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You are describing competition within a platform, which is happening in JS as well: EmberJS vs AngularJS vs KnockoutJS etc. Do you really think this kind of competition is bad?

I am talking about competition on a higher level: e.g. Ruby on Rails vs ASP.NET vs JSP. RoR was not the first one. Do you really think this kind of competition is bad? Was inventing Linux a bad thing because we already had other OS's?

"company going at it and inventing something new on their own" - the very definition of competition: generating something new to get a competitive advantage (new platform, new technology, new framework).
An interesting addition would be letting the client ping those CDNs, too.
I don't think Zed misunderstood anything. That poster is standing in judgement of Zed, and has Zed expressed his reaction.
I was thinking about an input field with a filter function, but a typeahead is also good.

The focus is just quality and best-sellers. Not sure about bringing more games that less people had and less people want, I prefer to have the 20% that drives to 80% of sales.

I've been reading all those stories and I'll be working in something like that but more white hat :)
Nothing about this job seems equitable. There appears to be literally 0 reward for making added sacrifices and taking on the additional duties called for.

Financial gain? Nope. World class technological challenges? Still no. Work life balance? Obviously not. Solving meaningful problems? No. Name recognition or industry stepping stone? Maybe, but highly mitigated by the fact that any serious applicant would be qualified for more valuable positions elsewhere.

Is this job squarely aimed at die hard PA fan-people? What about them as an organization is particularly exciting?
Oh, I see the issue here. You are expecting the string class to function via graphemes rather than characters. It should be possible to implement grapheme support since character support is there, but I imagine the reverse is not true.

A little googling turned this up. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2013-July/021...
Ask HN: how to look for a job?
At the start of every month, there are two threads created on HN: one for companies that are hiring and another for freelancers. What about developers that want to announce their candidacy?

I do not want to post a resume on a job board because I will just be inundated with emails from recruiters. LinkedIn does not work since I am connected to co-workers (not my choice). In addition, I am looking for something specific: a telecommute job where I come into the office (south bay) only once a week. Job hunting is impossible because searching for terms such as "remote" or "telecommute" will often match on the phrase "no remote". Plus I do not want a fully remote job, I want to talk to coworkers in person a few times a month.

NOTE: created a new account just for this posting
Here's one from an interview with Chris Sacca (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NpHbMFaQ8):

In the late 1990s, Chris Sacca used his student loan to start a company within the lawsuit industry - not to pay tuition. But he realized the idea was bad, he didn't have the skills needed, and he didn't have any investors. So before he ran out of money, he began day-trading stocks with the remaining money. This was during the buildup of the tech bubble so he made a huge profit from the trading. When the bubble exploded, his wealth decreased from 12 million to -2.8 million. His surroundings had convinced him that he was a stock market genius - so he thought he knew something. When the stock market crashed, he thought he was just unlucky. He was now 25 years old, no network, and had to find a way to make 2.8 million.
Ah, I'd misunderstood the 'other half' in that case, thinking it just to be a fancy name for the rear case with a 'colour feature'. There may be hope yet, although nobody seems to know if that command line/root access is possible.

It's entirely possible that the Maemo/Google search queries I've run may be letting me down, it'd be great if the Jolla documentation made some mention of this.
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When bitcoins are lost, are they lost forever? So the total pool of bitcoins will be 21m - your 160 and his 7000?
From the bottom of the article: "This article was amended to represent the fact that the artists mentioned weren't creating music with HTML."

Based on the screenshots, they seem to doing this in Haskell, which is a far cry from HTML. I guess the article authors have no idea about what programming actually consists of, so used "HTML" to mean any kind of code.
It's the musical chairs game.
Having worked on both traditional and web projects, I disagree with “just as bad”. In every case, what you're talking about is easier to solve on the web than off-line.

Downloading: easily solved with browser caching. This is still faster than trying to, say, walk a very non-technical user through downloading and opening an installer.

Installation: not an issue for most users. NoScript/AdBlock are a small percentage of users for most sites and since most of the web breaks that way, many of them have learned to recognize when their local system broke something.

Permissions: the problem in both cases are the gatekeepers and every single “new problem” you listed was also an old problem of equal or greater impact. If the gatekeepers are determined and unaccountable, they'll block everything either way. The difference is that the web side has a better security model and is more likely to be open because you're following a known precedent – Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. have created enough demand that even the most fascist IT departments allow HTTPS. This is not the case for the traditional desktop model where every local software install is considered independently.
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I'm going to disagree and point out that all the horror stories always include people also breaking the regular old cardinal rules of investing. Whether or not they're friends & families has very little to do with it.

Don't raise a bunch of money from a crazy person with unrealistic expectations. Don't fund a business you don't understand. Don't invest money you can't afford to lose. Don't do business with people whose character you can't count on in good times and bad.

Now, obviously you need to not let your emotions blind your judgement so you can actually follow these rules, but that's always true, whether or not its family. And there's a very good reason to consider family deals: you have deep insight into the psyches of the people involved. (Or if you don't, you're probably not cut out for this kind of investing in the first place.)

I have a lot of friends and family I would never do business with, because they don't fit the criteria. But I also have people I would fund in a heartbeat, and I've done it happily.

If you're the investor, it comes down to accurately judging yourself. Can you really put relationships ahead of money?

If you're the startup, you need to judge the investor by that standard. Are they truly mature enough (and wealthy enough) to honestly not give a fuck about that money if they never see it again?
You can't see the difference between vote rigging and fixing gamed votes?
The red on red links don't really work. I would change the color because they are hard to follow along.

Other than that, nice concept for a book.

I would be interested in reading this book.
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You could check out our growing community of people treating strangers to coffee (for networking, collaboration, etc.):

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Generally you are required to take on multiple roles at a small company because there is no other choice. There are no funds to hire the proper people to do it. It's either do it or go bust.

Penny Arcade is not a small company in that sense. They definitely _could_ hire the right 4 people to work there, but instead they want to just pay 1 person to do that job.

While I am sure you were competent enough to do 3 jobs, you are probably not as good at all 3 as someone who focuses primarily on one of those roles. But you forget this is for 4 jobs, and they want 1 person to do all that within their regular bounds of a job where they expect you to be on call 24/7. Oh and they want to pay you below market rates to do all 4 of them. I think that is what every is angry about.
Awesome now people can spend their bitcoin!!!! Good luck finding that kind of people.
From the pessimistic point of view, why would anyone choose to work a crappy job at Walmart or McDonalds when the government would give them the same money without having to do anything.

Walmart and McDonalds (and everyone else) would therefore either go out of business or raise their wages. Raising their wages would increase the price of their goods. Increasing prices of goods would increase the cost of living which would increase the poverty level which would increase the minimum guaranteed income.

It's an inflationary cycle that would be very hard to avoid.
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I've found it depends on what the text book is for.

If it's going to be a constant reference, I would prefer a searchable ebook as it is a lot easier to carry many of them on my Nook too and from work.

If it is a book I am reading to increase my knowledge of a subject but not one I expect to be a constant reference back too, like a study guide or the like, I prefer a print book.
A lazy install and a bad Arch Linux update (actually, a misinterpretation of some error messages on my part) reminded me why it was stupid to have /home on the same partition as everything else. Multipartition setups are trivial and will save your data (in my case I lost nothing but some toy OpenCL programs as it was my gaming rig, and most important stuff was kept on a shared partition).
Until the point where we decide that <$1000 a month is inhumane. "Who could live off of that?" says the next politician in line. "If I'm elected, you get $2,000 a month." Why not provide everyone with $5k a month. I think that is a reasonable amount to lift anyone out of poverty. That seems fair, right?

The problem is, in essence, all you are doing is disincentivizing one person to work by paying them with another person who has chosen to work. Money is the ultimate incentive. Not to mentioned the effects on the overall economy. What do you think happens when everyone has more money to spend? Prices go up, and your 5k/month becomes worth what 2k was a few years ago.
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Gives a different meaning to buried treasure...
> But by providing them a minimum income, you basically make them into fuel for the economic machine - a consumer with no viable skills.

No, by providing them with a minimum income, you make them into a someone who has the freedom to expend resources to acquire new skills as their existing skills become less relevant, rather than someone chained to their current situation.

They may choose to be satisfied with their current situation, but we'd need a lot more productivity from a small slice of the population before the completely unskilled would likely to choose to do so. Under a basic income system, the marginal benefit of additional effort (and, thus, purely financial motivation) is greater than in the status quo system for people who would otherwise be beneficiaries of means-tested social support programs.
The advice I give to everyone is to be well-versed in programming, and to avoid debt. Congratulations, looks like you are already on that path! I'd also recommend a trade that is relatively easy to get into, such as HVAC, and/or learning a second language that will likely be very valuable if you want to travel as a programmer, or to use for a career in translation.

The value of a trade is that it gives you an alternative if sitting at a cubicle for 2000+ hours a year drives you crazy. Plus, it's always good to be helpful. You may want to look into becoming decent at auto repair or carpentry. Those are things that typically have a much higher barrier of entry, and a lower salary than HVAC, but they're both always a helpful skill.

The value of a second language is it opens up travel opportunities, and if you choose an economically important language (Chinese, German, British "English" [I have no idea what they're saying...]) or a politically important languge (Middle Eastern languages), the pay can be quite high for translation.

Many here might think HVAC is a terrible idea, and they may be right, but I'd still recommend finding a trade and making it a hobby, like I mentioned with auto repair or carpentry. Learning a musical instrument is also a great way to improve your life in general. But for the most part, sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders, and you'll do well at whatever you choose, so long as you stick to it.
Treating children like children might not better help them learn to be adults, either... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_Children_Seriously
While true, it’s would not spread that easily. Google returns in its response header of e.g. jquery: "Expires:Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:46:46 GMT"

As long as this file is in my cache, my browser won’t request it again for a year, independent what happened to it in the meantime.

> or not suffer service interruption

Preventing that is actually quite easy

<script src="//cdn/jquery.js"></script>
<script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="local/jquery.js">\x3C/script>')</script>

(a slightly more complex solution would be needed if the CDN is timing out instead of return an error)
For a human being
A quick format doesn't destroy all the data on the drive. Depending on how much you used that drive, you might still be able to recover the data.
I believe "removes the top 1 million most popular websites" means that they nix search results from the million most trafficked domains on the web as a whole rather than simply the top million results for a specific search. I doubt there are very many .gov domains that fall into that group.
I have a bunch of questions born of my ignorance of microbiology:

Is it possible this organism evolved in the last few decades, with the advent of clean rooms? Or is it more likely that a few of these are around all the time, and only multiply extensively in clean rooms? Also, what do they eat or use for energy to reproduce in such environments? And if they don't really eat, how do they not die on a long space journey?
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no, i don't think you get it.

a for-profit enterprise should not be asking for volunteers for anything. that is a moral position i take.

second, the loss of dignity and monetary devaluation was referring to his day job. the one that he ostensibly makes a living from.
Precisely. The Kindle does a fantastic job with simple linear text, but there's still no really good electronic solution for large-format, illustrated books. I'm talking both hardware and software.

The rumored larger iPad, if it ever sees the light of day, would probably be aimed at this kind of use.
Pardon my ignorance, but how do you prove a) He doesn't have a copy of the private key? b) He's telling the truth about mining them? c) Actually threw away the drive?
I buy physical books for my daughter. We also go the library every week and borrow books. I have the same experience without having to resort to reading a physical book myself. I use a kindle fire and have gotten rid of 99% of my physical books and have no intention of ever buying another physical book with the exception of hard to get computer science books that are not available in digital format in any form or shape.

> taking a timeout from electronics is important to his growth

My 5 year old daughter has been able to self-regulate her ipad use, she's had an ipad since she was 3. We only limit videos: when and how many videos she can watch because she won't stop watching them unless we intervene.
This post struck a chord with HN folks. It would be awesome if OP could exchange the karma with real life credit...
What about SPDY was "abuse?" How is it any different than asm.js, which is likewise a single-vendor standard that they are pushing other browsers to adopt?
Yes. The "total pool of bitcoins" is actually less than 21m, considering the lost ones. Does it matter, though? Whether the max is 21m or 20.1321029 ...
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The next time I misplace my keys or forget to pay taxes on time, I'll be more forgiving of myself.
> Imagine reading a book, and after a mention of a famous Italian structure, press on the name and have a Wikipedia description of its history appear, with an image.

I'm a great believer in ebooks. However, this is one feature I don't want. It's a distraction, it pulls me away from my book and I end up on a Wikipedia binge instead of finishing what I set out to do. It's not good for my attention span.
I read it as he's not getting paid well enough to put money away so he's changing to a better paying job which let's him build up his savings and then move to teaching. Which would imply that PA isn't paying him very well.
The article's second page answers this:

Scientists go to all this trouble for the purpose of “planetary protection”—which usually means protecting other planets from contamination by microbes originating on Earth. Most spacefaring countries have agreed to follow guidelines from the International Council for Science’s Committee on Space Research to reduce the chances of their vehicles carrying Earth organisms to other planets. The clean room procedures also safeguard against scientists mistaking Earthly microbes as extraterrestrial in origin if they are discovered on another planet, having caught a ride with a man-made spacecraft. “The whole idea of collecting information about what kind of bugs we have in the spacecraft assembly facility is to have baseline information so that in the future, if you find it on Mars, you have some grounds to rule out the possibility that it came from Mars,” Vaishampayan says.
The point is that you stand in judgement of Zed.

Just because you now have a positive judgement doesn't change the fact that a few hours ago you judged him to be 'a cock'.

Why shouldn't he be pissed about that, and why should he care what you think?
There are very few direct ways in which you can currently use bitcoin, I completely agree with that. People are using indirect ways now though, for example, a lot of people are using target gift cards bought off gyft to make their grocery purchases. Of course, this is a highly impractical solution but there will be middlemen helping out until actual retailers start accepting bitcoins. Now you can buy a subway sandwich, soon newegg will start accepting bitcoins (yes, not everyday purchases but a big retailer endorsement is still a big win!). When something happens in a fragmented way around the world it gets harder to gauge it's momentum. Say 10,000 retailers in SF started accepting bitcoin, it'd be huge news vs 10,000 retailers all over the world - no one would notice.

The rampant volatility of bitcoin is bad for business but it's analogous to several people jumping onto a boat and rocking it a lot. Eventually we get a bigger more stable boat that isn't so easy to rock any more. (a $1.2MM sell off a year ago would have tanked BTC value, now it doesn't even dent it.., this happened yesterday while I was watching the bitstamp order book)

As the market cap of bitcoin increases it will get harder and harder to cause huge swings in it's value (sort of like the 51% attack is now impossible.. or adding a server farm to take over the bitcoin network).

But to get there it will have to go through this process.
Either many of those 45% don't realize they don't have access to devices that can read ebooks (may not know their iOS/Android device can run Kindle/iBooks/whatever) or this was a really weird sample.

> Twenty-somethings are the leading smartphone users in the U.S., with a full 81% of Americans aged 25 to 34 using the devices. Teens aren’t far behind, with almost 70% of those aged 13 to 17 already using a smartphone.

via http://www.webpronews.com/u-s-smartphone-penetration-hits-64...
Today I completed my 30 technologies in 30 days challenge
Today, I completed my 30 technologies in 30 days challenge. It has been an amazing and enriching experience. Everyday I learned a new technology, developed application, blogged about it. You can read all the blogs in the series here https://www.openshift.com/blogs/learning-30-technologies-in-30-days-a-developer-challenge. Topics covered include latest JavaScript MV* framework, Sentiment analysis, Python Flask framework, Stanford Core NLP package, Grails , Docker,etc. I am happy :). What you all think?
No, it's simply predicated on the idea of diminishing marginal utility. The only reason it's more of a potential problem for the poor than the rich is because a concave function has a negative second derivative. Seriously, make up any concave function and compute marginal utility before and after a basic income for the rich and poor alike.

It's also a concern given that the poor already do sit on their ass and eat mcdonald's all day. Most poor don't work and aren't looking for a job.
Potentially. There's a chance that someone could recreate the same keys for the lost wallets, but the odds are not in their favor (gross understatement). If this happened they'd be able to create transactions moving the bitcoins in the formerly lost wallets to their own wallet(s). However, until someone gets so lucky these bitcoins are locked out of the economy.
> I disagree. In a small company, everyone takes on multiple roles -- so why can't a single person be a programmer, web developer, system administrator? I've done that job many times.

Good lucky finding someone who is good at all those things, doesn't mind working 80s hours a week while being on call 24/7x365 AND doesn't mind a below average salary. You'd be lucky to find any one of those qualities.

The job posting said they are a team of 15-20 people which is more than large enough to be run better than a sweat shop.

For the sake of the 15-20 people lucky enough to have PA as an employer, I hope it's just "IT" that they take a shit on (not terribly uncommon as it's usually seen as an expense instead of an asset).
I'm pretty sure we're discussing taking risks that could move your kids into foster care because you're homeless, not the risk of not being able to afford an Xbox.
Am I the only one who caught the part about the regressive tax on the middle class ($25 - $50 K income range) to pay for the hand out???

Gotta love uncle Milty (Friedman) and his boys.
Really? I hadn't heard that -- do you have a reference with more info?
Have you tried doing that yourself?

It still doesn't tell me what Jolla is - is it a phone, a phone extension, a new OS, etc?
Although I am not entirely convinced (what to do with immigrants, in particular) I believe this could be a good idea.

We should judge this from a pragmatic, not ideological, viewpoint. It may not be the ideal libertarian society, but it could easily be better than the current one, where we are already paying an insanely high amount of taxes which are in great part wasted.

But I don't see its application without some huge political change, as politicians would be most unwilling to give up the power they now yield. Let me share a well known Spanish saying:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quien_parte_y_reparte_se_lleva...
I've found this to be a problem with reading technical books on my Kindle. I'm constantly flipping back and forth between examples and text and it's really not as good (read: not as fast) as flipping physical pages.