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I'm a Canadian developer. I love my country but the weather here in the winter is... Horrid.

By mid-March I'm ready to pack up and move ANYWHERE the sun shines. Where I live (GTA, golden horseshoe) you can go a solid week without seeing the sun, given the cloud cover.

Conversely, but mid-August I start to wish I lived somewhere a little cooler. Temperatures in the 30s aren't unusual and with 100% humidity it can feel closer to 40 degrees.

If you aren't a fan of extreme temperatures, look elsewhere. If you can deal with them, Canada is a great place to live.

EDIT: Strange phenomenon - in the winter, you pray for summer forgetting about the extreme heat and humidity. In the summer your pray for the winter, forgetting about frostbite and driving your car down a major highway with six inches of snow on the ground. The mind works in mysterious ways.
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We keep the temperature down to keep out the riffraff. Otherwise everyone would want to come here. ;)
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Important point on monetization.

I looked for a domain, found one I liked, and clicked "Buy". You sent me to godaddy, who I don't use. I opened up a new tab and bought it with namecheap.

A suggestion: give me a price comparison between multiple registrars, and let me click through to any. That way you get the commission even if I don't use godaddy.
Indeed, I've tried opera a few times. Usually no performance or core web-browsing improvements I can see over the stock one I use (firefox/chrome/safari, depending on platform). But there's plenty of ugly and clunky that goes with it, that quickly loses my interest.
I don't think there's anything wrong with Opera's business model.

Don't Firefox also get money through content partners (eg: Google Search?).

I'm aware that you have had to pay for Opera before - Wii points on the Wii, and also for the DS/DS Lite version of the browser.

Opera have always been at the cutting edge of web-standards. They're always good with the ACID tests.

There mobile versions are excellent and render stuff quickly and efficiently on all the mobile phones I've used and played with.
Not according to this man's post: http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
People are downvoting you because you are doing nothing to add to the conversation. Why not try to formulate your comments into a more meaningful discussion?
No, not quite. They would require me to make some changes to the existing site and more than likely some further development. The equity would increase by a small amount with any extra work.
One of those solutions still leaves you vulnerable to other SQL injection methods. While it technically prevents those false logins, you're still wide open to other forms of SQL injection. I'm not sure why something like that would even be mentioned.
I would not want to use the products "done" by you.
I think Firefox also has the advantage of being Netscape Navigator's spiritual heir. Lot of people who used NN (when it was good), got used to it and were keen to keep on using it over alternatives.

Firefox's mantra of being lightweight also helped them as you could just install the plugins you wanted, not a load of stuff people thought you wanted or should have that could have got rolled in as standard.
that gap between ability and taste drives creative people to achieve great things
Immigration to Canada for the express purpose of creating a start-up can be a bit difficult for a young 'un, at least. You need to have a net worth of at least $CAN 300K and previous experience managing a business in order to qualify for Entrepreneur Class immigration status. (Self-employment Class status is only available to people in a clearly-defined, limited number of fields -- mostly cultural and athletic.)

If you can meet the requirements, though, there are some areas that are particularly kind to high-tech start-ups. The Kitchener-Waterloo area has become the Canadian take on Silicon Valley thanks in large part to the University of Waterloo (still one of the best math and CS schools in the world, with co-op students more than willing to do internships) and the influence of companies like Research In Motion. Ottawa is still trying to attract tech, even if Corel's glory days are past. Vancouver is a sort of northern outpost of the Seattle area (rainy, no real winter, but it's God-awful expensive to live there). Calgary is another hot spot, but you need to be of a certain temperament to "get" the place. And there's always the Toronto area -- great for amenities, culture and so forth and the de facto capitol of all things business, and there is no lack of code monkeys if you feel you need them. There be hackers of both hardware and software in the Greater Toronto Area, but not so much within the city itself.
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No just the particular software they want. Whatever they want. Why should anyone else be able to stop them? You don't agree with the concept of freedom axod? Who needs to wake up?
It's not saying to not listen to experienced people. It's saying to not listen to people who haven't done anything.
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If you're in Ruby land, consider Isaac (nice demo at http://railstips.org/2008/11/14/sinatra-for-irc) or Autumn (http://github.com/RISCfuture/autumn/tree/master). Isaac is particularly syntactically appealing.
Interesting concept, terrible usability.
Using your talents wisely and to maximum effect is something everyone should be doing, whether you consider yourself an entrepreneur or not.
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Well, I don't think they had a big stress on design, but they've managed to keep their culture and still keep the bar high. From what I understand, engineers are still king at Google and great ones have freer reign to work on interesting things
> "It's sort of amusing," remarked Daimler co-founder, Martin Eberhard.

He's actually the cofounder of Tesla. There's a reason the SF Gate is going out of business:(
That's the problem, if one int is negative and the other is positive, (high - low) may overflow.
Python is trying to tell you something. By the time you've got a float, it's too late to turn it into a Decimal. The operation doesn't make sense. You can argue about the details, but a floating point number doesn't represent a number, it represents a numeric range, the exemplar of an infinite set of values that would map to the same float if converted to a float. When you ask to turn a float into a Decimal, which element of the range the float represents are you trying to turn into an exact Decimal? The operation is ill-defined.

All hacking it up with a string does is convince Python that you actually mean that exact number, but you're hacking. Either convert where you got that "float" directly into Decimal (where Python can't tell enough to know where the number came from), or deal with the fact that you are cheating and it may bite you in the future.

So, no, the correct solution is not to "convert the input into a float, then convert that into a string, then convert that to a Decimal"; the correct solution is to make sure you never pass through float in the first place. Unless you're loading a binary file specified as containing IEEE-754 floats, you probably didn't actually have to cut through the float stage. Anything other than the correct solution should be expected to be annoying and blow up at random times.

Floats are treacherous little bastards, and all attempts to paper over that fact will lead to grief.
Just curious, can you reveal which company you are talking about? ING comes to mind, but mostly because I'm a happy customer and I figure a company with $1.8 trillion in assets has to be a bank.
I don't have much familiarity with GNU Radio, and as people have mentioned, it doesn't have much recent activity. However, if you want to hear a software defined radio in action you can listen to and tune one here: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Also, if you are interested affordable SDR check out the SoftRock yahoo group. They are very active and the hardware is inexpensive (~$70 USD).

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Those are just rates for software developers paid through oDesk, not in the industry as a whole. Given that the oDesk developers are averaging under $30/hour (http://www.odesk.com/community/oconomy/freelance_software_de...), I don't think they can be taken as representative of all American developers.
the method of sharing is built right into TwitPic, TwitVid.io, etc.

That's really important.
Let's not forget about Bill Gates' famous 1976 letter to the Homebrew Computer Club http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V2_...
I disagree with your point about the performance issues.

I've had increasing issues with Flash video stuttering (audio stays fine, but video freezes momentarily until it "catches up") on Firefox.

I recently switched to Opera and these issues have completely disappeared.
> AA is in the business of giving their customers an enjoyable experience. They just happen to transport them via airplane as their business. Or at least that's how a customer experience designer should look at it, I think.

Close, but I think the problem comes from the top. Only management has the power to crush corporate turf wars, which are almost certainly the cause of teams that don't really work together. The only way this would honestly change is if you had a push from the top, and I'm willing to bet the senior management at AA never uses the website. (Why would they?) To them, it's just another division of sales.

If the CEO had to book all his flights himself on the website, you can bet there would be some improvements, because he would force people to fix things. Without that weight from above, teams can get away with not working together. Witness Apple's website. Their senior management (notably that one guy), definitely cares about the look and feel of _every_ aspect of the business, including the website, which I'm sure he looks at personally from time to time.
Depends on what you mean by "GM's value".

There is the Net Present Value (NPV) of GM, which is the value of it's future revenue streams - future losses. (Future revenue streams include some bailout money, etc.) Currently, the expected NPV of GM is negative.

Then there is the share price of GM. This is equal to max(NPV,0) because even if the NPV of GM is negative, you won't lose more than the value of your shares. So a share of GM stock is actually an option on the NPV of the company. This is nonzero, since there is a chance GM will recover.

Fun fact: to increase the value of GM's shares, you can either increase NPV or increase volatility.

[edit: my use of the term enterprise value was wrong. I think I meant NPV, but I'm not 100% sure of terminology. Thanks sachinag.]
This is seriously cool. Great idea. Interface is a bit odd and should use some tweaking, but it didn't take me long to figure out. The look is alright otherwise, and I like the name.

One thing: The purpose of the site appears to be slightly confusing at first. Is this a site specifically for finding a domain name? Does it have a broader purpose? I don't know...
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I have a theory that the linguistic complexity of all languages and cultures (which I'd include things like measurements in) is a constant.

It's truly a beautiful theory, because "linguistic complexity" is virtually undefinable, so I can just define it such that my theory is true-by-tautology. Hooray!

However, it is true that all languages and cultures have historical quirks, irregular verbs, odd calendars, etc. Complaining about a specific one is just standing in a glass house and throwing stones. By the only metric that really matters, the people using m/d/y are almost never confused about it, which is why it is stable in the language and doesn't get replaced, so... what more can you reasonably ask for?

Local optima happen. shrug
What about the other companies which don't have so much publicity?
How many Tesla cars does America drive (in total?)

That and does anyone know what Tesla's current net profit figures are? I know it's a private company but I'm wondering if anyone has general figures.
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Useful site! I'd prefer if it generated more than 10 at a time by default.
One more point: While it is trying to figure out if a result is unique/scarce/common/rare/..., it says "Searching..." underneath. Wouldn't something like "Analyzing..." be more relevant?
I second the original book. It's a good read and offers up a simple recipe for finding/building flow experiences. I suspect most hackers already have experienced flow and that maybe this experience is what keeps hacking such an addictive activity. But it's cool to think about flow in other arenas of life as well.
I've spent a lot of time learning math (have a CS degree, which required lots of math). But sadly, I'm not comfortable enough with differential equations to come up with a solution like the first part. It makes sense once someone else has done it, but I wouldn't have gotten that far.

Perhaps I just need more practice. Practice makes perfect with math like everything else?
I once asked this question on a calculus exam.
The 'Pattern' option on the side of the page is confusing. When you type in a pattern, it isn't apparent that you should click the 'Go' button at the top left of the page. Furthermore, when you type in a pattern and click 'Go', the default is to produce random Wordoids, not Wordoids containing the pattern.

The pagination at the bottom of the list doesn't give any indication of how many Wordoids were generated, which would be nice. Also, as others here have pointed out, the distinction between 'order' and 'buy' is unclear.

Wordoid is incredibly useful, great job!
In a slight out of context side;It is Dilemma;Your Expertise tend to Identify You and tend to become your Identity.What Paul is saying to go beyond, and still have expertise and not been identfied by them;In real world, i see it as a challenge.
This is similar to what Carl Mercier did with ajaxwhois.com

He talked this year at meshU in Toronto, maybe Wordoid could get some ideas from his experiences?

http://www.slideshare.net/cmercier/how-i-founded-bootstrappe...
Five dimensional disks with 2K times more capacity than a DVD.
Pardon the long winded comment. But this line bugged me...

Right now the site is short on data. Federal CIOs: There are hundreds of us waiting to do interesting things with your data. Invest in putting it up on Data.gov now. You will be rewarded.s

Here's the thing: They won't be rewarded.

In fact, it will make their life harder. Now a whole nation will be able to scrutinize every little expenditure. It's the ultimate "boss looking over your shoulder" situation. It's almost certainly going to be a real pain for them.

Don't misunderstand my point here. I love the idea of Government CIOs putting their data online. I think we should all encourage them to do it. I'm just saying people should be realistic and put themselves in the place of those they are trying to convince. Because when you do that you realize the sacrifice these CIOs are making to let their data out.

Given that I think the better argument is to tell CIOs how much better the world will be once they do this and how much we as citizen's will appreciate their sacrifice.
You don't really need much math to understand this. Imagine that a person is a perfect cube. The amount of rain hitting the top of this cube is constant-- does not depend on the speed of the cube. The amount of rain hitting the front of the cube is proportional to how fast the cube is moving. From this insight, everything else is algebra.
> You chose to take potshots at me while making your specious arguments, which you still have spent no time backing up, and so you're an asshole. But I won't kid myself into thinking you didn't know that. So his discussion is over.

LOL. It's a little sad that this discussion has degenerated to this 'youtubesque' level. I don't totally blame you - it takes two to tango. I'll reserve the option to reply to your more serious points when I'm sober.
I just take it as an indication that people in the IT/computer fields just don't have any exposure to this kind of work, and they are curious about it.

How many kids graduating with a CS or IT degree today have ever wired up a circuit? Or played with a microprocessor and hooked something up to it? I bet that number is smaller than you think.
Just Wolfram-it http://www51.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1000000000000%2F10000...
GM sold 8.35 million vehicles last year. Tesla less than 200. How surreal.
minus all the statuesque Swedish women...
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Everyone keeps mentioning the weather but there are some really nice cities (Vancouver + Toronto) that have climates no worse than some of the northern US states.

You may as well ask why people choose to live in Upstate New York.
I was referring to coming with the differential equation first presented.

Understanding it is one thing, but coming up with it independently is different.
Useful Tools is a great site!
Trust me, it is worse. The interface is so unintuitive that even after 3 years of using it I make the same mistakes (clicking on news items expecting to go to the relevant page, trying to view grades for class x on class x's page, ect.).

Furthermore, the instructor interface is so bad that only about 10% of my classes even use it, despite the fact that the professors are clearly computer literate, many electing to create their own website from scratch.
Great idea! Few recommendations:

Move the search box to a more prominent position, either to the top of right column or above the domain name list. Like someone else said, move the "Go" button next to the search box so there's a smooth transition.

I'd remove the box from the main page that lets the user specify "Ends with..." or "Begins with" and instead, once they've searched, give them the option to narrow down the search results (ie only show the ends with/begins options on search result pages).

Don't show domains that people have to buy. You won't get many people to click them and it adds clutter to the results.

Put more results on the page, as it facilitates easier browsing.

In the search results, you don't need a column for the wordoid and another for the domain name. Choose one or the other. I would choose the one that ends with ".com", as it will immediately be clear to new visitors to the site. If you go the other route and just display the word, put up a small notice saying "All words are .com" or something to that effect.

You could also make the list of domains links and have the links point to GoDaddy. (Again, less clutter).

I'm not sure how much the 'Common', 'Scarse', 'Unique' labels help visitors. Consider removing it.

Add an option to filter by length, as a lot of people seek out short names.

I like the site and wish you the best of luck. I created Domain Pigeon, which is very similar to this. If you ever want to chat about ideas or monetization numbers, you can find my contact info in my profile.
What contributes to how I feel when I arrive isn't the factor of my wetness, but how long I spent being rained on.
I have the one pictured here (http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/accessories/stovetopfrother/ar...). I've had two of these - the first somehow broke at the thumb handle part internally, but it was replaced for free.

The one thing I don't like about it is that where the top screws to the main body, there is a rubber gasket with holes about the diameter of a pencil eraser. You want one of these holes to match up with the hole on the steam wand - if you tighten the lid in a way that makes the gasket slide away from that, it seems like the wand isn't as effective.

But with a little practice (oddly enough, the sound is the key), you get a really decent foam out of it. You won't be making latte art, but you'll do much better than the vaguely hot milk splashed around by some coffee shops. I found a thermometer to be really helpful as well - I use one that I bought for $5 at Borders one day on a whim.

The other thing is that you have to let the steam pressure build back up between drinks - you can't really do three drinks in a row without doing that. But for one latte or mocha it's fine. It probably takes less than 5 mins on the stovetop to get the pressure back up though.

If I get another stove top steamer, I'll probably try something like http://www.1-800-espresso.com/stove-top-steamer.html to avoid the gasket issue I mentioned.

It's funny, but the stove top steamer works better than the steam wand on the Gaggia - the Gaggia has some weird foamer attachment that creates really bad bubbles without making any nice pourable foam.

http://www.wholelattelove.com has great online videos that talk about/demo various espresso machines and http://www.coffeegeek.com/guides is another great resource.
That's my experience too, except that I continue to use it. I like the fact I can configure the toolbars and the toolbar layout 100%.
Not to mention that this will also invite countless 'color of the bikeshed'[1] arguments.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_the_bike_shed
The fact that Opera does so well on Acid tests may actually be to its detriment.

I'm primarily an Opera user, and I can say with a great deal of confidence, that most websites are not built to render properly according to standards. If I were not a web developer, I wouldn't understand why every site I visit renders wrong and would switch to a browser that shows them "properly".

I appreciate it as a web developer, and because I like standards, but even then, the developer toolbar for firefox means that I do most of my work there and most of my personal browsing in Opera.
Hmm. Doesn't load for me ... Any mirrors? I've looked but can't find one. The video is useless because you can't really ever see the screen/slides/code/etc.
I'm not sure that's a sell you can make to a federal CIO to be honest. Often times "Openness" and "Transparency" somehow get synonymous to "Budget and Expenditure Oversight by citizens." But that's simply not true. Open data from government, and government transparency has created massive markets. Check the weather this morning? How about using a google map? That's, in part, Government data.

Telling a federal CIO: "Make this data available because people will be able to do amazing things with it, and you have the capacity to create whole industries out of your data, elevating the importance of you and your agency" seems a lot more viable of a sell than: "sacrifice yourself for the common good"
Ok thanks. I do remember windows CE/Pocket PC phones being around from about 2003 as well.

So my notion doesn't really explain it. I just don't get why everyone thinks Jobs invented the smartphone then?
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Other studies actually show slight overall height gains. Compare NHANES III (1988 - 94) HANES (1999 - 2000) and there is a 0.1" gain. I find that data from the New Yorker quite unbelievable, as the average height has been increasing http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5431a5.htm , so how could there be "no subgroup that is getting taller"? I haven't taken math for a while, but that doesn't make sense.

The same article also reports: "Since the nineteen-twenties, the median height of Mexican-American teen-agers has nearly reached the United States’ norm. It’s that norm, and not the immigrants, that has failed to rise." So, you add a lot of people below the mean and wonder why the mean isn't rising?
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Within certain demographics, twitpic is more popular than flickr. It may not even be that hard to find people who use twitpic and don’t even know what flickr is.

Another advantage: if you’re using twitter, it’s easier to get started with twitpic than with flickr, since you don’t need a new account. Obviously this does not apply if you were using flickr already.