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either way, adapt or die - I don't know that we can do enough to change the climate, or even if we should attempt it, and make the cure worse than the projections.
Yeah, that's a terrible analogy.

The appropriate analog for a programming language is a hammer or a screwdriver. The appropriate analog for wood is the processor.
sorry to see you guys go. I hope the standards of modern browsers make the change worth it.

also when will opera finally be in hell?
They've done a great job "disrupting" the industry through privatization! /s

I fear how powerful that lobby is going to get over the next few decades -- Think about what they'll be able to prevent... any realistic shot at rehabilitating our country's drug laws into something sensible will be completely dismissed.
Have you read the post at all? He's saying that it's hard work, blood, sweat, tears and sheer force of will... and then, luck.
The first season is not good. Of course, the first season of ST:TNG is equally as bad. I had the good fortune to start watching at the beginning of season 2.
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Google's advertising business would be nowhere without its dominance in the search market. Google earned the right to dominate in advertising by becoming a compelling search engine. It's a lean-to, with both sides supporting the other. Pull either out, and it falls.

For a lean start-up, building the consumer side makes the case for the business side.
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Oh, don't get me wrong... I see the element of humor, especially when you imagine that the interviewer is the worst kind of dishonest bullshit-artist-wannabe recruiter from some very nontechnical background, and the job description is for a 'top 50 company with millions of users.' It's just the line of reasoning it promotes that makes me cringe.

"I don't understand why X is different to work with than Y, but I know that X and Y can be used to accomplish the same goals so they must be interchangeable."

Now imagine that being said by someone who is somehow responsible for setting your deadlines and for whether or not you get paid. I've dealt with that too many times to find it funny anymore.
Is that really the flip side? With an Android you don't even have to wait 14 months to be guaranteed no updates.
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did it look like this [1]? that's the UX nightly available at [2]. it's a new theme they're working on, but it's got a few versions to go before it makes it into stable. i'm loving it, but they're removing/changing a couple of customization features so people are freaking out. we'll see what the final product ends up looking like.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/Gfns2MS.png

[2] http://people.mozilla.org/~jwein/ux-nightly/
In pretty much all of my interviews, there were always three phases:

1. The interviewer asks about my portfolio, previous projects etc

2. The interviewer asks obscure technical questions. I've been asked, more than once, about the structure of .NET assemblies and MSIL.

3. The interviewer asks some abstract "outside the box" question, usually involving bit twiddling (they seem to like that)

They usually like the portfolio, and I usually screw up on the technical & outside the box questions.
I always feel like saying "Look, here's the work I've done, you can see its quality. This is real life work I'm showing you here, not some obscure part of some technology neither I nor you care about. Hire me on that!"
I've never understood why a good portfolio isn't enough to get you hired to most places. Oh well.
Speaking of production values, at least JMS had the foresight to film B5 in widescreen.

I got B5 on DVD a few years back and watched the whole series again with my wife and I didn't feel it aged that badly except for the first season.
whoops, yeah I meant websockets (was coding a worker when I commented lol)
Atom by atom, bond by bond, a chemical reaction caught in the act
BitCoin is a public ledger
Terrible analogy.

A better analogy would be to contrast the different styles of carpentry: things with moving parts vs things without them, things on a large scale vs intricate things on a small scale, etc.
I don't think Apple or Google is doing anything nearly as complex as Windows 8, once you factor in the number of hardware partners and the constraints on backwards compatibility.
E-Cat has energy density 10x higher than any conventional energy source
Storing terabytes is cheap. Terabytes of bandwidth is very very expensive.
Affordable self-driving cars to be in the market within next 3 yrs
Couldn't disagree more. I think Firefox looks and feels great.
So what? It's not like the internet is some hive mind where if it's existed once it's been seen by everyone. Sometimes old things are new to a lot of people.
God is perfectly just. CIA is fucked.

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God likes soap operas. He will fuck with their families or something.

God says...

34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for
Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel
hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,
whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and the
wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to
Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And in
all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed
in the sight of all Israel.
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A shame the energy that went into Camino didn't go into MacFirefox.
I remember Camino running really well on my old Powerbook and also looking great. Farewell, friend!
Unfortunately/fortunately with browsers becoming more of an OS replacement, it makes it rather hard if not impossible for small teams to maintain them.
This is so so true in my experience as well. I think I've got a really rich portfolio of software I've built (and shipped) yet whenever I've interviewed anywhere it is barely a talking point (even if I try to steer conversation in that direction)...instead, it all comes down to answering some esoteric technical question almost completely unrelated to the domain I'll be working in.

The way most companies hire developers today is a complete and utter fucking travesty.
B5 was before my time...Stargate SG1/Atlantis were my favourite contemporary SciFi series by far (dont even mention Universe to me). However, when I went back on watched B5 I was blown away...the depth of character development and relations, the politics, blew me away. It was great television for me even though it looked like watching a well worn VCR tape on an old death-ray CRT TV.
> let's not say nothing is special about it either.

Now you're putting words in my mouth. I didn't say that.

Do you think great writers all over the world would happily give me their content for free if I designed something better than Medium?
Ah, now I see why weev asked to be sent to the same prison.
What? It ONLY looks for localized copies.

When you have
import "github.com/gorilla/mux"

it will look in

$GOROOT/src/pkg/github.com/gorilla/mux
and
$GOPATH/src/github.com/gorilla/mux

if it is missing, you can fulfill it with

go get github.com/gorilla/mux which will place it in the first place in $GOPATH

What are you talking about breaking with distributed teams? Since $GOPATH/src/github.com/gorilla/mux is in source control you NEED NOTHING and it will be a known working git clone.

EDIT: Additionally, it will never auto-update those dependencies (and break your build) unless you explicitly tell it to with "go get -u".
Location: at home or in a big, comfortable coffee shop.

Music: none, or the Massive Attack station on Pandora (great mix of light, electronic music that is tops to code to).

Hardware: my MacBook Pro, although my MS Surface Pro hooked up to a monitor and keyboard is gaining traction, too bad it's a lousy laptop.

Lighting: lots of it, I'm the rare dev that hates dark rooms
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I think the fact that this joke has poked a nerve on so many people speaks to how true it is.

I suspect a lot of programmers get so attached to the knowledge they've accumulated, that they start to overvalue it. They assume that no outsider could easily pick up what took them years. But that's not really true -- if you've been around long enough, you start to see patterns, and a lot of things just fall into place. It's like learning a new natural language, the first one is hard, but each successive one becomes easier.
My opinion is that Google/Mozila is pushing HTML5 instead of plugins not because that's what's best for the web, but because exactly this-- it decreases the potential for competition.
Just had a look at Screamer. Looks awesome! And Mac compatible too :D.

Just thought I'd recommend a game that came out on GOG quite recently: Chaos Overlords. A unique turn-based strategy. A mac release is planned as well.

http://www.gog.com/news/release_cha0s_0verlords
Well if you're reducing formulas for creativity down to stuff like mind maps, then of course you're scornful. These are pretty well known and accepted solutions to creativity. Almost certainly very far from the optimal one (if that exists), but still:

1. Crowdsourcing, especially incentivised via capitalism.

2. Drugs.

3. Education. Yes, this can also stifle creativity, hence why we don't want everyone learning the same curriculum. But there is no surer way to stop creativity than to allow redundant knowledge to develop twice (which is not to say that we shouldn't do this as part of education, just with direction).

4. Motivation, desperation, i.e. lack of comfort/pain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs#Beginning_...

5. Randomly/"brute force" derived novel solutions are undeniably novel (http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2009/04/computer-derives-nat...)

6. Logic is pretty damn good for solving problems.

So, no, there's no general algorithm to produce 'creative' thoughts, much less against a given solution, but we have learned an immense amount in the past 10k years on how to actively stimulate creativity. Just because many creative ideas were not encountered methodically means nothing but that creativity is not restricted to intent, and the fact that some ideas that we are actively pursuing that will require creative thought (by definition) can't be obviously solved just means we haven't done so yet, not that we cannot methodically find the solution.

Going even further, I think the rate at which humans create is far more proof that there exists some general algorithm for creativity than for its non-existence; in fact, the only proof I'm aware of that attempts to do so is the incompleteness theorems/the halting problem proof. And even those put no bounds on how much knowledge is off limits to us, assuming that we are deterministic and thus bound by those proofs. The human race has more issues with the deluge of research outpacing our ability to comprehend it—perhaps we should work more on understanding existing knowledge rather than creating new knowledge.
Having been on both sides of the interview a number of times, I can say the primary reason I've asked the "phase three" question is more to gauge how you think and how we work together. The problem itself isn't the most important part.
For anyone looking, there are also a number of sites dedicated to just this, with a similar audience to HN. Betalist[1], Cloudlist[2], and ErliBird[3] are examples that come to mind which I've had good experiences with.

[1]: http://betali.st
[2]: http://couldli.st
[3]: http://erlibird.com
Psh, there's no need to discuss it. Anyone who's ever framed knows it's best to swing an Estwing! :-)
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Wait until a customer confirms their claims. You may be waiting several (more) years before you give up.
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I don't have any sources handy, but I believe their is much evidence that prisoners do learn very good lessons about violence. Unfourtuantly, those lessons are in how to be violent, which (I think) results in prisons being the best way to make a non-violent criminal into a violent one.
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Anyone who describes GameCube as a failure without saying the same of the Xbox is either being intentionally dishonest or smoking crack. The GameCube wildly, wildly successful like the PlayStation 2, but it sold something like 22 million units versus 24 million for the original Xbox; critically, I’m pretty sure Nintendo at least made money on it, versus Microsoft apparently still showing a loss for the Xbox division overall, over a decade after the first Xbox was released:
http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/07/xbox-360-and-ps3-losses-tota...

Can you imagine what pundits would say if Apple released a new product that didn’t immediately make money hand over fist, let alone pissed away this much money over more than a decade? Sales are emphatically not what matters here.

I have no idea what you’re talking about when you say Nintendo’s returning to the “Gamecube philosophy” with the Wii U. The GameCube was a relatively powerful (more powerful than the wildly successful PS2, and pretty close to the Xbox) system that had a pretty standard controller, used (mini) optical discs, which was a first for Nintendo. It didn’t fail miserably like the Xbox and Xbox 360 have (the Xbox 360 hardware having had a special problem with failure), unless we’re still smoking crack, but it also didn’t sell 100 million units like the Wii or PlayStation 2. The Wii was not very powerful for the time, but had a unique controller and otherwise appealed to casual gaming, and has now sold about 100 million units. Nintendo has undeniably won this generation in the marketplace, even if the Wii doesn’t appeal to hardcore gamers with inflated perceptions of self-importance. There’s actually kind of a pattern: the most powerful system never sells the most units (e.g., Wii vs PS3/Xbox 360, PS2 vs. GameCube/Xbox, PlayStation vs. N64, SNES vs. Genesis I think), so while this seems like a risky strategy, it probably isn’t really.

I think the Wii U exactly continues the “Wii philosophy”. The problems Nintendo is having so far with Wii U sales probably stem from a combination of poor marketing, to the point where people don’t even realize it’s a new system because Nintendo has gone too far trying to tie it to the Wii brand, and a lack of titles for their loyal audience who buys Nintendo’s systems to play Nintendo’s games. I own a Wii U and not a 3DS, but it seems like the 3DS is getting a lot more first-party titles than the Wii U has so far. Once Nintendo starts getting out stuff like Pikmin 3, a new Super Smash Bros. game, a new Mario Kart game, an HD Zelda game, a hardcore 3D Pokémon adventure, game or whatever, I think the system will start looking a lot more attractive. It’s kind of too bad they just released a Luigi’s Mansion sequel, a Paper Mario title, and an Ocarina of Time remake for the 3DS because they probably could’ve used some of that for the Wii U.
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Why do you think the growth rate will get lower? If we do not have a change in our carbon footprints, it will not get lower, and there will be a catastrophe. Perhaps the catastrophe will be several years after predicted, but it will come.
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> nitpick: Opera is going with Blink. Admittedly, Blink is very similar to WebKit at the moment.

Actually, Opera is leveraging Chromium—not just Blink. This includes the rendering engine (Blink), V8, networking, etc, etc.
There is a (very good) movie about that analogy: The Commitments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)
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| Skout immediately suspended the service for teenagers and went through a security re-vamp

Guess that wasn't such a great re-vamp.
California and Washington have subsidized plans in the exchange for people around the defined 'poverty level'.

These exchanges are just starting. Obamacare is being phased in and also resisted by some local governments. Half the states haven't even set up exchanges yet.

Your language is loaded or at best vague:

> uninsured patients will no longer be able to pay out of pocket for medical care

That could be re-written, "My business model is no longer viable in competition with the new insurgence exchanges created by Obamacare."

Or, "My business model was based on the ignorance of my poor customers and now obamacare makes it clear to them they can get it easier than paying cash every visit."

Hang in there and pivot. America is only getting sicker.
Would it be such a sin to continue to use it for a while practicing safe browsing techniques? Or am I naive to think that I can avoid being harmed browsing trusted sites with my beloved browser?

Seemed to be a favorite for marketing campaigns thanks to it's minimal interface.

Camino will be missed.
Bitcoin itself can be used anonymously if one is careful. However, there should never had been any expectation of anonymity when exchanging for another currency that is not anonymous, like a USD bank transfer.
Here in Seattle, on the opposite side of Lake Washington from the city of Bellevue, there is an intersection between streets named Bellevue Place, Bellevue Avenue, and Bellevue Court. A block away from this strange triplicate intersection you will find the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Belmont Place.
I've had this very interview, repeatedly, usually someone who doesnt know the difference between debian and a toaster oven.
I know how it works :) I'm not new to Go.

BUT, what you are describing is exactly how the Haunt guys used Go and consequently the issues they have run into. Please re-read the update from Rick and read my comments again, you should then understand the issue and why changing the import path to a fork/clone/localized copy is beneficial (though not required).
I've read that as well, but it's hard to imagine that it can really be that much of a secret. If a competitor wanted to find out how it's put together, all they'd have to do is buy one and take it apart, no?
IE for Mac? That has to be an oxy moron of some sort.
Thanks. I couldn't figure it out for over 5 hours.
Interestingly, methane from livestock is a large factor.

>According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport.

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

(Though it's worth noting that that report is a few years old at this point.)
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I know! Season 5 was empire building (according to JMS on Lurker's Guide) but he really wanted to split 4 across up further.
They must be quite bad at it, because both their browsers are split into components that can easily be reused in competing products.
It also was the most standards compliant and performant IE of its time, being a totally different code base.
Great. Keep it classy.
I don't think it's wrong to repost this, I was just providing some background for people who might be interested.

When I read this post I remembered the previous one so dug it up; turns out the post references the original source, which I had missed the first time 'round.

In any case, I enjoy knowing the history of "famous" internet things, and presume to think others might too.
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Hey everyone, I'm one of the engineers who worked on Verified ID. I'm going to keep reading all the comments people leave, but rather than respond to all of them on here, I've written up some of my thoughts on our blog:
http://nerds.airbnb.com/verified-id/

I'd just like to stress that this doesn't address all the issues brought up, since some of them require more time, but I'm happy to answer more questions if you leave a comment on my post.
Mac OS X 10.8.3, Safari 6.0.4

No issues here, though I did have issues yesterday with submissions on HN.
Eg. transparent PNGs.
A little background on the relationship of the authors to Google: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/google-jason-ma...
I dislike Stylus specifically because of its optional syntax - permitting a bunch of different syntax variants within the same file seems like it's asking for disaster in a team environment.

Sass strikes a great balance between terse and consistent, which I really appreciate.
> Why is it first?

Because it starts with an 'I'.
Sigh. MtGox != Bitcoin. It's so painful to the community and cause to perpetuate this sad meme. I for one welcome whatever might make MtGox more reliable until someone else competent comes along.
Possibly because they had to please Apple AND Microsoft?
For a surprisingly long window of time, IE Mac was the best browser around. Apparently, it did not share a code base with Windows IE, which explains why IE Mac had all the features people were drooling over in 2001 like full PNG transparency and good CSS support. PNG support even included color correction, and IE Mac did not suffer from the "box model" bug that affected IE on Windows.

I think the Mac version of IE had something like 99% compliance on the first Acid test, before other browsers had robust CSS support. You could even find a copy of the Acid test in an easter egg in the browser.

It was a fantastic browser at the time, but didn't align with Microsoft's future interests and the development team was reassigned.
Also known as Plinko Theorem
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Since it's too late to edit, I'm posting here to correct my statement that Chrome is the only browser that supports HSTS preload; Firefox does as well.
On top of that they used Humble Bundle to obviously put more funding to Broken Age.

Indie developers not being able to manage their cash is funny. They wanted freedom and responsibility, now they have it, and they realize that having publishers behind your back can be a good thing, actually, to stop focusing on funding the whole time and focus on the game.
I'm sure the many thousands (millions?) of small-business online stores could have benefitted from this advice. Obviously they were mistaken in believing they could make a profit.
It's not just the user interface, it's that (for example) they don't QUITE completely ignore mac (emacs) keybindings (e.g. ctrl-a should move to beginning of PARAGRAPH, but either moves to the beginning of the visual line in the textbox, or highlights whatever you've searched for if you're that unlikely). This is far worse behavior, and it's been like this for years!
Yea, it was one of the first browsers to implement DOCTYPE switching.
I saw that; I was aware that such data could be fairly reliably deanonymized. But with a country norm where zip codes frequently contain 10 people, who would ever imagine that just zip, with birthday / sex stripped, would be even slightly anonymous?
That's news to me.
Arguable. Jolla uses Gecko with IPC embedding for their upcoming browser for Sailfish. Gecko is in no way out of the question. Mozilla are also working on the new Rust based browser engine (Servo).
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I'm enjoying anything at the moment on design, scaling and resiliency of Distributed Systems, but want to dig deeper. Do you have any recomendations?
There's probably less soot now than there was in the past.

Wood fires (campfires, stoves, hearths, etc) make a TON of soon. Modern burning techniques are much better.

So if it didn't do anything in the past, it's certainly not doing anything now.