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> The solution? Get people actually talking to each other.

Agreed, but at the same time, disparaging the OP for having to address rhetoric (that old saw) seems antithetical to that aim.

Yes, gun violence decreased in Australia when they banned guns. Violence did not. Violence, to me, seems to be specific enough an objective that specialization isn't needed. I understand why oncologists specialize in curing cancer, as that is their field of expertise. I do not understand why gun control advocates feel that specialization is necessary with violence, if the net effect is the same with or without them.

I believe that is the point that aaronem was trying to make; not that he was trying to be pithy.

For what it's worth, I'm pretty hard-line on the second amendment, and I see value in the second amendment as a tool for the preservation of freedom. If a law were passed that banned possession of a firearm that I already owned, and/or required a mandatory buyback of that firearm, I would probably become a felon for violating that law as I would deem that law unconstitutional. That said, if the 2nd amendment were repealed, I would cede my firearms. That doesn't necessarily say anything on its own, but frames the rest of what I'm about to say; which is that presumably, every responsible gun owner would also like to see a reduction in gun-related crimes, even more so than the average gun control advocates, and it boggles my mind that gun control advocates seem to focus on gun crimes specifically, to the detriment of all other forms of crime, while gun rights advocates seem to do the exact opposite. You'd think the tables would be turned, as gun owners have the most vested interest.
"We trusted the NSA" or "The NSA paid us $10M to 'trust' them"

Pick one.
Sorry, yeah, it was a section, not a chapter. My bad. Its existence is still stupid and is a good anecdote regarding the book's lack of focus.

I haven't yet found a decent C book. I've found many good C++ books and have backported the lessons I've learned there into C, however.
That really sounds like a lot to ask of one person!
By his revelations, Snowden made the NSA activities a matter of political debate. That was his mission. In both Russia and China, citizens are very well aware of shady government practices. Their problem is already political, not one of awareness.
Cash for Clunkers wasn't so big a program (regardless of its merits), and the mpg requirement means that it didn't hit sedans and small cars that much.
It's symbolic. The pardon does absolutely zero for Turing himself - he's long gone. It's symbolic that society is progressing and saying "we don't agree with this thing we used to do".
True. Which might suggest that "the terrorists" aren't nearly the perfect, rational villains we paint them out to be.
My experience was similar to yours, though even more basic. I went for a 2-year degree at a community college, and it felt as though every course was a refresher in "This is a variable, and what a variable does. This is syntax, and syntax means…" Etc…

It wasn't until getting into the "real world" that I realized the full value of my data structure courses. Those were the ones I kept returning to when trying to learn and understand new skills on the job. (Sadly, my 2-year degree didn't cover any algorithm learning.)

So, now I have the advantage of a few years of "real world" experience to try and plot a course for how to get formal education on the remaining pieces that seem to actually have direct correlation to a career in computer programming.

Not sure if it's a blessing or a curse for me, but I just have to keep moving forward.
I did undergrad CS @ Columbia as well. Of course you're not going to skate by as you would in insert-non-offensive-easy-major-name-here, but you learn a hell of a lot more. It's my personal belief that (especially in technical fields) you can't learn without putting a lot of hard work into something. But in doing so, you'll also keep yourself a step ahead of the curve in the job market. As per the article, plenty of people know how to code, not quite as many know CS.

Also personally I felt like this is an exceptionally competitive major (as are sciences in general) but I'm sure that's true for other schools as well. It's okay to get a B -- you're being compared against other brilliant people and plenty of people would be lucky to hire you. This is probably the one piece of knowledge I would have told myself 3 years ago when I started it.
Not necessarily. Modern Portfolio Theory says that in stocks, even though the lack of universal risk model exists, the market still finds a way to price risk such that portfolios cannot get risk free returns just by diversifying.

So, even without a standard risk model the market usually prices risk within a bound.
I was surprised to see Venus (43) is on a par with Mars (40, although there have been several missions since 2009) and far more than the number of missions to the Sun (9).

I assume Venus is easier to send missions to than the Sun or Mars, but the relatively large number of missions seems strange considering the planet's atmosphere, which is not friendly to spacecraft or photography and instrumentation based on visible light. (Or maybe that's why there have been so many missions, to lift the veil ...)

Does anyone have any insights into why Venus has been such a popular mission destination?
Or there are many fewer terrorists than would justify the Homeland Security budget.
Assumption #1 in your comment: NSA activities have not and are unable to stop arbitrary terror attacks at all.

Assumption #2: That successful attacks in this scenario would lead (reasonable or otherwise) people to demand less surveillance.

Assumption #3: Terrorists want to the NSA programs ended, which would not make sense if #1 is true.

So I'm not sure why this would be a good strategy for anyone.
NSA deserves an award for accomplishing this for just $10 million.
There are additional APIs available to all applications. They don't need to come from the marketplace to use such APIs. An application can use the "Open Web Apps API" to install itself onto the phone (with the user permission) bypassing the marketplace. So you can distribute your own apps on third party marketplaces or on your own web page.

There are two types of applications: Hosted and Packaged. Hosted apps are normal web pages that you host somewhere and access from the device. If you use appcache and responsive design, they will provide an experience like what native apps provide in other platforms. The packaged apps instead of being hosted are packaged and offered on the marketplace. Its basically a zipfile with your HTML/CSS/JS, when it is installed this zipfile is copied to the device and sandboxed.

There are three security levels. Plain, Privileged and Certified. These security levels govern what APIs your app can access. Hosted apps are always plain apps. Packaged apps can be plain apps too but they can also be privileged apps that can access an extra set of APIs or certified apps that can access every API on the device. Only Mozilla and its hardware partners can build and deploy certified apps due to security reasons (you don't want an app with the ability to send SMS or make calls without user interaction).

So in summary, you can have plain web links in the launcher and you can have links to packaged apps that are actually on the device. Both things are possible and indistinguishable from a user point of view. Both solutions work offline if you use appcache with the hosted app.

If you want to know more, I've written a Free and Open eBook about it called "Firefox OS Development Quick Guide" available at http://leanpub.com/quickguidefirefoxosdevelopment/ you can also hop by Mozilla Developer Network portal for Firefox OS at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS

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Interesting. I think I understand a bit better now after thinking through the following hypothetical:

I decide to swap kids with a neighbor during the day. My wife watches their kids, they watch our kids. We pay each other 40k a year to do so. I would then be able to deduct the 40k as a child care expense, but I would also have 40k additional income. The net result on taxable income would be zero.

In a lot of ways, that makes perfect sense.
1) No stress from "am I getting paid more/less than my co-workers"

2) No stress from "how much will I make in 5 years if I stay here"

On net, it let me focus more on doing my job well and less on politics.
Advent Ventures--Larry Wall
The apology was "We're sorry. The conviction still stands, however". The pardon takes care of the latter.
If you feel so strongly, you do it.
I think you misinterpreted the comment. It's arguing that now would be the optimal time for terrorists to strike, validating the NSA.
You are right about innovation...

It's side effects will also be increased automation, which means unions shouldn't use the government to inflate wages of jobs that could otherwise be automated with a machine.
awesome, thanks a lot. It looks so much more amazing when you see how big the distance from Earth to Moon is.
the major issue still remains that you're hosting comments externally. when this is the case you could also have whatever free service handle the site entirely.

whats missing for larger adoption of generators is a super simple comment engine that just work and that you can host. there are some but they aint convincing.
Climate justice stocking stuffers...
Blame game: what’s the root of Chinese entrepreneurs’ “lack of creativity”?
Try Keepass2Android - it uses the Mono libraries of Keepass 2 running natively on Android, and now supports merging external changes to the database. I've been using it for 6 months now without a hiccup.
I appreciate the lengthy response and the wit you put into it. You are right on some points but not others. First, muzzle loaders are having a quiet comeback. My state has recently added them to the hunting season. I am in fact looking to get into hunting for various reasons and believe that we should support hunters as they provide a valuable and ethical service. And perhaps restricting hunting to muzzle loaders is taking things too far. Instead, maybe specific types of hunting rifles, bows, and crossbows should be allowed.

However, you would have a very hard time convincing me that assault rifles, grenades, hand guns, SMG's, and other such weapons have anything to do with hunting. Those are the things that must be outlawed to prevent or at least reduce the number of mass shootings in the US.
The native Hawaiians were only on Hawaii for what 800-1400 years before Cook got there? This has more to do with Hawaiian sovereignty from white dudes than religious beliefs.

I have been to Hawaii and many natives would rather bite their own hand off than touch a haole.
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I think you have #3 wrong - parent is saying terrorists want NSA programs expanded.
I know exactly what you mean about the annoying text break on Android. Just as an FYI, I've upgraded my Nexus 4 to 4.4.2 and installed the Google Experience Launcher and now the name displays properly on a single line. I installed the GEL just to try it out and, as stupid as it may sound, I'd be lying if I said the fixed KeePassDroid label wasn't a major factor in leaving it installed.
Colorado State is a major research university and has a pretty good CS program. I certainly wouldn't chalk his opinion up to a CS program that wasn't strong enough. I'd attribute it to the nature of web development versus more theoretically intensive problems.
You must have a really tough time renting cars.
Our group got pickpocketed at a concert of the weekend
I just wanted to say that my group was pickpocketed this weekend at a concert and two things I would like to happen that could prevent it from happening again in similar situations.

1. I think it's the worst when your phone gets stolen. I think if there's a feature (at least for iphones) where you need a password to turn off your phone, then if you're at a concert, you'll probably be able to turn on 'find my iphone' before the thief reaches out of your grasp. I think for Android you should find a phone that is hard to take the battery out or else they can turn off your phone that way.

2. If it's your wallet or 'stuff', I think something like Tile would be a great tool to track your stuff. It runs on low energy bluetooth so you'll only have to replace it once a year. And also the app has this cool radar tracking feature.

In such a situation there was a lot of people, there was only a second or two to know who took it and then it was gone. My girlfriends cousin had her cell phone in a fanny pack (zipped). Someone still unzipped it and took it.
People will gladly spend $10 for unlimited access to all content ever created. Sadly that's not reasonable. Shocking I know.
This is true.

But now how does a smaller band sustain themselves if they don't want to sign with a major label? It now almost forces them to if they ever want to make a living in music.
Or perhaps time for a compelling "wag the dog" attack!
Coding / programming is part of computer science. CS includes maths, electronics, micro electronics, logic gates, how hard drives work, and what not. CS is about computing and computers as a whole. So, coding is only a part of it.

In fact, I see this title as the wrong way round, it should be: computer science is not coding. Too many people think codes know all about computers. In my experience, they dont. They have a limited skill set. Just like support staff who usually cant really code.

Having a CS degree myself, I have always felt at an advantage over people who, for example, only program but know knaff all about hardware, OS's, servers, etc, and support people who only have things like MCSEs, and don't know the low level fundamentals.

For me, having a CS degree makes me a jack of all trades, all be it, master of none.
If that isn't a quotable quote I don't know what is.

I second that vote.
> Parenting isn't a "life choice."

People can and do choose to do, and others choose to not do it. How is it not a "life choice"?

> Reproduction of the species is a basic function of society.

If it was purely a function "of society", then it would be a social choice, not a personal one, who would do it and how. So I think that it is pretty clear that -- in Western society at least -- while there may be social aspects to reproduction, it is not generally viewed first and foremost as a "function of society". I personally think that's a good thing, but YMMV.

> Our economic system is deeply dependent on the assumption of at least stable if not growing population.

That's certainly an argument for why it ought to be a preferred and encouraged life choice.
This was basically his stated goal when he started this whole thing: getting the public informed and starting the conversation about how much government intrusion into our private lives is too much.
In your post:

Assumption #1: What is good for terrorists is bad for the NSA.

I think you will find that terrorist's successes have a very beneficial effect on the power and budget of the NSA. Look at what 9/11 did for them.
I saw these once on a Railscast episode. https://github.com/intridea/authbuttons
The way in which Iran has conducted its foreign policy strongly suggests that the usual constraints of geopolitics apply to it. This is unsurprising, as these constraints are essentially independent of the complexion of a national government.
Is this the real Six Californias proposal? or is this just fantasy? The big question is what would we gain? It's not clear what the benefit of this maneuver would be. I don;t get it at all.
Does not look like sarcasm to me either.
Great Idea! I have something similar going at - https://github.com/prakhar1989/Algorithms
only in Python at the moment. Contributions are more than appreciated! :)
Pop-psychology bullshit. Sunglasses are fashion accessories; learn to cope.
The whole argument about Russia being way worse than the US, and Snowden staying there is ridiculous. He isn't staying there as some sort of celebrity endorsement for the tourism program. He's staying there because it is the only place he was able to reach in time, as Russia is one of the few countries too big to be invaded by the US military.
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The real problem with that wish is that neither of those gov'ts would trust him with any of their methods or secrets. The best you can hope for is that people in analogous positions within those countries' surveillance agencies are moved by his example and follow it.

In any event, he's mixed up in realpolitik but that was his only choice, if he wanted to avoid the domestic repercussions of his actions.
Wikipedia gives estimates on differences between anal and vaginal transmission are about 8-1 but also admits the numbers could be off by a factor of 10.

What we know is that the AIDS epidemic was at it's worst in Africa where it was largely spread through heterosexual transmission.
I think people are falsely equating computer science with software engineering. You can get a very strong theoretical basis for programming at a place like Stanford, and the work you can do may have nothing to do with best practices but rather a lot to do with more abstract concepts like algorithmic efficiency or graph analysis or what not. As a Stanford student personally Ive learned a lot more about best practices in software systems outside of the university; in fact you get very little of that from classes. What you do get is in depth coverage of topics that most are unlikely to get a formal treatment of on their own, depending on your concentration, whether that means cutting edge operating systems and compilers research, or rigorous discussion of the psychology behind ux design. Hope that clarifies a bit!
Actually Mike Huffington ran against her in 1994 and came within 1% of replacing her with a moderate Republican. I'm glad I voted for him even though I'm a Democrat.
It's safe to assume that most opinions posted here don't have empirical evidence for them.

I think you need some basis for demanding evidence, unless you are going to post the same for every single other post that lacks evidence for their claims. Which might get boring for you pretty quick.
So basically OAuth2 Resource Password Owner is a formalization of Sessions...
Technically, going from the voting records, the split could result in some deeply red states. Cut SF and LA and their blue surroundings into states and their are a lot of traditionally red counties left. Some county splits would result in an even greater political split.

[edit] the map given in the proposal is not really that good based on voting / land use - industry. California is more vertical than horizontal and coastal / interior divides.
Agreed as to overall lack of focus, I was annoyed that until chapter 7 there really wasn't much C to speak of, and the last chapters where he finally got into interesting things, were far too short.

That said I did learn a few tricks, and generally appreciated the books overall tone of you don't need to do crazy pointer stuff/malloc/realloc in C in general. If that makes any sense, have you read the Embedded TDD in C book by Pragmatic Programmers?
http://pragprog.com/book/jgade/test-driven-development-for-e...

What C++ books would you recommend specifically? I find most to not really be of much help in straight C given the differences of the two languages (basically huge reliance on the standard library etc..).
Lars Bak is still in Aarhus I believe, along with the core of the Google V8 team. Unity also still has most of its tech team in Copenhagen, but many people think it moved to SF, because it moved its marketing & headquarters to SF (bigger market, etc.).
I wish someone would roll up their sleeves and make me dinner! I'm hungry already.
Another difference is relations to annexed territories.

Territories, annexed from Poland, had majority of population Eastern Slavs (Ukrainian and Belarussian), not Poles, were part of Russia for hundreds of years (except Galicia) and were annexed by Poland from Russia (Galicia from Austria) 20 years before.
Well, for starters, he is a CEO not a CTO.
The Washington Post sat on the Collateral Murder video. [1,2] The New York Times sat on the warrantless wiretapping scandal at the request of the White House. [3] CBS sat on the Abu Ghraib torture scandal at the request of the Pentagon. [4]

What is the Washington Post not telling us?

[1] https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/15617022129

[2] http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/wapo_denies_allegation_it_sat....

[3] http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/the-scoop-that-got...

[4] http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/100787/CBS-Let...
Billionaire's pressuring universities who make frats go co-ed, and succeeding? And pressuring them to keep open frats that waterboard pledges?

That kinda puts "brogramming" into perspective. Or at least it would in a sane world.
> Unlike the shift to Amazon that did in the book store chains, record stores are suffering from outright theft, and the migration to iTunes or Spotify streaming isn't making up the difference.

This is now false, from what I've read. In the last year or so, recording revenues started rising again. Which means either lots of people started buying CDs again, or revenue gains from digital sales are greater than decreasing sales of physical media.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/technology/music-industry-...

A lot of people seem to have have looked at the steady decline in sales over the last decade or so and have assumed this means in a digital era, recordings as products are over. The CiteWorld Iron Maiden article hints at it (and the idea that all your act needs to enter this new era is an analytics package like MusicMetric analytics!). Some people are saying this in thread outright.

That conclusion is more than a little premature when all we've got to look it is a period which started out with adoption of digital music and the informal sharing/pirate economy getting way out in front of vendors... and then right as they did get onboard and we started to climb past the early birds on the adoption curve, we had the biggest economic crisis since the great depression (which tends take a bite out of disposable income and entertainment spending).

(I think there might also be a reactionary phenomenon at work in the tech community: because the content industry freaked out and insisted copyright control and revenues were more important than anything including software/internet freedoms and civil liberties, a lot of tech people seem to decided to fight back by taking the contrary position that copyright control/revenue isn't worth anything at all.)
"The only state that can split itself up is Texas"

The Civil War pretty much screwed this up and the division can happen elsewhere because of precedent.
That's true in every profession- but the entertainers I know consider/considered touring to be pretty grueling.
Learn Node.js: Learnallthenodes.com is better than NodeTuts.com
I always read about Nodetuts.com to learn some key components of node.js but learnallthenodes.com has a really create screencast on the same subject.

It seems to be more insightful, easier to listen to and follow along. Would love to hear your opinion though.