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PG - I'm curious what you think about Bitcoin. Care to share?
> I just made an extra $20/hr and you made an extra $180/hr

This is implying you would be negotiating as long as I will be coding. But once the client signs the contract your work is pretty much over and you will get $20/hr even if you sit at the pool.
No sorry you're wrong, he responded to me saying 'if it works' with "It doesn't.", and also said "I don't understand how it works because it doesn't"
It's already profitable... has been for at least a year now.
I've had professors who told us "If you have the regular textbook, read section 1 from chapter 4. If you have the international version, read section 1 from chapter 7", as they're the same chapter.
Absolutely! Thanks for the offer.
But that's the point. If you use it, the method will leak, and people will get multiple texts, and then there's a chance to break it. The weaknesses will be exposed. With a single, short piece of cipher-text (a) no one will care, and (b) it's probably safe enough.

You're not learning anything by doing this, but you might think you are. That's the problem.
Yes I do still run XP - I've kept running it for a few reasons:

1) I've spent months customising this install so it 'just works' for me
2) There's over 200 programs I'll have to find, download and install on Windows 7 (finding my license keys, old binaries etc if necessary)
3) I keep saying I'll replace this PC (from late 2006), so it's not worth reinstalling... :)
PG invested in Coinbase (YC)

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/coinbase/

I would love to know how many bitcoins PG personally holds:

http://www.quora.com/Paul-Graham/How-many-bitcoins-does-PG-o...
The worst offenders are the professors who write their own textbooks (even though there are dozens of better ones already available) and then use them in their courses, making money off each student.

I think you are seriously overestimating the financial gains such a professor would make. I've taken several classes with profs who teach from their own textbook; the profit per book sold that a prof receives is usually minimal (either because the book is sold for near cost or because the publisher takes most of the profit). In fact, most such textbooks (essentially just rigorous lecture notes) are downloadable for free anyway.

If you want to make extra money as a professor, writing a textbook and then forcing it on a single class of students is about the least effective money-making scheme I can think of.
Yep, great response time!
Apart from the earlier takedown, this one actually seemed to run at a decent frame rate on Firefox for Linux.
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At an event as big as SxSW "crowd control & liability reasons" just don't cut it. You can sure as hell bet that everything is insured with layers of event and general liability policies and the law enforcement is trained to work with these kinds of crowds (as they are, for example, during Burning Man and Escape from Wonderland).

Controlling who associates themselves with their brand is an entirely different issue and should be treated separately. Here it results in (at least in my mind) a devaluation of the SxSW brand because this is the opposite of what I thought it was supposed to represent.

Also, venue fees? Really? In a Hilton Lobby?

Edit: Actually the above is a largely moot point. Hilton called the police, which I would think has nothing to do with SxSW
Sad that you have to apologize.

Even sadder that your employer doesn't see things any other way. In fact, you should be happy that you are not employed by people who easily fall to emotional terrorism. Might have been a great coding job but it's better to work with people who think like you and not just code like you.
I don't work for Wefunder, I just went through the application process and typed what I remembered filling out.
Math professors at my undergrad college used to buy old (cheap) editions in bulk and rent them out to students for a semester.
> Had it gone the other way it would have been an utter disaster and contrary to every common sense.

There is no "the other way", because they had more than just two options. For instance, they could have said that (1) when a copyright owner sells a copy in the US, first sale applies to that copy regardless of where that copy was manufactured, and (2) unauthorized import of a copyrighted work is a violation of the distribution right.

This would have had essentially no effect on first sale 99.9% of the time, without for all practical purposes eliminating 17 USC 602 (one can make a decent case that 17 USC 602 should be eliminated--but that is something for Congress to do, not the Court).
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Previous discussion on Strikingly, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5359507

edit: just noticed, the top and bottom of their home page are almost exactly the same. Except for the size of the logo. Interesting.
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I used >< as, literally, "greater than or less than".
Having briefly skimmed the Opinion[1] (IANYAL), the heart of it was an exercise of close statutory interpretation to try and figure out exactly how s. 602 interacts with s. 109, with the majority concluding that as s. 602 refers explicitly to the s. 106 exclusive distribution right, it's subject to the same limitations as s. 106 is, including s. 109's First Sale limitation. (So s. 602 then just has the effect that the act importing an unauthorised copy into the US is an infringement of copyright). [Edit: My mistake - that finding was actually unanimous. The 3 dissents were only dissenting on the interpretation of "lawfully made under this title" in s. 109]

That's clearly not the only possible reading - 3 of the justices came to a different conclusion. But the idea that a court giving giving a reasonable interpretation of a mildly ambiguous statute is "throwing out a law... merely because they think the law is a bad idea", just because another interpretation is possible, is nonsense.

[1] http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-697_d1o2.pdf
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IANAL, and I haven't studied the issue, but from what I do understand, Citizens United made a lot of sense from a strict legal perspective. That is, corporations have always been persons under the law, and they were just affirming that. The issue, really, is more that they also affirmed the usage of this detail as a loophole because they were faced with either (1) negating a crapton of case law that depended on corporate personhood (any court case with a corporation as plaintiff or defendant, for instance) or (2) legislating from the bench. So they went with option 3.

The solution as I see it would have been to say that monetary expenditure doesn't constitute speech and is thus subject to regulation. If people want to propagate political messages free of charge in order to get around the regulation, I think I'd be okay with that. That feels like a legislator's turf rather than a judiciary's turf, but I'm not entirely sure; the dissent's opinion didn't seem to suggest this solution, so I might be completely off-base or it really is a legislator's turf thing.
Can anyone comment on how much resources are spent on making something 'releasable'? Not just packaging and the initial commit/support, but spending the time to make it generic enough to be useful to other users.
You could have been a great person by just turning around and telling those guys that this is not cool. Instead you resorted to playing the 'female' card.

Outright pathetic.
I volunteered for SXSW last year and got a badge. A great experience, but I felt like I wasn't fully capitalizing on the event.

This year, I had Name Your Price popsicles, wore a decorated box, and stood on top of a cooler shouting for 7 hours a day. It was monumentally beneficial for networking and self-promotion. Everyday, I was shut down by the police for not having a permit, but I had an awesome experience nonetheless.
The case involves textbooks, but it's not really about textbooks. Instead it's about what "made lawfully under this title" means in the context of first-sale of physical items.

Under one interpretation, if you buy a book outside the US, your ability to resell it in the US without permission depends on whether or not the book was made in the United States.

Under the other interpretation, "lawfully made under this title" means more that the making of the item itself was within the legal construct of copyright. That is, not pirated or counterfeit.

This second interpretation is what the majority opinion espouses, and the dissenting opinion aligns with the first.

This may be unsatisfactory for people concerned with software or e-book licenses, but Omega v. Costco might have come out differently if this had been decided beforehand. In that case, Omega sued Costco for reselling watches because they registered a copyright* for a logo on the back of the watch. Omega claimed that Costco had no first-sale protection from copyright since the watches were not made in the US. The 9th circuit agreed, SCOTUS split 4-4 (Kagan self-recused) and the 9th circuit stood.

The majority opinion implies that it's perfectly fine to fly to a foreign country, purchase legitimately sold watches, toasters, electric kettles, and books and bring them home for sale. (Subject to applicable duties, etc.)

Yes, manufacturers will probably not just throw their hands up and give up on price discrimination. I have no idea what they will do. But the profits from Country X still might trump any loss of profit/image due to importation and resale in the US.

Scrambling chapters in textbooks might work, but then they lose some efficiency and flexibility, for example: the option of liquidating inventory to a low-margin market when a new edition comes out in the US at a higher profit margin.

* Generally brand logos are trademarked, but they can sometimes also be copyrighted. It's a little muddy, and arguments exist whether or not, say, Mickey Mouse could become/remain a trademark after the copyright protection expires.

EDIT: To clarify what I meant by "I have no idea what they will do": I am not entirely without ideas of approaches companies could take; the suggestions in other reply threads here are definitely candidates. I just don't think I can predict the specific action[s]. Maybe 'all of the above' for some, maybe the status quo for others.
The funny thing is, before he was at Google, he was at Microsoft... and here's what he had to say to CNN/Fortune (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/29/the-problem-with-micr...) in 2011 about Microsoft:

"You want to innovate in mobile? ...deal with the made men who run the relevant cartel. And if they don't like you or your idea, your innovation goes nowhere."
Wow, what a tragic shock. Does anyone know the details?
In common usage, "bribed" is a euphemism for "wined, dined, and lobbied," which themselves are euphemisms for "bribed."
They look quite nice. But I would prefer that the default way of initializing the dataset is by loading a HTML table. This way content would always be accessible, even without Javscript and also by crawlers like Google.
>You're that uninteresting guy from the office that always wears the same clothes.....

But, uh, yeah. I mean, I'm still thinking that the opposite is more true. I mean, fictional characters often do exactly the same thing[1], really for similar reasons. And, as you point out, it's somewhat unusual, which is not boring, even if it might be offensive to some people.

On being more interesting... heh. I should re-arrange my closet like the tvtropes photo below, and post photos.

[1]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LimitedWardrobe
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Do you know of any resources that give some info on this topic in general? I've been looking but I haven't found anything that's sufficiently plainly-spoken that I fully grasp the contents.
but not reliably to a browser for some quite considerable time.
Obviously, Apple has him managing a fake team until they're sure they can trust him.
Love the concept, not the name. "Wefunder" comes across as slightly generic with a hint of cheese - the last thing you want as a company specializing in financial investments.

Just my 2 cents; some friendly constructive criticism; something to note perhaps in the near future when you are ready to do another brand evaluation.
onforb.es -> forbes.com.

Why do people continually upvote forbes.com articles? So many ads, and the big ad before you see the article can't be skipped automatically.
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"they have time to sort that out"

Not really... There is a big difference between managing the process for one company and doing it for many. The latter will quickly cause costs to spiral out of control unless the team can get some experience with the regulations now.

In the world of dealing with regulations, one year may sound like a lot of time for one startup but if you have to handle the paperwork for dozens, it's a whole different ball game.
Recruitment agencies get paid by the employer. Hollywood talent agents in contrast, get paid by the talent.

Do you we know which party pays 10x?
I'm a tech strategist with an agent that is not 10X, and I am a very happy guy.

Ted Pearlman at Us Is Two (http://usistwo.com) was referred to me by a former business partner. He was scouring North America looking for someone with legitimate CTO instincts to advise a client on an ongoing basis. Their business (health and nutrition) aligned with my interests and their location (two minutes from my house) aligned with the stars. I met the client and they were nice, interesting people with a profitable business. It's been an exceptionally good relationship; fun and lucrative for them and me.

Ted and I became friends and now we work together often. I'm effective at pitching what I do and selling consulting (I started and co-ran Unspace for 8 years) but it's not what I enjoy doing. However, the real reason I'm excited to work with him is that no matter how good I am at keeping my pipeline full, there's no way that it's better than being recommended by a third party who is paying a fee to find someone with my skills.

Ted authored The Pudding Manifesto (http://puddingmanifesto.org/) and in my experience he puts his money where his mouth is. He sends an invoice up front and says, "don't pay this unless the person I introduce to you is as good as I say they are". You'll have to ask him what percentage of people end up paying.

As for developers uncomfortable with comparisons to celebrity culture and folks that complain about average developers getting left behind... this really isn't about any of that, or at least it doesn't have to be. Ted exhausts huge amounts of energy making genuine connections between people, often at his own expense. He's a hustler with a heart of gold, and has his client's best interest in mind far more often than a lot of the folks HN-types are so eager to take investment money from.

If you have any questions that I haven't answered, please feel free to ask. Moreover, I encourage you to set up a time to speak with Ted: http://usistwo.com/contact
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Maybe not, but...
I feel like you're more concerned with making sure people understand where they sit on the totem pole than encouraging progress or exciting developers. While learning from history is certainly paramount in software development, raw experimentation, naive excitement, and continuing in the face of nay-sayers is what pushes all industries forward.

People are allowed to make mistakes, tons of them, and the software industry is one of the best industries to make mistakes in. You get quality feedback almost instantly and can fail faster than anywhere else. No one is claiming that "detailed knowledge of old things" is on it's way out. We are engulfed in systems and code that are decades old. I don't see the point in nay-saying.
I had an intro EE class where the professor required students to buy practically unreadable handwritten notes from the university copy center. The price breakdown on the copy center receipt: $1.50 for the copies, $8.50 for royalties to the professor.

Later on I took MITx's prototype 802.11x online course, where I learned far more and managed an A. In that case the professor actually cowrote the textbook, but there was a free online copy for the online class, and the textbook was actually good.

Edit: in another case, another course at the same university used a custom printed textbook sold exclusively by the university for well over $100, that was just a few chapters from one $15 book and the complete contents of another $20 book bound together.
Out of respect for Malcolm's friends and family we're waiting to share more details until we know what they're comfortable sharing.
The amount of routers still using 'cisco/cisco' as a default password for full access is astonishing. Years ago, I saw backbones and OC3/12 cores using these passwords.

I know botnets are now considered the DDOS standard, but there are plenty of remotely controlled Cisco routers that can pump out more data than hundreds of thousands of bots.

My favorite is outer nodes that can get user access with "cisco", then, full access to an inner node using "cisco", then, reconnect to the outer node (from inside), and have full access. Vicious circle.

[1] http://packetstormsecurity.com/cisco/ciscos.c
> but no longer matter that much in terms of performance

That's not quite true. They matter enough that WebKit is implementing them incorrectly because they can't figure out how to make a correct implementation performant enough...
Is the Arduino really necessary here? From the description, it appears to be basically equivalent to 3 wires between the Bluetooth module running the actual control code and the transistors switching the LEDs. (Honestly, Arduinos seem to be a bit overused in general...)
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I think that this new trend of making hardware available only to an elite minority of developers, rather than allocating equipment on a first-come, first-served basis is exclusionary and wrong (see Google Glass, Pebble, Oculus, LeapMotion, etc.). I can understand that it makes sense for these companies to reserve some early hardware to developers and companies who will help them build buzz for the product, but it's unfair to those of us who won't or can't use social media or share their development plans. If the problem is that there isn't enough early hardware to satisfy demand, then the price of the early hardware should be raised - at the very least, a purchase option should exist as an alternative to essentially begging for access.
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Have you considered SSL tunneling?
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Bembo Schoolbook

Plantin Schoolbook

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You and I view FPs and FNs differently.

FNs to me are not interesting because they will be studied by the service buyer so there is someone obviously interested in researching it and the market will make sure that FNs are low enough or the service will not make any money. FNs will automatically be solved. Asking about them doesn't even make sense unless you are a buyer.

FPs on the other hand are not important to anyone but potential 'victims' (too strong of a word, but still) and those victims do not have any way to negotiate their position in the process.

By forcing people to use the system by signing up service providers, the company is creating a situation where FPs are a very big deal for those that are flagged as potential fraudsters.

I could care less about FNs since those will be naturally resolved by the market place.

In general, a level of FPs has to be tolerated, even by the most aggressive activists if the company can reduce a lot of fraud, but FPs are still serious.
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That's right, small investors invest in a separate investment vehicle for each company that will requiere many of the actions that you describe. Second Market and Funders Club work the same way, and the costs do not amount to 10's of thousands of dollars per year. We have set aside enough funds deal with the future costs of each entity.
something that no one will use but still looks cool. something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djc8FPHs45o
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I also had a couple of professors that did the exact same think for a course.

Most of the professors gave away the slides of the course, and even more additional material; these ones gave nothing but a bunch of literally useless tables and charts, completely worthless for the exams.

Needless to say, this textbook was the only and obligatory literature for the course.
Because they have some high quality content.
>the median salary in the industry hasn't kept up with inflation in the past 15 years

What are some of your reasons for believing that? Personal work experience?
I think its completely crazy that hardly any of the charting tools in javascript support error bars! Only Highcharts 3.0 beta supports error bars, as far as I know. Data are absolutely meaningless without error bars and its not very smart to use that data without appropriate estimates of uncertainty.
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Consider all the possible features that 1% of the userbase wants. Are you saying they all should be included?
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"some kind of scene abstraction":

http://simianzombie.com/files/javascript/canvasui4.html
Malcolm was brilliant, and sweet. When I submitted my first patch to Django, it was his encouragement that gave me the confidence and motivation to keep contributing. At Disqus, we brought him in for a few weeks of contract work, and watching him clean up the mess we'd made was perhaps the most programmatically-enlightening part of my career so far.
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At 2.8 billion guesses per second on a single machine, these passwords had better be pretty damn strong.

Edit: Just kidding, I was a few dozen orders of magnitude off, exponents are still quite powerful operators apparently.
You already have the answer to what a publisher might do in your post: lobby for the imposition of duties on imported copyrighted material (or a narrower description as fits the market they're trying to protect). I'm not agreeing with that approach, it just seems likely.
Blah, aren't there a million of these easy templating sites by now? Didn't onepagerapp steal the rest of the market?
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Somewhere in the twitter conversation he says he used APC both times.
I appreciate hacker news preventing anyone under 500 from downvoting comments. It makes sense really. People use downvotes as an analog for disagreement, but those kinds of actions obfuscate proper discussion.

Really what they should be used for is dissuading bad thinking, trolling, or poor rhetoric.

What do you think?
Define 'insecure locations'.

Some orgs go to great lengths to segment access to their networking core and establish separation of privileges using AAA, etc. As well, configs can leak out through other means (TAC case, submission to auditors, etc).

Someone who has access to config backups shouldn't be able to bootstrap their privileges by cracking passwords.

In theory "audit our config backups, and fix them up" is a task you can assign to a junior network engineer with a limited account and a copy of RANCID.

Role separation, defense in depth, and all that...
James Whittaker was not a "low level employee," he was a director of engineering. This is the same level as Kurzweil. At that level he was responsible for many management decisions, some of them probably "stupid."
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