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I walked across the border from Vietnam to Laos, and accidentally walked the wrong way. Ended up walking straight into Laos, so we had to go all the way back and find the correct way.
You don't need to be a top player to enjoy the game and take full advantage of it in terms of exercise. I switched to play on a MBP laptop (no Fs, no camera hotkeys, general crippled feel). In a way this was my excuse to myself for losing at high levels. And it was fine. You can make peace with it in a few days and after that it was pure joy.

I often think about SC problems and apply a lot of these thoughts in real world work problems. For example imagine you have all the ladder data from the servers like all build orders or replays of the games ever. How would you estimate if the game is balanced between the races? Thinking about problems like this gave me enough experience to tackle some jobs that used to be way outside my field.
> There is an extremely simple solution: leave.

I did exactly that during the second term of Bush Jr. Left for Canada, and haven't been back since. The longer I'm gone, the more I don't want to go back. I miss my guns, but I'd miss my rights more.

My relatives have to experience egregious security checks while coming to visit me, but once they're here, their human rights are respected. Many of them (NRA members, even) are thinking of moving here for good.
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This isnt true in my experience, I was on a watchlist type thing for a few years (dont lose your passport ever if you plan to visit the states :) and every time I got taken to secondary screening but only after a rather lengthy set of questions at the first screen, I think even once I interrupted them to ask just to send me to the secondary one.

It was pretty fustrating to have to wait sometimes up to hours (Dallas airport sucks) to know that I was going to get sent to another screen and wait anywhere between 15 minutes and 3 hours to get out, the people were also almost always overly aggressive.
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I never liked that scene because it seemed like he was reading off cue cards. He may not have been, but that's the impression I got, so I didn't get that sense of amazement I was supposed to.
yea, or they were having some fun with the whole 'two options for interpretation' bit...
Years, hours, minutes, and seconds since that post.
Chromebooks solve 90% of the issues the average school district faces (How do I build collaborative works?(Docs/Drive) How do I ensure student files are protected? (Drive)
How do I handle deployment? Imaging and servicing 3000-7000 windows computers requires a pretty substantial professional IT department in the business world - I've worked in several schools that handle that volume with teams ranging from 2 to 5.

So when Google comes along and says
"Hey, for $199 here's a system that has an expected life of 2 years, minimal deployment overhead and integrated services that connect to your existing AD infrastructure"

It's a no brainer.
Chromebooks will, without question, be dominant in schools everywhere in the next 2 years.
I mean second passport as in one issued by another nation state.
I love your perspective on this.
> It made me think. I guess I like being challenged.

I think this is a somewhat overlooked aspect of gaming and its relation to one's personality in general. I've found, especially as I've aged, that I much prefer competitive, difficult games. Especially with starcraft, the combination of the skill and focus required seems to relax me in a way - even when it frustrates me, I'm still completely drawn away from every other thing I was focused on / worried about previously. I've now found that if a game isn't genuinely challenging, for the most part I don't enjoy it (and to the point, play very few games at all anymore).

Conversely, I have a friend that only enjoys casual games - I think he'd happily complete every game available on God mode, if it were an option.
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Decent dev or piss-poor dev, or anyone else, the only people spending half their day typing at full speed are secretaries, note takers, etc.
I think " great" engineers would balk at 5 hour interview process. And it seems to concentrate to much on the easy part ie coding and not the tricky soft skills.
I'm Australian and come in and out of the US quite often. I've spent many years of my life traveling around doing what I want, including 2 years driving from Alaska to Argentina.

> Basically, it's your opportunity to remind them that their job is to sit in a little cube talking to people who are actually out there leading exciting lives

As a foreigner, this is exactly what you don't want to do. Pissing them off is a very, very bad idea. I've had many things said and done to me at the entrance to the US that I'd rather avoid in the future.
Not to mention, if The Golden Dawn tried to start a political party here, they would be laughed off the stage, not given 21 seats in the house.

I think the OP should point out to some actual studies about how much more blatantly racist Americans/America are/is than Europe/Europeans.
Actually no, the beginning APM isn't long enough to have a lasting impact on the next 30 minutes of the game. I have around 250 constant, no spam. Once you master hotkeys and mechanics it's second nature.

It's like how when we see a piano player playing at like 500 APM. She can just hit the chords and it will still sound beautiful. That's not the point though. While you can still execute strategy at a lower APM, that extra APM helps to execute it on a new level.

Am I making any sense? I feel like I'm not lol.
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True, Chinese border control is way less intrusive. It has to be said though that China handles foreign policy differently, so the number of groups attempting terrorist attacks is comparatively low.

I'm not sure about the US, but they do have scanners in the subway and in train stations, but the scanning they do is lackluster at best. They did however once find a 6 inch knife in my bag (i forgot it in there) on my return trip from Wangfujing. If I truly wanted to get it across, I could have just hidden it in a pocket, as there are no metal detectors in the subway. I assume the xrays are simply there to detect larger, bag based bombs or to convince foreigners that there is actually security.
There is a lot of reality in this post that many people will never see/ understand - these phenomena that take place in cities across the US.

Also, the city population is only a part of the equation. Often the metro area skews significantly white (because of the suburbs) - which then stresses the balance more.
As a dual-citizen I still find it mind-boggling that a US border guard asks me questions about my private life. It still isn't clear to me what can happen if I answer "wrong" (e.g. the answers do not meet his expectations).

For comparison, in many (if not most) countries (I don't want to name my specific case because this could derail the discussino) a border guard presented with a passport issued by his own country has exactly two options: 1) arrest the person on the spot (arrest meaning what it should, e.g. call the police and follow the law) or 2) let the person in. There are no questions, because the border guard has zero discretion in letting the person in. In general, a citizen of any country should always be able to enter that country, no questions asked (with the possibility of being arrested right afterwards, of course).

I find it both strange and disturbing that this gray area seems to be universally accepted and that outrage (like in the article above) is rare.
Seems like a centralized economy does not have to be inefficient after all.
I just watched this recently (out of the blue), and had completely forgotten about the NSA recruitment portion, and thought, "Jesus, how relevant and poignant." Lets not forget this movie is 16 years old. Barely anyone knew the NSA even existed at that point.
Chris Matyszczyk sounded a bit condescending. But I had to laugh at his last line, "However, can we truly trust ourselves? We are, after all, the bright sparks who voted in the current Congress."

I would extend that line of questioning to include:

1) Can we trust ourselves given that we elected several Presidents who were - a) Obviously oblivious frat boys who were better at campaigning than governing (GW Bush and Clinton 2nd term); b) Ex-CIA (GHW Bush -- actually he was DCI, don't believe he was ever an agent); 3) Someone who campaigned on a progressive platform but quickly abandoned most of it upon election (Obama).

2) Can we trust ourselves given that we find a Matt Damon snark piece on Cnet so damned fascinating?
1. This sounds like a tremendous amount of fun. I would do this on a Saturday and even if there were no possibility of a job offering on the other end. I would do it just for the joy and the learning.

2. I really enjoy those brain-teaser algorithmic interviews, but I recognize that they don't test skills that will be used every day. I don't see the contract-to-hire alternative that is always discussed on these threads as a attractive alternative to me as an employee. The interview described by the Stripe CTO sounds like a good way to test real-world skills without the huge time commitment of contract-to-hire.

3. This interview process sounds like much more work to set up than algorithmic brain teasers, especially since they tailor the projects to each person.
I find it odd that a community like HN is reasonable, calm, and science-based on all but a few issues, like the TSA. The problem is not the body scanners. The problem is the TSA and the disregard of the bill of rights.

Health claims:

Passive mm-wave scanners do not produce radiation. The active mm-wave scanners use non-ionizing radiation which has been studied and shown not to cause cancer. One study even suggested it might reduce metastasis:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bem.20208/abstrac...

You'll pick up far more radiation on the flight itself at a fairly low 5 mrem (50 µSv). Even that would only be a significant factor if you're part of the flight crew.

http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/commercialflights....

http://xkcd.com/radiation/

It's true that the machine itself hasn't been studied much, but the type of radiation it emits has been studied extensively. Barring any novel delivery system, that's enough. By analogy, you don't need to study the health effects of every single x-ray machine because we know what x-rays do. You just need to know the machine's dosage and wavelength. The lack of health concern is more than a stab in the dark.

Invasion of privacy:

Yes, the scans are absolutely an invasion of privacy. So is submitting to a pat-down. The problem isn't the scanner - it's the bureaucratic nonsense that makes the security state and the TSA possible.

I believe a business should have the right to search you before coming on board if they want to and you agree, but they shouldn't HAVE TO. Flyers should have an option between airlines that use the security measures the market determines people actually want.

Specifically, the "naked body" invasion:

It does us harm to spout misinformation in our quest for privacy and freedom. The machines no longer store or display images of your body - they store and display images of a generic body with the data received from you.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/tsa-abandons-nude-s... (the initial announcement)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tsa-completely-remo...

I dislike the TSA and government paternalism more than almost anyone, but we're getting caught up spreading misinformation and nonsense when we should be thinking about how to get our personal freedom back.
I mean, you're saying you can see Google going after Cyanogenmod, then you list out the reasons it would be really stupid for them to do it. I think Google are aware of these reasons, too.

In all honesty, I do not think that Cyanogenmod is used by any more than a statistical blip of users, when the whole of Android is considered. I really doubt Google cares very much about these custom ROMs, and won't start caring until everyone starts flashing them on their phones. Which will not happen any time soon.
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I care because, based on interviews I've read, as a person he is unusually thoughtful and intelligent. He is clearly a person of principle who is troubled by the goings on in the world around him, and who is articulate about what those troubles are and that it's important to address them.
Yes, unless you specialize in cheesy builds, you have to have a great APM. I think there used to be at least 2 GMs in WoL who were just cannon rushing or 6pooling every game with 100 or so APM.
This. I use Ubuntu as my primary OS too, and as much as I love it, I really wish they would address UI issues on the desktop.

Having said that, I'm hopeful Mir will solve these issues. Fingers crossed.
Well newspeak[1] was created by Gilad Bracha. He now works for Google, he was one of the creators of Dart. So, almost.

[1] http://newspeaklanguage.org/
> I've yet to see a border that I liked.

You need to travel more.

I spent two years driving from Alaska to Argentina through 17 countries with my Jeep. The border that gave me the most trouble? Coming into the US in Washington (off the ferry from Victoria, Canada)

Also, see "Long Way Round" where Ewan and Charlie ride motorbikes from London to NYC, "around" the earth. Which border gave them the most problems? You guessed it.
In my experience the larger the apartment building you live in, the less likely that your neighbors will acknowledge you. Unless its a condo/coop where there are association meetings, and then everyone is in your face all the time.

The most social place I've ever lived was a fenced community of detached 1BR bungalows in Los Angeles. Most likely because it housed primarily unemployed actors who spent most of their day hanging out in communal spaces chatting. I think this has a lot to do with the perception of life in TV shows, they write from what they know, and what they know is living in LA. Seinfeld and Frasier have much more in common with life in small Hollywood low-rise apartments than they do with life in the type of high-density high-rise that you find in NYC...
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Either (1) it's true for where you live or (2) you're lying.

Page 46 of BRÅs 1996 report (http://galnegunnarsblogg.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/bra-199...) says the following:

"Invandrares överrepresentation i brottslighet beror inte på en ogynnsam fördelning vad gäller kön, ålder eller bostadsort. Den beror inte heller på en generellt sett låg socioekonomisk status (mätt genom s.k. SEI-kod) i Sverige."

"Immigrants overrepresented in crime is not due to an unfavorable distribution in terms of gender, age or place of residence. It does not depend on the generally low socioeconomic status (as measured by the so-called SEI code) in Sweden."

And now it's your turn: citation needed.
> It's a semantic nit-pick about the definition of 'science'.

It's more substantial than semantics -- without theory shaping and testing, an activity is not science. But let's test this idea scientifically -- let's say this isn't true, that an activity that only describes, that doesn't make an effort to explain, counts as science. Let's see where this takes us. Here we go:

Let's say I'm a doctor and I've created a revolutionary cure for the common cold. My cure is to shake a dried gourd over the cold sufferer until he gets better. The cure might take a week, but it always works. My method is repeatable and perfectly reliable, and I've published my cure in a refereed scientific journal (there are now any number of phony refereed scientific journals). And, because (in this thought experiment) science can get along without defining theories, I'm under no obligation to try to explain my cure, or consider alternative explanations for my breakthrough — I only have to describe it, just like a psychologist.

Because I've cured the common cold, and because I've met all the requirements that psychology recognizes for science, I deserve a Nobel Prize. Yes or no?

Ask yourself what's wrong with this picture, and notice that the same thing is wrong with psychology — all description, no explanation, no established principles on which different psychologists agree, no effort to build consensus, and no unifying theories.
Sorry for submitting a Google Translate link. It's not doing a perfect job on a legal text but I didn't find any source in English. This is a blogpost of the lawyer taking this case, and the client name is unknown yet.

Here's my summary of some facts (IANAL!):

- The cookies being investigated are from Google Analytics, Google Maps, YouTube, Adsense and WordPress.

- The website was setting the cookies in the browser and then showing a popup warning the user that the site used cookies and that if they didn't want them they could delete them.

- The AEPD is a governmental organization which watches over personal data and privacy infringements. If a company infringes your rights as a citizen, you submit a complaint to the AEPD, and they can investigate and fine if necessary.

- The AEPD states that the fine is imposed because the website should not set any cookies until the user had accepted the warning.

- The Spanish law being used here is RD 12/2012, which was created using the 2009/136/CE EU Directive as its framework.

- The fine is still not final. They can still present allegations.
Yes, I knew it :)
wow, that looks really cool; i'll definitely look into it. though it look a bit intimidating to me, seems like it would be a big time saver once you get things setup how you like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UEpQOecmbo

Seems more real today than ever.
By this metric, any time you spend in a typing course uses up your remaining pool of keys left. Unless you're increasing your WPM enough to offset the number of keys you've typed in taking the course, you're then running a negative in taking the course.
Well said. But s/lower class than you/makes 3x more than you and will be able to retire without changing anything/.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6277782

As fate would have it, my job description is the same these days, but I am in fact doing much better, financially. Still, it's worth noting that travelling the world doesn't in any way require one to be wealthy.
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In this case and that country, I would disagree.
Excuse my ignorance, but how does a Google Group thread predate Google?
That's probably the most unsettling thing. What were they thinking?!
Agreed about "first principles". This is how I'd frame the abortion debate:

1. Nearly everyone agrees that a normal adult has a rights over his/her own body. Eg, a tumor cell has no right to life and the host has every right to kill it.
2. Nearly everyone agrees that the parent of a toddler may not kill the toddler for any reason.

Given these principles, at what point in existence does one qualify as having human rights and on what basis do we identify that point?

Possible criteria include unique DNA (eg, from conception), heartbeat, ability to feel pain, a particular level of cognitive ability, etc.

If a zygote is essentially like a tumor - not yet a human life - then abortion at that stage would be no different morally than having a tooth removed.

If a fetus at 38 weeks is essentially like a newborn, then abortion at that stage would be no different morally than infanticide.

In establishing the criteria for human life, we should consider as many implications as possible. Eg, if humanity is determined by cognitive development, do intelligent people get more right to life than average or impaired people?

If we agreed on these principles and criteria, we could have consistent law. Currently we (in the US) have a hodgepodge; eg, abortion by punch to the abdomen is murder but by scalpel and consent at the same stage of development is just an elective procedure.
On the contrary, I've found that great engineers are more concerned about flimsy interview processes. They know that everyone else will be picked by roughly the same process that they are. They want to have confidence that their colleagues will be good.

(I agree that soft skills are critical, though. I work at Stripe, and part of the reason we picked this set of interviews is to assess those soft skills in something as close to a real-life situation as can be approximated in a few hours.)
At this point only 25% of Microsoft's revenue comes from Windows. And yet if you asked the average man on the street how big a part of Microsoft is Windows and they'd probably say between 80% to 600% (nobody said the average man on the street would be good at math...)
My Pixel runs pure ChromeOS (I have Crouton installed as well, but that was when I was still transitioning into a full time Chrome environment)

As others have mentioned:
-I can ssh into any linux box I need.

As others haven't mentioned:
-I can RDP via chrome app to any Windows server I need (Or more commonly I RDP to a "command" server and do all my other work from there.)
This gives the added benefit of keeping my device outside the general workflow of things. I still have a windows laptop loaded with the same image as the average user, but there's really only for dogfooding.

We are a Google Apps heavy shop - so there's that.

I'm missing the logical connection you make between what my school district should and shouldn't pay for... Should your employers not buy Macbooks?
I think you misunderstand what is meant by a perfect knowledge game. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information . Basically, it would be perfect knowledge if there was no fog of war, if you could see what was in your opponents medivacs, what their buildings were producing, what tech they were researching...basically, if both you and your opponent had ready access to all the same knowledge.

Starcraft does not have this, even with impossibly perfect scouting, so it is not a perfect knowledge game.
Wow. I got completely addicted to SC2, and I never even approached competitive levels before I realized that it was JUST TOO MUCH for a hobby. It ceased being relaxing or even fun, and turned into all out, balls to the walls competition. The day I found myself practicing keyboard commands to get my APM up is the day I decided that I needed to do something that was more physical fitness oriented if I was going to risk injury (RSM is a big deal in SC2).

I think you hit the nail on the head though: SC2 is of course a strategy game, but the real-time aspect of it makes the speed with which a player can chain together commands and movements much more important than the overall strategy. A well executed yet poorly chosen strategy will often defeat a poorly executed yet well chosen strategy.
Are there any more stories like this of failed indie devleoper retrospectives?
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Only because speaking in strong terms has somehow become taboo. We are neutering language.
Oren is right. Our rights are being taken away one at a time. As an immigrant to America, I can see how the idea of "Freedom" has been so ingrained into the culture that most people simply refuse to believe that the government is taking it away from them. "But we are the Free Country!", they all yell. While this may have been a free country in the past, and may still carry the echoes of freedom, those echoes are fading quickly.
Such a time interval is commonly referred to as 'birthday'.
You mean with a "Guantanamo Bay - ADMITTED" stamp?

(I just realized that this would be a silly and not-too-funny joke several years back, while these days it is both not silly and not funny at all)
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