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I don't think the price for PCs will matter. You can always grab a bluetooth keyboard if you want to type something out, and there are even web based IDEs available, which means that you're not limited to platform. Right now, you can add a keyboard to your droid or iphone and start hacking away.

Additionally, the programming experience is in many ways focused too much on the text based code itself, and less on the act of creation. It may be that changing the PC/developer interface causes a revolution in the way that people program.
The value of BTC just doubled from 60 to 120 in 40 minutes.. wtf is going on there? (looking at btce/USD)

(disclaimer: i'm not trying to hype, I expect it will come back down again shortly, it just seems weird to change that much that quickly)

Edit: yup.. back down to 80 20mins later.. can anyone tell what kind of volumes were traded in this period? ..I wonder if anyone was able to double a serious amount of money in 40 mins(!). Or how much money would have been needed to shift the price that much?? I suspect trading volumes are lower than normal due to mtGox being closed.. I really am having doubts that closing to let things 'cool down' is really going to work out (side: why should that even be a role for MtGox anyway?!).

Anyone have any thoughts on what will happen when it comes back online? Presumably a lot of people are only registered to trade with mtGox so have been prevented from buying/selling while the price has continued to fall.. it would seem to me we're either going to see a significant worsening of the crash or a recovery. ??
I mostly see it as a matter of empathy with existing people, or exposure to existing problems. I would say one of the best ways to come up with an idea for a startup is to be working for your potential customer.

I have seen so many people start their own company after breaking off from some existing company and "doing it better" or realizing some previously un-claimed niche specifically because they had the industry knowledge.
Some people are concerned about the effect of their to-be-former secrets and digital assets on their loved ones and enemies. It is a continuity of "line" issue, maintaining s thread through history.
He meant a knowledgeable Apple engineer, who would presumably have some time to determine where the routine had moved while the lawsuit against the copier was wending it's way through court.
"Bitcoin has built a certain level of brand equity and track record"

I think the speculators have done a pretty good job at altering both of these, no matter the general merits and benefits of use.
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THe RSS button is still available. Just click Nightly -> Options -> Toolbar Layout and drag the RSS button onto the toolbar.
I expect that tablets will one day get the knack of supporting multiple resolutions and multiple monitors, and serve just as a secondary input device when on your desk.
Why? Why not simply set a minimum quantum for transactions in Zerocoin, like the penny or the satoshi? Or why not redeem the Zerocoin for a Bitcoin, which is divisible and which would be free of (traceable) history.
Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme: The Internet currency will collapse.
"Leading experts on the STEM workforce, including Richard Freeman of Harvard, Michael Teitelbaum of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Paula Stephan of Georgia State University, Hal Salzman of Rutgers, Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown, and Norman Matloff of the University of California-Davis, have said for years that the US produces ample numbers of excellent science students. In fact, according to the National Science Board’s authoritative publication Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, the country turns out three times as many STEM degrees as the economy can absorb into jobs related to their majors."

http://www.cjr.org/reports/what_scientist_shortage.php?page=...
To be honest, I have never paid attention to it. However, I believe its not in the standard or RFC to automatically convert http:// and mailto:// text into clickable links. Therefore I wouldn't be surprised if there are email client that doesn't support it.
When I upgraded from my C2D to a first gen i7 was the first time I didn't feel pain and the need to upgrade... I did go with an SSD at that time, and spent about $1500 on that desktop iirc (main case, not monitors, keyboard etc)... I recently replaced it with AMD's top 8-core option, which works better for me than an i3/i5 at that price.

I only upgraded because my system was unstable, and it was likely the motherboard (which I would have to replace the mb+cpu) or the power supply, either way pretty much the same effort/cost as upgrading both. New system runs great.. the irony is most of my non-work stuff gets done on my htpc in the living room, or my nexus tablet. My c2d macbook pro, and my desktop aren't used that much.
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Last year I bought a new motherboard with an eight-core processor when my old one died. Just a couple of day ago I realized that my experience with that set up is exactly the same as the previous one I bought in 2008. The 1TB hard drive I bought in 2009 is only half full. 16GB of RAM runs no better than 4. Two cores humming along at 3000 mHz can handle everything I throw at them. The others sit idle.

It's a huge change from ten years ago when I would anxiously await the day when I could afford a new rig because I was already pushing my three-year old one to its limit. Desktop PC technology has clearly reached the point where its capabilities far exceed the needs of ordinary users.
I'm not so fond of Google+ either, but really this is a lame post. RSS was just not that good of a technology and has been in zombie status for a couple of years now already. Its about time somebody took steps to put it out of its misery.

Google+ is a shitty replacement for RSS and I don't even think its going to catch on, but at least now we have more of an opportunity to try and get open content syndication right.
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I always thought the original name for PHP was "Personal Home Page Tools" (PHP Tools). Was that another name along the way to the current, or am I just totally misremembering?
Did you ever develop things on a phone before?
Currently, at least in my state, the laws are very publicly guilty until proven innocent when it comes to sexual abuse. It is this way to prevent further harm to others or something like that.

Having been through something like this I can say that that would not do anything to protect the majority of wrongfully accused persons.
Hi there. Actually, I did cover value of Bitcoin in use as a medium of exchange in footnote 2. Because there is no production in the bitcoin economy, or very little to be entirely accurate, the real exchange rate should basically be one. Why? Because most users of bitcoin live within very large production economies. Why would buyers pay more or sellers accept less, if they would be better of transacting in the domestic economy?

You might imagine a slight premium for bitcoins because they facilitate transactions that would be difficult in the domestic economies, such as money laundering or black market trade, but you could just as easily argue that the real exchange rate is less than one due to the relatively lower number of people to trade with, concerns regarding being hacked, and uncertainty regarding future government regulation of bitcoin. That's why I decided the most neutral approach would be to assume purchasing power parity across bitcoins. Admittedly, this assumption may not be great as speculation runs rampant and everyone runs for the exits, which would imply a heavy discount in the real exchange rate.
spits out coffee

I just went to https://btc-e.com to copy/paste the value and show you how you were wrong, and that the price has been stable at $65USD (I've been watching it for an hour) - But, when I got there - had jumped up to $115USD.

I can only imagine this must be what it was like during the Tulip Bulb Craze.
Not available for Google Apps Accounts:

"You are trying to access Inactive Account Manager from a Google Apps Account. Inactive Account Manager is only available for Google Accounts."

Bummer for those of us that manage our family email via Google (ie. dad@familyname.com)
"after the crash the speculators will exit the market"

Why? Now's the time to get in at the ground floor!
A PC is a "Personal Computer," though traditionally it only refers to IBM-compatible computers (or "a Windows machine" if in the context of Mac vs PC).

This "moving to mobile devices" debate seems to put "PC" in the context of "desktop and laptop computers" vs "tablets and smart phones" with ChromeBooks in a kind of middle-ground.
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Would you prefer I write in in LaTex and using fancy graphs from Matlab, R, or Matplotlib? Or are you just being mean?
It might be cool to provide some anonymised trend indications, ie people in this industry are tipping these kinds of projects.

I realise the volume is probably too small now to make any reports truly anonymous, but would be fascinating to see in the future.
I completely agree with you, and I find myself in the 2nd camp.

I'm curious about why you say "You'll never hire one of the second kind"?

How does one of the second kind fit into the world as an employed developer? This is something I'm struggling with currently.
It's a fair question. In 1995/96 when the kerfuffle went down,
the number links on web were nothing by today's standard. Heck,
I remember reading discussion surrounding the disagreement on
usenet, and at the time, the web was still fairly new.

The main issue I wanted to point out is how their revisionist
history is entirely disingenuous, and their refusal to give the
domain to the Apache Nation pretty much proves the level of
respect they really have for the Native American tribe.

As a person with the first name of "John" I'm certainly aware
of how easy it is for a single name to be shared, but sadly,
domain names don't work that way.

Oddly enough, it seems someone has edited wikipedia to match
the revisionist history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server
50 inch high? Do you mean wide? Due to our physiology of two horizontal eyes, we're more suited for a wide screen than one that high. I'm not convinced your field of view could even s make use of an entire 50 inch high screen at that distance.
In the US at least you can go to a hospital and have a "rape kit" performed, anonymously and free of charge, where the evidence will be kept on file should you desire to press charges in the future. It's probably a good idea for any woman who has been raped to take advantage of that, regardless of what they may decide to do later.
Most widely-used libraries have not actually switched to Python 3, they just support it using 2to3.

Someone who only knows Python 3 would have a hard time hacking on the source code of most libraries.
How is it pronounced?

Is it Zah-pee-err, as in, more zappy?

Or is it Zah-pee-eh, like it's a fancy french service?

Or is it Zah-peer, like a fancy Frenchman pronouncing "the peer"?
Can't wait to see how Go 1.1 does in round 3 :)

For anybody else interested in nonsense like this I have a Clojure template benchmark repository on Github here:

https://github.com/bitemyapp/clojure-template-benchmarks

I should probably update the clabango benchmark, some changes were made not too long ago.
I think it does describe what happens in the long term. Basically, if the thing can never get off the ground in the short term, then it will never get off the ground in the long term. Every surge in popularity has the high likelihood of setting off a speculative bubble. As the rate of increase in the stock of bitcoins decelerates, this problem will only get worse.
This article ignores a key difference between England and the rest of europe: the euro. The euro countries are revenue constrained in the same way as U.S. states. They owe Euros, but cannot issue Euros, so they must go begging to the market for Euros else default.

England (BOE) as monopoly issuer of the Pound, can dictate interest rates on Pound denominated bonds, therefore they do not have the same constraints on government spending.
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This is why managers are so obsessed with process and documentation, because they have a vain hope that they can replace people by just having someone following a process.
I've actually tried this before and, in all honesty, it only serves to burn a lot of bridges, which a freelancer (especially ones in smaller towns) cannot afford. Not the best tactic to pretend to be looking for something you don't want only to change the game 90% of the way through it. People tend to get upset about those things and it makes you look indecisive.
>tablets are a faster brain --> interface than a keyboard

Whoa, I could not possibly disagree more with this statement.

I currently work in post production and thus spend my days in from of either Premiere or Pro Tools. Being able to turn around good work, and turn it around fast comes down to knowing your shortcuts. I cannot see how a device like a tablet could top having dozens of tools literally under your finger tips. My left hand is constantly changing tools, issuing commands,zooming, deleting, etc, etc, etc.. Right hand takes care of the mouse position. I can't image anyone who has had any experience with an editor being willing to give up their keyboard anytime soon.

Moving a finger 1/4" > moving your entire arm to poke a button on a screen.
I'm sorry but do you really need to enable G+ to do all those things?

I've enabled G+ long time ago without Google asking me to, so I'm genuinely asking. I'm too lazy to create an account just to check it out.
It's interesting how its always management that wants immigration reform; not the workers. On the one hand, it is management that does most of the hiring and are the ones tasked with finding talent. On the other hand, they're also tasked with keeping budgets low...
Are you sure Monsanto is evil? As far as I understand, contrary to popular belief they only sue farmers who use their patented seeds if they also buy the pesticide that goes along with those seeds. Maybe they're evil for some other reason I'm not aware of?
I remember being dumbstruck after watching that video for the first time and realizing the power of programming. Karl Sims website still looks a bit like it did back then http://www.karlsims.com
Agreed. There are a host of other potential applications that could push hardware as well.

And, I do believe that if one were to have mass market appeal (i.e. broad utility and demand), then we may see increased PC demand again (provided the PC is the appropriate platform).

But, do you think that there are a significant number of such applications waiting in the wings for PC hardware advances, or do you believe that perhaps no such applications are ready for prime-time as of now?
My oh my those are some awesome sunglasses on that bear.

We've got Go 1.1 in Round 3 and it's amazing.
This is exactly right. The problem is in some respects worse than stated. After the last bubble, it appears as though speculators did leave. However, every time the demand increases sharply for bitcoins, they return. After all, who could resist such a fantastic arbitrage opportunity?
That ticket is a really deep rabbit hole. :)

The tl;dr is that we're adding a level of indirection:

1. There will be URLs like https://www.gittip.com/for/rails/

2. The Internet will decide how gifts to "rails" should be allocated.

3. Companies like Heroku can pour money in the top and it will pachinko out per the Internet's allocation.

The goals are:

- To create a system that adds value for both companies and communities.

- To maintain Gittip's core principles of transparency, openness, and freedom ("no strings attached").

- To keep fraud, volatility, and lobbying to a minimum.

I'm excited to see whether we can pull it off. :)
> It's always interesting how its always management that wants immigration reform, not the workers

I'm curious to know how you arrived at this conclusion? How many h1-b workers or students on f-1 visas have you actually spoken with that do not want immigration reform, because I can tell you that I've lived that life and know close to a hundred of those people and even though its a small sample size I don't know any of them that think the current state of immigration with respect to skilled workers is okay.
I already have the same login and password with my Google Account. Which came years before Google+. Which I'm happy with. Which wasn't anonymous, just not viewable as a social profile as a whole, which I don't want and I'm actively refusing.

Whatever Google says, they're just trying to bring users to Google+ (although unsuccessfully) as a social hub.
Well, here's Mt. Gox today: http://bitcoinity.org/markets/mtgox/USD

And here's what happened on another exchange while Mt. Gox was down: http://bitcoinity.org/markets/btce/USD
FREEDOM.

As long as things stay free, Google and anyone else are free to do what they want. There is also a corollary here: Every form of refuge has it's price.

Democracy and republics are not perfect, but name a better system that has worked.
Yeah, not enough volume yet, but we're tracking data over time so we're set up for these kinds of things in the future.
I don't think he's talking about actually developing on a phone interface; he's talking about the likelihood of this [1] happening on an Ubuntu phone.

[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

EDIT: Aaand it turns out that since I've last looked, Ubuntu for Phones has started advertising this on its own page.
"This makes it look as if they were smart"

Seriously. If this was the case, they wouldn't have publicized their "investments" only when it became trendy. I hope they lose a butt-ton on BTC.
We expect that most modern webapps are (still) developed with an ORM, but we're not ORM hard-liners. A few of the tests are run without an ORM and are identified with the suffix "raw."
I would suggest if you look at a sampling of billionaires (like Sam Walton's children who own Walmart), or any other high profile billionaire on Forbes list, they are actually pretty content earning 1-2% a year on that money.

Even young Mark Zuckerberg would not take the money he made on Facebook and turn around and start a company where he could lose 66% of his fortune if it didn't work out.

Most serial entrepreneurs work on borrowed money after the first exit, or only invest a small part of their wealth on the next one.

Even Warren Buffet, who is renowned as an investor and sometimes a wild speculator (like trying to corner the silver market), won't risk more than a small percentage of his wealth/Berkshire on a risky investment.

Elon Musk made $160MM on Paypal, invested $100MM of his own money in SpaceX which was an all or nothing bet. And the rest $60MM in Tesla (and a divorce), and in 2010 had to borrow money from friends to live on. That's guts! And believing in yourself!
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If Zuck, as you claim, understands his role in the national immigration debate, he should also understand his limitations. As you point out, those include retraining and low-skilled jobs and he should be reaching out to others to provide a story around those issues. That populace is by far greater than the number impacted by H1Bs -- though H1Bs impact many knowledge workers that never adapted as technology necessitated.
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That was my point. =))
In order to get truly relevant search results, I have to log out of Google. I really don't think they know what I want to find, and likely never will.
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Ask HN: What's with the downvoting to oblivion?
I've noticed that there seems to be a recent trend of extreme downvoting going on recently (It happened to me in the last 12 hours).

I can understand that if you disagree with a comment, you should downvote it (I personally don't have the downvote privilege, so of course I never downvote anyone) but it seems that certain members of this community have taken it upon themselves to downvote ALL comment history if they disagree with one comment.

I first noticed it about a week ago. I don't really mind, as it's just a forum, but I'd like to understand the motivation, and why it has only started happening recently.

It's really the digital equivalent of putting your hands over your ears and yelling "La La La, Not Listening".

I presume that this too will be downvoted by my unknown nemeses... ah well.
This is huge for the fields of AI and Neuroscience. I would gladly donate my brain( preferably when I'm done with it) to give neuroscientists a map of the human brain. This map would be a great first step to creating strong AI.
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Really good sampling takes just as much blood, sweat, and tears invested as the other skill sets you cite

Weird when moral relativism takes hold in technical fields. "Some guy who has mastered copy-and-paste is just as able as actual composers and musicians. Including those they've robbed!"

Right.
Long term someone takes the core technical advances and detaches it from the libertarian economic* ideals and creates bitcoin ++ with a fixedish rate inflationary money supply and maybe some limits on trade volumes to limit volatility. Oh, and you don't use a fucking magic card exchange as the primary way people get into or out of your currency.

*you may or may not agree with those ideals but it probably wasn't the best idea to try a new technical solution to currency and a economic philosophy about currency/central banks at the same time)
I have a Google Account which is 'just Google'. That came years before Google+.

Whatever Google says, they're just trying to impose Google+ as a social hub.
Darwin's reason for using the phrase "natural selection" was to draw an important analogy with "artificial selection" as is done by pigeon-breeders.

It is clear that the intelligence of the breeder does not somehow directly reshape the pigeon. Rather, the way the breeder expresses his preferences is to SELECT the traits he is looking for. The only understanding required to see how this works in the case of natural selection is to see that nature analogously 'selects' some things over others, without intelligence on nature's part. In other words, the breeder is a "fitness landscape" for his captive pigeons. The natural fitness landscape may not choose the same things as a pigeon fancier would, but it does 'choose' some things like traits involved in surviving to breeding age, attracting mates, having sufficiently many healthy children, etc. Although it is natural, it is still selection.

This is not "intelligent evolutive design" just because a human being is involved in the experiment. Evolution is evolution and other members of the same species, or even members of other species, are part of the natural environment imposing selection pressure.
Because most people are risk averse (and past performance is not an indicator of future results), 'lazy' and dislike complexity.

If I were European and wanted to buy some stuff from China later in the year, the rational thing to do (given an expected Euro fall) would be to change to Yuan today. If you take this to it's logical end (extreme) then I would be changing all my money, and become a currency trader.

To me, the dual functions of BTC as an asset and a transfer mechanism are almost unconnected, often with opposing interests. I often hear how much BTC would be worth if it were used for X% of trade; it's rubbish, that only applies IF people hold BTC for any significant amount of time, which is at least not a necessary part of the equation.