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If you're interested in TAI's position on discussing sex in technical conferences and how that (in general) impacts women's participation:

http://adainitiative.org/2012/09/when-sex-and-porn-are-on-to... (This post predates the BSides incident by 5 months.)

And, about BSides:

http://adainitiative.org/2013/02/keeping-it-on-topic-the-pro...

http://adainitiative.org/2013/03/clarification-on-the-ada-in...
Creating a hacking environment for girls in Chicago
The Chicago Girls in Computing group is aimed to create an environment for young women in computing to come and hack. The group will sponsor regular meetings, as well as programming classes, and Arduinos for use by members. This organization is the first of its kind in the Chicago area.
Thanks! I'm generally reserved until I get to know people as well. It's been my experience that most americans really don't fall into that loud/obnoxious/rude/belligerent stereotype that seems to be making the rounds (maybe not this generation's teenagers, though...).

Really, the thing that scares me the most about moving somewhere like sweden is learning the langage ;) I don't really have a gift for (human) languages, and swedish seems pretty tough already.
I guess I am the only person in the world still using Winamp. Just feels odd when I listen to mp3s and can't look up the ID3 tags with alt-3. And I never felt the need for a 'library', 'database' or huge spaceship cockpit UIs either.
> As a two word phrase which everyone understands to mean the social theory that men have unearned social, economic, and political advantages or rights that are granted to them solely on the basis of their sex, and which are usually denied to women.

How do you think people react to hearing that what they perceive (often rightfully) as hard-earned success was, in your eyes, unearned?

It's not a productive line of discussion.

> So, yeah, _my_ job is to educate and crusade.

Using divisive and emotional rhetoric just makes people stop listening.

I'd be interested in sponsoring, hosting, or otherwise contributing to non-gendered youth programs that were welcoming to girls and boys.

I don't even know where to start, but I do know that the Ada Initiative's divisive identity politics and concern-trolling aren't something I agree with, and disagreement with their organization doesn't make me a "male privileged" moral bankrupt individual.
I thought that harping on riding a bike was a bit disingenuous. I used to do do it daily, but after a close brush with death (got doored by a car stopped at a red light) I've come to think the risks are high enough that continuing it would be irresponsible for a family man.
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You would need to know the value of their house to fully judge their situation. If we assume they live in a reasonable house that would cost $1,500 per month to rent / mortgage and we assume they save $750 per month on the costs of working (commuting, baby sitting, eating out) they have an effective income of... $52,000. The median household income in the U.S is $51,000 and that's for households that will often have debt too and not be very good at spending little money.
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Compare: not paying taxes on the one hand, and not paying the local extortionist. In both cases, you get violence inflicted upon you. State tend to be gentler about it however.

Structurally, organized crime is about enforcing rules that don't fit with the rules set by the country where you commit those crimes. For your own profit, I might add. I find it eerily similar to the local warlord trying to carve a little country by force.

The real difference between a country and organized crime is one of size and comprehensiveness. (I'm tempted to add legitimacy, but then there's North Korea.)
That's only what he spends, not what he's earning. All his income from his investments get reinvested because he doesn't need to tap into that for expenses.
Every promising technology/company that gets gobbled up by the bureaucratic mega fauna enviably end up being re-chewed and strewn about as piles of dung (to be burned to repel mosquitoes).

AOL's problem is that it's a corporation first, a product/service creating, maintaining and selling entity second. Oh sure, the execs may think they're "creating and maintaining" a product/service, but their mindset is "how do we make money out of X"; not "how can we provide the best X we can and make money out of it".

Once any entity defines its existence by finding means of validation for said existence rather than innovation and inspiration, it's doomed to mediocrity and, later, collapse.
I always operate extreme skepticism when looking at cancer stories as there are so many potential motivations for their publication. I try to ignore them unless their is published research that has been interdependently replicated. Even when their is confirmed new research the chances of it developing into practical treatment are small and even smaller that it will make a significant dent in survival rates.
Usually JavaScript would be used to create the flyout menu effect like you see in the Dabblet. But since it's done in CSS3 any browsers which support those standard properties can work - no need for any JS code. It's just a neat workaround and very impressive IMO.
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Roads like the california 1 coastal highway, and the 89A from flagstaff to Sedona, sure people are going to want to drive those and while it may make it marginally more dangerous, it would be hard to make a case for mandatory computer control under good road conditions.

In areas with significant congestion however, such as the entire city of Seattle, requiring computers to do the driving and navigation could significantly improve commute times (by, like, an order of 10 during peak hours), but only if everyone is on board.
The people who don't really matter that much. If there is total net generated wealth, I don't really see what's so bad even if it does hurt the investors. Up to a point.
Note that his family isn't dependent on his income or earning potential anymore, so it's not like he'd be leaving then destitute if he got killed. Purely financially, they'd be better off.

That said, everyone has to choose their own acceptable level of risk.

Edit: Plus you can argue that biking all over the place decreases his risk of dying of heart disease or similar later in life, which may balance out or outweigh the risk of dying in a vehicle collision.
I write software automation for the team at a very large bank that processes repurchase requests for mortgage loans issued prior to 2008, aka toxic assets. Our work allows for clarity and resolution of the aftermath of the mortgage crisis. This has a direct impact in the ability of lenders to establish more accurate risk models and re-enter the mortgage lending business. This allows more funds to be available to mortgage-seekers, which theoretically lowers lending rates, allowing more people to refinance and purchase homes, which, arguably, is a major factor in the current economic recovery in the United States.

Does that help?
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As you note, it's not easy. Nevertheless I believe it is effort well spent.
Thanks again Jason. Your advice and insights were very helpful.

I feel obligated to pass on what I learned:

1) Don't forget what it's like to not have your background in your industry.

2) Be very good at explaining what you do. Succinctly. Clearly. And be able to give that explanation without assuming prior industry knowledge (see point 1).

3) If it takes a long time to explain who your customer is, you're doing it wrong.

4) Don't forget that YC partners are also looking for your potential on demo day.
But the trademark is on "eat mor chikin", not "eat more". IANAL, but the article gave me the impression that the USPTO has some discretion in determining how much similarity makes a violation.
This is a great company!! We at ZenShin Capital are very excited to help tailor the service for Japan. We're also re-designing our site with Strikingly!
His family's insurance cost comes to $237/month.

It seems low, but not that low, at least relative to how much I pay as a 20-something guy scaled to three people.
Performance, type safety or compile errors?

Yes, yes and yes.

A side effect of using dynamically-typed language is that developers
keep their naming conventions consistent and in check.

I've not found this to be the case. I just discussed method naming in Javascript with a developer today while I was reviewing his code. He's a very good developer and this is an A+ codebase (no, it's not a pile of jQuery plugins...). But he hadn't really thought about how to name some methods and didn't realize the confusion that would be caused in 6-18 months. We left it as he had written it because it would have been a pain to hunt down the dependencies.

Were we working in a compiled world, we would have refactored and the compiler would have caught any missed dependencies in a second.

What I often see in the code, where type safety is enforced, -
is that developers get sloppy with names!

I've definitely not seen that. I maintain the same rigor w.r.t. hygiene whether I'm working in statically or dynamically typed languages, but I really miss the compiler when I'm working in dynamic languages.

At the risk of sounding really rude, can I ask whether your anecdotes are informed by work with competent developers?
Right. And secular governments enforce rules that don't fit with the moral rules set by God where you commit those immoralities. Like taxes.
What he's referring to often is not quite mocking. "What, you don't know about ____?" It's more of a slight lack of empathy. I guess what I mean is get over yourself. When I'm in such situations, I get a little embarrassed, research whatever it was when I get home (or even right there with my phone), and try not to make the same mistake again. After a couple of months of exposure, you can be convincingly fluent in any sub-culture.

I'll agree though, people could always be more empathetic.
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May I ask what is wrong with the state's monopoly on violent retribution? What are the alternatives? What do you think would happen if there is not such a monopoly?

The way I see it, we don't have much of a choice. I'd rather try and ensure that the state is actually benevolent and competent. Once we guarantee that, giving it monopole over violence should be cool.

As for building a good state, I'd start by trying democracy. Not the "representative" government we have now, but something where the people would, say, directly vote for their laws. Like ancient Athens, except without slave and with gender equality.
Premature optimization is the root of all evil -- DonaldKnuth

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Bad judgement on one individual doesn't justify bad actions of another individual.

A woman might choose to wear clothes that make her look sexy. But that doesn't justify a guy raping her.

I agree that people act dumb. But that doesn't justify predatory behaviour.
>And I never felt the need for a 'library', 'database' or huge spaceship cockpit UIs either.

Probably because you never experienced them.

There are things "you feel the need for" (e.g water in a desert) and things you have to use for a while to say "fuck, how did I do without those?".
> But the state still has a legal monopoly on violence.

Absolutely! That's why drive-bys are illegal! HEINOUS.
There is a lot between web startups and dry cleaners. Both companies I worked for as an engineer were founded by guys in their 40's. The industries were defense and telecom (cutting edge stuff in the defense area--I was talking with a VC the other day who was surprised we were 5-7 years ahead of VC funded efforts in that area). Both had PhDs and a deep well of expertise. Have they achieved zuck level luck? No, but unlike most web startups (and like dry cleaners I guess), they have revenue and are self sustaining (10+ years now) without VC money rolling in or an exit.
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Having shopped it recently nothing like that can be had in Massachusetts for a family.
> Buttons didn't have ... 3D effects

Buttons on windows have always had 3D effects.

http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/full/win31....

Note the 24 instances of shadows cast from a north-west light source, as if the buttons were objects with depth.
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Winamp still kicks the crap out of every current music player.
...so SASS?
> I'm not sure what your point is?
Ugh. "Our people"? This post is alienating me.

I am a female software engineer. I also cannot stand sci-fi and love fashion, romantic comedies, painting my nails and all kinds of girly shit. I can gush over a beautiful Hermes scarf or my favorite chambray shirt one moment, and automate the fuck out of the iOS app testing process the next. (Just an example that the author, because she's in testing, might be interested in.) If nothing else, we share our love for programming. So, the next time you dismiss a girl because she dare wear heels and has never seen Star Wars, you might be missing out on a friend.

I totally get that it has been your experience that girls who are into traditional girly shit are lame and not worth talking to, but maybe it's because you're not giving them a chance. What happened to not judging a book by its cover?

(Unless you don't like Arrested Development. Then I hate you. :)
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His point is that that's a good thing, especially when the violence is (more or less) constrained by due process, and expectation of equality before the law, further limited by prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishments, and unlikely to result in death in any but the most extreme cases, and even then, not it every state.
If you made a list of everyone who picks a language by it's name, you wold not find anyone on that list who would like this language.
CISPA wouldn't stop a hired security analyst from reading your Facebook messages, it'd stop Facebook from sharing them with the government. Under a passable CISPA, anyway. And furthermore, the whole point of CISPA is to explicitly codify some very grey area. It is possible they do indeed share threat intel with their direct competitors, but there is no legal precedent for doing so. The whole point of CISPA was to lower that risk exposure for these companies.

And Facebook has no obligation to disclose breaches, not legally, anyway. Where did you get that information? And even if they somehow do have a special obligation, most companies do not, so it's not really relevant. The example is apocryphal.

And AV isn't who this is about, it's about the people who make a living off of having indicators you don't have. I shouldn't have to hire a company who's been hired by everyone else to get the collective knowledge of what hackers look like. They're criminals, and the government takes care of criminals.
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Agreed. That question could be added to the list. The problem though is that question rarely gets an honest answer from the startup founder. The founder HAS to say yes. It's best for the questioner to ask these other questions and then make a judgement on this one in the background.
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I've been studying compilers, and I already built the mandatory scheme compiler, and now I'm wondering what to do next. I want to do a slightly more serious project, where I have to consider language design, and more advanced compiler optimization.
I personally think foobar2000's fairly excellent. Flexible as hell, both in UI and in functionality. Quick and doesn't feel bulky at all. It's honestly the piece of software I miss most when I'm on my Linux install.
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Why does the value of their home factor into their annual income? You can't pay for healthcare with pieces of your house.
I bike to school and work in 20 degrees because my dad wants me to learn the value of a dollar before I'm in the "real world" (he also started me investing pretty early). I have 0 resentment and complete respect for him because of it.
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Check again in October when the health care exchanges go live. Maybe you will see some doesn't prices there.
If this is the case, then the figures mentioned in the article are incomplete and misleading.
I think the point is being missed here, to some degree. This is not necessarily the best way to live. But it's worth considering: what would you do if you weren't tied to a corporation for 8 hours a day in order to feed and house your family? My immediate instinct is not quite "Let's commute for an hour a day and grind out code for some project I don't really care about." Your life may vary, but while he's at an extreme, it sounds like one that's less sucky than that.
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Hey mate - not everyone has to be like you you know....

Enjoy your own successes and whatever makes you happy, but don't take the success of others away just because they take joy in different things to yourself.
I have a plan for two people (wife and I), includes $20 office co-pays, $50 specialist co-pays, and $10-50 prescriptions. Max out of pocket per year is $5k/person. $200/month total.
Yeah, I don't know whether they would ask that. It's definitely something that entrepreneurs need to ask themselves though. I see too many people running around the Valley like chickens with their heads cut off, getting excited over solutions without a problem. Both technical guys who are so excited about the shiny product they're making and non-technical guys who are convinced that their "vision" is correct. As a technical guy, I don't write a single line of code until I have confirmed that there are actually people with a problem who will pay me for what I'm hawking.
I'll just chip in here. I don't know where the guy lives, but in some places, living is inexpensive. The rent you quoted (1500$/month) is the entirety of my living expenses where I am.

I pay ~600$/month to have a 4 1/2 apartment close to a big-chain supermarket and all necessary amenities. This includes the Hydro bill, the fridge and oven-stove. I have an interior pool. Yes, at that price. Food is about 500$ a month. Internet a further 60$, for a 30/8 Cable pipe.

I'm about 200km from Montreal, close to a university.
While I do think there is value in aggressively saving and reducing unnecessary expenses (avoiding excessive 'lifestyle inflation'), I can't help but feel that MMM has taken it too far to the extreme. There are tons of interesting and worthwhile experiences out there that you're going to miss out on if you intentionally constrain your budget to $25k/year for the entirety of your life.[1]

There are folks here who have achieved true financial independence by building and selling companies or producing 'lifestyle' businesses that continue to churn out cash without much daily involvement. I find stories of their experiences much more valuable (and educational) than someone who has simply moved the goalposts closer.

[1] Not to mention that doesn't leave a lot of breathing room if you run into an unexpected, expensive emergency situation (e.g. medical expenses).
I don't think anything's wrong with it, and I'm not aware of any alternatives that would be worth the cost. If the OP is planning on replacing government he'll need to replace that state function within his system and he's given no hint as to how he'll possibly do that.
On the one hand, I agree with most everything MMM says. On the other hand, a life of consumerism is its own reward -- and who is to say it is not earned?

I am nomadic. I have no dependents, and a severe case of wanderlust. My impression, after many conversations on the matter, is that this is a mild form of insanity. I think that I have my lifestyle more or less sorted out at the moment, but I have in the past been more or less willing to trade stability and an income above the poverty line for the freedom to search for a place that perhaps I want to live. I'm from Alaska originally, and don't particularly enjoy or identify with the rest of the US, so hopefully this is at least somewhat understandable.

I digress. I know exactly the kind of perspective from which $25k per annum is considered wealth. I also know the freedom that comes from not being owned by possessions -- and I hope that MMM does as well. You can still practice accumulation on a budget, but it's hard to see that as a healthy motivation. Being rich is not dying with the most toys. Although I don't believe the majority the HN community would agree with that sentiment.

To be a nomad, you are forced to make a very deliberate choice about every possession. Each one adds a burden that must be carried to each new place -- quite literally carried, in my income bracket. There is the temptation to transform this practicality into a moral virtue, but there are many other reasons besides.

On the other hand, there are many virtues in accumulation. Besides the advantages conveyed by a visible display of wealth, owning many things serves as a buffer against misfortune. Consumer goods provide pleasure, and capital assets can be themselves a source of profit.

I feel like I should be the most fervent disciple of MMM, and yet I would say instead: neglect not your comforts, nor your consumerism. The trades you may make in pursuit of a purer life, are at the least uncomfortable, and at worst dangerous. Poverty may be virtuous, and while you may yet find that virtue, seek it not for its own sake. If your charity compels you to be poor, accept that with good heart, and do not be miserly no matter how much you own. If, alternately, you are not compelled towards sainthood, at the least enjoy your comforts in the knowledge that you are living a blessed life, which may like as not never come again.
If I paid the $20k commercial price, would I be guaranteed a slot on a rocket? And do paying CubeSat customers bump off those that were given free tickets? Is anyone else offering reliable, commercial CubeSat launches for that price (or less)?
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Hi TA,

You may already know this but generally it is contraindicated to prescribe antidepressants in bipolar (manic-depressive illness) because of the risk of triggering mania. Contra-indicated, but not unknown.

Bipolar and depression are, of course, very different illnesses.

As an aside, this basic research (binding adenosine receptors) is interestingly at odds with the very interesting drug modafinil which partially works by increasing reuptake/clearing adenosine from the brain, which has been thought to be responsible for its wakefulness promoting and antidepressant effects

Thought you would find that interesting
Actually… yes. It is again a question of size (God is quite greater than any one government), and of comprehensiveness (secular governments are quite lenient with religious, sexual, and reproductive practices).

Just two minor details:

First, thanks to having eaten the Forbidden Fruit, we no longer need to consult God to know what's immoral. We are now quite capable of making our own decisions. If my moral standard sufficiently diverges from God's, that just makes us enemies.

Second, to the best of my knowledge, there is no God. At least, nothing resembling Yahweh.
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