where your coming from calling it "punishing" the pets. Even with the surgery itself most dogs are up & running in 1-2 days.

I would agree that spaying/neutering is not the complete answer. We should be punishing people who hurt there pets. You should not be able to have a pet if you have been proven not responsible to have one, you should be punished for doing harm to them.

Pets arn't the problem, people are. Pet over population and other problems are simply the sad side effect of humanity.
"The study controlled for poverty, urbanization, aging, obesity and physical activity. It controlled for other foods and total calories. In short, it controlled for everything controllable, and it satisfied the longstanding “Bradford Hill” criteria for what’s called medical inference of causation by linking dose (the more sugar that’s available, the more occurrences of diabetes); duration (if sugar is available longer, the prevalence of diabetes increases); directionality (not only does diabetes increase with more sugar, it decreases with less sugar); and precedence (diabetics don’t start consuming more sugar; people who consume more sugar are more likely to become diabetics)."

As far as observational studies, (of which I am a huge skeptic), this one is pretty well controlled for. It's not like they studied 7 nations, or 11 nations. They studied 175 nations. That allows for a whole lot of controllability for various factors.
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That's an uncomfortably small number of exits, in my opinion.
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They say "under consideration". Some of us are taking matters into our own hands, as much as we can. #MyoForLinux on Twitter.
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What it means is that for normal IT consultants that work 'normal hours' if you are paid by the hour that is roughly what it works out to. 1000 hours at 350 / hour or thereabouts. Sure there are some gods that can charge more than that but for mere mortals this seems to be roughly the cap.

Sure you can charge more than $1k / day. It's just that at that rate you'll find it hard to book 350 days / year. Billable days are anywhere from 125 to 200 / year depending on your rate, reputation and skillset. If you bill $2k/day (definitely doable) you'll find that it gets harder to book all your days, it's simply demand and supply. Elsewhere in this thread someone is charging $800 / hour, which is great, you would only have to work a very small number of hours at that rate to have a living, or you could work a much larger number of hours and save like crazy. But I don't see that as the norm for IT consultants, programmers (Ruby, PHP, Java that sort of thing: $80 to $150 / hour, clojure and other 'exotic' stuff $120 to $250 / hour, M&A work $300 to $500 / hour but that is definitely not the kind of work that you could reasonably speaking book a whole years worth of unless you are the pet of some VC and involved in every deal in the pipeline).
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This isn't true, I've filed and been granted a number of patents on various things and in nearly every one there was a response from the PTO about things they considered to be prior art. Granted sometimes their searches were poorly done (word matching for example) but generally there was some prior art checking.
Why was my email leaked?
Consumption of dihydrogen monoxide correlates perfectly with onset of diabetes. In fact there is not one single person who has developed diabetes who hasn't ingested DHMO at some point in their life.
Looks like Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+Shift+Enter start to work after saving the file with a recognised extension. You'll have to use the mouse, as pressing Enter cancels, despite the 'Save' button being highlighted as if it were the default.

Unfortunately, even just (defn id [x] x) gets me "java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resolve symbol: defn".
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How many hours do you book at $800 / hour?
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Bradley Manning pleads guilty to leaking secret government documents
We Found Our Son in the Subway
I'm a founder at a startup with four people in the office. I tried to bring my baby to work when he was three months, and got absolutely nothing done. I think he's happier in daycare anyway, he gets to have more fun there instead of me constantly trying to get him to be quiet so I can work.
How do folks see crowd-funding platforms like Kickstarter having a longer-term impact here?

The promise of sustainable incubation without ceding control seems real using this model, but it might add overhead in areas where fledgling "companies" or projects might not have the time or bandwidth to steer.

Plus, I suppose, there's the question of the VC's rolodex vs. the "networking effect" of the crowd.

Arts organizations seem to rely on this model fairly regularly, but as much as one might want to be idealistic in suggesting that it is about "maintaining aesthetic independence" from monetary influences (big donors, government grants, "selling out" to the market), the drying up of funding in traditional areas is a prime motivator here as well.
The biggest weakness I find of the VC funded route, is it's accidental "Let's get more money so we can build more product" effect. It can delay the all important moment of asking someone give you money for your product's created value. I once worked at a 1 year old company with ~$2 Million in the bank and a fledging product in production. Our board wanted to raise more money to hire more engineers. We didn't need more engineers. We needed a product people wanted to use.
The Wisconsin Humane Society actually assesses their animals and assigns them a color based on personality and temperament so you can find what you're looking for in a pet. I have to imagine lots of other shelters do this also.
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No, it would be worth your time to read/listen to Robert Lustig. He explains how and why consuming natural sources like fruit where fructose is encased in digestion-slowing cellulose is normally fine, while extracting the fructose and adding it to other products like soda (and huge amounts of American processed foods) leads to toxicity and liver and metabolic damage.

You can make jokes, but cutting excess fructose from American diets would probably be the #1 easiest thing to do for millions of people to live longer, healthier lives. And Bittman is correct that the FDA should get involved.

It's actually difficult to buy "Healthy, Good for You™!" yogurt in an American supermarket that doesn't contain toxic amounts of added fructose - that is just crazy.
This isn't a show of force, it's just a show.

Whilst those policemen are doing the arrests, all their children and half their neighbours are doing exactly the same without a care in the world.
Do you have any sources for this? Vets and shelters I have had contact with indicate only a slight increased risk. I don't have their sources handy, but I do know they've researched the issue extensively.

In general, only the more "old-fashioned" vets have qualms about early spaying and neutering.

As to magic spores... well in a shelter environment if a puppy goes out intact it will likely not be fixed by the new owner, often just due to inertia, though occasionally through misguided notions of pet health (e.g. "she'll be so much happier if she just has _one_ litter). Cats of course are a whole different ball game as many people allow their cats to wander around the neighborhood.
That's really awesome. What did you use to build this? What inspired you to build this? My idea generation brain cells could use a jolt.
We're actually collaborating with him on the advisory database that gemcanary and bundler-audit both use. It's free and open for anyone to use.

Check it out: https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db
dnsmadeeasy is a fine service too.
I do think companies need to be more careful about managing the interview process. I have full respect for a company's right to decide how they'll interview candidates - if I object, I am free to terminate the interview as well. However, I have had the experience of doing an 8 hour "assignment" (after a couple of phone interviews), only to hear crickets chirping and finally getting a call from a recruiter with no knowledge of the evaluation other than to say that they had decided not to pursue my application further. No review, no feedback.

I understand that when you give a reason for the no hire decision, you open yourself to lawsuits and other types of trouble. But I also see a problem with asking for a substantial investment of time from the applicant (with no corresponding investment of time from the company) and responding to the applicant with a three second brush-off. It is a small community, and of course this will influence my impression of this company.
Oh, they talk big about communicating with the patient. But what they actually want to do is take some of the _most private data I could ever provide_ and make a PICTURE out of it.

Uhh, thanks?
I think that's a very well reasoned proposal and I'd be very happy to see it implemented. I might be unusual, but I find myself in both of the user groups that the proposal identifies. For my 'utility' machines (home server, XBMC host, web servers) I prefer the stability of the LTS series, but for my laptop I'm happy to trade that stability for getting new stuff sooner, particularly new usability features that are getting baked into Unity and other components.

One minor nit: in the section on benefits for Core/MOTU developers it suggests that only 2 releases would need to be supported. I think in reality that would actually be 4 releases, as with a 5 year support commitment for each LTS release there could be up to 3 LTS releases that are still being supported at any point in time. May be just a minor wording thing though - I'm sure the author knows what he's talking about.
I tried sub-contracting and I didn't know what I didn't know. It was a disaster. I didn't even have to worry about getting clients and I still didn't succeed or really take much away from the whole experience other than piles of stress.
Sorry, let me phrase it differently.

lim(x → ∞)

x ⋅ 0 = 0
Ask HN: iOS RSS reader that lets you read then entire feed?
I am looking for an RSS reader for iOS that lets you read all the articles in a feed, not just the new ones. Reeder just shows you new, not all the past articles I might want to read.

I can't find anything.

I could goto reader.google.com directly in a browser but I lose the app experience.

Any thoughts are appreciated.
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Some stuff in that direction
http://www.createjs.com/#!/EaselJS
http://www.createjs.com/#!/TweenJS
http://www.createjs.com/#!/SoundJS

sad that flash has so many issues (security, performance, etc) because there are some really nice compositional tools for creators in that ecosystem.
When is this going to stop? Endless government regulation is not the solution to everything. Look, there's a huge health movement going on in the country right now. Just like there was an anti-smoking movement starting up before the government ever got involved with that. The people who fund this crap aren't looking to do good, they just want more tax revenue (or more grant dollars from those who want more tax revenue). That's what they've always wanted.

Don't believe me? Restaurants are now voluntarily adding calorie numbers to menus, because the lower calorie stuff is higher margin and people buy it. Vitamin water, coke zero, pepsi one/0, izze, baked chips, etc... etc... etc.. take up much more room in the grocery stores than they used to. Trader joes and whole foods are massive businesses now and threatening the big boys like kroger. I'm not saying obesity isn't a problem, but I do think we'll see the trend start changing for the better soon.

There's no need for regulation. The public will shift on it's own. All we need is better education. Almost everyone I know(in my age group and younger) eat much more healthily than their parents do/did simply because they are better informed. Contrary to popular belief, people do make rational decisions when it comes to eating (excluding socioeconomic factors).
No, because it's flat out fatal if you inhale too much of it.
"as long as it remains illegal to pay salaries in Bitcoin"

Talk about painful levels of ignorance. I would love to see you try to substantiate this utter falsehood.

Sure, glad to elaborate.

US Code 29 CFR 531.34 lays out the requirement for minimum wage, and spefically calls out that minimum wage must be "payable in cash or negotiable instrument payable at par". Cash is pretty clear -- it means dollar notes and coins. The definition of a negotiable instrument is that it must be exchangeable for a fixed amount of money, specifically money that is the fiat currency. (http://business.olivet.edu/classes/bsns3511f/pdf/bltch19.pdf)

In administrative rulings, the US DOL has generally held that employers must offer the option to pay an employee in either cash or check. (http://www.wagehourinsights.com/wage-and-hour-faqs/)

I think my "utter falsehood" is relatively well-supported by the law and administrative precedent of the US government, at least as it pertains to payment of the minimum wage.

Taking your first point second:

Firstly, USD, being the world reserve currency, has value because of its current ubiquity in international trade, NOT because of its legal tender status in America.

FYI: "Legal tender is currency that cannot legally be refused in payment of debt. Private businesses may adopt their own policies on whether or not to accept cash as long it doesn't violate state law."

So when you say this: "all governments and businesses can not refuse to be paid in dollars"

You've misinterpretted the law.

And when you say this: "Thus, if you try to pay me in Bitcoins in return for mowing your lawn, I can laugh in your face, but I can't refuse your dollars and demand that you pay me in Bitcoin."

head asplode!

I apologize, I overreached.

You are completely right, two entities can pre-negotiate a contract for any kind of exchange of payment and good/services in advance.

However, barring any such advance negotiations, you can't refuse my payment in dollars for a debt incurred by delivery of a good or service, and I can't force you to take any other form of payment.

This doesn't pertain to a retail purchase, since there is no debt until the item is delivered -- if you want me to pay you in BTC, or jellybeans, or rubles for that candy bar, that's fine.

But, if you mow my lawn for $25 and I don't specify how I'm going to pay you, then you are within your rights to demand that I pay you in dollars, and not $25 worth of BTC.
This is commentary, not reporting: "Opnionator - Exclusive online commentary from The Times". It's little more than a guy on a soap box or one of the talking heads on TV. Unlike the article, the study itself does appear to be legitimate however.

I would be interested to see if the arguments about sugar we're having now are similar to the arguments about cigarettes in the 60's.
Large HFT players are market makers who are paid by exchanges to ALWAYS be in the market for each share traded.
I'd like to see them add a "monthly donation" where someone can just set their cc / bank account up to fund $50 a month. They'd allocate the money to specific cases and send you an email to the one(s) they used your money to fund.
Really? I've always felt that they give me the perfect balance: the distro itself is non-rolling, so breakages (possibly) happen at known intervals, yet PPAs let me "go rolling" for a subset of packages where I want the latest and am prepared to handle breakage at any time.
How I will never lose another HN item #
I've always been intrigued by lisp's data/code parens, always
frustrated to begin at the beginning. Today we have Graham/HN's
elegant open source catalyst lisping parens motivator.

After github's HN lisp arc source(need url), `how-to-install-news' walk through:

/opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/arc3/how-to-run-news

/opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/arc3:$ mzscheme -f as.scm
arc> (load "news.arc")
arc> (nsv)

....... my own HN daily busybox Recomb!

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