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Karma is not a dialectic, as if there is a synthesis/anti-syntheis position from which to posit the workings of Karmic responses.

At the essence of anyone who wishes to live a better life, is responsibility. Karma is a cultural mechanic by which we humans can discuss the phenomenon of responsibility in a manner which, while it may be broken or incomplete, has indeed - by simple stint of communication - resulted in many an individual, family, group of people, improving their lives.

A little more consciousness of the responsibility of the individual to interact with the wider universe, is all one can truly hope to 'gain' from a Karmic point of view.

Just so its clear, I don't think Karma as you understand it is necessarily complete, or at least you cannot apply the dialectic materialist point of view, if you think you 'get' Karma.. imho, of course.
Very creative, I will give this a try. However, I do think editors/publishers provide value in that they at separate the wheat from the chaff.
Hm. His passport was revoked. Reminds me of the communist era here in eastern Europe when people were not allowed to hold passports, unless the state decided that it's safe to let them travel abroad.
This isn't applicable to people that are exercising just for health, rather than to also lose weight.

For naturally skinny "dicks" like me, I find I get the best workout and feel the healthiest when I do a mix of the tread mill with intermittent breaks of lifting and power push-ups when my legs can't take it anymore.
I implemented option 4 on a linux based router a couple years ago:

4) Write to a disposable USB stick. Assuming recovery from lost data is simpler and faster than a complete wipe/install/customize by using disposable sd cards. I my situation the CF root would last forever because of basically no writes, and when the USB flash drive melts down I'd lose some logs and /tmp and some /var/cache/ stuff, oh well no big deal compared to a complete reinstall and reconfigure.
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> one of the compelling parts of a basic income is that it cuts away the moral argument for progressive taxation: the basic income amount people are provided is enough to pay for the necessities of life

It doesn't provide for necessities in many (most?) of the basic income proposals. Many proposals still leave a lot of the circumstance dependent benefits in place (eg providing for kids if you have them) so the basic income can be kept fairly low.

But yes, tax progression it does replace.
Please note also that "politics: none" as it is actually practiced is very much political and is inherently pro-government. There are only Republicans and Democrats, they are equal voices in all debates, and anything outside of that frame is fringe and crazy.
I presume this is for fisticuffs with VCs, right?
The tone of this article suggests Snowden is nothing more than a pawn in someone else's game.

Why should anyone care so much about him? We've heard repeatedly that what he has disclosed - a massive amount of spying on Americans and other nationals - was already known by everyone.

Who was that person who said: If you are worried about someone discovering your "secret" activities, then maybe you
be doing those activities in the first place.

Maybe the sooner politicians accept that "frictionless sharing" is the future, the better off we'll all be? What do you think?

Other commenters have pointed out that most users outside HN do not care about data privacy. So why should politicians care? Are they a special case? I thought they represent the views of their constituents.
Everyone writes with a bias. The difference is whether or not they are honest and open about what their biases are.

I would much rather read pieces by a reporter like Greenwald that makes it clear where he stands, than a journalist that pretends - maybe even to himself/herself - that there is an objective truth they can report.
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Means nothing to me what you personally do for a living. I'm pretty sure there are aparatchik sales people, or at least I'm quite confident I might've dated a few, admittedly rare, in my youth..
Indeed. I think that should make it clear that the Liberals aren't turning into neocons, and the Conservatives aren't turning into... well, whatever.

I think you've just uncovered the fact that both parties are really just two sides of the same coin. It may appear that they're engaged in some kind of tug-of-war struggle, but if so, we are the rope.

In fact, both DEMs and GOPs agree on the vast majority of issues, the only differences are in fine details. They're both quite happy with the form and function of today's government.
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cn7AF...
> Well, no actually. I'm not willing to spend a dollar on those services until I know those getting more value out of them (i.e. the rich) are paying their fair share. In reality, they'll probably be paying nothing so I will join them.

Okay. That would be your right. Just don't start complaining once the underfunded justice system won't have the resources to handle burglaries in homes which cannot afford private security.
Great advice!

I use Tasks and Calendar on gmail as well.

Once I write stuff down I even make an effort not to think about it. Only remember the link/path to where the information is stored.

This will free up your mind to allow for relaxation and less stressful thoughts.
Thank you. It also appears that there has been some aggressive filtering of the Snowden topic on reddit so we have all those "discussions" spill over here and turn this site into NSA news.
> But we all know essentially how this will end: Prism isn't going away and Edward Snowden's fate is grim.

That's a very defeatist attitude. I'm sure that there are better arguments for upvoting or not upvoting these articles than saying "this story is not worth paying attention to because we are completely helpless, let's go back to talking about app store metrics".
This is timely! I've just started writing a set of salt states to capture the set up of my new dell xps 13 (sputnik) so I never have to go through the pain of setting up xmonad, emacs and various other development environment stuff again.

What I really like about salt is that everything is in one place and all goes towards building the same data structure that everything runs off.
> But we all know essentially how this will end

The thing I have learned from reading history is that it often does not turn out the way people expected at the time. The details of what happens matter.
I just don't see how this is retaliation. Moody's is a public company. While the US government could conceivably put pressure on the firm to do something like this, they have a lot more tools at their disposal. In addition, the government has a lot of incentive to keep Chinese capital markets happy. If things go awry, it could hurt the American government even more. What if the Chinese banks decide not to hold any more US debt? It starts a bad cycle. Nobody wins in a trade war.
You make that sound like conspiracy but if you do a fair comparison, i.e. compare to the flight exactly 1 week previous, it takes the same route.
Do you honestly believe we've understood this surveillance complex enough that we can keep on with our lives? Why accept that "PRISM [won't go] away" or that "Snowden's fate is grim"?

Honestly? Is this cause not worth fighting for anymore?
Completely agree, this is very good advice. I wish I had more time to respond but I'm at risk of being late to work. Here's how you put forth the minimum amount of time commitment while deriving the greatest amount of benefit:

-If you typically squat less than 270 pounds all the way down to parallel, do Starting Strength until you do [1].

-If you typically squat at least 270 pounds all the way down to parallel, do Madcow 5x5 [2]. I can't speak past this fitness level because this is where I am.

-Eat according to the Leangains nutrition guide to achieve massive strength gains while getting/staying lean and eating only a couple meals a day [3].

Make sure to read the Starting Strength book or watch Mark Rippetoe videos on youtube to learn proper technique (vitally important!)

[1] http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength...

[2] http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/

[3] http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html

Disclaimer: There are obviously other programs which offer the same amount of benefit, but I don't think you'll find anything that surpasses the benefit you'll receive from these guidelines, and you certainly won't find many programs that surpass the simplicity; therefore, for the sake of not overwhelming anybody, I've only listed a small compilation of systems that really work.
When your provider is forced by their government to just hand over your data, security is pretty much irrelevant. Anything is more secure than that.
“It would be very disappointing if he was willfully allowed to board an airplane,” said Kerry, who was traveling in New Delhi. “There would be without any doubt . . . consequences.” [emphasis mine].

What is he insinuating by saying something cryptic like this?
I don't know of anything like that. You could implement it a number of ways. You could conceivably do it with a browser plugin that did the interface to the native content. Probably making a Wayland compositor that way would be easier than wrangling X11.

I do plan to add more apps that run on the native side, they will be conscious of the HTML interface though. It's taking more of the Extremely smart client approach. So much so that there isn't a great need for a protocol beyond something for sending the client the JavaScript that runs any application specific protocol.
It is almost certain that Fermat did not have a proof. He did have (effectively) a proof for the case n=4, but it seems he worked for some time without success on a proof for n=3. It seems unlikely he would do so if he really did have a general proof.

I'm told that if all rings of the form a+b.sqrt(-p) are unique factorization domains then there is a fairly simple proof[0], and it's plausible that Fermat momentarily forgot that this was not in fact the case. If he found the "proof" that uses this "fact" he may have got carried away and written his marginal note, then moments later done a face-palm, and not bothered to erase or correct that note.

[0] I do not speak from personal knowledge, and this may have been distorted. I believe the essence to be correct.
Calling them neocons ignores the basis of their political beliefs: Statism. The American Democrats are essentially Statists who will - at any cost - support the advancement of the state, specifically the state's control over every aspect of life. Their mantra is "What you can control cannot hurt you."

Personally I also equate American Republicans with fascists, whom spout rhetoric about patriotism and some measure of ethnocentrism.
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I love weightlifting, but I also love cardio. My goal is different though - I'm not trying to lose weight, I'm trying to gain it (slowly).

lifting = only 3 days per week*

running = all the rest, not too far (except once a week).

* someone else has mentioned Riptoe - go read that. then do that.
I guess I'd like to have more technical news too. The issue is what happening is way more important than anything else. I guess we can bare some "gossip" news if it can help the community a little.
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>He cited U.S. refusals to extradite bankers convicted in crimes in Ecuador, saying Quito was now free to exercise its “sovereignty” in the same way.

Way to go Ecuador!

>“There is no small irony here,” Kerry added, posing the hypothetical question of whether Snowden sought refuge in China and Russia “because they’re such powerful bastions of Internet freedom.”

No sign of shame or embarrassment. Disgusting.
> exercising just for health

If you aren't making progress, than you aren't exercising "for health." This article is very enlightening: http://startingstrength.com/articles/barbell_medicine_sulliv...
"If it's a woman, make her feel like the most beautiful woman in the world."

I like the part about paying attention to the words that come out of the persons mouth and hanging on their every word, instead of implying that the way a woman looks is the only basis on which she decides to like you. In fact, I (this is my personal opinion, maybe other females prefer the exact opposite, for I have no statistical data on this) feel much more validated, especially in places like work and friends, pretty much anyone but my SO, when my presence and my contributions are validated on my capabilities, personality, and pretty much everything but my looks.

If I feel that I am getting any kind of special treatment based on my looks, or being a girl in general, it makes me feel uncomfortable and self conscious, it often tends to reverberate negatively in the work place (especially as a female engineer in a male dominated engineering company, like mine, and the two I have worked for/interned for previous), and provides more venues for people to blame any accomplishments and/or advancements one may make in the work place on things other than your capabilities. So perhaps NICK that entire sentence and it sounds pretty good :D Oh and welcome to the new millenia.
This is a story that people are upvoting because they find it interesting. It is also a very active one, where new interesting information is coming up all the time.

And "Edward Snowden's fate is grim" so we should stop caring about him? I'm glad to not see this story go away, and I am actually understanding the issues better because of the articles about it here.

Let the community decide what should be on here.
Agreed. At some point I flagged every snowden/NSA story on the front page (I believe it was 28 out of 30).

I don't seem to be able to flag any more so I guess that was picked up as abuse, so unfortunately I can't flag any more of these stories.

I wouldn't mind seeing stories on all of this, as long as they are only posted when something interesting has actually happened, as opposed to just because there hasn't been a story on it for 5 minutes
The person putting this on seems to know what they are doing. They have some exceptional references on the site.

Without seeing the actual program its very hard to make a determination if this is something that would be beneficial to do or not.

It's kind of like being asked to buy a car but you can't see it until you put down your money:)

For other programs like P90x you can atleast try it out and see if you like it.

> 40 minutes, 3 days/week.

This seems about right for a beginner program and for anyone looking to maintain their current form.

> The price is $125/month for founders and $175/month for folks with salaries.

This is just bizarre. I think the whole founder worship thing has gotten a bit out of control here. What about employee #1 :)
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This is exactly my point. :) Progress and adherence are both prerequisites in order to exercise "for health." The mere act of engaging in healthy activities alone do not make them healthy.
Is posting hundreds of mundane "news" articles with no substance really fighting?
It keeps people on the general subject. That's good.

If the focus tends to turn to "let's hunt this dog down and get him." that's bad.

I'd rather see more focus on why Snowden felt the need to run.
If it bothers you, take the bigrss feed here and put it through an rss filter to remove the articles you do not like?

I did that for Steve Jobs. I personally want to read every new element about the Snowden effect but I realize not everyone else does.
I'd like it even more streamlined. Send five anonymized snippets to my inbox every Friday and let me click one button to order one of them to my door. Anyone know a service like this?
There's a GPS devices welded to the bike frame? Congratulations, you'll get the bike frame back.
Extradition for espionage seems like it ought to be totally different from the regular kind. If a guy gunned down some children or something, sure, yell at anyone and everyone in sight to get him back. But why would you expect any non-allied country to give the slightest damn about espionage?
Isn't the point that many unemployment benefits actually penalize people for taking a job? i.e. it's the difference between the marginal utility falling towards 0 as you earn/receive more money and the the utility being below 0 as you are punished for working by having welfare equal to more than you have earned taken away.
The concept is nice. Just like that curly guy.
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Is not talking about it better?
This is a problem with Hacker News. Maybe because most people can't downvote (or I dunno some other reason), it has a big big problem with duplicate stories. When Steve Jobs died for example, 30/30 stories were "Steve Jobs has died" for quite some time.

It is irritating, that's for sure.
I reject your analysis. I will be upvoting every Snowden story on HN.

PS - Hi NSA.
I would love to see more posts, which discuss how PRISM will change the future of the technology world.
I was frustrated with Puppet when I first started. All I wanted was a VM to install a few things so I could do some development and not have to worry about managing my VM.

It turned out to be a rabbit hole. As soon as I thought I learned just enough to get it running, something else popped up that stopped me.

That's why I created PuPHPet [1]. So far the reception has been fairly positive.

At one point in my learning, I got fed up and tried Salt. I couldn't get the Salt hello-world running. I followed the directions to a T. If your tutorial is incorrect, or hard to follow just to get the most basic version up and running, it will turn people away.

Also, this was all on top of Vagrant.

[1] PuPHPet - https://puphpet.com
Yes, please edit the title to replace "it's" with "its". In this context "it's" means "it is". /petpeeve
hi @chollida1 – while I certainly don't mind the eventual traffic to MVF, my main intention was to share thoughts around cardio... discipline/exercise selection tends to be a make or break thing in fitness.

Regarding the discount for founders, it's more because I remember how much it sucked being broke when I started Fitocracy. :) I'd assumed it'd be easier for employee #1 just because at that point, some de-risking had probably occurred. Really wanted to do funded/non-funded, but that would've been unfairly glorifying raising money for raising's sake.
Except for, you know, All these people: http://givingpledge.org/
Sorry.. Dint get why its called "Next-Generation" ?
We complain all the time that the major news networks don't cover what is really important or that they cover them and move on like it never happened. I think it is a good think that it is kept present in our minds so we don't forget it or write it off as "There is nothing we can do about it".

Seeing the entire front page of HN covered in stories on it might be slightly annoying but it is much better than the alternative (no coverage) IMHO.
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You should consider sending it to amazon. http://studios.amazon.com/help/submitting-a-series-idea
You never know, right? :)
Just had a thought, but obviously not a unique one:

>whereisedwardsnowden.com is already registered, but these options are available...
I agree not only with regards to Edward Snowden but generally worthless articles about people who happen to be in the tech news lately. E.g. "Kim Dotcom braids his hair!", "Julian Assange orders Cherry Coke instead of regular!", "Elon Musk buys three rare white leopards!" It's tedious.

Unfortunately what makes good click bait also makes good upvote bait and most people will just fall for it unthinkingly. And looking at the comments so far, apparently will defend doing so.

Yes there are larger issues at stake which are why these people are in the news, but 99% of the stories being upvoted have nothing to do with the larger issue and are instead press releases with no interesting content, meant solely to drive clicks and in the case of older stories like Kim Dotcom, meant to keep their names in the news.

Stop being a sucker; be more critically minded with what you choose to upvote and read.
Turn your tv back on, pay your taxes, shut up and let us keep killing and watching whomever we want.
Yes - Statism is a better term! I agree.
Why not let the others here decide what they think is interesting instead of flagging posts?

Things people like gets upvoted and rise to the top. You did abuse the system, because you used the flagging as a downvote button. This is not Reddit.
do people still post about Bradley Manning?

how about wikileaks? Julian Assange?

all those cables?
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What is it you're looking for, exactly? Good grammar? Cheers to the OP for thinking outside the box, but I don't think this service helps me, nor would your technique. I yearn for good writing, but what I consider good writing can't be determined from reading one chapter, and certainly not a couple pages in the middle of a book. What matters to me is how the chapters (and the people/places/events in them) fit together. The storycraft, if you will. Good editing, internal consistency, etc. Once can only determine these things by reading the whole book, or at least most of it. And since I don't have the time to devote to reading bad books in the hope they'll be good, I greatly rely on reviews, including those from Amazon.
In three dimensions there is an embedding of S^2 (which is the surface of a sphere[0]) into R^3 such that the exterior is not homeomorphic to R^3 with B^3 missing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_horned_sphere
(search for "jordan")

In essence, the "outside" gets very "tangled" and can't be smoothly converted into a "proper" exterior.

[0] S^2 = { (x,y,z) : , x, y, z, in R with x^2+y^2+z^2 = 1 }
I don't know, I have been working in recording studios and for me the need for a production team is half snake oil half fixing bad tracks with existing fat sounds. Both are the opposite of the original impulse of electronic home made music, where all the good stuff come from.
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Most of these stories themselves are at best tangentially related to the larger issue.

Upvoting them or reading a story about Edward Snowden's favorite brand of chicken pot pie is not doing anything to fight for civil liberties, though it will give views to garbage web sites like Business Insider and its ilk.
This is dumb. Glenn Greenwald's politics aren't the problem, his wild interpretation of the PRISM slides is the problem. He made a serious substantive error based on nothing. Being a reporter is a position of trust- and you probably can't trust him.
And this is yet another post dedicated to Edward Snowden :)
It's sort of like asking kids not to think about pink elephant.

The moment you asked - everybody is thinking and discussing it.
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> decisions about country's major issuess would be made by people who are smart, successfull and have experience leading big organizations or companies, instead of being made by every idiot that happens to be of the legal age.

You then confuse financial success with competence or intelligence. Also, keep in mind those "idiots" will have to obey their "smart, successful" rulers without right to question their rule. They are also in much larger number and may resent that. How do you intend to oppress them?