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Yeah, I've taken a similar approach - my comments were more just to raise awareness about how much verizon is theoretically able to do in light of what a low bar they have for doing them for LEO.

You can get it set up so all your iptv services work with the ONT using the ethernet port BTW - that is the default install configuration these days for people on the faster service tiers as moca caps some where north of 100mb. In that setup the actiontec is connected both via coax and ethernet to the ont, and it serves as a ethernet<-> moca bridge internally to support the ip features of the stbs.

Running the STB's without any moca is basically unusable, no epg, no dvr, no vod etc. And it's worth noting that even though my actiontec is physically separated from my home net through a tweaky setup, they could still theoretically do full stream wireless packet capturing of whatever the radio could hear, or become an active node on your other 802.11 network. Brute forcing a WPA2 secret is a common enough practice that they have purpose built luggable SFF pc's with 4 tesla cards inside for field work.

You can actually remove 100% of the verizon CPE and still good tv if you're willing to pay for it. Once I found out all the stuff the STB's are doing I'm in the process of replacing them with a tivo with a cable card and a tivo mini (basically a slave). Even slightly cheaper per month than the multiroom dvr, though the upfront is $$$
for realz. blog + portfolio + about page should take like 2 seconds to send
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I doubt that. The NSA is extremely secretive even within the government, and in general the different members of the intelligence community (which disturbingly includes the FBI and the DEA) are barely able to cooperate.
Give them a DMG?

It would be lovely if there was a One True Software Distribution Format, but it's not going to happen. wgetting into a bash script is a terrible way to not really support any users properly :)
Thanks.

Here is my summary of his G+ posts on the Pixel: He is running a non-CromeOS Linux on it, and says that "Sure, with the true resolution exposed to the web browser, things are small. Just how I like it." And he has "actually used the Pixel as my main laptop for two short trips now." His Macbook Air has been retired.
It has one big advantage going for it - it's not controlled by any government. You expect the euro to be manipulated for the benefits of the Europeans, the USD to be manipulated for the benefits of Americans, and the Yuan to be manipulated for the benefits of the Chinese. But who manipulates the bitcoin?
Here is the real form to help pay down the debt just in case anyone wants to -

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> To her, there is no domain name, hosting, files, its just a website.

Yes, and we can see from your article where that got her, and what she needed to know -- solutions not in your article.

> This article wasn't about advanced user such as yourself, you don't need protection and advice how to avoid this.

Yes, that was my point -- because your article is meant for the average nontechnical ISP client, it should have included the two pieces of advice I gave. And my points could be phrased in a way that would be comprehensible even by a liberal arts graduate .. I think. :)

> And my writting style is passionate, I am telling a story, not providing bullet points ...

But if the points I made had been known to the victim, no passionate recital would be required. Therefore I think they should have been included.

> It was about a friend of mine who is an artist and got screwed over, and now she will go around tell people how techies are bad guys.

Please try to understand that your article only generates heat, not light. The remedy for the problems it describes requires far fewer words than a rant about the consequences of not knowing a few simple principles. And remember this is Hacker News, not a tabloid -- people come here for the light, not the heat.
No, Hetzner is a bottom of the bucket discount dedicated server company. They are the German version of ThePlanet, and will likely collapse under their own stupidity soon enough as well.

I've personally tracked botnets infecting thousands of machines back to command and control servers at Hetzner. Guess what happens when you send off the report? They forward it to the bot herder.
Ah right, then yeah, that stuff is now pretty opaque and has changed a bunch since the old desktop days.
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Haven't updated my profile in a bit. Working full time on my startup. about 60-80 hours a week.

Is your start up funded? Mine isn't.
This idea is simply brilliant. You've reduced the friction it takes for me to buy an asset that I might not have otherwise purchased to essentially one click, at exactly the right moment (the moment I need it, without breaking my work-flow or concentration).

My first suggestion would be to figure out how to market the hell out of this. There are some really great Photoshop plugins out there that I've seen pop up on HN maybe once or twice at most and I've spoken to designer friends in person who have never heard of them. The first step would be to look into advertising on the design blogs and sites like http://beautifulpixels.com/. You might then look into a sponsored post on DaringFireball or similar site (from what I've heard, the ROI on his posts is pretty good).
How likely are you to use PowerLinux?
It's complete carnage, but the actual tech seems to work well.
When I first moved to Pennsylvania I was completely dumbfounded the first time I came to a stop at a stop sign and the driver behind laid on his horn - I didn't read the "fine print" below the sign: except for right turn[1]

[1]: http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/067/chapter212/s212.107.ht...

Edit:
Here's a source with a photo: http://www.another-mile.com/2009/12/stop-means-stop-except-r...
> The most likely reason is to stay "in charge" of your interviewing process. If Johnny sends in a resume and he is unqualified, what do you say?

When I'm hiring, I respond to each and every resume. 99% of them get a canned "Thanks for applying. Unfortunately, it's not a match, but we wish you the best of luck."

Is that so hard?

My personal answer? No. It's not.

You're programmers. Write a macro. Then tap the key.

> No company wants to pay someone $25,000-$100,000 a year to reply to the Johnnys of the world ad infinitum.

First, this is ludicrous; even if you're sending thousands or tens of thousands of these letters, you can have a process that doesn't cost but a penny or two more than REVIEWING the email in the first place does.

Second, any company that can't design good processes that work well and cheaply isn't a place where I want to work.
Why is it so difficult to comprehend that if you contact me first and I write you back, you should write back again even if you don't want me anymore. If I contacted you first, it will still be nice to hear back but I will not lose my sleep over it.
When it comes to protecting the people they represent from unconstitional monitoring, Congress has failed epically. I suspect that it is because the people and groups who care about this subject don't line their pockets.
> Has a currency ever just collapsed without some dubious supply policy causing the collapse?

Private (and what might be called "sub-sovereign" public -- that is, where the entity issuing either isn't sovereign or is notionally sovereign and yet still subordinate to a higher sovereign) currencies have collapsed because of sovereign action making issuance, use, etc. of the particular kind of currency less attractive (including expressly limiting its issuance or use, or prohibiting it outright.)

Sovereign currencies have collapsed as currencies (perhaps with individual artifacts retaining value as collectibles) because of the collapse of the issuing sovereign entity.

Gold as currency (though it became even more sought after as an investment) effectively fell apart globally largely due to deflations in the the late 19th century and early 20th century resulting from supply limits compared to productivity.

I'm not sure if that counts as a yes or a no (each of those causes could be considered "dubious supply policy" issues, just as the limit on the number of BTC can), but it certainly means that hyper-inflationary supply policy isn't the only problem; supply limits are a problem, as well.
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> "We support this idea. would definitely be sweet to get paid back. -Chinese President Xi Jinping" "Man, this is a great idea. I bet this was Biden's thing, am I right? Joe, call me. -Bill Clinton"

Genius.
Maybe because 2013 it's not over yet. Check back on January 1, 2014.

EDIT: The original question asked why there was a drop of donations in 2013 as stated in this page: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/gift/gift.htm
I'm not sure you read the OP? He's talking about companies contacting HIM to ask his rates and then not responding once he offers it? Hence the use of the term 'spam'?
Did you miss this line from the parent's post?

But at least a simple automatic e-mail saying "Thank you for applying, regretfully the position is now filled" or anything indicating "don't wait for an answer" should be the norm.

Your argument is that its better to be rude and not even send out an auto-reply because of the possibility that they will reply and want more information. But who cares? If the auto-respond email says "We'll get back to you if we are interested" then the conversation is over for the time being. It is then not rude to ignore any subsequent emails from the job applicant.

Let me frame this another way. Sometimes I find that Gmail doesn't always deliver my mail. It's rare, but it happens. A simple auto-reply can give people the peace of mind that they are at least being considered.
He's benchmarking relative performance, but we don't know what else is running on the host machine during the benchmark. What if one of the other users on the host was running a very cpu/network intensive process during only one of his test runs?
interesting - can one create an iso from this with only my packages? I want to use it to install across an entire office.
Sure, I'll bite.
You argue that family is no longer important (or, 'optional', in your words) because Wikipedia does not elevate the status of, or obsess over the details of the family of a notable person in the same fashion. This is a ridiculous argument [1]. Who cares what Wikipedia thinks? Who cares what google thinks? Who cares what society thinks? A relationship is a very personal connection between two people. Perhaps it doesn't translate well to Wikipedia, but it's absurd to assert that they're not worth having just because they're not preserved for all eternity.

[1] https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority
I'm not sure at what point the Valley decided that it was okay to not respond back to applicants once they were no longer interested, but it's terribly unprofessional behavior. I had an interview with a very established dotcom in San Jose, and I went through 5 interviews and talked salary with the director of the group, and then they stopped responding to my emails for some unknown reason. I emailed him directly asking for feedback, as well as the recruiters, and it was radio silence.

I applied to a bunch of companies last year, and was in the middle of the process with many of them when I decided on the company I was going to work for. I wrote them all an email notifying them, but thanking them for the opportunity to meet with them. A few startups didn't even bother responding back, but I did receive some nice emails back from some companies thanking me for letting them know, and wishing me luck at my job, and if things didn't work out, to contact them again.

I'm not saying I needed to be treated like royalty, but basic common courtesy goes a long way. As well, how you treat people that you don't need to treat well reflects on the type of company (and person) you really are.
I'd argue Google's ROI on the service itself a very small piece of the pie and almost irrelevant. Google gains most of their revenue from advertising on their properties. More people online + faster access = more advertising revenue.

Especially in a market like Kansas City which is dominated by TWC who is notorious for misrepresenting bandwidth, throttling against high bandwidth sites (youtube & netflix) and has noticeable capacity issues during peak usage times.
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Thanks for the link ozten, I'll definitely follow the mailing list. Cheers on the good work -- I'm sick of entering passwords.
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The problem is not that it is unexplainable, or yet unexplained. The problem is if it is measurable and if it really exists.

(For example gravity is "unexplained" in some way. You have two masses, they deform the space, and with some approximations you can use the formula F=GmM/R^2. But, for example, why do masses deform the space?!?!?!?!?! But luckily you can measure it, just drop a stone or find a gravity lens, so gravity exists.)
I agree in both cases it is rude not to respond. But in one case the potential employer is the one who reached out first. For example, when I got out of college I brushed off the fact that an employer didn't respond to my resume at all. That didn't make me angry. What did make me confused was someone who specifically reached out to me to try to hire me through email and a phone call and then fell off the face of the earth when I followed up via email with a resume and more details. Sure that person might have been busy and had more important hires to make than a post-grad, but it was still rude and I probably won't forget it.
I am never surprised when this article reoccurs on HN. Don't try to rush it and continue to put in your time, that is the only way to get better at the craft.
Except 30 of the largest corporations paid little to no taxes over the past few years. There would be little debt if you actually got them to pay and stop offshoring jobs and profits.

General Electric paid an effective tax of TWO PERCENT over the past decade!

We are being looted from the inside out and people still fall for this.
He's cutting prices, but we are not in a deflationary environment.

I think you're a little mixed up on the definitions of "inflation" and "deflation".
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I don't have a good mental model for this. What sorts of problems are more suited to a network of tiny ICs rather than a FPGA or a microprocessor?
Word of advice for responding to OPs: read the post before telling OP they're doing it wrong.

OP: "asking for a very detailed quote, portfolio examples and an estimate..."

You: "when you send a resume out and don't get a reply"

These are not the same. A response to an RFP is not a "cold resume". It's not an application. It's custom, one off, strategic work at the requester's request, and deserves at least an acknowledgement.
You're overstating the legal and regulatory risks. I work in health-care, which is probably one of the most regulated industries there is, and regulatory issues are not really a barrier to cloud services.
Following the pattern, should we put the Gang Of Four in prison then? :)
Love it, Austin is such a great tech bubble right now, this will just continue the trend for a long while, they picked a great spot to do this (mainly because I live in Austin, lol)
Generally, when people are socking money away their savings account, or reducing their spending in some way, it means they're trying to expose themselves to less risk because they're worried about the future. People who are worried about the future don't start investing until their confidence has been bolstered by something. Excessive savings on their own don't lead to investment, they lead to deflation and economic decline.

The solution to this is to meddle with interest rates or policy.

You are right that a reduction in spending/increase in savings (whatever their form) does tend to correlate with interest rates decreasing, and vice versa, but this is a deliberate decision to speed the velocity of money up again before longer-term damage happens. It's not a long-term solution. Interest rates are in many way a fiscal ballast to keep the economy properly weighted.

The trouble with Bitcoin is it's inherently deflationary. Meddling with interest rates doesn't work if your currency is Bitcoin. You also can't have a healthy amount of inflation to keep the economy growing. If Bitcoin did become a de facto currency, we'd be poorer both economically and intellectually. The latter I believe because there would be less "excess" to spend on scientific research, as typically happens in periods of economic slowdown.

Historically the best time to make an investment or start a business is in lean times (depressions are good!), but people aren't generally that rational. The value of something (currency included) is typically driven by emotions. This is why what people feel about something is everything, from a product you're selling to your currency.

A few hours ago I thought Bitcoin was awesome and a good thing, but after thinking it through and arguing this point I'm convinced it's a bad thing and will lead to a longer-term harm if it is widely adopted and begins to replace traditional currencies.
For this to be adopted, you need to have at least one major email provider implementing it, at least one major browser, and at least one major website. If you don't have the three corners of the triangle, people will inevitably judge Persona by its fallback implementation and will fail to understand the advantages Persona offers.

The good news is Mozilla have managed to implement a bridge that makes it look like one major email provider, Yahoo!, implements it.

Now you need the other two corners. Firefox OS is not mainstream enough, why doesn't Firefox for the desktop implement this natively yet? Isn't the whole of Mozilla behind this initiative? (Also, why haven't they fully retired the old usage of the brand Mozilla Persona yet?)
Ooops. When the editor has focus, it tries to keep your cursor visible when it moves. And your cursor can end up moving due to other people's edits.

I tweaked the page to not auto-focus the editor. Thanks!
I don't buy that MIT and Stanford are undisputed "best" either. But they're damn good. And definitely top tier ... my point is that Waterloo and UBC are in the same ball park as the top ones.
I'm reminded of the story from "The Cyberiad" of the pirate who wanted to know everything (the name Pugg seems to ring a bell). The heroes of the story gave him a device which would continuously spit out facts. At first, the pirate was pleased, and our heroes escaped whilst he was busy absorbing facts. But these facts turned out to be random, practically useless information, and eventually the pirate was buried in them, unable to look away . . .
As a freelancer, you can put a great deal of time into carefully considering the needs of a new/prospective client, developing a preliminary plan for the project and preparing a carefully considered estimate. This is typically done gratis. It is in one's best interest to spend this prospecting time on the highest likelihood/value prospective clients. Behavior like the spam-and-ignore on behalf of some of these companies reflects poorly on the group and will make the best freelancers reluctant to participate.

As an aside for freelancers, I recommend following Brennan Dunn's work:

http://brennandunn.com/
http://brennandunn.com/category/podcast/
http://doubleyourfreelancingrate.com/
http://doubleyourfreelancingrate.com/build-a-consultancy
http://doubleyourfreelancingrate.com/the-blueprint

He does _so_ much for the freelancer community.
How is this even possible? All it takes is a clogged router buffer 'somewhere' along your network path and that <30ms web request is gonna get blown away. Am I missing something here?

I'm probably just being ignorant lol. Can you point me to an example company offering a service like this?

Thanks.
How do you explain dimensions greater than 3, to a 5 year old?
What makes you think that you do? I too once worked at a defense contractor, I just didn't let their billed hours == productivity myth infect my thinking. I'm in my second serious startup and neither did the startup grind and both were doing amazing work. Roughly 50 hours a week is the norm which is hardly unsustainable.

Meanwhile my girlfriend and two of my best friends work at a 3 different startups doing the total grind 70+ hour/week schedule, and their results do not seem better. In a lot of ways those companies are doing worse because they are super focused on working harder not working smarter.
I've actually had a professor do this to us in a class. It is a very effective way to show that you can understand what order of magnitude to expect from an answer.

This means that when I go and plug the orbit of a satellite into STK, I'm already looking for an answer within a certain level of precision. While this isn't good enough for an answer to "how much stress does the bolt that holds down the payload have to be capable of withstanding" it does give you a sense of what that answer should be.

This is a very useful tool for realizing when your equation is returning complete crap because you are using the wrong unit (as pointed out by tolkenadult and the Mars probe example).
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Then what does it take 600MB for? That's as big as WinXP with a full GUI and all MS' bloatware.
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> The BIG problem with SimCity wasn't that it had online features (those are great), but that it did not let you play offline for any good reason, which annoyed the heck out of people. And how does that example prove anything?

It proves exactly what I intended -- that, contrary to an earlier point, Web-based technologies aren't being embraced enthusiastically, that there are circumstances in which they're not the right approach.

>> Cloud-based storage and Web-based applications have nothing to do with each other?

> They don't.

When you post a refutation, it's customary to offer some evidence for your position. You don't -- your reply wanders off to a different topic.

> So no, web-based and cloud-based aren't the same thing.

First, I never said that. Second, Web-based and cloud-based technologies are integral to each other. The majority of Web-based applications store their data in the cloud.
I agree this is pretty clear. Why is it so difficult?
I have been looking for a job in manufacturing and business operations for a few years now while finishing an MS of Industrial Engineering. If I was only allowed 1 response from the prospective employer, it would be the anonymous credentials of the man/woman who did get the job.

There is a learning opportunity for me to align my expectations and my credentials to the jobs I applied to. If I could identify that major road block, I could fix it. I could apply to fewer positions knowing what was appropriate or not. Everyone else could too and there would be less resume traffic overall.
What if those programs were guaranteed to do the right thing, if only that had enough time or space to finish? Maybe they're still "correct".

Or, to put it another way: our existing type systems don't make code "provably correct", and when people say that it does (like the commenter above), they're trying to talk you into something.
People who are too busy to handle the hiring process should NOT post job ads. Period. That's what OP is talking about -- disrespect. If you place an ad, with very detailed requirements, and are not prepared to handle the process of application intake and processing, then you are wasting everyone's time and showing blatant disrespect to candidates.
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