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You should probably base your understanding on what she wrote:

I take it as a given that everyone knows better than to quit their job - any job - to take up cracker-baking, so I attached no value to time. I happen to love messing around in the kitchen.
This doesn't sound unlike the Office file formats. Apache's POI project named its Office binary reader/writers HSSF and HWPF, acronyms for Horrible SpreadSheet format and Horrible Word Processing Format respectively. IIRC, they are basically serializations of the in-memory structures used by Office. This choice was made when a powerful Windows machine had less than four megs of RAM and manipulation of document data by a 33 mhz processor could take significant time. Of course, like Windows, Microsoft chose backward compatibility over forward movement -- a wise economic choice, at least in the short term.
Do away with JS and just use Java

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
I'm a graduate student, and am fortunate enough to have an office with a tall ceiling (~14 ft). I find it's good for theorizing and thinking through ideas of how to solve problems.

However, when I want to get some work done that I know how to do, I tuck myself away in a corner of the library in between two aisles of books. With 8ft. ceilings and the books pressing in around me, I can be quite productive for ~2 hours, but then need to walk outside/ get up and move in order to keep working beyond that.

Also, I read recently that red is good for focusing and being methodical, and blue for "thinking outside the box". I'm tempted to set up a room where one side of the room is red, and the other blue. Depending on what kind of work I'm doing, I could face one wall or the other.
For us in the web world that do contract work for clients, whether or not Facebook supports IE6 has no meaning. If the client is using IE6, you bet your sweet ass all of our fancy CSS and Javascript better support it, no matter what the traffic numbers may say.

Also, when 25% of their traffic is still IE6, it's a hard sell to tell the client to just 'forget' those users.
Should just be able to log in and renew. Looks like it's an eNom reseller.

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if you store mp3s too long the quality also decreases...

Well, depending on the underlying physical storage, there's a good chance that you'll see some data corruption on timescales ranging from a few years to a few centuries... so he's not COMPLETELY wrong. :-)
If it hit #1:

http://Twitter.com/HackerNewsBot

If not, I've always wanted to write a quick script that scrapes the top 25 links every X hours and stores them in a database table. You could do some cool visualizations with it. Maybe this weekend.
i wonder if an 80 year old IT artisan crafted those cables by hand.
That's why I said "to some extent". I agree that they did not intentionally plan to f* up their code. But I'm sure they could have been refactoring their spaghetti at some point, but obviously they didn't.
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Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"?
Maybe I will write a greasemonkey script to change the name to Erlang Innards
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Those who complain about SQL just haven't used Oracle, fully.
I think what he's saying is that a relation can be seen as a function that returns whether or not something is present, rather than a set of the results. I think.
"The real action is buried in obscure subchapters of innocuous-sounding bills and voted on under emergency provisions that let everything happen without public disclosure."

Doesn't sound like transparency to me. The authors point seems to be that efforts to be transparent, aren't actually. If Congress and others are hiding the 'good stuff', we need to work on making that transparent.
> Additionally, signal directional markings are provided for optimum signal transfer.

That's my favorite feature.
A thousand times this!

I know we all work hard here and HN and most of us don't have time to make everything (or sometimes anything) from scratch, but this takes next to no time to prepare and you can go from dough-sitting-in-the-fridge to loaf-cooling-on-the-rack in about 70 minutes, and of that, it probably really is about 5 minutes active prep time (as in, the rest of the time, you can be doing whatever you'd rather be doing).

The process of making the dough is just as simple and quick: toss together the ingredients, stir until they've come together, let sit for 2-5 hours, and then throw the whole thing in the fridge.

Oh, and here are some freebies to get you hooked (not that the book costs much):

Deli-style rye: http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/5621/jeff-hertzbergs-delist...

The basic, all-purpose rustic white-bread recipe: http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/recipes/accompaniments_...

It is wonderful and really useful in a pinch. How so? Tonight, I plan to pull off half a pound of dough and make a neopolitan pizza. The whole thing will take maybe 10 minutes of active prep and maybe 40 minutes for the oven to come up to temp and then cook the thing. Not bad.

Of course, if you like softer (enriched) breads, brioche, multigrain, etc., you can experiment off these, but at that point, I'd encourage you to just buy the book, since it's cheap and has all that stuff in it.

I'm not getting paid for this or anything, I just really like this method of making bread.
I never went through this phase myself, but I see a lot of developers stuck in it. It's this sort of exasperated anger towards a technology that the author has tried his best to understand but failed.

For some reason some people never really wrap their head around Relational Databases, Normalization, and SQL. They seem to not be wired for it. And it understandably pisses them off.

It's people just like this author that are behind all those terrible Object Relational Mapper projects that try to pretend that your data isn't really data. It's just an attempt to escape the obligation of truly understanding how databases work and how they can help you. It's sadly ironic when you think about it.
True, amongst other things, it depends on the fragmentation of the disk, if you listen to your mp3's after a defrag the highs are more pronounced; the soundstage better defined; the bass will improve in several subtle ways.

Hmm, might be a startup in selling an mp3-defragger. Of course you need to charge at least 666$ for anyone in the niche to take you seriously.
Do YC provide companies work with a standard term sheet?

Has anyone checked to see what WSGR comes up and compared it to the standard YC term sheet?
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Come on, I don't see why the original authors were "blurting out" their hypothesis. From the article, it sounded like a normal, legitimate way to come up with something in the scientific research process. Science needs communication and as they themselves put it, they expect other researchers to examine the evidence more closely. Just to clarify this: I don't actually have an opinion on this issue; my problem is with the argument that somehow there is legitimate "overhead" to science in terms of social or political consequences or even people's personal pride. We are not in the middle ages anymore.
Was the test done with digital music?
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IANAL, but your obligations for corporate tax payment depend on where you incorporate as a business. If you are planning to do a significant amount of international business you may want to register your company in a locale like Hong Kong which only requires taxes paid on local sales.

The downside to registering a company internationally is that it is a massive pain in the ass to set up payment processor systems, create corporate accounts and handle paperwork. Especially if you have to deal with US banks and payment processors. Many will just refuse to support non-American businesses. Also bear in mind if you own a majority share in your business you may need to pay personal taxes on any company profits even if the company is registered abroad.
Because you don't generally like it, because you think it's unhealthy, because you don't want to help the Chinese get ahead, or for some other reason?
Sorry, didn't refer specifically to the research from that article, just to the general research surrounding race/IQ. I read the Bell Curve years ago (didn't find it as shocking as expected), and even bothered to dig up some of the articles on twin studies in the libraries (most not being that convincing after all, it is hard to find a lot of twins that were separated as kids). As for the article linked here it is hard to judge it based on the facts given in the article alone. Just wanted to say that it doesn't become more likely just because people are opposed to it out of political motivation.

Don't get your middle age reference: are you claiming that people don't have prejudices anymore? What about your "everyone can see" statement? People still have prejudices, and they affect peoples lives, often in a bad way. You think something like "recognising criminals by their skulls" could not happen anymore today? I think it could - just think of the immunisation/autism debate.

Edit Re "blurting out": there are so many silly claims with respect to genetics, it is so easy to claim things must be so and so because of genetics. Hence my "blurting out" blurt.
Check out the Wikipedia article on the Securities Act of 1933:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_Act_of_1933

The SEC publication on rule 144 is also pretty accessible to people who are not lawyers and do not work in the securities industry:

http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/rule144.htm
Why can't your roommate play with headphones?

As for the clutter, I definitely agree that a clear desk (and computer desktop, taskbar) helps clear the mind and helps you focus on the real work. Being around others that are hard at work does amazing things, too, I agree!

Now, I just wish I didn't have just a single bedroom apartment, because I can't quite adequately separate my bedroom from my work...a desk in the living room is then surrounded by the distractions of TV and kitchen (from my girlfriend, not myself). A desk in the bedroom, while workable, is not ideal, I think.
It's perfectly valid to question whether or not a conflicted judge pulled any strings to hear the case - that sort of thing goes on, and he has shown lack of judgement at best and outright corruption at worst. Everything about his position in this case needs to be thoroughly investigated, but that's one of the most important things IMHO. If he made any effort to hear this case himself, that makes lack of judgement less likely and planned corruption more likely.
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Tall ceilings would be nice. I don't understand why so many offices are cube farms with uninspiring walls and low ceilings. Windows are an afterthought. Lighting is all fluorescent...
In Luxembourg (.lu), the registrar just disconnects your domain name for or a few days before it's free to register again. If your domain doesn't work anymore, you will probably notice and check if you have missed to pay or not.
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"have a summer camp atmosphere to it"

Perhaps. But the climate won't help much ;-)
It wasn't the best audiphile cable, but one from Monster Cables.
More details here: http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showpost.php?s=97d4a3c3...
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They've created exactly one successful company (a huge achievement to be sure). However, that doesn't qualify them to spread general wisdom about how anyone can do the same.

So... who is qualified?

Steve Jobs, maybe. But even Steve can't meet your crazy criterion: He's not dumb enough to have run NeXT and Pixar under an alias. He used his own name. Because he had invested a lot of time in that name and it remains one of his biggest assets.
And because it's probably impossible for Steve Jobs to run away from his name. And because, even if he changed his name and got plastic surgery, everyone would know it was a Steve Jobs company. I'm told that working for Steve Jobs is a really unmistakable experience. His style sticks out from a mile away.

Business isn't a science. All you get is anecdotes. You have to do what everyone else in Silicon Valley does: look at what Fairchild or Hewlett-Packard or Apple or Google did, and try to generalize. You might accidentally overgeneralize. Try to survive anyway.
The central tenet is that it is the 1970's all over again. And I've been bleating this for years to my friends (who are sick of hearing it). This is how the story goes:
1) long, expensive and difficult foreign war that becomes increasingly unpopular at home
2) increasing government spending on military adventures means increases in debt and inflationary policies
3) oil producing countries realise the dollars they are being paid with are worth less and less, do their best to manipulate the oil price higher through supply shortages
4) oil and gold prices start to rise precipitously
5) interest in alternative energy starts to rise, and detroit car makers get into serious trouble
6) recession and long bear market for stocks
7) high inflation and low growth

You can (roughly) overlay this pattern on the late '60's, early '70s, with (6) running up until the late 1970's. And you can lay it on 2002-onwards, we're at point (6) at the monent. There were no CDO's in 1970, but I'm sure there was something else. I would classify the CDO/Subprime mortgage problems as a problem magnifier rather than a problem cause. In theory, as long as a person can keep paying a subprime mortgage, or can refinance to a better rate a few years down the track, there's nothing wrong with them. However, too many were given to too many people, and thus what might have been a small slowdown turned into a banking and credit crisis.
Monster Cables. I was with a friend buying a HDTV at BestBuy and the salesperson there tried repeatedly to get us to buy $75 HDMI cables from Monster. We just laughed. The scary thing is the salesperson's pitch "You just bought a fancy TV, want some fancy, 24K gold-plated cables to go with it." probably works on many consumers who don't know the difference.
All the time :-(

I used to think that ESR's constant reminders that hacking is not the same as cracking were silly. Now I simply wonder at just how mystical and omnious the world seems to some people.

P.S. I never explain that's it's "not that kind of hacking," it's the only kind of hacking that I know of.
"that you first try to win a case and only invest the time required to look for these kinds of connections when it proves necessary?"

No way. You look into these connections as soon as possible - it will help shape your defense - and, if the verdict favors your client, you shut up forever. OTOH, if the verdict doesn't favor your client, you go for a retrial and try to invalidate as much of the prosecution's evidence as possible. It's risky, because now everybody knows everybody's hand, but, in face of an unfavorable ruling, this seems to be the way to go. You should prepare some new evidence to clear your client.
I was once answering a question at a packed lecture and suggested to someone that they should read a site called Hacker News. There were lots of giggles and mumblings immediately as I said that.

Their loss really.
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Made.

Smart. Motivated. Works well with others. Has passion. Good problem solver. Detail oriented. Able to focus.

In order to be a great programmer, how many of these are important? All of them.

How many are necessary? None of them.

I once had a calculus professor who said, "Many students are simply unsuited for the sciences."

I disagreed with him then, and after many years of work experience, I disagree with him more than ever. I firmly believe (with some exceptions) that almost anyone can become great (or at least very good) at almost anything. I've seen it over and over again.

I have worked with hundreds of programmers over the years and screened thousands of others.

Almost all of them consistently delivered substandard work. Not because they weren't smart or motivated or capable. More likely because they weren't taught properly and were in terrible environments.

Teach someone how to do the job properly, give them an environment in which they can thrive, give them a chance to do quality work, and treat them like human beings. Then watch what happens.

But companies are too stupid or lazy to do this, so they think they'll just hire talent and dump them into their already sour environment. Fix the environment and let regular people become great.

Made.
Real transparency would amount to such a large change in the system that it's unrealistic to think it can be tacked on. The scope of work is too large.
any idea on a timeframe? I have a project that would really benefit from this!
It's like Twitter, but it "tweets" what music you are listening to instead...
Or maybe Congress should meet for a few days every few years, so only the really important things ever get worked on.
The NYT article linked to has more details. Basically "The new market will be open only to accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers."
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If a conflicted judge pulled strings to hear the case, this proves a conspiracy. This accusation should be thoroughly investigated and, perhaps, the way cases are assigned should be rethought.
What did these guys do to earn so much press? Ok I get it, ex Googlers taking on the behemoth. David vs Goliath. But jesus, let's move on to other more interesting and more promising websites. And I'm not posting this as a criticism of posting the story on HN, I mean that the other sites should not be writing about them anymore. Bleh.
Surprisingly no. In fact it's been a while since I've had to explain the real meaning of the word hacker. In the past 10 years it seems that a lot of people finally "get it".
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All the time. Me using terminals make it worse. They think I'm hacking which maybe true, but, not in the way they think of it.
Ask HN: Any simple and elegant web apps for running a software test?
I need to conduct a small beta test of a new iPhone application and I'm looking for a slick way to conduct it online. I could use a multitude of general-purpose tools, but I want to make sure I'm not overlooking something more clever.
Is that a relatively recent feature addition? The last case of a server expiring is about two years back.
The name does throw people off. They think I am doing something wrong.
I think it's a very typical Apple approach - they say, "we won't make item X, because X is junk" then go on to produce something that fits in the same market arena as X but is ten times better. That's why my money is on Apple bringing out a "NetPad" that sits somewhere between the iPhone and a NetBook.

It won't have been rushed out either, they'll have been developing it for at least the last 18 months and it'll be a high quality piece of gear and more expensive than anything else in the market.

It's just a matter of time, mark my words. ;o)
Does swedish law has the thing where a verdict can be thrown out due to bias?
Like last.fm (audioscrobbler) but with an incredible lack of features, surfing on the success of twitter. No thanks.
What contexts does that come up in?
I didn't mean "given up" in a bad way; I was raised on OSS and think it's a great concept. I favor the use of it, even in cases like this., simply because it's a better way of doing things.

However, the fact remains that going open source reduces one's ability to control one's work. Trademark protection means that you can't be out-competed by yourself.
Mmm... Not many human beings really noticed me doing that. The few who did just frowned as I can remember. Some bookmarked it.
I only read this site from home, partially to avoid this kind of situation.
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Maybe Oracle will buy this now too.
Yes, just yesterday I was in a meeting and someone noticed my HN rss feed on my google homepage. Sadly, all they noticed and talked about was the fact that a post had profanity in its title.
I have noticed this as well, and not just the time I got downmodded for responding "XSLT" on a thread asking what folks thought were the most "tranformational" programming languages.
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Reminds me of another (probably apocryphal) tale:

http://www.zerogain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1464
Yep, including the hacking thing. To a colleague programmer, to shame.
I don't really agree with this analysis. I expect that the 2008 oil shock was the Gavrilo Princip of the current financial crisis. The amount of debt was certainly at unsustainable levels, but it seems possible that things could have continued for another year or so before some other trigger, such as higher interest rates, brought the whole thing crashing down.
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No. I have perfected a lightning-like alt-tab.

For longer threads, I cut and paste into my text editor. The keyword highlighting looks kind of funky but no one who walks by can tell it's not code.
RubyOnRails.org Domain Derailed By Hacker? Nope just parked.
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Well, I assume they wouldn't petition for something that doesn't exist. And the article makes clear that there's a court of appeals.
Palatable, yes. But it's workable for very different reasons: a traditional society, fear of ostracization, respect to authority.
Yes, most musicians like to making music. And they get the girls.
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http://twisten.fm maybe..
Sounds like it's the same over there.
I find it somehow strange that they structure this as a loan and not as a sale of equity.
Amen. This book is wonderfully quantitative, and in my experience discusses rye doughs like no other.

I am also very fond of Emily Buehler's "Bread Science" (http://www.twobluebooks.com/book.php), particularly as a gift for precise individuals new to bread baking who might be put off by the length and depth of Hamelman.
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People are great programmers when they're working on something that they're interested in and the feel like they're making progress on something, and learning things from other great programmers. Hiring is part of this, because not only should the employer (meaning the team members) be evaluating for this but the potentially great new programmer should also be trying to determine if this is somewhere they can be great.
Strong as the language may be, it's from a political party. They're paid to be furious on command. I'd be much more interested in the reactions of moderate Swedish media.
Something on your web server is turning that into http://www.telegraphics.com.au//psdparse/trunk -- but adding a slash on the end stops this happening. Curious.

(I don't think it's Subversion itself; trying the same thing on another svn-over-http server I have handy doesn't produce the same results.)
Perhaps if your startup A is legally owned by an offshore company B in your possession. Being in a suitable juristdiction, B could then sell small chunks of A.

Would that be even remotely feasible?