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A more suitable title for this issue would be:

On Closed Video and the Open Web..

Really W3C: this should not even being in discussion. period.

Those two things are are clearly antagonistic by their own nature...

More than ever, as the NSA revelations can testify, we need transparency!

To the Open web remain open, the Video must be open.. the minute "The Open Web" start to adopt "The Closed Video", it will turn into "The Closed Web"

Its that hard to understand?
How about this: make DRM standard, and specify as part of the standard everything that I as a hypothetical browser implementer would need to implement that DRM -- to really implement it, not just offload it to the OS. That would at least be an attempt to stick to the spirit of openness. Instead, what we have is a standard that promotes proprietary platform-dependent features and which will serve only to shut out users who dare to use the wrong OS.

Oh, wait, Hollywood does not really want openness and would never have gone for that. Why is W3C putting their interests above ours ("ours" as in "the users'")?
Rogers is Canada's largest wireless carrier with over 9 million subscribers. Service is apparently down for everyone (including me).
Nevermind, it's probably going to come some day, but right now it's through a proxy:

«Currently all connections are made through the open BOSH gateway at http://app.loqui.im/http-bind but soon the app should be able to detect wether user's account provided has its own BOSH server and connect to it and if not, connect to a open BOSH from its country.
In longer term, connections should be made through javascript TCPSockets API, avoiding the need for BOSH servers and thus improving performance and reliability.»

I really want to love the WebAPI idea, but until it can do actual TCP/IP, it's dead to me. (And I have a Peak! :/)
I'm not sure why it even matters that its supposedly "better"; its not like you can't look at multiple measures, or that distribution is something simple that can be adequately measured by a single unidimensional measure.

Palma intentionally obscures all inequality within a certain range to focus on the extremes, Gini is sensitive across the whole spectrum. Why not use both together?
My bet is: talent + reputation + data.
I said should and should not are useless "in the absence of a specific objective". But, as you suggest, they are useful in the context of an objective, e.g. I should not push old ladies into heavy traffic (implicitly: because I prefer not to live in a world where old-lady-traffic-pushing is a commonly accepted pastime and I believe that not indulging in old-lady-traffic-pushing makes such a world more likely to exist in the future, given some assumptions about the dynamics of social systems).

So, I agree that morals express should and should not sentiments. I also agree that individuals can hold morals, in the sense of personal codes of behavior. However, my original point of contention was whether or not natural and human rights exist in the state of nature. A discussion of morals ensued because you implied that an acceptance of the existence of morals was somehow related to an acceptance of the existence of n/h rights.

Morals and n/h rights are fundamentally different in that morals are intra-personal, while rights are necessarily inter-personal. So, while I would accept that morals can exist, in the sense that individuals can desire particular states and derive codes of behavior for making these states more likely to occur, these sorts of morals are not the sort needed to make the functional similarity between morals and n/h rights that you previously suggested meaningful.

These form the key points of our disagreement: that morals act like n/h rights and that n/h rights exist. While you may not have intended to support absolutism, based on the way in which people typically discuss n/h rights, and based on the formal definitions of these terms that I've seen, I'd say that any support of n/h rights is implicitly support of absolutism.
it's chump change for hollywood feature films. there are other types of movies.
I hope I get no down votes from the following comment. This is not true, C# can be thought as superior to Java, only if you intend to be completely immersed in the Microsoft stack and this assertion is still debatable. I personally like Java more than C# just because Java is truly platform independent and fully open source. When you have two similar software products the one which is open source will always be a better choice. I think Java has a bright future.
have you tried it?

idk who you hang out with but those last two questions would probably produce more interesting conversations than the former.
The right solution is to do something else and have more then one task on your plate.
Now reflect on this old news:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_purchase_of_T-Mobile_...
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This is a facade of democracy like in a lot of other countries. They just try to make it seem like there is democracy but behind it all it's still controlled by the ruling party.
This is very interesting. 128kbit is fast enough for Google Maps which is good enough for me.

I know they said the free overseas data is only for contract customers but I wonder if they will allow us pre-paid people to add on the "packs" they mention before going on a trip.
And this is why competition and effective government regulation[1] are fantastic things. If T-Mobile wasn't in a distant fourth place in the US market, or if they'd been acquired by AT&T we wouldn't be seeing this, nor would we see Verizon and AT&T introduce their own versions of T-Mobile's JUMP program.

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/19/att-tmobile-merger-dead/
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A light splash won't hurt, but rain, puddles, and long rides over wet pavement will probably damage it. Wet roads will also be dangerous with the slick longboard tires and will corrode the bearings and other mechanical parts on the skateboard.
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I am not going to defend the Chinese this time. How stupid is that? How much money can you save by hiring students? While I don't think top managements like the CEO has any idea of this (I really doubt), they are still responsible for this horrible practice.

Here is the actual press from the school.

http://www.bxait.cn/html/2013/01bxxw_1009/2881.html

It basically said "the students (total of 45) had made a milestone, breaking Foxconn's record." The press praised the students for their hard work. It was written so.. idk how to explain it... the kind of statement you get from a government news press. It's ridiculous.
You don't see the point for the average guy to be better than they themselves were 6 months ago? Why must this be adversarial?
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The alternative you offered is better but I would add 'if you'd like feedback let us know'.
Proving once again he's prescient, Ali G suggested reporting on election returns the day before, during his excellent interview with Andy Rooney several years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KglSPl7g14Q
GoodBadStats praises the intuitive nature of the Palma, but has concerns about the rest of the argument in favor of it.

Especially the part where the author argues Palma can safely ignore the middle 50% because it never changes, but then says Gini is over-sensitive to changes (which apparently don't exist?) in the middle 50%.

Some comments here:
http://goodstatsbadstats.com/?p=1836

The Hoover Index / Robin Hood Index is another interesting measure:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_index

Probably good to have several measures kicking around, or maybe any one of them is just as good as any other. If there's a relationship in some study between one of these indices and some other factor (famers per capita, land area of streams, whatever), it's unlikely to suddenly disappear just because you use another index to approximate the same thing.
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Maybe he is an asshole, maybe he just wanted to run away and start a new life, maybe he's changed after 20 years, who knows. The government shouldn't be in a position to judge that he doesn't deserve a license just because they don't like him.

If he is proven to be alive then the keeping him legally dead is obviously absurd.
Exactly my point, it also does wonders for my liver by killing the old cells so that new ones can take their place - eventually, if I stop drinking. Perhaps even a new liver!
I agree that C code is currently faster than Java in most benchmarks:

http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?t...

There is no contradiction that a compiler written in a language with expensive semantics (say python), could compile a program written in another language (say C) to produce highly efficient machine code.

The JVM operations, such as JIT compilation and garbage collection, are bound by the performance of C code.

The performance of the code you write depends significantly on the quality of the machine code produced by the JIT compiler. This quality of this code is not theoretically dependent on the implementation language of the JIT.
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Giving personalized feedback seems to be a potentially good idea when telling a candidate 'yes' as well. People interview at multiple companies and sometimes a more personal connection to a company that gave out an offer can be enticing.
> Out of 100+ candidates, only one person has tried to argue with the result.

Did the author ever consider that the reason for this is often that candidates were not thrilled about the job post-interview?

Far too many startups don't seem to recognize that the interview process is a two-way street. After all candidates are put through (phone interviews, on-site interviews, FizzBuzz, etc.), the likelihood that a candidate will choose not to accept an offer (if one is made) is probably just as high as the employer choosing not to extend an offer.
Yes, because some people might not have it and the training will be useless.
exact same thing happened to me in belize to the tune of $1500. i checked with AT&T before my trip and they assured me that belize was covered per my international plan, but then backtracked and told me they specifically said it wasn't covered when i disputed the bill. i clearly remember the call as i was deciding between buying a local sim and just using at&t's roaming plan. lesson learned: always get a local sim. it's cheaper.
We haven't finished our own tests, but the cell manufacturer's specs have been accurate so far and they promise very high cycle life.
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I have 0 interest in learning Java, the language, to a professional level.

The JVM on the other hand, with things like JRuby and being able to use popular Java libraries and things like TorqueBox, is incredibly cool.
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As I understand it, it is one of Rust's goals to be predictable in the code it runs/emits. This is fitting in a language designed for performance-critical systems. I see what you mean about the point of macros being that they can transparently add compile-time behavior. That's just a different, inconsistent philosophy from that of Rust.
On what do you base that latter assertion?
None of which has any bearing on his being legally dead in Ohio. I'm not sure what point you think you're arguing, since nobody is claiming that the SSA is powerless to act.
It's a funny story, but they screwed up the riddle. You need to know the answer to a yes/no question that this liar/truth-teller can answer. For example, which road should I take to get to the castle? You only have one question, so you can't ask are you a tree-frog, because then you wouldn't know which road to take.

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.liar.html
The Azerbaijan election results app was built by Jeff Dean.

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An electric snowboard would probably be less compelling. Batteries do not like freezing cold temperatures, and a little 2-stroke could fit in a very small weight profile.
"At the end of the day I'm having trouble understanding what this really means for the Web"

You already have a preview: Netflix using Silverlight, which shut out everyone who is not using a Microsoft-endorsed platform. You can bet that whatever Microsoft DRM is available on Windows will be used and will have the same effect: Microsoft will not make a version for any other OS, and Hollywood will not license its entertainment to anyone who is not using Microsoft's or Apple's DRM. Those of us who want to use free/libre software will just be SOL if we want to watch mainstream entertainment (legally).

"At the same time, I don't think HTML-DRM will cause Netflix to drop support for Firefox"

No, but it will not cause Netflix to add support for GNU/Linux or any of the other OSes they refuse to support. Who is going to develop a DRM system for an OS that allows its users to easily dump the core of any process? Even if someone did develop such a thing, why would Hollywood ever license their entertainment for it, knowing how easily a beginner-level user could circumvent it?

Your reference to the TWC/CBS issue is apt. That is the future of the web of this kind of thing continues: with each step in the direction of appeasing Hollywood, we take a step towards converting the Web (and the greater Internet) into a fancy cable TV system. In other words, we are seeing a systematic effort to destroy the most open communication system of the computer age.
The irony when the site's certificate prompts a warning :P
So it has a cost, exactly as the article claims?

The very point of the article is that there is no free lunch. Intelligence improvements are bound to be trade-offs, because otherwise they'd have evolved already. Frustration and depression may be some of these costs.
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Yeah 310 watts for 20 min on the bike is impressive, but accelerating at 310 watts isn't terribly so. Also remember that you've got gears to achieve better acceleration but that the electric motor has none.

If you're sprinting or accelerating hard you could easily be putting down 800-1000 watts or more.
The user always controls the OS, this is already the case of most platforms. This isn't really the point of DRM.
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Attempts to get free labor out of interviewees have already been tried by other unethical companies in the past, and most seasoned developers know not to fall for this.
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My experience is that "fit" is almost always near the top of the list.
One positive is the indirect attention it has received through BLAKE and BLAKE2, where it has done extremely well.
Well, I do understand that part. Hence I didn't emailed him for the first few weeks. I normally wait a month (for my summer intern I waited two months to send an email on status). But it seems like I wasn't important. If it were a mistake, my email back to him should be visible.

Let's blame email system (spam).
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Is this a parody youtube account? On top of US election conspiracies Pope Francis is a Jew? Seriously?
Someone there must be asking why the centrifug.. err.. fans are spinning out of control.
I'm inclined to agree, but w/o using the particular app, it's hard to know if it's justified "abuse" (bending of the rules) or not.
Had. [EDIT: Er, Have. With apologies, see below discussion.]

I'm paying $25/mo for a limited no-contract BYOB plan. They're still taking my money for it, but I'm a little scared, since I can no longer find it on the site.

Over the last six months, I've seen T-Mobile BYOD plans at $15, 25, 30, 35, 45, and up. Now, you can't get any plan from T-Mobile under $50 per month, and that "cheap" plan comes with less high speed data than they've typically offered for less.

They're killing the value of the plans while rebranding throttling as "unlimited" so it sounds like a perk. "Yeah, use all of our awful throttled data you like. Be our guest!"

Someone should put the old plans, like the one you link to, side by side with the new ones. I don't think so many people would still think this is a win for consumers or competition.

* I've found 1.5 GB is more than enough for email, Wikipedia, and the rare voice call - if I'm settled in somewhere to watch Netflix, I always seem to have wifi.
Although the difference between EDGE and LTE is vast, it pales in comparison to the difference between data and no data.
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It's an opt-in feature, well described in the app and per default turned off. We are however implementing the new iOS7 background uploading processes as well.
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I think most of these arguments would go away if people understood some probability theory. "It's just a theory", "It hasn't been/can't be proven/disproven.", etc.

The point is do you think it has a greater than 0.00001% of being true? How can you possibly justify such a high probability estimate? In the space of millions of possible hypothesises, the probability of any one being correct is incredibly small. Especially with Occam's Razor, simple explanations are far more likely to be true. And religion is a very over-complicated explanation.

We use evidence to rule out explanations which can't be true, or more accurately lower their probability (the evidence could just be a coincidence or a fluke, for example.) To raise the probability of a specific religion being true, you would need a lot of evidence. Which simply doesn't exist and in fact we have lots of counter-evidence (things that religion say that turned out to be false for example.)

Scientists do spend their lives looking at things that haven't been proven, but they have to have to think they have a greater than, say, 10% chance of being true to be worth their time.
T-Mobile sounds great on paper but it's like selling sports cars for 1000$ and you don't know you just bought a Lada until you take it for a spin.

I drove from the Canadian east coast to California with a T-Mobile unlimited plan. For 90% of the trip, I was actually roaming on other carriers' networks. I derived zero value from my payment to T-Mobile since I can't actually use my phone except for 911. Now I'm in San Francisco for half a year and speed is around 0.05Mbps in about 30% of the city. And they're not uninhabited spots of town either.
Kin,

I think scaling will be something we have to deal with, but we have some good ideas for the product and team to deal with moderate scale. Will be good problems to have! :)

Brian
Sadly you don't say where you work on your bio so I can't add your company to my "never ever apply at" list.

New OS updates introduce weird bugs that require hacky code to get around. Early adopters will always update to them and then complain to you that your app is broken, making the hacky code required.
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Carriers outside North America are what carriers are supposed to be.
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I wonder if they have added more roaming agreements to their network. Last time I was in Norway, there was no coverage at all -- no network, no calls, never mind Internet access -- which I found strange. Usually you will be able to connect to via local network and pay for roaming charges. Norway is all GSM, same frequency band, and my plan has International calling, but I still had to swap out the SIM card for my Norwegian one. Could be a fluke, of course. Edit: Or it may be that pay-as-you-go doesn't provide international roaming.

I love T-Mobile's approach, and the whole reason I use them is because they are the underdog who's doing things a little differently.
As much as I love T Mobile's policies, I hate their coverage. I get 0 bars inside non-wood buildings, but when I step outside, I get a few bars. I live in a somewhat hilly area, so I get spotty reception in certain parts of town. I really wish they would spend more money trying to improve their coverage instead of telling everyone how they are so different. Because even if they are different, if they have poor coverage, they won't get a lot of customers.
Most candidates who received an offer accepted it, and multiple people who didn't receive an offer referred others, so I suspect that wasn't the problem. Of course, there's no real way to measure it, but the signals all point in the same direction.
This is just exactly what I was looking for, thank you! I especially like that it's document oriented and that replications/merges are handled in the simplest way possible, by presenting the most recent revision ID and giving the application the option to inspect previous revision IDs and use custom logic or ask the user which revision to use.

I think where they perhaps missed the boat is that nearly every app that needs to synchronize across devices needs this, but I'm having trouble finding a simple SAAS plan. When I was younger I was interested in hosting my own database but now I'm just not. I want to pay a few bucks and have someone else do it.

So on that note a possible startup idea is to host couchbase and charge for it. I think the core of the problem is that app sales are one-time, so a subscription model may not be appropriate. But the bandwidth will typically be so small that it won't matter. So that puts the total value per user maybe in the 25 cent range. How many million new users per year would it take to gross a million dollars.. I can see their dilemma. But, I think there is something to this. Whoever pulls it off could be the next dropbox but for databases. If this all clicks for someone, look me up!
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Your ignorance of the difference between server and client side Java leads me to believe that you're probably wrong.
That's terrible! I will definitely remember this when I go to buy a next-generation game console.

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I just submitted the arxiv.org link to the paper but this article is more accessible. Fascinating discovery!
As usual people find visuals distracting. People just can't understand that while graphic arts can be a part of product design, it does not constitute the entire process.
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I've always had the opposite problem. Users were willing to pay, but I didn't have a good enough user acquisition funnel to justify it so it shut off payments.

It took me a while before figuring out how to get to 1000, then 10000, then 100000, but user acquisition and retention are imo the hardest things for a first-time product maker.

I actually think monetization is easy once you have the user base unless your product inherently does not provide any real value.

I bet anything that 99% of startups fail due to traction, not inability to monetize.
>As a result, either answer is equally valid/invalid.

I posted a similar comment above, but this completely misunderstands probability theory. If you can't prove something 100% true or 0% true there is still an inbetween more than "equally valid or invald." Something could have a 0.00001% chance of being true or a 99% chance of being true.

In the space of all possible explanations, the chance of religion being the correct one is exceedingly small. Especially if you consider Occam's Razor that simpler explanations are more likely to be correct. Religion is a very over-complicated explanation.
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