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>Let's see. One of the big ones is "she had a baby." Well, that's something that only a female CEO could do. And she took two weeks of maternity leave for it; no more than many CEOs take for vacation. That entire criticism seems to be "she's a woman"

No, it's "she had a baby". She wasn't criticized for being a woman, but for the choice she made. Criticizing people for their choices is still acceptable, or is even that off-limits now?
This is awesome! Grew up abroad and this seems like a great opportunity.

Was it easy to get a work permit / visa for Rwanda?
Cloudfogger[0] has an interesting solution. Anything within the cloudfogger folders gets encrypted before it can be synced with the cloud service. It also changes the filename to add its own extension. When you open a file, cloudfogger uses the password cached on your system to decrypt and then run the file, providing a fairly seamless experience.

The one main problem is that it's not an open source client, which seems like the ideal solution.

[0] http://www.cloudfogger.com/en/

Edit: Why downvotes?
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Yeah, I wonder why the author didn't give Feynman credit for that. Left a comment on his blog in case he forgot to do so. :)
Yes, but in that context gaming is known and accounted for. My definition of gaming was manipulation without the proctor or evaluation showing any statistically significant deviation, which is virtually impossible on modern personality tests. The "gaming" becomes transparent and used to score the candidate, if it's present at all.
I hate it how phys.org has apparently randomly placed links in the text pointing to the same site, giving no extra explanation about the linked word, just a list of articles vaguely related.
This is very interesting. I'd like to see followup work done with a charged sphere and even a Bose–Einstein condensate, if possible.

As a layman, this looks to me like a really neat way to ask questions and learn more about the nature of reality. Cool stuff.
> It's like trying to sell shovels to gold prospectors, but for more money than the price of the gold that they'll dig up.

So, IOW, exactly like selling shovels to gold prospectors during a gold rush. Which is why the people selling shovels, or assaying services, or everything else that supports prospectors always, on average, do far better than prospectors during a gold rush.

That changes when the rush starts to end and become more of a rational market.
As a dev whose 2010 MBP doesn't do so hot spinning up multiple Vagrants, I've been strongly contemplating Linux for my next laptop just so I can run containers natively.

Docker-on-linux-on-vagrant is a nice compromise though.
+1 on the unreported control. It's a common use case to start an A/B test at a small test percentage, then ramp up over time. Without an unreported control, you can't do that and have valid samples for each group.

(E.g. your sample mix will be invalid if you start at 10 test / 90 control then ramp up to 30/70. But if you start 10 test / 10 control / 80 unreported, then ramp to 30/30/40, your samples will be valid.)
If you're just using Vagrant as a harness to run Docker-ready VMs, you only need to spin up one VM to host multiple Docker containers, so it works decently on earlier (definitely 2010!) laptops.
I'm really curious what these "don't know linux" devs are doing with Vagrant in their day to day jobs. Do they get one team member who 'knows linux' to set up a Vagrantfile and then force them all to use it?
Hey! Sorry but you can't use the same account as an artist as well as a user, yet. We'll be introducing that pretty soon.
@btilly In district court, the jury identified copyright infringement, was hung on fair use (which means that this would have to be determined by a new jury if the relevant code is found copyrightable), and the judge overruled the jury to the effect that the court additionally ruled that certain test files I had published in January 2011 were indeed infringed. The key thing that was missing was copyrightability. You're right that the appeals court might affirm the district judge's ruling, but we'll know in early 2014 what comes out of this. The decision at the appeals court will be made by a panel of three judges, which is quite different from a decision made by just one person.
I don't see the parallels to Git at all. If you just looked at the command line options without understanding what's going on at all it might look similar.

> a tool like Puppet or Chef is needed when you have long-running VMs that could become inconsistent over time.

Uh, no, Puppet and Chef are designed for configuration management. To manage your configs. They are not designed to replace customization and they don't address package management or service maintenance. (They have options to munge these things, but you still need a human to make them useful and coordinate changes with your environment) Neither does Docker. Docker also doesn't do configuration management. All different things.

> You'll be 100% sure what runs locally will run on production.

Incorrect; you're using unions to fill in the missing dependency gaps, so there's no guarantee what was on your testing container's host is on your production container's host. Your devs also might be running with container A and B, but in production you're using containers A and C. Not to mention the kernels may be different, providing different functionality. All this assuming A, B and C don't need instances of different configuration. There are no guarantees.

You know what else is crazy fast and easy to manage? Packages. There's this new idea where you can have an operating system, run the command 'apt-get install foobar', and BAM all of a sudden foobar is installed. If you need a dependency, it just installs it. And it only downloads what it needs. Also does rollback, transactions, auditing, is multi-platform, extensible, does pre-and-post configuration, etc. Sound a lot like docker? That's because it's a simpler and more effective version of docker [without running everything as a virtualized service].

Deploy using your package manager. Except for slotted services which (AFAIK) no open-source package manager supports, it will do everything you need. And what it doesn't do, you can hack in.
So the reason I brought up physical property is because if that's not a complete fiction then it's bizarre for intellectual property to be a complete fiction. Governments don't create things out of whole cloth, the laws always correspond to something, even if they do it badly.
> cognitive ability testing (which is always the best predictor, but tends to show racial bias).

I'm intrigued, is the "bias" because the test is unfair to one racial or more racial sub-groups or because the test is "fair" and that is how they actually perform or is it a language thing.

I do reasonably well on standardised IQ tests but I suspect if I did a German one I might struggle.
I don't know if they have a similar system for wired traffic, but the Swiss have one of the most extensive COMINT systems called Onyx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_(interception_system) that primarily focuses on satellite. Regardless of US gov't pressure, I think it's a reasonable assumption the Swiss gov't has access.
Yes, it's not like they've threatened anyone for using an apple in their logo before.
Oh wait...
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111022/01124516464/apple...
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Thanks! :) Glad you enjoyed it.
A coworker got one of these. He loves it but, IMHO it's a bit too expensive. I understand it's a good quality desk but I personally can't afford that.
By that logic Linux isn't truly FOSS either since it no doubt infringes on many software patents and users of Linux have been sued over patents[1].

This is one of the main problems with software patents: they are so broad and numerous that it's impossible to write non-trivial software without infringing on something without even realising it.

[1] http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-fined-5-millio...
The data attribute method is immediately what came to mind when I was reading the beginning of the article and it was referencing a hidden attribute. It seems much cleaner to me to pass the data through a data channel, rather than through the content of an element which then relies on CSS to remain hidden. Although it does require slightly (or more, depending on payload) space to escape correctly.
Chris, love that you are putting energy and effort into promoting your philosophy. I am not an engineer, nor do I live in the bay area, so I am not a good fit for your offer. Sending good vibes and supportive energy your way, though!

-Felicia Joy
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EncFS keeps files separate (with encrypted filenames), avoiding this problem.
When I was younger I applied a few places that had those McDonalds type tests, they are so completely trivial to subvert.

The questions basically where a thinly veiled attempt to figure out how pliable and compliant you where.

They should have just had one question "Do you like having a roof over your head?" because lets be honest you don't work those kinds of jobs because you enjoy them.

All this psychometric stuff is just a lot of crap.
This applies if the function you are looking for is not easily accessible, i.e. not an exported symbol in some shared library.

You find the function you are interested in in Chromes code base, then look for it in the compiled binary or library its located in (with debug symbols, usually). You build a pattern from the functions code bytes. You then inject your evil library into the target process (also through LD_PRELOAD, but there are tons of ways) and have it search in the process memory for the function from the bytes you acquired previously. You temporarily change the page protections and overwrite the first few bytes of the target function to instead jump directly into your code.

You have to be careful with calling conventions or you will corrupt the stack, and often you want to preserve the original bytes of the function such that you can call into it from your replacement function.

This is what is called a hook, or a detour. Microsoft even has a library for this that does all of the previous in a neat package (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/detours/), but the basic redirection is very simple.
Yes, the ops side of things primarily sets up the Vagrantfile. Developers just know the Vagrant workflow (up, destroy, ssh). Usually developers know "just enough Linux" to `vagrant ssh` and do useful things, but definitely not enough Linux to run it as a primary dev platform.

And it is growing more and more common that most developers in larger organizations don't even know Vagrant is being used under the covers because it is being masked by higher level scripts ("click button to start dev environment"). Under NDA I can't say any names here, but it is more common than you think.
That's an argument for an optional timeout, but it doesn't explain having a mandatory one.
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It's a pretty obvious idea. And this is why companies avoid doing these sorts of ideation exercises.
The world totally needs this.
In case you thought this was unintentional, it was not. I chose to use these words specially because I am against people like you with this "God worshiping" mentality, wanting to treat people differently because they are awesome.

Jeff is awesome, but don't ask me to treat him any different.
Encrypt your files within Dropbox.
Well, my main objection is to hiring people on the basis of their character, whether it's with a test or not. Assess for whether or not the person can do the job and make you a profit.
The Sign-up process is explained here: https://spideroak.com/blog/20111206101528-new-browser-based-...

This is the Engineering Page with Encryption Specifications: https://spideroak.com/engineering_matters
I'm not sure I understand the nra/glock reasoning, but other than that, makes sense.
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And, empirically, property existed long before governments.
Kiwi here. As another commenter mentioned, don't be. Overall, I think things are going downhill. The New Zealand Law Society recently reported to the UN Human Rights Council indicating that we've passed a number of laws recently that are in breach of human rights.

- We've very recently passed an odious bill to legitimise spying on NZ citizens.

- We've recently passed a bill that cannot cannot be challenged in court. (IANAL, don't ask me how this can be the case).

- We've recently passed a bill (copyright infringement) that presumes guilt.

The report identifies more: http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/685...

In 2010 many New Zealanders staged a huge protest against mining conservation land (owned by the government, accessible to everyone). The government stood down. Yesterday I discovered permits for mining exploration have been granted on conservation land. Technically, this is land that was not under explicit discussion in 2010, but it unquestionably violates the spirit of the protests.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&o...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti...

We're one of the few western democracies that hasn't banned or restricted shark finning. We'd rather have an estimated NZD 6m/yr (IIRC).
We'll have a few million dollars instead of an entire species (Maui's dolphin).

Another shameful example of our PM in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmF5b_t3PjA

That's all I can think of for now. Sorry to burst your NZ bubble.
I would love to find a replacement to Dropbox that 1Password supports. Was looking at AeroFS but turns out not to support 1Password at this time.
Watch this documentary on history of synth[1] -- Chris is in it...

My favorite though, is Skinny Puppy.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXm8O5cKrhI
Ha it certainly is popular and helps people get started. But it is a very large library.
I suppose it depends on the relationship you have with your neighbors. In the US I imagine it would be mostly pointles because Americans are so solitary. The same is true for many countries in Europe as well.

The only exception might be student housing.

If the bandwidth was available I might suggest a neighborhood netflix (no RIAA), or a network of security cameras for the paranoid.
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This article is about what a specific writer says along with a few different talking heads. I think it's totally relevant.
> for all intensive purposes

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/32/intensive-purposes/
This would be good for the fish.
Just last week an intern died on her bike. The driver of the truck said he just didn't see her. Not worth it in SF, in my opinion.
An anecdote, for sure, but a friend of mine just failed a Google interview for not knowing 'Dalvik' was the name of the Android VM, despite knowing it was stack-based and used, among other things, to avoid licensing fees. The non-technical interviewer saw that his answer to the trivia question was wrong, and that concluded the interview.

It's possible that trivia question was the straw that broke the camel's back, but since she wasn't sure whether or not his additional information was correct and/or sufficient, he 'lost out'.
I was overly broad with that, excuse me. It's much more complicated, but generally you can't exclude someone based on a criminal record alone as you rightly point out, and that's not accounting for other circumstances. So yes, financial will matter (of course, any financial crime means that license will be revoked and that record will be accessible as well), but unrelated crimes are different.

http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/arrest_conviction.cfm

The main reason someone gets rejected from criminal reasons, in my experience, is having an old record that's been cleared or expunged, and then answering "No" when the employment application asks a specific wording of "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" - The answer would be yes, and a criminal check would reflect something had happened, but that the record has been expunged due to enough time passing for that particular crime. It sounds convoluted, and it is. Not sure it really should, but I only worked in the industry. Whether or not the industry followed the letter of the law is much, much different.
Google finally released a write API for Google+ posts?

Nope. Looks like a private deal with Buffer, and for business Pages only.

I used to be a huge Google+ enthusiast. That's been fading. As Gotye sang, "Just another Google service that you used to know."
Let me just call my Soviet era RAM module guy.
> Why? Because them caring about outward appearances would signal to me that they have a fundamental lack of understanding about what factors are relevant to running a successful business.

why does it matter to you if your customers understand what factors are relevant to running a business?
Request HN: Please give us more clarity on vote ringing/posts being killed.
My post [1] that I spent two days revising was sitting at spot number 10 on the homepage.

And then it dropped like a fly to the second page, despite receiving five more votes?

The irony is palpable, as the post I had written talks about how difficult it is for people posting their own creations (as opposed to news stories) to get any attention on Hacker News. When this happened, it was suddenly cut off.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6291348

--------

Edit:

Reposted it here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6291767
Probably a backronym like unix system resources.

It could be called misc as well in my opinion.
How is your c&j 290, but your powerclean 225? Squat clean for the c&j (judging by your front squat numbers)?
A married couple without any children, and both parents working

How are they parents if they don't have kids?
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I think so, she is actually used as a case study during my MBA.
http://steelwhitetable.org/media/images/cavlin-banging-nails...

I don't think the basics of algebra will have such results, but both are indeed tools that a kid will figure out a good use for if such tools are on hand and have been played with enough.

I could credit a lot of my creative skill to spending inordinate time as a kid just fiddling with a broad range of tools in the basement, regardless of whether I understood them at the time.
That's an odd reply to a post that says "they should abolish patents (which is the best way)".
Fixed, thanks for catching my herp derp.
Assuming we're talking about the Hobbesian "state of nature" then yes, of course you do have that freedom. Along with every other freedom.

But you only have a right to profit insofar as you can keep others from exercising their freedom to steal your ideas (or anything else).
True. I suppose the answer is that it was not the goal of the app to be in the photo storage/memories business. Looking at ways to help with this use case though, such as letting you save your own images to your camera roll.
I know of someone who has a piece of EDSAC (or maybe EDSAC 2) on his shelf. It looks very similar to:

http://www.chezfred.org.uk/University/ComputerXHistory/First...

He happened to be in the vicinity as it was being decommissioned. It's sometimes used as a doorstop.
For me it seems simple: if I stop using a service, it's because it didn't provide value to me. Even if I click a link in a reminder email out of curiosity - that doesn't change the fundamental problem.

I'd be interested to see some numbers on the long-term effectiveness of such campaigns, instead of the short-term spike in return visits
I haven't followed the Yahoo saga too closely, but I thought the baby related criticism was related to her revoking people ability to work remotely while simultaneously building a nursery right next to her office so she could be near her own child. I don't recall any criticism of her 2 weeks of maternity leave.
The biases in your reasoning lies in the fact that you are assuming I am considering "Das Keyboard" and the likes to be reasonably priced. I am not. Don't try to justify an overpriced item by showing me another overpriced item in the same category.
It's not clear to me that a criticism that is unique to a gender is gender biased. Any person part of a group has things/actions that are unique to that group and criticizing based on those isn't necessarily biased.

Re: princess problem...men have many times accused of thinking they're kings. And if you read the next line regarding "owing" an explanation - it's regarding spreading the word to females about how she has had success. It's about female empowerment and inspiring girls/women.
If you value "lack of pain and discomfort", death would be a very good deal.
That is because Politicians have only ONE measure of success: How much personal wealth the person has. They care not how or by what means that money was acquired. Money == credibility in the political book.

Lie, cheat, steal, murder, scam and swindle? Bah- those issues are all in the past! Let's look forward to how (I) can make more money (off of you).
That's nice, but it won't make me forgive them for removing presence information from the mobile app.
>What is the point of this link? NIH is policy, not science.

that is outright fantasy.

http://nih.gov/about/

"NIH is made up of 27 Institutes and Centers, each with a specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems."

My experience with a specific NIH's center - NCBI - and their work clearly correlates with it, they [ ie. their own researchers] are doing fundamental science.

The rest of your statements goes the same way.
I'm kind of reminded of John McCain choosing Sarah Palin as his VP candidate. Sure it was a great, forward-thinking thing for him to choose a woman, particularly when running against a black man. But that doesn't mean it was a good idea. Likewise, I expect that Mayer's detractors will be dismissed as "Silicon Valley Sexists"... for a while.

Honestly, it seems like Yahoo is more interested in having big names than substance, and Mayer is certainly a marketable CEO. Does that mean she's a competent CEO? Time will tell.
Made me want to look up dental drills. Wikipedia says they can spin up to 800,000 RPM.

Never would have occurred to me that the fucking drill in my mouth was rotating 10,000 times a second.
How can you have ownership without protection?
I would work on shortening the number of forward and back clicks required to browse through the different UI elements.
It looks like Bitcoin has risen in value about 30% during that time period compared to stable currencies, so the share drop is not really that dramatic.
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I think the language is indicative of an entrenched male culture at the top trying to cope with a strong female leader from the outside. It's kind of the worst of both worlds. Sure, being a woman isn't the only thing, Mayer is also in tech. Top management probably finds that weird, too. However, calling her things like "a princess" or "stuck up" is incredibly patronizing and sexist. Everybody knows those words pretty much don't apply to grown men in a situation like this. That's to say, given the set of circumstances the semantics of these labels are specific to her gender.

I can't help but think people take issue with her gender, and then criticize her on the product front specifically so do they don't look sexist....which is why you see all this criticism that lacks proper justification about her strategy at Yahoo.
Wow, I was literally just wondering where this post disappeared off to. The irony...

I doubt this was an anti-voting-ring measure though. A lot of stories get 16 points in an hour and are still safe on the front page.
Do you have the freedom to use violence to prevent others from profiting from your ideas?
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