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> People don't boycott the countless movies based on Roald Dahl books, even though it's very common knowledge that he held strong anti-Semitic views.

From what I can find, it is common knowledge that he would make outrageous, sometimes hurtful and insensitive statements -- and that he (especially after reviewing a book on Israel's invasion of Lebanon) considered himself to be anti-Israel and an anti-Zionist.

That's hardly the same thing as being an anti-Semite.

If you know of any sources I've missed, please let me know -- but as far as I can tell it isn't "common knowledge that he held anti-Semitic views".
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That's strange — I've always had the impression that the battery usage of GPS was the main obstacle for location tracking services, so that any way to sidestep expensive polling would be a greatly welcomed remedy. I can't imagine that this would be technically impossible.
> It's like there's some sort of shame in working a normal workday, eating dinner at a normal hour and having your own life.

Agree 100%.

At my company I'm constantly being told I must work overtime, weekends, be on-call with a company cell phone etc. When I say no, people all over the company start directly telling me I'm not committed enough to the company, and I'm not "opening doors" for myself.

I work my butt off for 35-40 hours per week, and get tons done. That's more than enough.
Copyright requires an aspect of creativity. It's unlikely the copyright would be held up being essentially a list of facts.

Also I'm not sure you recognize the number of permutations. Even a small 4x4 icon with a 16 color palette has 2^64 possibilities.
That would've been easier :) I ended up manually checking the order in which the data in the json file was inserted and fixing that.
Sort-of, but you still have netbooks; I have an old netbook as my developer computer ! it has an Atom, which is slow, 2GB RAM, and an SSD; I dual-boot windows and Linux; can run Visual Studio Express, and of course, all Linux stuff (I even run Unity on Ubuntu). You can get an Acer netbook for about the same price of an Acer chromebook.

Also, we've just bought an Acer V5, 12.1" with touch screen, 4GB Ram, and an A6 processor; really nice, for $429 ; it's a sub $500 laptop that doesn't suck; basically, a slightly nicer netbook :)

Chromebooks are nice, especially for simple stuff, but there are nice cheap laptops too :)
I don't understand. Why is this on HN now? IIRC project Gazelle had been open-sourced several years ago.
I think he misinterpreted what you said.

"Can we talk about making sure your sites get pulled into the Internet Archive" could mean "make sure your site is indexed and archived properly" or could mean "make sure that your site dies and is relegated to the archives".
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As I said, it's important to note that a subtitle file and a screen play are two very different things, as the former is almost certainly transformative. It does not matter if the screenplay is a work in it's own right. Both are covered by copyright and both are subject to fair use.

In order to claim fair use we must show that a subtitle file != screenplay. If I sell you a screen play, do you get subtitles on your screen? No. If I give some actors a subtitle file can they perform the movie? No, they don't even know who's reading what line. So, even if the screenplay were being sold as a work with value, which it's not, we can see that the subtitles file is still only a portion of the screenplay (and one which renders it useless as a screenplay), the very essence of "transformative". Likewise for the audio, you're missing everything except for a transcript of what was said, and one designed to be read by a computer at that, and which fails to label who is saying it, so it's a portion of even a transcript.

In a nutshell, they've taken something large and commercial and turned it into something small and non-commercial. Not only that, but worthless without a copy of the genuine movie! I'm not saying that the move studios don't have a copyrighted work - of course they do, but fair use trumps that, and should do in this case.
It is lying and cheating, and it is illegal.

Generally 'standard weeks' are done under the assumption that you will work at least 40 hours on the project (often more, I average 44). The concept is that the project is significantly more than 40 hours, and accounting for every moment is overhead that doesn't serve anyone. Client doesn't care and it simply wastes your time to do it.
4 CPU and 7GB ram on Windows Azure is $268/month if you use Windows, and $179/month if you are using Linux. Add $120 for 1TB outbound traffic, and you are looking at $388/month Windows and $299 for Linux.
I think we're on the same side here.

We've measured the performance of the fundamentals of web applications on two Ruby implementations (MRI, JRuby) and both perform poorly, as compared to the rest of the field. area51org says that Ruby's reputation of slowness is undeserved. I feel our data confirms the reputation.

In fact, I don't think there's much room for improvement by tweaking our tests, but I figured I'd make the solicitation anyway to keep an open mind about it.

I'm not asking you to fix it or shut up, especially since I feel your point of view is corroborated by the data. I am asking, however, for those who say Ruby's reputation is undeserved to consider providing some evidence for that point of view. And one conceivable way to do that would be to improve our Ruby tests.
Was just about to post this, the only difference is that two of the secret program names are unredacted in the Wapo version.
Just so everybody knows what we're talking about, this is the screenshot of the new front page design we're working on: https://raw.github.com/kyledrake/neocities-web/master/files/...
The codenames of some of the collection codenames were redacted: FAIRVIEW and BLARNEY were visible, STORMBREW and OAKSTAR were not.

What's really quite interesting is that they're typeset differently on the redacted/unredacted slides.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-...

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/20...

EDIT: Also, as the WaPo article points out, the map is different too...
It doesn't need to be foolproof to work. Even an unenforced sign that said "wifi access limited to 60 minutes" would set expectations and deter most folks.
This is exactly what I was thinking about... I want cloud based storage which I am not locked into with a decent UI , way to browse and basic image management (something like ThisLife for the fronted)

I think it's possible to have a either S3 or GDrive based system that has a Angular.js (or some other JS MVC) that can operate without a backend for very simple browsing features and connecting to the S3 via apis.

I think it's doable ...
We haven't yet officially released voice messaging but the feature stuck into this release. We'll correct the access on our next update (prior to it being announced). Thanks everyone.
Doesn't that just encourage those who do have a range of technologies at least somewhat under their belt to tweak their skill-weights on each application to bring it closer to a presumed "perfect skill vector" for that job?

(...or is that the whole point...?)
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> I agree that the ban has been a hindrance on people trying to find investors but lifting it may not be the best solution.

The best solution for what? What's the point of this regulation and how is it measured?

> That really hasn't been a 'win' for me

If I understand this correctly, the SEC should prevent entrepreneurs from soliciting investments so you don't have to watch informercials? I can't argue with that!
There are a number of differences between the two slides including the Post version having no redactions.
There is some talk on Twitter about how the Guardian uses OpenOffice primarily which may account for the differences in the slides.
I said "developers", not "businesses".

It may makes commercial sense for businesess to act like doubt (I seriously doubt that holds in the long run), but the more they do that, the more private developers understand the importance of open protocols.
As the article points out, the map is different in both as well. One shows CONUS, the other, the whole Earth.
I'm not a professional musician (not even close) so my perspective might have been different if I was the average struggling musician trying to get ends to meet. But no, I wouldn't be bothered. I would perhaps be bothered if people pirated my recordings, but that's because of the work and money I put into those recordings, not because of the idealistic intellectual property itself. Making some tabs? On my part, that would hardly be any work, and I might have it all tabbed out to begin with. I might even publish them for free. People want to listen to my recordings? Great, but hopefully for a price. People want to play my songs? Great, I'm flattered, just go ahead and do it, with my tabs or some fan made tabs.

Keeping people from tabbing my songs feels a little like keeping the blueprints of my songs hostage. And unlike blueprints for machinery, it is right there in the open, ready to be derived by anyone who's got the ear for it. If someone shuts down tab websites, they're just making a lot of people do a lot of extra work (everybody tabs the same song, for only themselves), or force them to buy a tab book (there is... if there even is one). It isn't even comparable to buying a CD, and then ripping the songs for it to play on your own mp3 player and only for yourself; you buy a song, you listen to it, but then you have to buy the tabs for it on top of it, or do all the work yourself even if someone else has done it before? When someone distributes copies of a song by someone, they are illegally distributing copies of someones work that took time and money; but with distributing tabs, you did all the (derivative) work yourself.

Well, at least those people that have to tab every song they want to learn will get a better relative pitch out of it.
I wanted the benefit of Glacier plus backup functionality so I went with Arq. It encrypts everything and supports Glacier. Works really, really nicely.
I don't know if it's more conspicuous than glass - it's very similar to a lot of bluetooth headsets. And it's been out on the market for a long time with hardly any controversy.

There's lots of devices like this - I also remember some systems that cops wear that just clips onto the front of your shirt and looks kind of like a pager. Glass isn't particularly novel in this regard (except for maybe its connectivity via wifi).
I don't know what you're talking about. Although raising a family might be your personal life, it is seriously HARD WORK. Just because you love your family, doesn't mean you don't work hard to provide for them. My parents, for example, are foster parents and so we have about 6-7 children around the house on average. Because of this they are always on the run; cleaning the house, keeping the children busy, paying bills, running errands, cooking food, supplementing what the children learn at school, and making sure to give the children a chance to go outside and play with others while supervising other's children. This is hard work. On top of this, they want to improve their household and themselves. They also run a foster parents association to help others in the area. Because of all of this, they don't usually go to sleep until 1-2am each day, to balance all of this. This is what I truly call HARD WORK.

Now, they could do what the author says and call it quits after 35 hours (what a fucking low # btw) of taking care of the children and running their organization. They should be proud of the amount of work they do to keep their family together and improve themselves. And you shouldn't be whining if they happen to make a twitter post about it. It's not your business.
>along with thousands of $0.99 mobile app

99 cents, once, is a pittance. When it's repeated over and over, it stops being a pittance. The app stores are flooded with minimum-price apps that are useless trash. I completely understand people that pirate cheap apps when there are no demo features.
You're telling me swapping HDDs and letting RAID rebuild is slower than setting up the server again?!

A failed HDD should NEVER, EVER, bring a server down.
Here's a video introducing it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKhxzwO43k&list=UUBWJQIUhDQz...
I find it repulsive that a torrent tracker is released under a restrictive license with Copyrights and Patents.
If you don't know the contractor well, you don't know how hours worked translates into productivity. The programmer could be a 10x programmer or string you along saying things took longer than expected and suddenly your budget is bloated. I like a happy medium of fixed price with variable scope or a budget range with variable scope and finer details discussed in the contract.
Actually the militarization of the police force comes from a coordinated effort to repurpose military hardware for domestic police use. [1]

Kind of funny that the gear used to fight one terrible war overseas is sent back to our own country and used to fight another terrible war domestically, huh?

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/program-1033-military-equipme...
Nice visuals, but just a quick check of the data: Numonyx is a startup? Really? Then why not FreeScale?

Increasingly, "startup" seems to be defined as a way for the M&A guys to make money. If they can't make money, then it's not a startup (or it's a "lifestyle company".)
I was tickled pink to find the core bits of SpriteCore, the game library I brewed up as a teenager, and have been hacking on idly ever since, implemented in a for-realz 1980s arcade game. In assembly.
I think it's true, depending just how vast "vast" is interpreted. But "I'm taking a bigger risk myself" doesn't excuse putting others at risk.
The two founding partners at Skype were Swedish and Danish, but the company also started with three engineers in Estonia, and the company still (judging by their jobs page [1]); the company still has an engineering presence there. That model (foreign entrepreneurs getting it started, but based/staffed locally) may be the most likely one for a big consumer-facing company in the former Yugoslavia, but it would still be a major achievement, and could build that startup tradition locally.

[1] http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/skype-tallinn/332461/
Almost the perfect computer for Grandma.... except still no skype.
I wonder if anyone would be brave enough to test this, i.e. use TLS 1.2/forward security to one of sites mentioned, send a message to a "friend" (dumby account) that says you are planning an attack, and see what happens (i.e. it's only viewable by facebook/google whatever, not in transit)
Because they just started to mirror their own git to GitHub and the documentation is more accessible there than the internal wiki on a private tracker.
Regardless of where the responsibility lies, it is unacceptable. I agree that the actual police officer does not control policies but they do control their own actions and it is part of the job description to put their lives on the line for the benefit of the general public. If they are not happy with that then they can leave the job that they voluntarily entered.

As soon as they draw a gun on someone without clear evidence that that person poses and immediate risk to themselves (police) or others, they are putting their safety above that of the general public. If they do not wish to put public safety above their own, then they need to find a new job.
This is true, but what other Glacier-like services are there that have $0.01/GB/mon storage + retrieval?
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This article confusingly referred to "qualified" investors but according to other reporting it is actually "accredited" investors [1]. This is particularly confusing because "qualified purchasers" is an even higher standard required for some investments [2].

[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/us-sec-advertising...

[2] http://globalfundexchange.com/about/230
Its the same thing as an "unreviewed Android App", which is to say a completely unknown entity.

So in the YC process, folks compete to be selected and then they work to make sure they are ready on demo day. Investors know that Paul and his partners have spent many weeks with these people helping them achieve the maximum potential possible. That is a form of validating their authenticity or 'vetting'.

However, with the general ban lifted, startups will now appear "out of the blue" because they used some funding to 'reach out' to "you" a person they bought from a list (typically the HNWI list [1]). That is the noise part. If you're currently getting postal mail (or spam email) from folks who are congratulating you on your success and offering to help (personal wealth management, car dealers for high end cars, high end credit cards) then you are on that list (whether or not you think you should be :-)

Because of that, in my 'bad' scenario of how this could be a not good thing, I expect that we'll see lots of "next big thing" pitches showing up on the nightly news (it scores well in the HNWI demographic) and tucked in with those platinum card offers. What is worse, we'll see the rise of companies that prey on individuals who think they have a great idea but just can't get it off the ground. They will offer to "get them funded" by putting them in touch with hundreds of "angels." And they will just be high pressure sales guys who sell lots to unbuilt housing developments in Utah or time share condos in vacation spots. So the real opportunities get lost in all the noise.

However, I recognize I'm somewhat cynical here and this could be a really good thing. I'd like it to be a good thing because there are ideas that don't get funded today that should (or would do well if they were). But watching Shark Tank now and then you are reminded there are a lot of people who want to change the world and don't have the benefit of an incubator's advice or tutoring. Those folks are going to be victimized here.

[1] The High Net Worth Individuals or HNWI list is sold in various forms by meta-data collection agencies which identify such individuals through public records (vehicle registrations), web purchasing tracking, and other social "cues".
1&2: Hourly is just a mark that the guy who wrote the article is clueless, he meant Time and Materials of course. Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, lets not worry too much about he subdivision of labor.

3: This is true, but it puts an ugly arrangement, you want to overcharge as much as possible, and work as little as possible. The client wants to "drag out" the contract to try to maximize the value of their investment. You are enemies from day 1.

4: This is 100% true, but unrealistic, the client often doesn't know what they want, they want you to help "defog" their vision and express it in technical terms.
I can't answer for jdf, but, in my case, I've built a lot of applications using Django and Google App Engine on very frugal hardware, probably less than a more recent Chromebook. On both cases, the development environment is very light and defaults to store data in SQLite. Working with Python allows me to skip compiling stuff most of the time. Of course, a JVM is off the table, as is using Eclipse for your IDE. This machine is one of the reasons I went back to Emacs.
Or, you know, what a novel idea, try to get them to LOWER their prices, if you think they charge unfairly.
This article, with some data about accident rates in various for/against traffic situations, disagrees with your intuition about riding against traffic:

http://www.bicyclinglife.com/Library/riskfactors.htm
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I disagree; I see two problems with netbooks:

1. People were expecting a laptop; they are not; however, they're decent computers (don't do video, don't run VMs ... :), and portability and price are really nice.

2. Laptops got cheaper, and netbooks didn't ; when the first netbooks came out, they were less than half the price of the cheapest laptops; now, they're about the same price :(
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Good, continue to support the surveillance state with

- either your data

- and/or your money.

Sincerely,
your NSA
Somewhat tangential: There has long been a tie-in between the military and the police. Former military members make an easier transition to the police, and a lot of policemen have a strong weekend-warrior, macho mentality and like big guns and things that go boom. Plus the rank system is similar, there's use of deadly force, and so on.

The U.S. has also seen major mission creep in the military. Instead of going in and bringing a devastating kinetic assault to an enemy in order to get them to surrender, now we're in the mission of Counter-Insurgency (COIN), nation-building, handing out candy to kids, and air-lifting supplies in to earthquake victims.

Because of all of that, I think we need a new branch of the armed forces specifically set aside for nation-building, humanitarian relief, and so forth. It's a completely different mission from the other branches, and deserves its own budget, training, and voice. Then, civilian police forces should only pull military members from that branch.

We need to separate the warrior mentality from the protect and serve, community-friendly mentality. Some organizational re-alignment may help.
> Basically, I believe lifting this ban increases the noise significantly without much boost to the signal.

I do believe different investors look for different signals, sometimes their ability to pick the signal is so finely tuned that they simply need more inputs, rather than relying on regulated "noise" reduction which might squelch into their signal processing band.
Man I read everything I could possibly read. I read bodybuilding.com for years, reddit.com/r/fitness, t-nation, etc. I realized the following that helped me immensely:

- Calories, overall, are mostly the only thing that matters.
Lose weight? Less calories than your maintenance calories. Gain? Eat more above maintenance.

- Lifting weights is the most efficient way of losing weight or building muscle because you have an equal amount of resistance every workout. If you run, you can run 10km one week, 15 the next, and so on and so on. With lifting, its (mostly) the same workout, but the weight increases, so the intensity is always the same.

- Lifting, sleeping correctly, and eating really well will create a beautiful trifecta in your life. You don't get irritated, you're crazy confident, you love yourself, it helps SO much with depression, you are more focus and aware. Life is just better, you genuinely love life.

Every day I wake up BURSTING out of my bed with energy. None of that grogginess.

I basically just did powerlifting, (3 days a week with deadlifts, bench, squat, and technical weightlifting for fun like powercleans, cleans, front squats, clean and jerks).

However, I can't run more than a kilometer.