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You can also:

$ cd -

to jump to the last directory, like popd without the pushd.

I also alias .. to 'cd ..' and ... to 'cd ../..' (and so on).
Love it. Where can I find the source code for this nifty little utility so that I can add JVM/Clojure support?
http://github.com/aderyabin/hospice
Ontario gov't to introduce online gambling site
Details of Elon Musk's Goal of getting 80,000 people per year to Mars
Patents: Meant to encourage innovation, and now destroying it. Is there anything lawyers touch these days that doesn't get irrevocably corrupted? Law was supposed to protect rights and clarify correct behavior, not become a profit center for parasites.
I think the best way to start may be to ignore LinkedIn. I agree with everything you say about LinkedIn. It's the playground for sales reps, recruiters and HR people. And in that it does play a valuable role. Yet buried way back in time was this idea that you might connect to someone new through an existing mutual connection. There was trust based on that connection that made it a "warm" introduction. That concept is all but lost today.

I think you convince people to join specifically because they believe the only folks contacting them via this service will be trusted, warm and valuable. They won't get a lot of unsolicited requests from people who don't offer a mutually valuable relationship.
I'm glad "there are a lot of A players" was included in this slideshow given how often we hear that there are not nearly enough good people out there to hire.
Kobe Bryant on Tearing his Achilles. My Thoughts as an Entrepreneur.
You can also just set the $CDPATH: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4466687
How about a "Facility for preventing disasters."[1]

[1]http://www.google.com/patents/EP0279864B1
So, considering parent bias, does this basically show what each cultures' parents value in their kids, or perhaps in people in general?
Really? Spreed lee. It's only two syllables! I'd never heard anyone complain about the name till now. Still, thanks for your comment.
The Dematerialization Manifesto
What if you didn't reject the passwords outright, but simply warned the user. I wonder if that would be considered a violation? Also the patent "Specifying a set of forbidden passwords" includes: "generating at least one symbolically equivalent password". What if you didn't generate a symbolically equivalent password (but just did a direct lookup?)
But "defend it or lose it" means going after all infringers, which patent trolls certainly don't do. They are currently very selective about enforcing their patents, choosing to assert where they will win.
Are any of those patents not algorithm, hence math, patents? Or, is your argument that certain types of math patents are "decent" and should be allowed? Because they're not (at least in theory), according to judicial precedent; in practice, courts seem to have difficulty knowing math when they see it.
Have you ever checked a reference from a book?

Yes, frequently. I'm not endorsing this particular book but I find the assertion quite plausible because I was familiar with the history of monastic prayer schedules that included getting up in the middle of the night.

really in this day and age it's a little bit much to ask your audience to make a trip to the library

I like going to the library myself, and with access to so many reference books online I find it easier than ever to check things. I can't help feeling that you're projecting your disappointment with Taleb's book onto this one.
If you can afford to do so, hire a 1:1 tutor, so you can work faster or slower as needs be, and focus on the areas you need to fill in. One size fits all coursework is not going to help you at the moment. (You may be able to get someone to mentor you for free, too.)

A story, to give you hope:

When I was a college student I tutored a woman who was in much the same situation as yourself. She had escaped an abusive marriage where she was severely beaten, and as a result of the head trauma she had completely lost math. I mean everything: she couldn't remember how to add 2+2.

I tutored her twice a week for a couple of years. Some things came back easily, and some things were astonishingly difficult, and not the things you might have expected. As time went on it got easier and easier: relearning was easier than learning it the first time around. Eventually she didn't need me any more.

She got it, and and got into college, and is now a registered nurse. Best of luck to you.
It's disappointing that the chairman of Google is resorting to this kind of fear-mongering. Spying on neighbors all day long? Terrorism? Come on now.

Meanwhile, he explicitly mentions that it's not a problem for Government use and I'm assuming he is implying that no regulation is needed for commercial use either.

Is he not concerned about all the data access on my neighbors that maps/earth/street view/google glasses provides?

Seems like this is more of a defense on Google's business model and or authority power, rather than a concern for society.
I found it by searching for "DESOLEE"
They started doing "blackout tests" [1] last month and are switching it off completely on May 7 [2]. (The public RSS feeds are a part of API v1.)

[1] https://dev.twitter.com/blog/api-v1-retirement-update
[2] https://dev.twitter.com/blog/api-v1-retirement-final-dates
Wow. Great video; good referral.
I really hope Google fixes Android's broken security model. As the owner & user of an Android device, I should be able to configure feature access on a per-app basis. It's ridiculous that you have to either grant an app all requested access, or just don't install it. You should be able to install it, but choose which features to grant access to and which to deny.
Here's an example going back to the 80's when IBM shook down Sun[1]:

>> Finally, the chief suit responded. "OK," he said, "maybe you don't infringe these seven patents. But we have 10,000 U.S. patents. Do you really want us to go back to Armonk and find seven patents you do infringe? Or do you want to make this easy and just pay us $20 million?"

[1] http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html
Notice the table of contents makes use of 'an overview' instead of 'a overview'. May have been just a simple mistake.
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I don't know, it seems pretty clear to me that it means "easy to manage/low-maintenance".

We can't tell if the only ones who are rebellious are US, from the article. What we can tell is that US parents consider their children rebellious.
I appreciate the vividness of your minestrone, pho and chocolate examples, but I can't seem to do what you describe. I can't imagine smells or tastes -- both are as foreign as the visual modality (though much less missed). When I read the example I hear the words "imagine the smell of soup" I simply hear (in my head) my voice say the word 'soup', then, when asked to elaborate 'minestrone - pho' -- more words. I can sit with my eyes closed for the rest of the afternoon but the thoughts go no deeper, or I can silently direct my attention at the memory of the last auditory image, or repeat 'pho' in my head, or say something like 'curly noodles, light broth, deep green basil' and list off favorite attributes of pho, but it's low bandwidth audio and not cumulative in the way my dreamed pictorial representations are.

With respect to music, I can occasionally imagine a few concertos most of the way through in rich detail, but more often just in detailed fragments. I don't seem to have much control over how it sounds, what it is (usually Beethoven or BWV 1004), or when I can do it. I listen to a hundred contemporary songs for every one classical and I can't so much as summon the tunes or lyrics of any of them. Truth be told I don't listen to much music as I find it impossible to think while doing so, as if it's all on the same metaphorical channel.

edit: on the tiger, I'm not expecting the person to solve the speckled hen problem. People with stable mental images can count the stripes off the picture, none should simply "know" how many are there. Some believe (until confronted with such a challenge) they think in fuller, richer pictures than they actually do.
Upon first review it was quite interesting to compare how countries perceive themselves, but when trying to compare countries to each other I realized that the x-axis and y-axis are different for each country.

For example the first quote says "A fascinating new study reveals that Americans are more likely to call their children 'intelligent'", but in fact a higher percentage of parents in Australia say their children are more intelligent.

Parents in Spain think their kids are really really easy.
I think they still care about it. Just not scared shirtless that they'll actually have to use it.
Turns out it was released. We had been working very hard to get this diagram out. Last I was involved, it was stuck with lawyers, etc.

OFA is awesome for releasing this. Hopefully next will be some of our codes and projects.
What if core features of the app rely on the permissions? Is the onus on the app developer to build checks for permissions or on the user to realize the app isn't working the way it should because they disabled some permissions?
Also bash has a built-in incremental history search.

http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Searchi...
Fork the repo and have a go! It's the beauty of decentralized version control.
I would like to see Apple, Android and Microsoft provide a mechanism where the developers can explain, in their own terms, why they need access to certain permissions. I own an HTC HD7 which is WindowsPhone 7. I remember installing some generic music player app (for the life of me I cannot remember the name of it). It required access to, among other things, my location information. At this point the installation was cancelled and the app deleted from my phone. All I could think was "Why on Earth do you need to know where I am to let me listen to my music?".

If developers were at least given an opportunity to explain to their users why they are requiring certain information, consumers may be more willing to allow access. It seems to me many apps take a "lets grab all the info we can" approach which is extremely off putting.
How I got into VC
Part of it is learning to forgive yourself and another part is framing your situation in the right light. Essentially, you may no longer be up to gold medal standards and that's ok because that's just for now. It's also perfectly ok to be frustrated. But then you have to to think about whether you are doing well for where you are now because that's what matters.

You can also try picturing it as a treasure hunt. You have buried all this hidden treasure (technical knowledge), but the map you left yourself got washed in the laundry so now you have to go around piecing it together, but hey, every once in awhile, there is treasure!
I know you wanted to skip over the details to get the heart of your problem, but amnesia is one of the most interesting aliments I know of, and if you feel comfortable sharing any of the details, I'll read them in rapt attention without sharing any pushy opinions or giving un-asked-for advice! (I'm a bit of a biology of the brain nerd!)
As an Android app developer, I agree with this and it would not be a great burden. Developers would only need to add handling for security exceptions, and, perhaps, an explanatory error message.

It is almost unavoidable that this happens. As Android is used more in enterprise settings, permissions such as access to contact databases would have to be selectively granted, and controlled by mobile device management systems.
It's going to be tough to convince every app developer to have their applications work in those circumstances. I would imagine some permissions which are core to the application would be required. Of course, then we are back at the start when app developers mark all their permissions to be core.
It could also be the lessening influence of Microsoft on the software industry. A decade ago, big companies were used to paying per seat because the bedrock apps like Word and Visual Studio were always licensed per seat or per server. With the rise of smaller competitors offering online tools and software either for free or with site-wide licenses, big businesses might try to avoid the hassle of tracking every user added and subtracted.

(It's also possible that Microsoft's pricing model has less influence on Joel since he's been away from the company for a long time, but that's just speculation.)
tagline of that project: z is the new j, yo
When I saw the graphs, what I immediately noticed was not how much emphasis parents place on intelligence, but rather how much emphasis they place on conformity. The article talks about both, but it talks more about the former than the latter. But I find the latter a lot more interesting.

Terms like "agreeable", "socially mature", and "well balanced" (versus "attention seeking", presumably a bad thing) can signify that parents place quite a bit of importance on how well their children conform to social norms and expectations. The article mentions bedtime rules, but this can also extend to long-entrenched traditions in "Old World" societies.

On the other hand, the fact that American parents don't use these terms, and instead use terms like "independent" and "rebellious", shows that American culture places a high value on thinking and living outside of the box. The lack of "calm" and "happy" might make life more stressful for parents and children alike, but at the same time, the term "adaptable" implies that Americans expect the world around them to change quickly, and when it does, you gotta change, too. America is newer and changes faster. It's not surprising that Americans value qualities that make people innovative, disruptive, and not bound by any rule that they didn't make by themselves.

As a person who has lived half his life in a society where being "well rounded", conformity, and obedience to authority are considered a child's primary virtues, I must confess that I am rather partial to the "American" style, tradition be damned.

Edit: There also seems to be a relevant difference between Northern/Western Europe and Southern Europe, just as there is a large cultural difference between Northeastern/Western U.S. and the Southeast. So maybe the comparison should be between industrial regions and traditionally agricultural regions, or between relatively secular regions and deeply religions regions, rather than between America and Europe as a whole. Seems obvious in some ways.
What is the opportunity cost for bitcoin mining using different techniques? (ie the next most valuable thing that can be done with the hardware). I would guess it is a small fraction of the value of a bitcoin. I'm pretty sure it didn't cost bitcoin's market cap of ~1 billion in computing resources to mine all of bitcoins we have today. I wonder what it did cost?
Over the past couple of years, I've gone from installing tons of native apps to using almost all web apps. It has worked well for me - in fact, I hardly miss native apps!
Another similar and interesting set of data to look at is baby naming trends. Freakonomics Radio's most recent episode covers the subject with some depth: http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/04/08/how-much-does-your-na...
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Conclusion after reading this text, there are so many patent trolls because the patent system in USA is trolling the industry. It is a failure ..
That makes sense. I bet CNBC loves bitcoin.

Breaking News! Bitcoin loses 75% of its value!
Bitcoin Rallies!
Bitcoin hits all-time high!
Bitcoin down on fears of IRS scrutiny.

"As we head into the noon hour, we have a panel of experts in studio to discuss what this afternoon holds for bitcoin"
Put it out into the wild as soon as possible, and get some users/customers. Then there always be some rush, that keeps you motivated.
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"then we are back at the start when app developers mark all their permissions to be core"

It should always be the user's or administrator's choice. There really is no such thing as a "core" permission. Of course some apps become a nullity without some access, but an unhandled security exception in those cases could result, for example, in a more-detailed system message asking if you want to uninstall the app, since you have decided against giving it permissions that the developer has decided are essential. This would also alert you to when a non-location app was trying to sneak a look at where you are.
I wonder what it would look like if the stack was filled with one dollar bills rather than 100s. I'm sure the visualization would be quite mind boggling.
$6.6 billion in cash was "lost"[0] and then found[1] in Iraq which I can now visualize as 66 pallets of cold hard cash. How do you lose that?

[0]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/06/13/exp.tsr...
[1]http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/once-thought-lost-a...

[Edit] There is $1.18 Trillion in circulation in the USA, about as much as in the last image: http://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12773.htm
I'm not commenting on the relative value of the patents, just the idea that investors don't care. Google does quite a few IP acquisitions.
I see nothing wrong with making developers check for features before using them. Should be used to it, with the variability of platforms.
In theory, I've always understood that Math is Programming is Math. Or at least I accepted it as true. But I swear, it only really "clicked" for me a few weeks ago. I've been programming for almost 20 years, and I feel like I just joined the party.

It made me think - how different would my programming and math experiences have been if I'd "gotten" it sooner?

So if I were you, I would stop focusing on programming for right now, and dive as deep as you can into math. Its another path to some of the same epiphanies, and perhaps you won't feel so much like you're wasting time reaching a point you'd already attained before. Climb a different hill instead.

And don't forget that life is about learning, not what you already know. None of us ever stop learning. There is no beginning and no end, indeed there is no path. Only Now :)
I am sure Joel and the Fog Creek team has discovered that having an unlimited license for large customers work best for them. I mean, that's why they are doing it. I would be interested in knowing the thoughts around this, whether this is a general rule for software companies or something specific to their current position in the market.
We can guess and reason all we want, but Fog Creek is a big player with a long history. I think there might be something to learn.
Einstein and Problem -Solving
This site has a narrow minded and intolerant culture.

Perhaps... I am not sure I agree, but I did not have your experience. I did, however, notice that people sometimes react more to the style and less to the substance of what has been said. Which is remarkable considering how much effort is usually spent on focusing on the substance. I suppose we are all human.
A talk with computer graphics pioneer Ivan Sutherland.
Of course, they would probably just compensate by making the entire app useless without the track-u permissions enabled :(
I think there are cycles in cycles. Having lived for a while, I've seen similar cycles in my own life where each phase lasted several years, even as a yearly cycle like the OP described continued within them. The year cycle itself contains cycles that play out over a day, week, or month.

Human beings appear to be naturally cyclical beings who live in a cyclical universe. So it makes sense, and it's very healthy to realize it and plan accordingly. The phenomenon seems particularly pronounced in creative, innovative people who have some measure of control over their daily activities.
The app would define core features and nice-to-have features. The user would be able to disable the nice-to-haves. Admittedly this just pushes the problem one layer down because Facebook would just make everything part of the core and force people to install. And now the user would have the burden of trying to figure out what was going on.
I'm not sure what connotations you were going for with the word "hospice", but I'd really suggest choosing a different name.
Unfortunately, what you describe is the ideal case.

A typical case might be:

1. Developer releases free app

2. Users find it useful

3. Developer seeks to monetize, adds some mobile ad network libraries

4. Ad network libraries want the user's location

5. User's who liked the app now find themselves OK'ing a frivolous-seeming permission during an update, or they have to uninstall the app, potentially losing access to some of their own data.

And so we find our developer on the slippery slope. Putting the power to cause those apps to fail when they do dubious things in the user's hands means that developers would be more discriminating about their monetization partners, among other benefits.
Interesting, I find that social norms in the US are more rigid and Europe seems to be more laid back. (Two examples that come to mind: nudity and the "base" system in dating.)
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Well... That's just a name after all. Short and memorable.
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bet it'd be 100x as big...

hah sorry had to.. but seriously would be crazy!
Attempting to avoid infringing software patents like this is an absolute waste of time. There are vast amounts of terrible patents covering everything you do, and even if you don't technically infringe the mere allegation that you do by a patent troll is enough of a threat to make settlement more profitable. That's why it's been compared to extortion.
Great read. Bitcoin can be a new gold standard. Probable. But that means someone has got to regulate it. To keep the prices stable so that it can be a standard for other currency. But bitcoin is unregulated and that's the main advantage of it. So either it can be a gold standard by being regulated, which defeats its whole purpose or remain as it is. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Edit: I highly doubt it can be stable. With so many people holding significant shares of bitcoins, any actions take by them can affect the prices significantly, since the market cap is so small. Plus someone has to step in to make sure prices don't go out of hand. If all it takes is for mtgox to have a few DOOS to drop prices by more than half, I don't see how bitcoin can be a gold standard without regulation.
For a lot of people that word will primarily be associated with memories of their relatives or loved ones dying.
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That's because they are the SMS app for Facebook Homeified devices.
hos·pice
/ˈhäspis/
Noun
1 home providing care for the sick, esp. the terminally ill.
2 lodging for travelers, esp. one run by a religious order.

A weird choice of name indeed
A worse combination of TLD (io) and name (hospice) I have probably not seen. The graphical imagery conveyed by hospice I/O is tragic and sad.
Thats a cool idea. I wonder if the "Rules of the Road" 100k user limit would apply in such a case. https://dev.twitter.com/docs/terms/summary
How about a list of patent trolls and their lawyers, financiers, etc.

Like linked-in, but not voluntary.

And whenever you were about to deal with someone you'd look them up on the list to see if they were bad...