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Let them know. My building had an issue with a unit being offered through VRBO.com and AirBnB despite COA rules against it. VRBO.com took the posting down after I sent them a complaint with a copy of our COA rules, and they flagged it in their system so it couldn't be reposted. AirBnB did nothing, and the listing is still there. (However, the COA has since seized the unit and changed the locks since the unit owner failed to pay his COA dues or provide proof of property insurance, so any person trying to rent the unit through AirBnB will be SOL.)
I'll assume you live in the US: doesn't your constitution grant you the rights to bear arms and didn't one of the founder said it's the people's duty to throw away the government when it gets corrupted ?

On a more "scholar" note there is the notion that a leviathan is needed.

Moreover, I think private companies and individuals can be as violent, or more, than any government that claim monopoly on its use.

Be it physically or symbolically.
The article mentions Marx as useful for diagnosis but not for prescription and then seems to make the same mistake. The problem with political science is that it isn't a science. It has certain language to express complex social systems but it sucks at prescription. We can look at the ravaged path produced by a complex dynamic system and attribute some apparent motivations and maybe we're kinda right but it's still very difficult to then start making causative statements. And still more difficult to endeavor to engineer such a system to a certain end.

It isn't just answering, "what are we really trying to solve"? Or "how are we going to solve it"? The problem is that there isn't just one question or one answer. There are hundreds of possible questions, and then you have to agree on a answer in theory, and then you have to agree on a implementation, and then you have to have a system that is capable of the implementation. It's madness and there is no evidence we have a political system that is capable of such feats.
I'm in school for it in my mid-30's but haven't graduated yet so can't really give any definitive answer.
I just wanted to build cool applications but there's all this talk about drop down automata and lambda expressions that are killing my passion for the subject.

It's a lot harder than I expected.

I'm interested to see what other people have to say.
Actually this was the one statement that was correct in the entire article.

I don't deny that the government plays an important role in funding science and tech, which in turn is essential for silicon valley. But it is still completely wrong to characterize Silicon Valley as "state-sponsored investment". Take Google. The original algorithm was developed at Stanford, but it didn't involve any fancy math that required a DARPA grant. The founders came up with the idea of using commodity hardware for servers. All the other technologies they later built (MapReduce, BigTable, etc.) were the company's own inventions, involving no help from outside sources.

Similar things can be said for Apple, Microsoft and also much of the Open Source movement.

The fact that the government played some role does not mean all the value generated really belongs to the government.

And in case anyone was tempted to make some false assumptions about my viewpoint, I'm not arguing that there should be no redistribution of wealth. I'm just arguing that claiming that we don't live in a market economy is wrong, and a poor basis for arguing for redistribution of wealth.
Why not? You can learn anything at any age. It might take a lot longer than if you were 10, and a little bit more than if you were 20.

The most important thing is passion. If you have it, it'll make learning anything 10x easier.
I hate it when people assume that they know everything and attempt to lecture others. Especially when you go on large platitudes like "This is a big 'author has no idea what they're doing' red flag to me." Maybe, the author is actually compiling the code with a c++ compiler?
In a conventional keyboard, the point at which the switch closes is also the point where the key bottoms out, plus or minus the amount of give that the rubber spring-membrane provides. The typing feel they provide is both impactful and gummy - you push a key until it stops abruptly, like mashing a finger down on your desk directly, and then you have to lift your finger off the key entirely to let it release. Trying to lighten the impacts can lead to missing keypresses, especially on an older keyboard.

On a mechanical keyboard (mine has Cherry MX Browns), the point at which the switches close is before the key bottoms out. Depending on the switch type, the closing point can be felt, too. They're also driven back by mechanical springs, rather than a rubber membrane. So, rather than mash the keys until they stop to guarantee a letter press, the typing feel is lighter and more controlled. It's also much bouncier, thanks to the springs - like bouncing on a trampoline, rather than trying to jump on a hard floor.

I went from old-school gummy keyboards (Yay ancient Dell hardware) to laptop-style scissors keyboards, and when my last one died, I splurged and got a mechanical keyboard instead. It's similar to a laptop-style keyboard feel, where there is a very definite point of engagement rather than tons of mush. However, the throw is still long, and the bounce-back is a new experience.

It's all about feel - definitely look around and see if you can borrow one (or multiple - there are a half-dozen different flavors of mechanical switch from Cherry alone) to try before spending the not-insignificant amount of money to buy one.
An argument can easily be made that the US came out ahead because it was the largest country which hadn't been substantially bombed and/or invaded.

Until this guy's speech, it hadn't occurred to me that anyone made any argument but that one. Despite the lack of A/B testing, it's seemed obvious to me, although I'd lump in reserve status for the dollar, and a couple of other political things that—again—the US were able to force through thanks to being last man standing after WWII is a huge force in US prosperity since WWII.
In the Ruby community, the Rack interface has done a lot to enable Web middleware to work together. It would be great if there were an analogous interface for Go's net/http.
I dislike using my real name online - though in some cases (like HN) it's pretty trivial to discover my identity.

My real fear isn't having my more rant-y posts associated with my IRL life, but more extreme possibilities like 4chan/Reddit doxxings and abuse.

I also no longer use the same handle as when I was a kid, so I've got that going for me.
Minecraft, terraria, and starbound seem to contradict your point.
There are so many things to love about this speech, but I think my favorite part is this: "the only thing that actually works is not ideological, it is impure, has elements of both arguments and never actually achieves any kind of partisan or philosophical perfection."

That's an extremely cogent observation about capitalism, but it would be just as relevant in a discussion about FP and OO, or about team social dynamics. Across the board, I see people doing better work when they spend less time seeking philosophical consistency and purity, and more time responding to real observed situations.
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Not everyone can become a programmer. But then if you have the aptitude, you can, even at 40.
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I made God's Temple because God picked me because I'm the best programmer on Earth.
To defend the free market position though I don't agree with it, an evil party can be elected in those countries who could purposely mismanage the welfare state and destroy it. Then they point to the ruins and say look this doesn't work adopt our new evil system. Canada and UK try to do this whenever an ultra conservative local or national gov is elected. They can purposely fuck it all up with a wave of the hand which is why relying on government is risky.

Nordic countries also have strict speech controls and censorship which is why a lot of artists leave those countries. Banning films and literature is common
I like Carl, maybe because I also prefer Dustin Hoffman over Robert Redford (who played Woodward)...but this letter, and also how he's decided to teach journalism at a public instead of prestigious private college, makes me think he's a real standup guy as well as one of our most famous investigative reporters.

http://nypost.com/2013/09/19/iconic-journalist-carl-bernstei...

> “I didn’t want to go to an Ivy League college or university — too many of them are stuck in a rarified approach to learning. I also wanted to be among a student body that had more young people who were not there by virtue of legacy or earning power of their parents.

Also, Bob Woodward has not been as gracious during the whole Snowden affair, basically annoyed that Snowden didn't go to him, as opposed to his apparently inferior WaPo colleagues, such as Barton Gellman, who's a Pulitzer-winning journalist (twice) himself:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/barton-gellman-bob-...
And your point is? Are you suggesting that they're 'growing' a tree procedurally from the cellular level?
Dear Ticketmaster, It is time to redesign the master of all tickets.
This is the final iteration of the code golfing game started last thursday, aiming to create a Codepen/JSfiddle/JSbin clone in less than 256 bytes:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6860642

This one fits in a single tweet!
A valid use case for the HTML blink tag
Somewhere between the bartender and the owner.
It's actually 4% now that sequestration is in effect.

They get a 6% margin to account for all the other overhead associated with stocking the product. Someone has to order the drug, receive the drug, stock the drug, retrieve the drug and ready the drug for administration.

If they don't get that 6%, they lose money each time they administer the drug.
As a 40 something, you have a lot of strength and experience to leverage. Much of it might apply to programming.
For instance:

* People Skills - This is critical in almost every programming job, understanding what and why to do is more important is more important than how. Good communication is the path to that and many programmers get this wrong.

* Writing - Being able to take a ton of ideas and organize them into coherent, modular sections.

* Discipline - One thing that I have far more of at 35 than I did at 22. It is a critical component to learning as well as working through problems correctly (not half-assing it)
This seems pretty obvious to me. When you are working to build a positive reputation online you use your real name. When you are taking part in things you don't want associated with your reputation you use an alias.

You don't want to never use your real name. You want to be googleable, but you want it to be mostly positive.
Surely such a person would be literally on the level of a drug dealer?
IIRC, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports are electrically identical, and the reason that they can't be used interchangeably is that addressing for PS/2 devices is hardcoded at the software level, i.e. the BIOS always expects a keyboard connected to a specific port and a mouse connected to the other.
It's been good to see the growth in the Scala community on many fronts. The Scala subreddit is starting to get quite lively. I've also encountering more developers using Scala at work rather than just something they use for side projects.

The article does raise a good point about immutability and functional programming. It's something that shouldn't be assumed, especially for Java developers making the transition (there seem to be plenty of Java developers switching to Scala lately). Scala combines functional and OO programming, and there are use cases where OO style coding makes more sense. Martin Odersky even mentioned that in a presentation a while back. Immutability and asyc are very powerful, but not everyone uses these approaches. Selling folks on Scala is one thing, getting them to make a jump to an (awesome) library like Akka is a bit too big a jump to make in one step.
Yeah! It sounds like you enjoy coding. In my experience, that's the most important factor to long term high skill level, and success. Just keep enjoying it, and you'll naturally want to learn more and improve over time.
The only account I have so far used my real name on is my stackexchange account so I can potentially use it in interviews to show I am active in the community and in my own learning.
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It is possible to be a programmer at any age. However, getting hired is a different thing. I don't know what part of the world you are in, however age related discrimination happens, especially in Silicon Valley. I haven't heard reports in the bigger companies but in startups, yes.

I think there are a few reasons for it:

1. There are a lot of startups where the glamor of the industry means that they can easily pressure 20 something fresh out of school folks who are probably also suffering from imposter syndrome that the only way to learn is to work insane amounts of hours. I have no problems with working hard on improving yourself but a work life balance and doing productive work are not the same as that. I still remember one startup where one of the co-founders took pride in telling me that a guy in his team spent 30 days sleeping at work. Fuck that noise. As a person more experienced, you are probably well aware of that balance. However, as a junior developer, you are probably not as productive as someone else your age.

2. Money. The nature of American society means that people don't talk about their wages. Programmers while being well paid compared to the rest of America are not at least initially as much as they should be. As an older person, there may be a perception that you won't work for ridiculously low amounts of money and be cool with that.

3. Culture fit. A company of people who conflate having similar interests (board games, craft beer or whatever other bullshit your tiny subculture may have) with being able to collaboratively build amazing shit can easily convince themselves that someone who doesn't fit into that profile will not be a good fit.
grellas writes:
> When you get to such cases, you arrive at the intersection of law with public policy.

you replied:
> The better analogy would be Craigslist if Craigslist only advertised prostitution related material.

My, what a big hammer you have! We've now equated avoidance of hospitality taxes on a legal and moral scale with facilitating prostitution. I'm all for the rule of law, but these days that means keeping as close an eye on the law itself as for potential lawbreakers.

Your big hammer, of course, completely dodges the nuance that grellas was getting to. Laws are created and implemented in a context. What we'be seen in recent decades with the MP3 revolution, Uber, YouTube, and ostensibly services like AirBnB are business models that are matched poorly to existing law and precedent. That is, the context has changed. Neither extreme -- throwing out The Law entirely, nor draconian implmentation of The Law -- is really a suitable response in most cases. I think Uber is a particularly relevant example, as it's been thrust directly into the midst of innovating in an existing class of business, occasionally at odds with local laws, regulations, and incumbent businesses.

To this situation, AirBnB has put forth its case that it facilitates uptake of temporarily vacant lodgings. There are good arguments as to the social benefit this provides. Imagine where AirBnB and similar services are so successful that they curb construction of dedicated hotel space. As a society we've then managed to curb unnecessary resource use. I would argue that truly occasional use of the service in this regard has little to no impact on the associated community.

However, I also agree with your comments about transient lodging and its impacts on communities. There've been a few good essays on this problem in the NYC area in recent years, but from the angle of transient owners. IMO, The Man Who Doesn't Exist falls clearly into the category of "transient facilitator". There's not even the ostensible intent to live in these properties, damn the excess, but just to use them as part of a business strategy. And there's our nuance. Some users of AirBnB are engaging in activity that steps over the line. But the law currently doesn't have any nuance to distinguish between AirBnB's stated business model and the occasional "transient facilitator" using the service.

And thus the earthquakes at the fault line between law and society's shifts rolls on.
For those who aren't aware of it, I think Lockhart's Lament [1] is definitely worth a read. Here's an excerpt:

"How many people actually use any of this “practical math” they supposedly learn in school? Do you think carpenters are out there using trigonometry? How many adults remember how to divide fractions, or solve a quadratic equation? Obviously the current practical training program isn’t working, and for good reason: it is excruciatingly boring, and nobody ever uses it anyway. So why do people think it’s so important? I don’t see how it’s doing society any good to have its members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams, and clear memories of hating them. It might do some good, though, to show them something beautiful and give them an opportunity to enjoy being
creative, flexible, open-minded thinkers— the kind of thing a real mathematical education might provide."

For some reason, the math curriculum is completely about learning techniques, which roughly correspond to formulaic manipulation of symbols. We basically learn to apply algorithms for manipulating symbols, and we do it over and over again. And of course, this is easy to test.

But it's also the absolute least important aspect we need to know! It's the part that doesn't involve thinking. And so we end up with some farce of an education where we learn the procedures without the context why people created them in the first place!

Take the quadratic formula: something wholly useless in real life, but taught to every middle-schooler in the US. Somehow, even though the name has "quad" in it, we learn it without learning the context of the ancient Greek concept of quadrature, and problems relating to whether it is possible to find a rectangle with a certain area and perimeter. In the derivation, we "complete the square", but nobody draws the said square!

And then we do a hundred problems involving applying the quadratic formula, which is neither enlightening nor useful.

[1] http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsL...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8CZAKSsNA
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Most people do a lousy job of keeping the names separate.

You can usually follow a chain of pseudonyms back through time to get to the early embarrassing posts.

Meatball wiki changed my mind about real name posting. First I thought "always use an obvious nym", then "always use a realistic, but false, name". Now I just post using me real name on a few places, and a bunch of nyms (realistic and otherwise) in other places.

My writing (especially my appalling use of punctuation) is distinctive. I think it'd be easy enough to tell if a post is mine or not by counting the weird commas.

Perhaps privacy advocates need some method of making writing more anonymous? Lower-case everything, convert full-stops to new lines, strip out all out punctuation?
I can feel you. I wanted to start fresh and learn Scala as a I felt it was a natural progression on from Java. But it scared the hell out of me when I tried to delve into functional stuff too much. May be my approach was wrong. But then I picked up GO and some of those things feel a little obvious to me. And Thanks for your comment.
Deeply unsettling? Because they did 2k tests over a period of half a century?
He's violating contracts he signed, not only government regulations. These contracts are in place specifically because the market demands them. Most people don't want to live in a condo building that also includes DIY hotel rooms. Taking this into account, condo developers usually include clauses in the sales contract where your more or less agree not to turn your condo into a hotel room. This allows them to reassure prospective purchasers that such a scenario won't happen.

That's why the person in this story not only needs to avoid the government, but also private-sector contract enforcement. Hence, he's looking for buildings with no doorman and no live-in super, since those would be more likely to notice his illicit activity. I don't see how that's libertarian or even Randian. Rand's view was that violating a contract is an act of indirect violence, essentially theft.
Backend / Frontend developer is kinda vague. Would be more useful if you could explain your specialty in more detail
The NAP is pretty useless, because it doesn't define what 'force' or 'initiation' means. People have very significant disagreements about these definitions.

Furthermore, it only makes sense in an alternate reality where we're re-set to zero. The NAP doesn't really provide a means from getting from where we are today to a world 'without force,' as if that was even possible.
And Now it proves that 117(points at the time of this comment) people(Indians or not) found this article interesting. :)
Replace "juvenile" with "a straw man" and you get a much more accurate statement.

I believe in redistribution of wealth, but I call it what it is: redistributing money from rich people to poor people.

The author dresses it up in fancy sounding (though completely outdated) concepts of "labor" and "capital". Economists also believe in Labor and Capital, they are the variables L and C in macro models. However, we don't believe that there is some eternal battle between the two, because, while people who only own labor would like a better deal for labor, and people who mainly own capital would like a better deal for capital, there is no "deal" to be had. Labor and Capital receive their marginal products, because at the highest level we live in a free market and there is almost nothing the government can do to prevent this. What the government can do is redistribute money from rich to poor. But this probably sounds a bit too socialist for some, so people come up with ways to dress it up in outdated economics.

So I would tentatively answer "yes" to the question "are we in this together...?" but with the condition that answering yes does not imply I support the author's bogus economics.