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> On the contrary, multi language projects are a kludge born out of (pragmatic) necessity.

> Nothing inherently inevitable (or good) about them.

Um, except that coherent planes/tiers of abstraction is the foundation of robust software engineering. You write languages to a spec; compiler authors emit bytecodes for another spec; hardware engineers optimize transistors and lay traces on silicon to meet yet another spec. Etc.

Multi-language is the only thing that makes the world work today. The closest single-language runtime that exists is FORTH and things like that.

Every other "modern" language where you get to pretend your process has a contiguous address space, or that there even exists a thing such as "process", is s pragmatic compromise between compiler and runtime technology.
I've been trying to do the same thing with my commit messages. It's just me for the moment, but knowing the why along with the what is a goldmine when you have to come back to some code 6 months later. Even better, vim has a git-commit mode to help remind me of the conventions.
You need to move away from Posterous. It's closing down in less than 15 days.
I meant to remove it, it's a distraction. There are Mexican political groups who advocate for a similar policy to regain control of many western states, who they believe were unjustly ceded from Mexico.

These folks are very much in the fringe, and I shouldn't have mentioned it,
Great post! I wish you the best.
I have to say I'm at the same stage, but still not sure if I should wait a little bit more and achieve a minimal viable business.
I had a similar experience with Twitter, especially in terms of keeping tabs on competitors. Recently, I've stopped reading the tech blogs and I've found it's made me a ton happier and allowed me to focus on what I'm doing and stop looking in the rear view mirror.

This post really resonated with me.
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TJHSST is now 64.2% Asian. So yes, things changed and are changing.

http://www.tjhsst.edu/studentlife/publications/tjtoday/wordp...
Oh I don't know about that. One of the great things about using a Mac is that you get a POSIX compliant operating system without having to mess with things too much. At the very least Ubuntu is not the way you want to go. The Linux environment has certainly improved, but the reasons people picked OS X haven't exactly evaporated.
The title of this article also reminds me of that blog written by Aaron!
Seems a little far-fetched. Talk of moving gigaton rocks - harder than for instance moving a small city to Mars?
There may be specific players in the PC industry who are "digging their own grave" but the retrenchment of PC sales is the result of the PC overshooting the bounds of its natural market.

Personal Computer means a general-purpose computer you own and control completely. How many PCs are actually deployed that way? The PC market will probably never shrink to include only the people who really need a Personal Computer, but it will get much smaller than it is now.
http://newspaper23.com looks like a great site. I've been looking for something that just shows headlines and doesn't require launching into an image-heavy site just to read the article.

However, the JavaScript appears to be broken in Chrome. Switching categories doesn't work, for example.
This is the summary at the top of the page:

Rob Pike explains how Google designed Go to address major
development issues they encounter while using other
languages: long build times, poor dependency management,
lack of robustness, etc.

In any case, Google is heavily invested in Go. There's no need to "sell it."
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Batman - The Dark Knight: Clever bad guy, goods characters, believable, fantastic, long movie.

(It is not original, it just take what Holliwood do for long know, and it do it very well.)
I gave up my multiple time per day reads of news.google.com. I decided that it didn't improve my life to hear what shooting took place, or what North Korea had done this time, every day. I still read technology news, but the normal day to day stuff I've completely stopped following. It's been a few months since I gave it up and I must say that I'm happy with my change. I did the same thing with reddit. I gave that one up because it was too much of a time sink.
I went on a 'news fast' a while back and felt amazing after it.

It might be herd vs individual health but watching / reading the news will not make you better off.

I do think concentrating on knowledge of the world is important but I think this is separate from news.
that makes slightly more sense than a government conspiracy.
Bayh-Dole applies to so many things beyond my realm of knowledge that I don't know that I currently have a thoughtful idea of whether or how I would amend it, if given the chance.

I was simply pointing out that one can't blame the NIH for the lack of stipulations on their grant money.
Definitely be a stickler for details, I'm infinitely happier seeing a PR unmerged and closed with a solid short explanation, even if it's "does not fit my style", than waiting indefinitely for a reply.

RE those pull requests: some people like hating on coffeescript. Chipmunk-js/15 is just a terrible patch...
We've got something in the works.
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It's not that they admit defeat, it's that they admit success. Yes, there are ten companies that are pushing hardware so hard that every bit counts again because if it didn't they'd be in danger of exhausting the earth's supply of elemental silicon. But everyone else can make a good living without going there.
When you say hardware do you mean actually making a computer?
There are definitely limitations of the implementation of CPython itself, which do not need to be there if the language were willing to ratchet down the dynamism in certain cases. (Even without that, there are potentially implementation avenues that would have permitted better concurrency than the current codebase.)

However, implementation aside, I think it's invalid to assert that the existence of a cottage industry is inherently a sign of weakness; it's also a sign of just how pervasively Python is used. Find me another language that's used as widely, as popularly (i.e. not just two random guys using it that way), and in as many different kind of settings as Python. (Java might be a contender, except that it's not really used for the really high-performance scientific workloads like Python.)
It locked a Chrome tab. I saw a message saying something like "Taking longer than usual". Closed it after two minutes, still didn't load.
if you're doing numerical analysis, you're doing it offline, not in real-time. And so again, bit-packing doesn't matter. If your space usage grows exponentially, that becomes a problem, but in that case the difference between programming languages is just a multiplier, and is dwarfed by your algorithmic problems.
Some of the tool-assisted speedruns feed scripts into the emulator. One of the pokemon yellow arbitrary code execution runs used some clojure: http://tasvideos.org/3767S.html
I would agree to the degree that "News" refers to shallow news reporting. News on TV? Undoubtedly detrimental. Long form journalism? Lots of merit. Sensational coverage of a kidnapping? Waste of your time. Coverage of the political process? Could lead you to a revelation about certain political entities.

Basically, I would not recommend completely dismissing all forms of news. News consumption can lead you to change your mind about something. If you never expose your self to new data, you will find yourself holding onto stale beliefs and opinions. There's something to be said for remaining an informed citizen.
I'm curious what other components you use around these services. ZooKeeper for properties? What do your Storm spouts feed from (Kestrel, Kafka, ...), and what do your bolts write to? Are you using something for distributed locking?

The article is a good start, but leaves a lot to the imagination!
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What Nintendo taught me about being a dad
> if the brain-damaged child strangled by his umbilical cord achieve just as much as the normal child, he has more merit.

I think you need to start defining what you mean by "achievement" and "merit," because "equal achievement" and "greater merit" are not the same things from my perspective. If a brain-damaged child achieves just as much a normal child, they have equal merit, from my perspective.

Again, I think a lot of people are conflating meritocracy with social justice. I think this attitude stems from the fact that people think meritocracy is "good," and that social justice is also "good," so meritocracy must necessarily be socially just, when that is not the case. Meritocracy alone is neither inherently socially unjust or inherently socially just.
Numba is trying to let you make a different choice for different sections of the same program so that you can do different styles of programming in code meant to be a library than you might do in other sections of code meant to be more "ocassional programmer" facing.

Some of you might find the roadmap particularly interesting. It's an open-source project eager for input from others...

http://numba.pydata.org/numba-doc/dev/roadmap.html
About your last paragraph. It has always puzzled and bothered me that there is this popular notion that to truly understand the world is to be miserable and hopeless - that there exists this trade-off between knowledge and happiness.

For me, the one blinding truth that exists about humanity is its undeniable progress on the grand timescale. You won't find anyone arguing really that we are worse off now than we were 100 years ago. I'm talking about the extremely basic progress indicator of the average quality of life of a human being on Earth (which is of course mostly subjective). Expand the timescale back beyond 100 years, and our progress just becomes more and more clear. We are so much better than we were 500 years ago in every single aspect of living on this planet: health care, wealth distribution, civil rights, freedom, scientific discovery, overall happiness... There is not a single aspect of humanity that was better back then.

I should note that a huge reason our progress is not always as evident within 100 years is this pattern of people's adamant belief that the generation below them is somehow screwing up the world forever. Technology is making people stupid/socially retarded, music these days sucks, no one cares about other people anymore, blah blah blah. I could talk for hours about how much I hate this, but I'll just say that it is incorrect, and aspects of that idea that are true stem from the fact that younger people are generally stupider than older people, because they haven't lived as much. Everyone was once stupid, and "Kids these days" will eventually learn, like everyone does.

If you let yourself become affected by the misery and despair that is definitely still around us on Earth, then in my opinion you are a part of the problem. You may not be Joseph Kony or Kim Jong-Un, but you are contributing just as much to the fear and hopelessness on Earth by becoming a part of it. And you are short-sited. The world is certainly not perfect, but it is also most certainly getting better. The most knowledgeable people on this planet are optimistic. They understand that horrific things are happening across the globe right now, but they also understand the world's natural condition of progress. These are also the people that contribute most to the progress of humanity.

Sorry to rant. I agreed with your comment for the most part aside from that.
I played with options for a bit. Nearly all the "financial news" is information free. No matter what happens, there'll be an article explaining why. Even decent-seeming publications would join along in the "Stock X moved <direction> because of event Y", even though you could flip the predicates around and still have a coherent story.

As Eliezer writes, "If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge"[1].

To be fair though, I suppose the real "news" is subtle information and isn't likely to become a simple headline and the people able to make use of it are unlikely to detail the causation afterwards. Although, sometimes I wonder, at least in stocks, if the nonsense "news" ends up driving things more than any fundamental reasons.

1: http://lesswrong.com/lw/if/your_strength_as_a_rationalist/
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Wow, that's a big change in representation. I thought rayiner was mentioning more about after he left, but actually those are the percentages now and have changed dramatically in the last five years.

I'm questioning if I would even get in at this point (my work ethic always beat out my test scores). I'm wondering if this rigidity to "scores" is helping things -- I probably would have to agree with the author's assessment of a "robotic student" molding themselves to what the TJ admissions office wants.
Being "provoked to action" is not the same "making better decisions".

The relevancy that the author is talking of is of things that you need to decide where the need to decide did not come from news. In other words, if you read no news you would still have many decisions to make, right? The question is - does news help you make better choices in those decisions?

Said another way, how many decisions can you think of that:
1.) the need to make a choice did not arise from reading the news, and
2.) reading the news led to a better decision?

The election is probably closest to these type of decisions. But I like Tim Ferriss's approach to discuss pros and cons of candidates with trusted friends instead of the press.
I knew this when I was very young and people still look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I don't watch the news.
Galvanic Experiments on the Dead Body of a Criminal, Artificial Volcano, etc.
Kleiner Perkins invested in over 60 cleantech companies. Unfortunately, their cleantech portfolio seems to be having pretty lousy results - http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22385874/kleiner-perk...

I think the proportion of VC funded companies that are doing an advertising bases social product is a bit exaggerated. I'd say the majority of funding is for paid subscription based SaaS web apps and software, stuff that manages some part of the enterprise, analytics, advertising optimization, security, backups, data management, etc. etc. See, for instance, one first tier venture firm's portfolio - http://www.generalcatalyst.com/companies

However, the point remains that few VC funded companies are attacking the areas that have the most potential for raising quality of life. I do not blame the VC firms for this - they are doing the economically smart thing. Software has a much greater potential for generating the high profits of natural monopoly with relatively low capital investment costs. Cleantech simply does not provide the same returns.

In reality, the solution may be more Solyndras. Maybe we need some public institution - government or philanthropic - to grant loans at a 2 to 1 match for equity investment in companies that are tackling socially useful problems. Many of these companies will fail. But the knowledge, know how, and personal experience generated will create the base for the next round of companies, or the round of companies after that, to create products that change the world. But currently it is not rational for VC's to play the long game, because there is little chance than any particular company they invest in will capture the value created by new innovations. Since much the result of the product will end up as consumer surplus/public surplus, it makes sense that the public contribute to the initial funding if the public wants the investment to happen.
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Justices Weigh Issue of Patents on Human Genes
"jauge"? Is that a typo or do you speak French?
His "evidence" is anecdotal. Your evidence is "anecdotal." So too will be my evidence. But the cynicism he describes mirrors a lot of what I observed and continue to observe in the majority (but not the vast majority) of students at top universities. The nihilistic focus on grades/GPA/taking easy classes. The great lack of focus on actually learning anything or absorbing different perspectives. The focus on social proof and prestige. etc. etc.
Cool service, should come in handy. Thanks!
"As Alicia represents a girl who accuses a classmate of rape, the case takes on a life of its own when the hacker group "Anonymous" takes notice and brings the trial into the public eye via the Internet. Also, Diane continues to be vetted for a possible Illinois Supreme Court seat and Kalinda becomes suspicious of Robyn."

Where did you hear it would be about Bitcoin and Twitter?
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Exactly the same thoughts went through my head reading the title.
I'm not certain if the analogy that news is bad for you is true. I've heard this multiple times from multiple people and practiced going on a news diet (temporarily) even though I'm used to being on top of what's happening.

What I ended up realizing was that the news wasn't really affecting me, because, what I was reading was not the crap about celebs, gossip and other nonsense, but actual stuff around me that was having an impact on the world.

I don't know if I could go on without reading about the Arab Spring, or the Nuclear tests in North Korea, even though they don't directly impact me or my daily life.
More discussion of the same topic is here [1], but I felt the New York Times version gave a more thorough treatment. (The rt.com version appears to have been cobbled together secondarily by a person reading a few different sources.)

1 = https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5548048
There are a lot of positive things about HN, without it being "real news". The major value for me is that it is (often) interesting. I learn a lot here that helps me find new ways to think about technology and the web industry.

But it is not:

* neutral: there are some pretty obvious biases, though they aren't consistent

* need-to-know: there's nothing I've learned on HN which has been strictly necessary to me, though there's a lot which was interesting

* concise: the net information density is relatively low, than higher on many other discussion sites. (Low bar, I know...)
Also, might as well mention that next week's episode will feature "a group of software coders in a contract dispute". The Good Wife is actually pretty tech heavy for a mainstream show.
Or, just for the politics of it, almost 1/6 of the increase in the national debt up to now since President Obama took office. Just saying...
Google survey results about menu labeling and hn thread
A while back I asked a question about what people thought about menus<p>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5513909<p>Then asked a google survey question about roughly the same subject.<p>https://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/view?survey=37f4hofdhid2g&question=1&filter=&rw=1<p>Interestingly enough, the results match (or it may seem obvious to you).
Disclaimer: Germany in the period of '33 to '45 was not a capitalist society and aggregate measures of markets can be grossly misleading.

In the Great Depression the German chancellor Bruenning did try to keep a balanced budget, kept essentially a gold standard [1] and cut unemployment insurance. This resulted in 30% unemployment and a very high multiplier. Additionally Weimar Germany was on brink of civil war in the end.

Hitler then did introduce the Reichsarbeitsdienst, essentially forced but payed labor for the unemployed. And he did ramp up spending, first mostly for infrastructure later shifting to the military. [2] And he was rather reckless in consolidating his power, which probably lead to increased 'investor confidence.' With these policies he managed to get more than 5% real GDP growth each year, [3] together with steeply falling unemployment. [4] ( Wikipedia has an article with more details. [5])

And this is probably the reason why this is rarely addressed, economic policy was an area where Hitler did have some success, at least by modern metrics which are not easily applicable. ( And therefore it is actually quite hard to discuss without getting awkwardly close to not damning Hitler. In fact I am wondering at the moment, if this posting needs a stronger disclaimer.)

[1] The Rentenmark introduced after the hyperinflation of '23 was backed by land.

[2] The details are actually quite interesting, the regime was trying to hide a substantial part of the dept as 'Mefo bills.'

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BSPDRWeltkriseEngl.PNG

the datasource is

https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/WirtschaftStatistik... [German]

[4] http://archive.is/JXNR

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nazi_Germany
AMEN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg5wkZ-dJXA minute 4:30
^ This.

I don't really understand the model. All you are doing is allowing people to host a video file with you and doing some trivial code snippet generation. How do you make money to pay for the hosting?
I'm not sure why most tutorials suggests installing RVM. You don't need rvm unless you are a running multiple rubies. You can install v1.9.3 from apt-get install ruby1.9.3. And a production server shouldn't run RVM. RVM just adds unnecessary complexity.
Horrible weather? You should check out the uk.. It's beautiful, yet windy, in Boston in comparison.
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As opposed to charging the man for repairs and the man likely ending up in jail? I say the man got off easy. If the man had to pay for the damage to the SUV he would have been much worse off.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that it's a good thing to be lonely.

Some background: I'm fifteen years old, have but one friend, and never attend any parties or the like. I spend most of my time banging out code in front of my laptop.

Is it lonely? Certainly. Does it feel crushing, unbearably melancholy? Yes, it does. But I love it. You have so much time for productivity, so much time to do things you love, rather than having that time spent whilst pandering to the whims of others.

No girlfriend. No best friend. I tend to keep my distance. Ulcerative colitis doesn't help my cause much. But being social is something I see as a thing of my past. It's replaceable. Sporadic.

Learn to love loneliness. It's the only thing that will consistently love you back.
Can you explain why you think people wouldn't just use Youtube/Vimeo/etc?
And expensive!
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You actually have spoken to 1700+ artists? See if you could learn a few things about the market, and do a "pivot" as so many start ups have done. AirBNB started out selling air mattress...
You're looking for the pleasingly-symmetric-to-AI acronym IA, for Intelligence Amplification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification
None of the articles I read mentioned that he had actually modified the FMS code. Could you give a link?

If he did that then that is a colossally huge caveat to his claims.
I think your prediction was wrong. I had plenty of people contact me. Definitely some that are worth bringing on and are excited to work on the project.
I wish I could upvote this twice. Easily one of the most insightful comments I've seen on HN recently.
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Editing the hosts file works, but then you can't visit those sites at all.

Consider doing that for a week (or however long) and see if your habit changes. I've found that sense of effortlessness declines after such a break.